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Chris Prevatt stands inside Pangea in SanTana with a smile and a hand-free cell phone. He's one of the guys behind The Liberal OC, the lefty component to Orange County's political blogosphere. Pangea is hosting a poll-viewing party for Democrats tonight, and Prevatt is going to report live from here while others file across the …
“Ah, shit!” Phil Bacerra exclaims as he sees the early results for SanTana's Measure D term-limit extension. Measure D (D is for Developers) is currently winning by a nearly 60-40 margin, and the No on Measure D troops–Orange Juice bloggers Tish Leon and Thomas Anthony Gordon, and others–have arrived at Pangea and look glum. Leon …
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Ron Paul supporters watch the results come in. Not looking too good, but that doesn't mean give up!
It's easy to get confused when searching for the Irvine office of Dr. William Kessler-if you're looking for anything resembling a conventional doctor's office, that is. One might not expect to find it in the back of a gigantic fighting gym labeled NO LIMITS. To see the doctor, you must first walk by a wall …
PEÑA'S RESTAURANT in Santa Ana has a large menu with all the Mexican food a native Southern Californian ever needs—tacos, enchiladas, burritos, carne asada. I've never tasted these platters at Peña's, nor do I plan to. Every time I visit this recently renovated dive, I always order the same dish: cochinita pibil. Of Mexico's various …
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Two irrefutable facts about music critics: they have opinions about the shit they've heard over the course of a year and they're ever so lovable. Okay, maybe one irrefutable fact. Anyway, music blog Idolator has tabulated the results of nearly 500 music scribes for its second annual critics poll, and the outcome may be of …
CLOVERFIELD Since many people are asking what exactly “Cloverfield” means in the context of the movie, let's deal with that right of the bat – it doesn't mean anything. It wasn't even supposed to be the film's real title initially, just a red herring to throw people off track named after one of the streets …
The accident happened not long after Brian West left the parking lot of Beverages and More. He missed his exit, and his car hit another on Interstate 80, just north of Sacramento. It was July 30, 2000, a warm Saturday. A CHP officer took notes. Blood was drawn; West's blood-alcohol level registered at 0.19 percent, …
Somehow Wynton Marsalis became the official spokesperson for all things jazz. Like his rock counterpart Bono, this gets really annoying. Any time a filmmaker, biographer or reporter needs a quote about the genre, there's Marsalis hyperbolizing about someone most people have never heard of. The New Orleans-born musician even appeared twice on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood …
The call for fans to bring forth their own Wally George archives continues to be heeded, this time by an enterprising YouTube user named Billybopper1, who has compiled thirteen montages of Wally getting prank calls live on the air. Long before Howard Stern's penis and Baba Booey became call-in catchphrases, the best recurring phone pranks …
Jeff Shaw at our sister paper City Pages goes off the beaten sleigh path to bring his readership 10 songs for the season. Ever generous, Jeff's allowed us to share 'em with you: 10 and 9: Two from Tom Lehrer My uncle would never forgive me if I didn't mention Tom Lehrer's scathing, brilliant “Christmas …
Philadelphia DJ/producer Diplo discovered Bonde Do Role, a Brazilian trio who make music (according to Diplo's interviews) for heat-packin' 15-year-olds doing fat lines of coke at favela parties in Rio that make the club scene in which the kid gets shot in City of God look like a Mentos commercial. Which is to say Diplo …