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The Media-O-Meter: Reggie Thievery; Desperate Mickadeit; Blind Item Bonanza

BITE ME! The Orange County Register blatantly steals ideas from other publications! Not that that's too shocking–the Reggie has been lifting from the Weekly for years without giving us credit, and the rare times they have, it usually takes the form of some vague “other media outlets” brushoff. But now they’ve gone and ripped off …

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[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Heat,' 'Animal House,' 'Annie Hall,' 'Monster House,' More

Movie of the Week: Heat Michael Mann's stunning crime epic features Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro sharing a scene for the first time in their careers. Filled with beautiful cinematography, moving performances and a gripping plot, Heat remains one of the pinnacles of Mann's directorial career. Lucille Keuhn Auditorium, Room 100, Humanities Instructional Building, UC …

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Sex Seduces Science in Author Mary Roach's New Book, 'Bonk'

Bedfellows Sex seduces science in Mary Roach's Bonk Sex and science have a natural affinity. After all, doesn't just about everything we learn about sex come from experimentation? What happens if I do this? Will putting this and this together produce the desired results? Equal parts biology, chemistry and physics, sex makes life one big …

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[CD Review] Hercules and Love Affair, 'Hercules and Love Affair' (DFA)

Producers who mine the depths of underground dance music too often follow the letter, but not the spirit, of the genre. They might borrow the arrangements, EQ and editing styles that propelled dance floors at such legendary New York clubs as the Loft and Paradise Garage, or mimic the shimmer, clothes and hair of '80s …

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The Reg-O-Meter©: Interpreting Terry Horne's Tuesday reader letter

Interpreting Register publisher Terry Horne’s Page 2 Tuesday letter to Reg readers, the same day the paper introduced a new slimmed-down format—all pages reduced by a one-inch width to save on the cost of newsprint. (You can just call it shrinkage.) Warning: Horne uses the word “exciting” twice in his letter—in our book, a coded …

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[Pucker Up] Desire In the Desert: Tristan Goes to a Unique BDSM Event

PALM SPRINGS—Imagine if the courtyard from Melrose Place were relocated to the desert, decorated with slings and spanking benches, and populated by leatherwomen. That's pretty much where I hung out over the weekend. I've been to hundreds of BDSM events, but I've never been to one quite like Desire (DesireLeatherWomen.com). This was the fifth annual …

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[Sprawl of Sound] Posse on Broadway, Busywork Turns 1, Super Minerals Get Oceanic

Wild in the Streets, Calm in the Seas Posse on Broadway, Busywork Turns 1, and Super Minerals Get Oceanic A THREE-WAY ON BROADWAY Strength lies in numbers, and three is the magical one, as they say (“they” are rarely wrong, even if they often go heavy on the clichés). That's how you can view Posse …

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[Summer Guide] 18 Essential Songs of Summer

The Sunshine of Your iPod The definitive sounds of encroaching melanoma Just as a fulfilling summer consists of familiar pleasures and thrilling adventures, summer soundtracks ideally should include obvious, reliable favorites and surprising gems. This is the guiding principle of the following list of hot-season tuneage. Of course, there are as many awesome summer songs …

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OC Weekly Winners!

Am about to return to la naranja after a week in Philadelphia for the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' annual convention. Am happy to report yours truly won the Best Column award for alt-weeklies with a circulation over 55,000 for the second time in three years. And il cappo di tutti capi of investigative reporters, R. …

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At Frank Santos' Garden Grove Family Barbecue, the Police Brought the Pepper Spray and Handcuffs

Party Crashers At this Garden Grove family barbecue, the police brought the pepper spray and handcuffs Frank Santos is sitting on a couch in his daughter's apartment in Anaheim, surrounded by family members. He's wearing a wife-beater undershirt that exposes a pair of brawny, heavily tattooed arms. The ink, his closely cropped hair, bushy goatee …

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