| | | Sundown for Sunset Beach? BY MICHELLE WOO  Entering Sunset Beach—a mile-long, blink-and-you'll-miss-it enclave along Pacific Coast Highway—is like stumbling upon another era, one in which people go by Rotten Ron, Shorty Sam and Hotbass Bob; in which mail gets picked up at the post office because there's no home delivery; in which shoes are optional. All those who live and play in this 85-acre community of about 1,300 know one thing: There ain't no place like it. Against a backdrop of calming ocean waves, a band plays honky-tonk and blues at the memorabilia-choked Mother's Tavern, diners b... more >>
| | | | | | | | Ten Years of the OC Music Awards BY BRANDON FERGUSON  Has it been 10 years already? Since its inception, the Orange County Music Awards has featured the bands we know maybe all too well (Offspring, Lit), those we're going to know well (the Steelwells) and some who've dipped below the horizon (anyone remember Bayadera?). The whole schtick hasn't changed much since writer/music enthusiast/marketing guy Martin Brown started the awards with the goal of... more >> | | | | | | | | Hapa J's Puts You In an Aloha State of Mind BY EDWIN GOEI  In an idyllic, sparsely inhabited town named Hawi on Hawaii's Big Island, there's a breezy restaurant in a converted plantation house. I can't remember the name, but it doesn't matter, as it's practically the only eating place for miles, tucked in a lush tropical forest after you leave the lava fields, a discovery everyone who passes by inevitably makes. Its bright-green paint reels drivers in li... more >> | | | | | | | | 'Spooner' Is Love Crazy BY MATT COKER  Herman Spooner's last name should be Slacker. He barely has a job, and as his 30th birthday approaches, he is still living at home with his folks and showing no signs of budging. This concerns his parents, who love Herman but are tired of supporting him. More important, they realize they are enabling a grown man's arrested development. So, the Spooners set the 30th anniversary of their son's birt... more >> | | | | | | | | Heard Mentality The culmination of the 2011 OC Music Awards, to be held at the City National Grove of Anaheim, is almost upon us. (Read Brandon Ferguson's story about how the awards show has evolved through the ... Navel Gazing UPDATE, MARCH 3, 4:04 P.M.: Representative Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) issued a statement today responding to a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) "attack" on him for participating in an ant... Stick a Fork In It A publishing company has bombarded me recently with their Spanish-for-restaurants guides that promises supervisors, owners, waiters, customers--essentially anyone who doesn't speak español--enoug... | | | | |
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