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A U.S. Army National Guard recruiter who previously served a dozen years in the Marines spends his spare time running a recreational basketball league that is holding its championship tournament this week on the far west side of Santa Ana, almost in Fountain Valley. Last summer, the Sarge was close to a deal that would …
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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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 “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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Don't let the name fool you. Matt Kollar and the Angry Mob are far from angry. Hailing from Huntington Beach, Kollar leads the mob with a guitar as opposed to pitchfork and songs that are steeped in fun rather than terror. Their debut album, Farewell Adventure! has attracted both local and international critical acclaim. Moreover, …
Tom Morello, wielding an acoustic guitar and harmonica, performed for free Feb. 13, near the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim to show his support for the hospitality workers who started fasting Feb. 9 in an effort to receive better health care. Morello dipped into the Rage Against the Machine songbook for “Guerrilla Radio,” the fiery protest …
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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The 17th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night has announced it's chef line up. And there are new names this year (see them after the jump). If you are not already familiar, the gathering of local chefs puts them in competition with each other to create, well, the wildest and craziest tacos. Last year's event …
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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 …
Jeffrey Vallance has been a presence in OC Weekly and LA Weekly as an artist, writer and curator. But the presence Vallance explores in a new magazine article is the ghost of Orange County's favorite disgraced son, who apparently haunts the Yorba Linda joint honoring him. ] Writing in the January issue of the British …
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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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There's underage drinking and then there's really underage drinking. I was tipped off on this tidbit by our web editor Vickie Chang. It's Kidsbeer, because what's a hard-working tyke home from a tough day at the playground to drink with his cookies when milk just doesn't cut it? This is a Japanese product so laughably …