Irvine Republicans Mike Carroll and Anthony Kuo and socialist Democrat Larry Agran voted in favor of awarding almost 10% of…
An update on this story. Tom Craik died suddenly on December 8, two years to the day after the PYLUSD…
1. Nobody ever said he never did anything wrong in his life, maybe he did, maybe he didn’t. It’s the…
Ok Albert Jr. was not on probation at the time but I confirm that he had just been charged on…
Have you recovered from being Tan and Bombed on Christmas, you alcoholic
A Orange Juice Christmas Classic - the true story - accept no substitute! https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2009/12/the-true-story-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/ Also our favorite carol:
I remember Larry McNeely - one of our conservative HB allies in the successful 20-year fight against Poseidon! He seemed…
McNeely’s opinion re similarities between Irvine and HB with which I agree. https://www.facebook.com/groups/HB4UbyHBCF/posts/5374401489324441/
Here is Deidre Harris - head of NAACPOC - apparently held under the auspices of the CORCDC while it was…
music Archive
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![You are incited! Two days after Independence Day, Sunday July 6, 4:30 to 6:30 pm, at the Huntington Beach Central Library, our Editor in chief Vern Nelson is performing a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/all-american-concert-e1404584574256.jpg "Sunday, 4:30 – Vern’s Astounding All-American Concert!")
Sunday, 4:30 – Vern’s Astounding All-American Concert!
Posted on July 5, 2014 | 16 CommentsYou are incited! Two days after Independence Day, Sunday July 6, 4:30 to 6:30 pm, at the Huntington Beach Central Library, our Editor in chief Vern Nelson is performing a […] -
![“… he slipped into the first shadows trying to hide a shame which was in the public domain and which everyone commented upon on the street, it gave birth to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gabriel-garcia-marquez-115x115.jpg "One Hundred Years of Weekend Open Thread … and Bumblebee Boogie.")
One Hundred Years of Weekend Open Thread … and Bumblebee Boogie.
Posted on April 18, 2014 | 15 Comments“… he slipped into the first shadows trying to hide a shame which was in the public domain and which everyone commented upon on the street, it gave birth to […] -
![First, Ricardo wants to remind us all that it’s Cesar Chavez’ birthday Sunday, and in order to have a proper birthday fiesta for the beloved civil rights icon, he thinks […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cesar-impeach-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Cesar Chavez’ Birthday, Impeach Obama Rally, and Hallelujah!")
Weekend Open Thread: Cesar Chavez’ Birthday, Impeach Obama Rally, and Hallelujah!
Posted on March 29, 2014 | 70 CommentsFirst, Ricardo wants to remind us all that it’s Cesar Chavez’ birthday Sunday, and in order to have a proper birthday fiesta for the beloved civil rights icon, he thinks […] -
![Diamond: I previously covered the Irvine Council’s vote on that city’s hosting a veterans cemetery. Now let’s review the glorious details at our weekend leisure. Here’s how. Go to this page hosted […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/irvine-vern-devil-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Veterans Cemetery Debate, and the Devil Went Down to Georgia!")
Weekend Open Thread: Veterans Cemetery Debate, and the Devil Went Down to Georgia!
Posted on March 14, 2014 | 15 CommentsDiamond: I previously covered the Irvine Council’s vote on that city’s hosting a veterans cemetery. Now let’s review the glorious details at our weekend leisure. Here’s how. Go to this page hosted […] -
![Vern sez: I’d thought we were fine for nearly a decade without a “weekend open thread,” but now that Brother Diamond (who gestated in the womb of the Daily Kos) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/HB-Leather-Tramp-2-e1394302488901.jpg "Welcome to Hernando’s Weekend Open Thread – HB Peace, and Leather Tramp!")
Welcome to Hernando’s Weekend Open Thread – HB Peace, and Leather Tramp!
Posted on March 8, 2014 | 16 CommentsVern sez: I’d thought we were fine for nearly a decade without a “weekend open thread,” but now that Brother Diamond (who gestated in the womb of the Daily Kos) […] -
![My first wife’s family lived in Laguna Beach. Her parents had retired there, and her father died without ever being able to return to Puerto Nuevo in Rosarito and eat […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/seeger-3-115x115.jpg "Remembering Pete Seeger in Laguna Beach…")
Remembering Pete Seeger in Laguna Beach…
Posted on January 29, 2014 | 26 CommentsMy first wife’s family lived in Laguna Beach. Her parents had retired there, and her father died without ever being able to return to Puerto Nuevo in Rosarito and eat […] -
![You’re welcome to add your favorite Christmas carols and songs in comments and I’ll try to add them to the text — eventually. I’m self-indulging and putting up three of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Monkees-Riu-Chiu-115x115.jpg "Christmas Music Videos: Half of Them ‘Ríu, Ríu, Chíu,’ Most of the Rest ‘Christmas Time is Here’")
Christmas Music Videos: Half of Them ‘Ríu, Ríu, Chíu,’ Most of the Rest ‘Christmas Time is Here’
Posted on December 25, 2013 | 2 CommentsYou’re welcome to add your favorite Christmas carols and songs in comments and I’ll try to add them to the text — eventually. I’m self-indulging and putting up three of […] -
![I’m more a bluegrass fan myself, but it so happens that the vagaries of life has put me into a social circle where I’m in touch online with contemporary country […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Country-Music-was-awful-in-2013-Grady-Smith-115x115.jpg "Girls in Tight Jeans with Beer in Trucks by the River in the Year in Country Music 2013")
Girls in Tight Jeans with Beer in Trucks by the River in the Year in Country Music 2013
Posted on December 23, 2013 | 9 CommentsI’m more a bluegrass fan myself, but it so happens that the vagaries of life has put me into a social circle where I’m in touch online with contemporary country […] -
![For those of you who hadn’t seen it — and being a dinosaur myself, I had not — soon-to-be-Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon’s current show has been featuring a recurrent […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Fallon-and-Timberlake-rap-115x115.jpg "‘History of Rap’ — A Quick Hippity-Hoppity Hip-Hop Primer for the Ignorant Among Us")
‘History of Rap’ — A Quick Hippity-Hoppity Hip-Hop Primer for the Ignorant Among Us
Posted on December 22, 2013 | 7 CommentsFor those of you who hadn’t seen it — and being a dinosaur myself, I had not — soon-to-be-Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon’s current show has been featuring a recurrent […] -
![This is massively cool. The site seems to allow sharing but not embedding, so you’ll have to click the link. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/11/bob-dylan-rolling-stone-video/ Yes, as you no doubt expected, this is indeed a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Like-a-Rolling-Stone-video-still-4-115x115.jpg "Long Holiday Weekend Open Thread: Hooooooww Does It Feeeeeeeel?")
Long Holiday Weekend Open Thread: Hooooooww Does It Feeeeeeeel?
Posted on November 27, 2013 | 28 CommentsThis is massively cool. The site seems to allow sharing but not embedding, so you’ll have to click the link. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/11/bob-dylan-rolling-stone-video/ Yes, as you no doubt expected, this is indeed a […] -
![Okay, ordinarily I wouldn’t write a story about an upcoming concert of mine, except that it just turns out – serendipitously! – to have more to do with some of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cri-cri-gabilondo-soler-115x115.jpg "Cri-Cri, Mexican Independence Day, and Vern’s Sept. 15 Concert")
Cri-Cri, Mexican Independence Day, and Vern’s Sept. 15 Concert
Posted on September 11, 2013 | 4 CommentsOkay, ordinarily I wouldn’t write a story about an upcoming concert of mine, except that it just turns out – serendipitously! – to have more to do with some of […] -
![“Whether through Gaiety, Inability, Circumstance or Choice, you declined to add to our species’ population, we Mothers and Fathers salute you!” Yes, it seems like only last week that this […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Non-Breeder-Families-115x115.jpg "NON-BREEDER’S DAY takes America by storm! Concert Sunday afternoon!")
NON-BREEDER’S DAY takes America by storm! Concert Sunday afternoon!
Posted on July 17, 2013 | 14 Comments“Whether through Gaiety, Inability, Circumstance or Choice, you declined to add to our species’ population, we Mothers and Fathers salute you!” Yes, it seems like only last week that this […] -
![. This week – two days ago – marks the centennial of a milestone in modern classical music: the Paris premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s controversial ballet Le Sacre Du Printemps, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rite-of-spring-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: A Century Since the Rite of Spring Riot!")
Weekend Open Thread: A Century Since the Rite of Spring Riot!
Posted on May 31, 2013 | 95 Comments. This week – two days ago – marks the centennial of a milestone in modern classical music: the Paris premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s controversial ballet Le Sacre Du Printemps, […] -
![. “Violeta Went to Heaven.” This is the title of a movie from Chile, my native country. It received a prestigious 2012 Sundance Film Festival Prize. As a little-known […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/violeta_parra-cropped-115x115.jpg "Violeta Went to Heaven.")
Violeta Went to Heaven.
Posted on May 1, 2013 | 4 Comments. “Violeta Went to Heaven.” This is the title of a movie from Chile, my native country. It received a prestigious 2012 Sundance Film Festival Prize. As a little-known […]
Whether he previously did bad things or not is irrelevant since the cops probably didn't know who he was. Even…