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Portable Pole Mogul Turns Brass Into Goldnew

Keith Scheinberg says demand for dance poles is skyrocketing, especially for the kind you can take apart, throw into a rifle-sized suitcase and set up at home.

OC Weekly | Daffodil J. Altan | 07-10-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Brother Reade Follow in the Grand Two-man Traditionnew

Rapper Jimmy Jamz and producer Bobby Evans cut the bullshit (no skits, no grandiose, time-wasting intros, etc.) and get down to flaunting their considerable skills, as the album's no-nonsense title implies.

OC Weekly | Dave Segal | 07-10-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Brother Reade, rap music

Ask a Mexican!new

"Are we Mexicans racist toward black people?"

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 07-10-2007 | Comedy

Tags: humor & satire

Sad Is the New Funny at Los Angeles Film Festivalnew

Amusing movies about depressed young men are in.

OC Weekly | Luke Y. Thompson | 07-10-2007 | Movies

Trendzilla: High-waisted Bottomsnew

Another trend that's going to be gone by the end of the season (or maybe the next), and another that just doesn't look good on 98 percent of the female population.

OC Weekly | Vickie Chang | 07-10-2007 | Fashion

Tags: fashion

'Transformers': Rock 'Em, Sock 'Emnew

Giant robot fights look better than ever.

OC Weekly | Luke Y. Thompson | 07-10-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Michael Bay, Transformers

The Secret Generalnew

Vang Pao did the U.S. government's dirty work during the Vietnam War -- now they've arrested him.

OC Weekly | Nick Schou | 07-10-2007 | International

Tags: international

Ask a Mexican!new

"Why do wabs have to use so many goddamn syllables?"

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 07-03-2007 | Comedy

Tags: humor & satire

The 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival: Mad Worldnew

Highlights from the 2007 film festival spotlight outspoken DJs, prisons, environmental damage, and ... Pac-Man?

OC Weekly | Luke Y. Thompson | 07-03-2007 | Movies

Trendzilla: Lace-up Minnetonka Bootsnew

Am I going to go by what Kate Moss says is cool?

OC Weekly | Vickie Chang | 07-03-2007 | Fashion

Tags: fashion

Another Sir Richard Bishop Gemnew

Renowned for his mercurial guitar-playing over the last 26 years with Seattle ethnodelic legends Sun City Girls, Bishop has wrought a distinguished solo canon as well.

OC Weekly | Dave Segal | 07-03-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Sir Richard Bishop, While My Guitar Violently Bleeds