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This weekend found OCW's Le Receptionist, Leslie Agan, at the opening night of Phantom of The Opera at OCPAC. While our oh-so-fabulous Music Editor Dave Segal was at Kitsch Bar in Costa Mesa catching the diverse and excellent Steve “aDJective” Fisch. As usual, Managing Editor Rich Kane spent Saturday tearing apart the OC Register and …
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[Reg-O-Meter staff memo: With yet another entry this week of the name “Gordon Dillow,” the Reg-O-Meter, after being in operation a mere three weeks, incurred a major, possibly fatal technological malfunction—goddamn Radio Shack parts. Until repairs can be made, the Reg-O-Meter has been shut down. So instead, please enjoy the following slices of bad Reggie …
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Okay, I'm not trying to pile on Chuck Philips or the Los Angeles Times over the now-retracted story about Sean “Diddy” Combs' alleged involvement in a 1994 attack on Tupac Shakur. Ever since The Smoking Gun ran a withering dissection of the documents on which the whole story depended and the Times was forced to …
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OC's Most Annoying Neighbor Meet Catherine Cass, one-woman reducer of property values It may come as a shock to some in Orange County, but Santa Ana contains wonderful neighborhoods full of beautiful older houses, tranquil streets, and residents obsessed with neat lawns and home-improvement projects. One of these areas is located near Interstate 5, east …
Developers seem to believe that their first-person games are required to include online modes. Blame it on the few narrow-minded gamers (and critics) who constantly hammer away with that boneheaded message. At best, it's a strange logic of inheritance: Since the earliest first-person shooters were playable online, every first-person game to come—shooter or not—is somehow …
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House of Pain Arther Masaoka fought to stop the city of Tustin from bulldozing his home and lost. But were his problems of his own creation? Upon meeting Amy Harchol and Arther Masaoka, you might be forgiven for wondering how these two chose each other for a lifetime of matrimony. Masaoka, a wiry man who …
Sage Against the Machine Murs' Paid Dues fest gives indie hip-hop a major platform At first glance, Paid Dues looks like any other 'palooza. But the 3-year-old hip-hop festival, the brainchild of LA MC Murs, doesn't have corporate funding or a single act with major-label backing. “I wanted to show people there's a lot going …
Day 3 of SXSW started with Village Voice Media's bash at La Zona Rosa. We were too busy “networking” with colleagues and freelance writers to pay close attention to the Black Keys and the Soundtrack of Our Lives, but the latter in particular impressed with their chugging, Scandinavian Neu! homage when we were able to …
In the wake of a November 2005 OC Weekly article detailing how a 20-year-old Buena Park man faced prison for a robbery/carjacking he didn’t commit, prosecutors asked the Orange County Sheriff’s Department crime lab to alter key exculpatory evidence. Veteran forensic specialist Danielle G. Wieland made the charge last month during a civil deposition related …
On Feb. 29 in this blog, R. Scott Moxley foresaw an “upcoming unflattering grand jury report” on the jailhouse murder of John Derek Chamberlain. Chamberlain was beat to death by inmates while Deputy Kevin Taylor, the on-duty officer, allegedly failed to notice the prolonged beating because he was watching baseball on television. Taylor also allegedly …
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Late this afternoon, the District Attorney's press office notified reporters that Tony Rackauckas will publicly address the controversial John Chamberlain jail murder on Friday morning. Prosecutors and the grand jury investigated the killing, but the results have not yet been made public. Rackauckas is expected to announce multiple indictments. Last week, two high-ranking assistant sheriffs, …
Mike Conley, 1959-2008 In memory of the M.I.A. vocalist and owner of Avalon Bar On very short notice Sunday evening, close to 200 people came through Costa Mesa's Avalon Bar to pay their respects to its late owner, Mike Conley, and to lend financial and emotional support to his family. The former vocalist with the …