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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 …
Up Sick Creek How new developments in Laguna Beach will (and won't) deal with the pollution from Aliso Creek Nine years ago, in a Weekly article titled “The Anus of Aliso Viejo,” Matt Coker described the pollution levels in Aliso Creek, which flows from Modjeska Canyon to the ocean at Laguna Beach. It was, he …
Call them the comeback kids: In its early days, the 2008 Cannes Film Festival has served as a staging ground for a number of unlikely returns, beginning with that of Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, who's been absent from movie screens (except as an occasional actor) for nearly as long as Indiana Jones—17 years, to be …
Santa Ana in the '00s, Nigeria in the '70s The Crosby's grand opening, Nigerian music not by Fela Kuti THE CROSBY OFFICIALLY OPENS—FINALLY “Better late than never” has become the Crosby's unofficial motto. The downtown Santa Ana-based restaurant/bar/bookstore/gallery/club is hosting its official grand opening May 22 through 24—almost two months after owners Chris Alfaro, Phil …
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Oy, that name. Who wants to profess, “Dude, I've been bumpin' that Toy Gun Cowboy joint nonstop lately”? Certainly not I. But let's first examine whether Toy Gun Cowboy's Big Bluealbum (Gutter Groove Records) is worth the embarrassment the project handle will cause you. TGC is Lakewood producer Matthew Erickson, a studio savant who oozes …
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Crudo Crazy An Italian spin on sushi at Blanca You can thank Mario Batali for introducing crudo to America back in 2000, when his seafood restaurant Esca debuted in New York City. But if it weren't for the countless Japanese sushi joints that opened our minds and primed our palates to eating raw fish, this …
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TUESDAY, MAY 6 ●A click-up of the Reggie’s website today, and what do we see? Pretty much the most-commented-on headline in Reggie history: MAN SHOOTS DAD IN BUTT. Well, it certainly grabbed our attention. Surprisingly, not one of the Reggie’s citizen pundits were offended, though it did annoy one wag, who asked: “Did the Register …
Rocky's Road The founder of Huntington Beach-based LifeLine Entertainment has made four feature films, but he still can't quit his day job If you happened to be at the Huntington Beach Public Library on March 29, you could be forgiven for thinking you'd made a wrong turn off the freeway and ended up at a …
You hear all the time that men never stop and ask directions. Women use it as proof that we're all stubborn and pointlessly macho. But there's another reason. Men don't ask for directions because they know that 98% of the time, the response from whoever they ask is going to be something along the lines …
MONDAY, APRIL 21: ●What’s the big news today from the Reggie’s crack team of community reporters? In Yorba Linda, “A 4- to 6-month old black puppy was found on Arroyo Street the afternoon of April 15.” Ummm . . . any sleazy goings-on out in Rancho Santa Margarita? “A local homeowners association is holding a …
Guapo Elixirs (Neurot) Release date: March 10, 2008 Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring feature in which the music editor pithily enthuses about new releases and reissues he thinks will enhance your life and erode your cynicism about the state of music, circa now. Guapo's Elixirs has been slept on for too long, for which …
When musicians wax political, the results are usually laughable and rarely illuminating. With this in mind, we link to OC Weekly freelancer Ben Westhoff's blog, where he's posted the presidential preferences (or noncommittal blather) of several rock and rap figures he's recently interviewed. Their responses are fascinating, if only to get a glimpse into the …