- Website
- http://www.vernnelson.com
- Description
- Greatest pianist/composer in Orange County, and official political troubadour of Anaheim and most other OC towns. Regularly makes solo performances, sometimes with his savage-jazz band The Vern Nelson Problem. Reach at vernpnelson@gmail.com, or 714-235-VERN.
A friend of mine from the LA part of AD 67 writes: "Hi Vern. Wanted to let you know that…
If you do an Ada piece remember to talk about Tony Castro - the fake Latino Dem set up to…
Oh, them 'Pugs wanted to get Brandman on their team. I remember Jerbal writing something like that.
And now for something completely different. A Latina Councilmember making a fool of herself in open meeting. https://www.reddit.com/r/irvine/comments/1sruq5y/councilmember_compares_keeping_oak_creek_golf/
Some democrats in oc are akin to fascists. I can’t breath around the COPD.
Joe Dunn flamed out miserably as a public servant.
I am old enough to remember, back in the day when Dems first started winning partisan elections in OC. The…
I guess I was hoping to speak to a lot of readers who might not be familiar with the term…
Corporatist is good since these types are always affiliating themselves with the big money, the big labor or the big…
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![The Compleat Vern Tour VIDEOS (from Pacific Symphony’s “OC Can You Play” project) . . . (at the Great Park piano) As the Orange Juice Blog’s contribution to the Pacific Symphony’s “OC Can You Play” series, our editor-in-chief played all twenty painted pianos […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/vern-plays-great-park-piano-e1515193084873-115x115.jpg)
![Classic! See Stanislav Fiala sing “I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends” with Vern, at Santa Ana’s Artists’ Village. . . . You guys shouldn’t have mised this. You might remember that our madcap Czech commenter Stanislav Fiala challenged me to do a duet with him at the Santa […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fiala-2.jpg)

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There is so much. She wasted millions of Anaheim tax dollars, and tore people apart unnecessarily, with her half-assed Measure…