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The Freudian Slip in Santa Ana's Re-Renaissance Plan

Just printed out the massive environmental impact report on SanTana's Transit Zoning Code, the euphemistic name for city staffer's supposed replacement for their controversial Renaissance Specific Plan, a replacement so laughable it'll forever be known on this blog as the Re-Renaissance Plan–but I digress. The environmental impact report for Mayor Don Papi Pulido's latest gentrification …

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The 80th Anniversary of an Underdog Named Pluto

On February 18, 1930, exactly 80 years ago, a 23-year-old man named Clyde William Tombaugh discovered Pluto, the ninth planet in our solar system. 76 years later, astronomers at the 2006 meeting of the International Astronomical Union voted to demote the planet to a mere dwarf planet because it didn't meet the newly established criteria …

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Ticketmaster Is Evil, The Wu-Massacre, Vampire Weekend Vid, Allman Brothers Box

Ticketmaster “sold concert tickets that it didn't have in hand, the Federal Trade Commission says,” reports Los Angeles Times. There's a special place in hell that not even Dante could fathom for Irving Azoff, the goat fucker responsible for everything from the Eagles to New Kids on the Block to the malicious Ticketmaster and Live Nation …

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Flier of the Week: Black Fag at Alex's Bar, Long Beach

Nothing brings folks in Long Beach together like a good ol' fashioned gay, punk tribute band. And this Friday the flamboyant four-piece Black Fag are sashaying into Alex's Bar—LBC's rough and tumble punk palace—to stir up a good time and make all the boring, heterosexual Black Flag tribute bands jealous–again.  Fronted by the show-tune tenor of Liberace …

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Green Day Tops Lollapalooza Rumors, Jimi Hendrix's 'Rock Band,' Hole, Peter Gabriel

Green Day, Lady Gaga and Soundgarden rumored to play Lollapalooza reports Spin. Is yet another festival landing better lineup than Coachella? Jimi Hendrix soon to have own Rock Band game. No word yet on playing-with-your-teeth feature or if you get extra points for lighting faux guitar on fire.  New Hole record scheduled to come April …

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Gwen Stefani Revisits '80s for New No Doubt Record

News regarding No Doubt's first studio album since 2001's Rock Steady continues to trickle in. Tom Dumont, guitarist for Orange County's most beloved band, recently tweeted: “Tony [Kanal] and Gwen [Stefani] are rocking the synth. Our little studio is warm and candlelit, above the glowing city.” And now Gwen Stefani has spoken to Rolling Stone about how …

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