AltWeeklies Wire
Hey Mr. DJnew
New Order's Peter Hook likes to deejay because "it’s nice to please people" and "it's better than being dead."
OC Weekly |
Eyad Karkoutly |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Hook
Kinda Kinksnew
The 88 doesn't seem to mind the constant comparison to the Kinks.
OC Weekly |
Sean O'Connell |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kind of Light, The 88
Hot for Teachernew
Sarah Bench-Salorio, a 29-year-old Southern California teacher, was recently convicted of 29 counts of lewd conduct for having had sex with three boys, each under 13 years old.
Under the Influence Peddlingnew
Reverend Lou Sheldon played the gay card to aid Abramahoff.
Mozart an Idiot!new
An Orange County lawsuit says two-year-old wrote many of Michael Jackson's hits.
Dirty Moneynew
While Orange County prosecutors zealously pursue pollution by private individuals or small-business executives with big fines and even prison time, the DA rarely hits major corporations or government officials with anything harsher than financial penalties that amount to pocket lint.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
01-09-2006 |
Environment
It's A Crimenew
A guide to high-crime, low-cost housing in Orange County shows that even in the toughest neighborhoods, affordable housing is nonexistent.
OC Weekly |
Ernest L. Kim |
01-09-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: real estate boom, housing market
Celebrated AIDS Doctor Indictednew
A Southern California doctor and his nurse have been indicted for health-care fraud following reports in OC Weekly that the doctor shortchanged patients on the AIDS drugs they thought they were receiving.
Vintage Is Innew
Huntington Beach pro skater Dave Reul lives to find, patch and skate abandoned swimming pools in the California low desert--on other people's money. Recently, actor Stephen Baldwin became the latest person to pay him to do just that.
OC Weekly |
Theo Douglas |
06-15-2005 |
Recreation
Sock It ... to Me!?!new
So it wasn't enough for those Jews in Hollywood to kick Dick Nixon around in All the President's Men or commie-pinko fag Oliver Stone's Nixon or even the one that actually made me weep, Dick. Now comes The Assassination of Richard Nixon. ...
Portrait of the Rapist as a Young Mannew
Greg Haidl, the 19-year-old son of wealthy Orange County (CA) Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl, is facing charges now in a second rape case. But unlike the first alleged crime--in this latest escapade, Haidl didn’t videotape the sex for the pleasure of his pals.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
09-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Everyone Telling Artists to Shut Up, Just Shut Upnew
Musicians, actors, filmmakers and authors are Americans, too. It shouldn't be a surprise or an "intrusion" when an outspoken person speaks out.
OC Weekly |
Jim Washburn |
09-01-2004 |
Commentary
They Report. You Deride.new
Outfoxed does a fabulous job of juxtaposing clips with commentators, muddling the film so much that despite its welcome progressive principles, it ultimately seems hypocritical at its core.
Ex-Sex Pistol Spins for Clear Channelnew
Steve Jones, once the Pistol's guitarist, now has a regular gig with a Southern California radio station. And like so many stations, its adds are sold by Clear Channel. But does that make Jones a corporate shill?
Tags: radio
Liz Phair Turns Into a Prom Queennew
Our alterna-prom queen decides that the level of cooldom she made us happy to achieve just isn’t good enough. We’re not good enough. She’s up and joined a sorority.
