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The 10 Worst Music Videos of 2011
December 30, 2011 in Heard Mentality
We're on the fence about Katy Perry in "E.T."?2011 was host to a legion of ambitiously unconventional music videos -- often so rapt in their quest for originality that quality...
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Top 9 Most Annoying Songs Of 2011
December 22, 2011 in Heard Mentality
? Whether it's overexposure, repetition, or just a terrible melody, each of the songs below are some of the most grating tunes to be released in 2011.A quick caveat: I realize...
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The Five Best New Acts of 2011
December 12, 2011 in Heard Mentality
?Every year, a shit load of music drops. Some of it's good, most of it's bad, but it's almost impossible to sift through it all to find the juicy stuff...
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Top Five Wailers Songs You Don't Have To Be High To Enjoy
December 09, 2011 in Heard Mentality
?Bob Marley's Wailers will be performing their classic album Uprising at the House of Blues tonight. The Wailers, who are the remaining members from Bob Marley and The Wailers, formed...
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Top Five Pixies Songs: Happy Birthday to David Lovering, Pixies Drummer
December 06, 2011 in Heard Mentality
Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDavid Lovering at Pixies' fan club show at the Music Box, Nov. 19, 2011. Click here to see more photos from that night.? Happy Birthday, David Lovering! The alt-rock...
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Justin Bieber Is Officially the Most Searched Musician Of 2011
November 28, 2011 in Heard Mentality
Stephen Eckert's Flickr?Bing.com, Microsoft's search engine, recently compiled its 2011 search trends for musicians and came up with some interesting results.Their list of the top ten most searched musicians is entirely made...
Wale at Yost Theater Last Night
November 21, 2011 in Heard Mentality
Odd Future's Golf Wang Photo Book Preview, Signing Tonight at Family Books
November 16, 2011 in Heard Mentality
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Justin Bieber, You Are Not Alone: 4 Baby Daddy Dramas in Music History
November 08, 2011 in Heard Mentality
?Poor Justin Bieber--the 17-year-old isn't even legal to bone yet, and already there's a lady claiming that he's the father of her baby. Meet 20-year-old (uh, statutory rape, or at...
Happy Birthday Marie Curie! Top Five Songs About Science
November 07, 2011 in Heard Mentality
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HARD Haunted Mansion: Skrillex, Major Lazer and Caspa at Shrine Expo Hall
October 31, 2011 in Heard Mentality
Timothy Norris/LA Weekly?HARD Haunted MansionShrine Expo HallOct. 28-29, 2011 When I spoke to HARD founder Gary Richards about his goals with the festival series, he made it clear that he wanted...
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Destructo aka Gary Richards: 'Steve Aoki Was Like, Why Don't You Call it Hard On? Like, I Got a Hard On for LA'
October 24, 2011 in Heard Mentality
?Years ago, Destructo, also known as Gary Richards, spent Halloween 2007 promoting the first-ever HARD NYE in Vegas, which, by his own admission, made for a sucky Halloween. Since then,...
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Camille Bloom Wants to Get Intimate With You (But Not at a Women's Festival)
October 18, 2011 in Heard Mentality
?Vocalist Camille Bloom is a one-woman show. In between working on her new album, Never Out of Time, which drops in November, and prepping for her fall tour (which is...
DJ DC to Break World Record For Longest DJ Set at Yost
October 07, 2011 in Heard Mentality
Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees Announced
September 28, 2011 in Heard Mentality
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Happy Birthday Nintendo! Top Five Weird Hip-Hop Songs With 'Nintendo' In The Lyrics
September 23, 2011 in Heard Mentality
sgs_1019/Flickr?Nintendo was founded as a multinational corporation in Japan 122 year go. Today the company is one of the most powerful in the gaming industry--well recognized both in and out...
San Diego Music Thing: Promoting Local Music and Raising Money for Schools
September 09, 2011 in Heard Mentality
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Kanye West At the Call Of Duty XP Last Saturday
September 06, 2011 in Heard Mentality
Idolator? Kanye WestSeptember 3, 2011The Stages At Playa Vista, Los AngelesTo love a Kanye West performance, the audience has to buy into the spectacle of it all-- to abandon the notion...
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Top Five Non-Gimmicky VMA Performances
August 26, 2011 in Heard Mentality
?The VMAs are this weekend, and sometimes (everytime) the powerhouse performances get overshadowed by controvery. For that reason, all gimmicky VMA performances have been excluded from this round-up (indecent exposure,...
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Rock the Bells at San Manuel Amphitheatre on Saturday
August 22, 2011 in Heard Mentality
Kevin Lara/OC Weekly?Rock The BellsAugust 20, 2011San Manuel AmphitheatreClick here to see a slideshow of the performersClick here to see a slideshow of the fansRock the Bells is somewhat developmentally...
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Top Five Funny Kanye West Tumblrs
August 18, 2011 in Heard Mentality
via Fuck Yeah Yeezy ?Considering the man has long been a meme in his own right, it was only a matter of time before the tumblr community hopped on...
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Michael Voltaggio on His Visit to the OC Fair and Maybe Opening a Restaurant...in OC?!
August 18, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
?For you foodies who missed the Top Chef Season 6 winner at the OC Fair on August 4, we've posted (below) a Q&A with the chef about his work with...
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Happy Birthday Madonna; RIP Elvis: Top Five Ways the Icons Are Similar
August 16, 2011 in Heard Mentality
?You know it's a special day when the world celebrates not one, but two members of music royalty--one for his inspiring and everlasting contribution to rock & roll, and another...
'The Real Housewives' Go On Tour
August 16, 2011 in Navel Gazing
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Pacific Festival:OC at Oak Canyon Ranch Last Saturday
August 15, 2011 in Heard Mentality
Mary Bell?Check out our slideshow here!Pacific Festival: OCAugust 13, 2011Oak Canyon RanchAcross a wide expanse of gorgeous, lush tree-covered land, the creative minds behind Orange County's Pacific Festival constructed five...
