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Lime prices got your love for tequila on the low? Well, maybe this will encourage you to imbibe a little bit more of American's first agave liquor: According to researchers in Mexico, agavins, a sweetener that can be derived from the stem of the agave plant, helps reduce weight and control blood sugar. ] That's …
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While we hear at Taco Bell Crime of the Week headquarters love to focus on the silly and crazy when it comes to crime at America's largest Mexican fast-food chain, some incidents are so horrific that we have to devote the column to them. And that's the case this week, with the news coming out …
Recent especially terrific listening at the only really people-powered media out there inspires this morning's blog. Mr. Bib probably should have timed this celebration of So Cal Pacifica Radio KPFK 90.7 FM to appear during the recently concluded fund drive, but there's no reason you can't demonstrate your good taste, solidarity, stubborn insistence by going …
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The subgenre of extreme metal known as 'grindcore' combines the speed and aggression of hardcore punk, with the brutality of death metal. There are blurry lines that separate death metal, grindcore, and thrash metal and even black metal; some bands certainly overlap these genres. What sets grindcore apart mostly is how bands push the limits …
Over here in the states, we know actor, comedian, and New Zealand native Rhys Darby best for his role of Murray on Flight of the Conchords. But when you see this man grab a mic and hit the stage, his stand-up chops definitely make him a lead character. When Rhys comes to the Brea Improv …
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If NAMM is a veritable candy store for musicians, this feral blogger spent the weekend looking for the black licorice–and I managed to find a few oddities on the convention floor. See also: Protestors Outside NAMM Encourage Attendees to Boycott Guitar Center ] Specialty drum keys These bad boys will give drummers, tired of being …
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Our readers know how much we like to party, and we especially like it when they come party with us! This week, you can purchase presale tickets to our annual Artopia event, a sexy feast for the eyes and the belly. ] Last year's event, held at the Yost Theater, was a smashing success. We …
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There's been many a bizarre crime at Taco Bells over the course of this column's history, but this one may be a first: victims of a robbery claim they had gone to a Taco Bell parking lot to practice their medieval swordplay. Then, it turns out these errant knights were actually there to sell pot …
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Randolph Bourne died in the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918. He is a hero of mine, a disabled, disfigured genius truth-teller. Robert Scheer, another heroic journalist, activist, articulator of the truth, was born in the Bronx, as he is fond of reminding the snotty upper-class assholes with whom he spars (and always carefully demolishes) every …
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Before we begin our conversation, TSOL frontman/author/OC Weekly columnist Jack Grisham jokingly asks, “Is there anything we have to talk about that I can't talk about with my daughter?” The topic of the day was Code Blue, Grisham's third and latest book on all the typical issues that arise within the confines of a high …
Orly Taitz, the Rancho Santa Margarita-based Queen of the Birfers, has lately taken to calling out the “black racist regime” of Barack Obama and Eric Holder, with her “demand” for “impeachment hearings” for the country's attorney general based on “evidence” from a white supremacist website. Taitz's latest online rant came before Fourth District Court of …
The drive-thru window at Taco Bell has been the site of many a hilarious entry in this column; people here have done everything from fall asleep while attempting to order to getting arrested for DUI when they crash into it to try and carjack someone to many, many more. But I do think the following …