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Did anyone else notice that Republican Party officials were either Manchurian Candidate-treated to go off at 10 p.m. election night or were reading from the same prepared index cards? In separate television interviews, central committee member Jo Ellen Allen, Representative Chris Cox (R-Newport Beach) and party boss Tom Fuentes claimed it's their party's ambition to …
“Once you have it,” confides the woman in the back seat of the brand-new Cadillac I am driving through seaside hills dotted with stands of pine and expensive homes, “you feel insecure when you don't have it.” And I have cable and I've had sex, so I know exactly what she's talking about. See, this …
Photo by Jack GouldIt must be hard living in Texas. The men there wear a lot of cologne, and then there's having to live among the people who elected George W. Bush their governor. You know, those who kill themselves while cleaning loaded guns or using a match to see if the gas can's empty. …
“Once you have it,” confides the woman in the back seat of the brand-new Cadillac I am driving through seaside hills dotted with stands of pine and expensive homes, “you feel insecure when you don't have it.” And I have cable and I've had sex, so I know exactly what she's talking about. See, this …
Johnny Thunders wasn't just another rock N roll junkie who got high and burned out. He was special. Thunders achieved a triumphant conquest of early American punk rock as a guitarist extraordinaire for the New York Dolls. His reputation for drug abuse was one of the most notorious in all of rock history. Okay, so …
Peepshot The Blue Cafe Monday, May 15 Though we hadn't planned on writing about Peepshot again—can't we just go someplace and enjoy ourselves without having to whip out our notebook?—it seems that this could-they-possibly-get-any-greater, alterna-country-but-more-alterna-than-country band is now employing the Unstoppable Superhero Keyboard Powers of former Teen Hero Ikey Owens. Woo-hoo! A lineup change, which …
A guard with a headset and clipboard stands outside the entrance to Culver Studios' Stage 5. He lets you into the plush, dimly lit lobby, and another guard lets you into the production office, which, unlike the lobby, is bright, fairly small, informal, and cluttered with file folders and computers and various other office supplies. …
If you haven't heard, Irvine Meadows Amphitheater no longer exists —the name, that is. Last week, OC's only large-scale outdoor concert venue announced that it has joined the ranks of such corporate-monikered local arenas as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, Edison International Field and the OC Weekly Polo Grounds. Refer to the Meadows now as …
We spent much of Earth Day in the car—driving solo, even, instead of car-pooling—but at least we weren't driving solo in an SUV, like a certain legendary 00 Soul guy we could name. And we're here to tell you: our car radio was set to the Elianathon every inch of the way! Call us Lazaro, …
Brad McCown is a man with a vision. When he looks at the ranks of gleaming, expensive yachts floating peacefully in Newport Harbor, he sees container ships unloading massive crates packed with goods from all over the world. Where others see the delicate ecology of Newport's Back Bay, he sees a resort and a golf …
There was a time when Joe van Smoot thought wearing a hat was archaic and silly. He remembered pictures of his grandfather looking very stylish in his straw fedora when he worked as a shipping clerk in 1907 Jakarta. And he vividly recalled watching his father head off to work during the 1960s in a …