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Straight outta, um, Fountain Valley
The last thing they want is to become a generic surf band after growing up in conservative Fountain Valley. To gain some traction and grow a fan base, they decided to move a city over. It's taken them four years to find their sound, and with the...
Tags: Electronics, City National Corporation, Science and Technology, Carlos Santana, Music
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A shining night with Golden Afternoon
If Tom Waits and Ella Fitzgerald had a baby, it would be Golden Afternoon. The Huntington Beach band performed a set of unique and creative songs, as well as covers, to an intimate crowd at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa on Monday night. The band...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Barbra Streisand, Jefferson Airplane (music group), Music, Tom Waits
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Swim Team starts with a bang
Ska fans, ranging in age from young teenagers to their grandparents' generation, danced at the Observatory in Santa Ana on Saturday as Save the Swim Team performed a short set of original songs and covers. The Huntington Beach band opened up for ska...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Dance, Ska (genre), Music, Entertainment
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In the Pipeline: A pop legend sails in
There's a concert I'm looking forward to nearby in Laguna Beach this Saturday. Thirty years ago, it was seemingly everywhere: the earnest, feathery voice of a soft-spoken Texas balladeer, Christopher Cross. The charts back then featured a galaxy of stars...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Christopher Cross, Music, Paul McCartney, Elton John
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Keeping ska afloat
Save the Swim Team has already accomplished a lot in its five-year career so far. It's played with bands like Big D and the Kids Table and Reel Big Fish and released a full-length CD. And the members have done it all on their own. The Huntington Beach...
Tags: Science and Technology, Ska (genre), Music, Entertainment, Movies
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An H.B. band with Surround Sound
Surf City ska/reggae rockers HB Surround Sound say they have one goal - to be bigger than Aerosmith. With a vivacious stage show and praise from big-name musicians, like Rancid's Tim Armstrong, the quintet is well on its way. Hailing from Huntington...
Tags: Cypress Hill (music group), Concerts, Reggae (genre), Music, Music Industry
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On Theater: H.B. Playhouse takes on Sherlock's 'final' case
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote "The Final Problem" in 1893, it was intended to rid himself of a problem — his increasingly popular sleuth Sherlock Holmes — and allow him to tackle more serious, if less lucrative, literary pursuits. It...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Art Center opens annual exhibition
The Huntington Beach Art Center on Friday will open its 14th annual "Centered on the Center" exhibition.
As many as 190 artists from Orange County and other parts of Southern California, who represent an array of genres and artistic levels, will be...Tags: Justice System, Fine Artists, Arts, Judges, Artists
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Cannes 2013: For 'Blue Ruin' helmer, a new path to career-building
CANNES, France--Most of the attention at the Cannes Film Festival this week centers on the big names--Nicolas Refn, Alexander Payne, James Gray. But the springtime cinema gathering can sometimes makes room for someone a little different. Someone, say,...
Tags: Octavia Spencer, Cannes Film Festival, Kickstarter, Film Festivals, Entertainment
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Top 10 concerts from Sands Event Center's first year
Thursday marked the first anniversary of the night Sands Bethlehem Event Center opened with a nearly sold-out show by alternative rock band Incubus. In the 365 days since, the event center has held a little more than 100 concerts, with big name across...Tags: Entertainment Events, B.B. King, American Idol (tv program), Daughtry (music group), Tiesto (music group)
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The Top 10 Concerts in Sands Bethlehem Event Center's first year
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThursday, May 16, marks the first anniversary of the night Sands Bethlehem Event Center opened with a nearly sold-out show by alternative rock band Incubus. Incubus, opening night at Sands Bethlehem Event Center a year ago In the 365 days...... -
CW ventures further into sci-fi / fantasy with new fall shows
NEW YORK — The CW is increasing its stock in fantastical television. The network, often overlooked when measured against its larger broadcast competitors, is building on its efforts to broaden its target 18- to 34-year-old audience. It's adding...
Tags: Marketing, Customs and Tradition, Sex and the City (tv program), Robbie Amell, ABC (tv network)
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