​Along with every other straight-to-DVD film, we've been ignoring Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg's upcoming buddy comedy, Mac and Devin Go to High School.

The movie promises to be a Cheech and Chong redux. We have no idea what the concept is other than getting high, potentially blowing up a chemistry lab, and giggling about it (their school is named "N. Hale"). But isn't Snoop a little old to play a high school kid?

On the other hand, so far the soundtrack seems a make-up present to Wiz's long-time fans, who grumbled "sellout" this spring when he released his fluffy, radio-ready Atlantic Records' debut, Rolling Papers.

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This beach is not actually in Orange County, but it's fun to pretend.

The New York Times has long held the motto "all the news that's fit to print." And you know, sometimes, even here at OC Weekly, all the news just doesn't fit.

So, please to enjoy some more summer songs picked by some more local music community notables that we didn't have room for in the print version (but are still great picks!) of this week's Sound Guy, which just so happens to be currently appearing in our lovely Summer Guide issue, on racks across Orange County and Long Beach now. I think that was the worst sentence I've ever written. Oh well. On to the songs!

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