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​UPDATE: And now here are the photos.

We promised you "surprise guests" in this week's cover story on Goldenvoice's 30th anniversary shows--and Black Flag has let the cat out of the bag on Facebook.


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Screw you Christmas-- here's another reason why Halloween is the greatest holiday of the year. Creme Tangerine Records will mark down 1000's of LPs to 50% off for Halloween. Old school record players, 8 track players, tape decks, speakers, cassettes and 45s will also be included in the sale. The record store located in a turquoise vintage trailer in front of Urban Outfitters at the Lab in Costa Mesa will hold the sale from noon on Sunday to 9 p.m. on Monday.

Creme Tangerine opened earlier this year and is co-owned by local musician Parker Macy and Jonathan Staph. 

​Guess we had to go there. According to Consequence of Sound, Charlie Sheen is collaborating with Snoop Dogg and Filter's Rob Patterson on a track for his tour "Fastball: My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option Show."More >>

7-Eleven: A one-stop shop for all your Chicano music needs!

​Record stores in OC have been in decline this past decade. Tower Records is long gone and the block of the Virgin Megastore in Orange is a fleeting memory--but it's still forever captured in the Sasha Baren Cohen movie Borat. Independent spot Bionic Records once held three locations, but now shares a space with another store in Cypress. Even the last remaining national chains are struggling. FYE in Huntington Beach is having a major liquidation sale. Is there any hope for those of us who still want to buy music in a store instead of downloading it online? There is, indeed, a small glimmer when it comes to the multi-genre, multi-generational offerings of Chicano music!More >>

A Perfect Circle, 2004: Josh Freese, Jeordie White, Maynard James Keenan, James Iha, Billy Howerdel

​After six years of being on hiatus, "supergroup" A Perfect Circle is officially--no, seriously officially this time--working together again. More >>

photo by Photography by Chad Sengstock

​If you were dying to watch the Jonas Brothers, go to the Ozzfest and watch Dahga Bloom at the House of Blues but didn't have the cash, you're in luck. For today only, you can buy select Live Nation tickets to various Verizon Wireless Amphitheater and House of Blues Anaheim shows for only $10, without additional fees. The whole list of $10 shows after the jump:
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If you were planning to schlep out to the El Rey in LA tomorrow to check out the Grammy-nominated Grupo Fantasma you might be disappointed to know that the band's show is canceled. Sucks, right? Unless of course you live in OC, in which case your drive just got a lot shorter. 
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​Lady Gaga doesn't do very many interviews with press (although this story in New York Magazine is killer) because she apparently wants to stay mysterious. But I guess Lady Gaga couldn't resist a chance to poke fun at the CNN institution. Here are the highlights of Lady Gaga's interview with Larry King last night:

• Her mirror of Larry King's outfit was killer.
  
• Gaga says she hopes the government will change the policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," like other archaic things.
• She wants educators to be specific about civil rights, and make sure that people know they're not worth less than other human beings because of sexual orientation.

Read what she has to say about Michael Jackson and lupus, then watch the actual interview segments after the jump.
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​Can't make his October show in Irvine? Don't worry: Jack Johnson has just announced this morning his plans for a concert to both clean the beach and celebrate the release of his newest full-length, To the Sea. Johnson's music and the beach? One in the same.

Find out how to attend after the jump.
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Photo taken by Shannon Thier

​A deal! Factory Records in Costa Mesa has a promo: just go to their Facebook photo page and print a coupon to save money on some vinyl.
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