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In the odd limbo of an undecided presidential election, Samuel Beckett's existential mind-bender Waiting for Godot feels particularly appropriate. Does life have a purpose? Do we merely occupy ourselves with meaningless tasks in a vain attempt to fill the void of our existence? If corn oil is made from corn and olive oil from olives, …
Avila's El Ranchito sports bar and restaurant in Santa Ana. Lots of brave talk at the Green Party “victory” celebration—there's not a dime's worth of difference between Gore and Bush, Gore and Bush are corporations running as humans, and it doesn't matter who wins. But it wears thin at precisely 9:30 p.m., when CNN suddenly …
Being a Libertarian on Election Night meant gathering in a Laguna Hills sports bar to watch results of elections you knew your party had no chance of winning. “We're cheering for third place,” said Doug Scribner, local party chairman and candidate for the Costa Mesa Sanitary District. So when an encouraging result came in, say, …
Photo by Jack GouldWhenever Robert Goulet appeared on the screen, Elvis Presley would shoot out his TV. But you already knew that, of course, because this bit of Elvis lore is right up there with the fried peanut-butter sammiches, his pals Dr. Nick and Dick Nixon, and croaking on the crapper. And who could really …
1. DA ANTHONY RACKAUCKAS Rackauckas has not had a good year. Nor, of course, have those he's prosecuted. As a deputy DA in the early 1980s, he sent Dwayne McKinney to jail for 20 years on a murder charge; earlier this year, an Orange County judge released McKinney after it was revealed that Rackauckas' prosecution …
Photo by Myles RobinsonSWAIM: And now I'd like to present two gentlemen who will be giving out our awards for conspicious achievement in politics. Ladies and gentlemen give it up for investigative attack dogs and noted ballroom dancers R. Scott Moxley and Anthony Pignataro! R. SCOTT MOXLEY: It's our honor to present the award for …
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In 1993, Gordon Shaw and two UC Irvine colleagues said they had discovered a connection between intelligence and classical music. In a published letter to the science journal Nature, the three said they had exposed 36 UCI students to various aural stimuli—including a tape of Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major. After 10 …
Photo by Keith MayOrange County leaders are not happy that OC ranks No. 54 out of 58 California counties for its supply of child-care. They apparently want to be dead last. On Sept. 13, the Orange County Board of Education killed a daycare program serving 950 kids in low-income families. Announcing their decision, board members …
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Photo by Keith MayJazz musicians know food. They can tell you where to get the best grub in cities all around the world and will rave about somebody's mother—maybe their own—who turns out mouthwatering ham, chicken, rice, greens and pie for the entire band when they come to town. But jazz musicians are rarely known …
If your idea of an authentic Japanese meal involves sitting around a Teppan-Yaki table and watching a knife-wielding chef's floorshow-with the requisite grand finale of flipping a piece of shrimp into his apron pocket-then chew on this: Teppan cooking is more or less a Japanese take on Western food. Outside hotels or other touristy spots, …
“There's a dead guy I want you to photograph,” OC Weekly editor Will Swaim tells me. I ask for some background, and he tells me that the dead guy in question is Harold Ezell. “Wasn't he the Reagan-appointed Immigration and Naturalization Service chief who said, 'Illegal aliens shouldn't be deported; they should be deep fried'?” …