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Groan all you want about President-elect Donald Trump. After all, we certainly are. But there's a silver lining to the orange cloud of despair headed toward the White House. He's giving songwriters of the world four years of endless material. Which is why we've chosen to grab you by the ear pussies and make you …
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You are the doctor who gave me the results of my colonoscopy right after the procedure, while I was still under twilight anesthesia. So you don't want me to drive, but you can give me your diagnosis while I'm experiencing mild amnesia from a sedative? This reminds me of the optometrists who dilate your pupils, …
One August morning in the waning years of the previous century, Jerry Garcia died. On that Wednesday night, a motley contingent of actors, musicians and poets staged an impromptu memorial at a theater in downtown Fullerton. The cops were eventually called, and that gathering factored in that troupe getting bounced from the space. But, damn …
Continue reading “OC Theater People: Get off Facebook and Into the Trenches Against Trump”
Long-term success is not something you can plan in the music industry, no more than you can anticipate the energy of an audience at a show or the outcome of an election. But, after 20 years, the record label named after a Chinese martial art known as the death touch has given more life to …
Continue reading “Steve Aoki Comes Home to OC to Celebrate 20 Years of Dim Mak Records”
I'm a longtime fan—reader and listener—and part of the 47 percent of white women who did NOT vote for Donald Trump. To say I'm disappointed, horrified, scared and mad about the election is woefully insufficient. I donated $100 to Planned Parenthood this morning because I honestly felt like there was nothing else I could do. …
It was late on Election Night, and I was borracho out of my mind in SanTana. I had just spent the evening covering the Republican Party's celebrations in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, where Dana Rohrabacher's acolytes became bro-ier as the Trump train rolled. Now I was trying to comfort young Chicanxs, many of whom …
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Editor's note: In the wake of Donald Trump's victory, hundreds of thousands of Orange County residents are scared shitless at the prospect of his presidency. To offer hope and a map forward, we've invited some of our favorite thinkers from some of the most affected communities—the undocumented, Muslim, LGBT+, women, labor and God—to submit essays …
Continue reading “How to Resist Trump, From Six OC Thinkers of Groups He Hates the Most”
If there's one take-away from my interview with Eric Mickle, it's that Orange Hill is more than a restaurant with a view. You have a management team educating themselves on wine (and earning their Level 1 Sommelier status). When you sit in the lounge, bartenders are social and knowledgeable about what they do. And Mickle's …
DEAR MEXICAN: I found your 2009 column about Mexican men and spousal abuse, and my question is: Is there any help for this to ever end? I've been with a Mexican man, who is also an abuser of alcohol, although it has slimmed down some. He gets angry out of the blue and starts hitting …
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Keep refreshing this post from now until the end of Election Day for the best damn coverage in Orange County, period. Latest updates will always be at the top—enjoy! Oh, and #fucktrump. 2:42 A.M: Lemme sleep, and I'll give you something good, m'kay? Too faded for the obvious reasons #fucktrump 11:10 P.M. As I'm waiting for …
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Michael Moore in TrumpLand. It's the final night of the Oscar winner's takedown of the GOP loser, recorded from a recent one-man show. The Frida Cinema, 305 E. Fourth St., Santa Ana; thefridacinema.org. Thurs., Nov. 3, 5:30, 7:30 & 9:15 p.m. $8-$10. OWI. The title of Harvey Kertland's documentary, which is making its local premiere, …
Continue reading “Definitely On the Naughty List [Special Screenings, Nov. 3-10]”
BEST CRAFT COCKTAILS Pizzeria Ortica Pizzeria Ortica has always attracted eaters for its great pizzas, but the entrance of Joel Caruso and his man Friday, Aristotle Alstaetter, transformed the place into Orange County's ultimate booze factory. Caruso is a Caravaggio of cocktails, each sip detailed, dramatic, dark, thoughtful and brilliant. Alstaetter, meanwhile, is already at …