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Cannibal & the Headhunters Hit Born in Fullerton

Richard ‘Scar’ Lopez of the popular 1960’s Eas Los band Cannibal & The Headhunters recently passed away in the OC city of Garden Grove. Together with his fellow band mates, the group scored a national hit in 1965 with “Land of a Thousand Dances.” Few folks know that the “na, na, na, na, na” intro [...]

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Grrl Fair Update

In an ongoing update to the story of the shutdown of Grrl Fair 2010 last weekend, I was able to obtain from a Santa Ana city official source the reason as to why the international women’s day event couldn’t take place. It’s a subject that generated a lot of reader comments last time around.  I’m still [...]

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Breaking: Grrl Fair Shut Down!

The ninth annual Grrl Fair I just profiled in the OC Weekly has been shut down by the city of Santa Ana. It was supposed to take place tomorrow and feature some of the best in female fronted local music. Hell, even the OC Register got on board with the event by profiling it in [...]

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Remembering Bobby Espinosa…

The music community of East Los Angeles lost one of its own pioneering legends when El Chicano co-founder Bobby Espinosa passed away on Saturday. What would be of Chicano soul music without his Hammond B3? Thankfully, it’s something that we don’t have to ponder as the musician gave us his talents for more [...]

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Anaheim’s My Machete Stays Sharp!

Anaheim’s My Machete have been making strikingly moody, nuanced indie rock for the better part of the past decade. Chemical bursts of energy propel the band’s repertoire, but they are also capable of slowing things down—“Endo Zendo Nintendo” slithers along a catchy riff reminiscent of Quinto Sol’s “Mi Vida Loca.” Though the quartet— Jessica Escobedo [...]

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