Interview with The Maine 11/18/10

by Rosemary Vega


We sat down with The Maine's John O'Callaghan and Garrett Nickelsen for a short interview before their performance at Best Buy Theater in New York City for the Harmony tour. Check out the video under the cut to find out about their guilty pleasures, covering songs, and more.

Movie Junkies Galore at the Globe Theater

DeLorean Time Machine replica (Photo by Makena Hudson)

By Frances Vega

Willy Wonka’s last Golden Ticket was handed out nearly 40 years ago, yet somehow the ticket ended up in new hands.

On Nov. 6, Profiles in History made the original Golden Ticket from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory available to the public for the first time in years.

The ticket was part of an auction the company threw at the Globe Theater at Universal Studios to benefit Variety--The Children’s Charity of Southern California.

Rock The Vote Hosts Election Party In Santa Ana

Rock the Vote (Frances Vega)

By Frances Vega

Rock the Vote went down to Orange County on Tuesday to help all the locals celebrate on election night.

People from all parties were invited to Original Mike's in Santa Ana to listen to music and watch the returns as they came in.

Attendees enjoyed free food, drink specials, and live music throughout the night to help them wind down after a long day of campaigning and rallying people to vote.

Major political figures from all parties invited to the event.  Loretta Sanchez (rep.), Miguel Pulido (Mayor, City of Santa Ana), John Hanna (Trustee, Rancho Santiago College District), and John Karczynski-Ferguson (Former Chair of Log Cabin Republicans) were all confirmed to attend.
The mood was mellow at Original Mike's.

Rastafarians Asked To Make Exception For Prop 19

Members of the community gather for a service.

By Frances Vega and Daniel Watson

He looms over his church — 6-foot-8, swaying between members with fiery eyes and a booming voice.

“They say, do NOT talk about politics and do NOT talk about religion,” hepreaches. “Well tonight, I’m breaking some rules.”

Smoke rises up from a select few in his congregation. The reggae band waits patiently behind the pulpit.

Today, just days before the 2010 Midterm Elections, King Oji — priest of The First Church of Rasta — is commanding his Rastafarian congregation to take heed to a different sort of message.