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Let’s face it, Orange County people are spoiled by the ripe Southern California weather. It’s summertime nearly 85 percent of the year! But we’re about to enter part of that dreaded 15 percent, and you may have realized that you and your friends are in need of some indoor activities.

Karaoke is the perfect way to get your friends together for a night of singing, drinking and infinite laughs. If you’re a ka-raoke virgin, here’s a list of the best local spots.

Ziller Karaoke and Bar

It’s a Korean bar, but they’ve also got an impressive English song list, including most cur-rent top 40 songs. The best

part about this bar is that you don’t sing in front of strangers; you rent private rooms, mak-ing it the best place for karaoke beginners. Rooms range from $30 to $50 per hour, but split it with five or more friends and it becomes really affordable. Be sure to make a reservation though, rooms fill up quickly on the weekends.

Phone: (714) 626-2122 Ad-dress: 1050 W. Valencia Dr., Fullerton

Patty’s Irish Pub

Fully equipped with a dance f loor, a stage and plenty of beer on tap, this Irish-themed bar will have you singing in no time. Karaoke runs Wednes-day through Saturday starting at 9:30 p.m. During the week-ends, they have a live band to back up the amateur singers. No reservations needed, just sign up your song with the

“KJ”, or karaoke jockey, and he’ll call you up to the stage when it’s your turn.

Phone: (949) 249-2604 Ad-dress: 28971 Golden Lantern, Laguna Niguel

Our Place

A karaoke gem in South-ern OC, this bar features live bands, karaoke, a full bar and great food. Multiple reviews on Yelp cite it as the best-kept secret in the OC and swear by the friendly service. Karaoke starts at 8 p.m. and no reserva-tions are needed.

Phone: (949) 588-7522 Ad-dress: 24301 Muirlands Boule-vard Suite Y, Lake Forest

Durty Nelly’s

It’s another Irish pub, but it’s definitely worth mentioning. They do karaoke every Friday and Saturday starting at 9 p.m.

The best part about this joint is their song selection, with about 50,000 entries. The KJ, Kevin Cable, is an award win-ning host who knows how to get the party started and keep it going all night. Reservations are strongly encouraged for large parties.

Phone: (714) 957-1951 Ad-dress: 2915 Redhill Ave., Costa Mesa

Azteca Mexican Restaurant

This Mexican restaurant transforms into a karaoke hotspot on weekend evenings after the kitchen closes. Elvis fans will also appreciate their wall art and entire room dedi-cated to “The King.” The sing-ing starts at 10 p.m. on Fridays and 9 p.m. on Saturdays. No reservations needed.

Phone: (714) 638-3790 Address: 12911 Main St.,

Garden Grove

Orange County is home to a thriving music scene and of-fers several venues to see both mainstream and small local bands perform live.

Chain Reaction, an all-ages venue, is located in Ana-heim. Tickets are usually priced at $8 to $20. It hosts

shows for bands of any genre. The venue is the go-to place

for any band coming through the OC area.

Its small size allows for more intimate concerts. Chain Reaction’s walls are covered with band shirts and stickers from past acts that have graced its stage.

House of Blues (HOB) in Anaheim is located in Down-town Disney.

The venue is conveniently surrounded by various shop-ping places, like Quicksilver and Sephora, where concert-goers can pass the time before shows.

HOB Anaheim also has its own restaurant, Crossroads, where attendees can dine be-fore the concert.

A third venue in Anaheim is the Honda Center, home of the National Hockey League’s Anaheim Ducks.

Although sporting events are held at the Honda Center, musicians frequently stop by

to perform at this stadium-sized venue.

Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z and Kanye West all have up-coming concerts at the Honda Center.

The Observatory can be found in Santa Ana. The venue had originally been known as the Galaxy before it was taken over by new owners in 2011 and was eventually renamed.

It also houses a room known as the Constellation Room, where smaller concerts are held.

The main room at The Ob-servatory has a capacity of 550 while the Constellation Room has a capacity of 300.

Some tickets at the venue can run as low as $5. At times, it holds free concerts.

Notable musicians and bands that have played at The Observatory are Foster the People, Grouplove, Crystal Castles and Tyga.

The Yost Theater is also in Santa Ana. It was built in

1912 and is known as the OC’s oldest theater.

The theater donates some of its profits to support “cultural and entrepreneurial based ed-ucation programs for teens in Santa Ana.”

Irvine offers a large out-door music venue known as the Verizon Wireless Am-phitheater. It was chosen as first place for the Orange County Register’s Best Music Venue in the OC area.

The Verizon Wireless Am-phitheater has hosted fes-tivals such as KROQ-FM’s Weenie Roast, Lollapalooza

and Gigantour.The Detroit Bar in Costa

Mesa offers live music perfor-mances while customers sit down for a drink.

It was awarded the Best Venue for Live Music in 2011 by the OC Weekly.

Aside from hosting up-and-coming bands, the Detroit Bar also welcomes DJs who play hip hop, house music and electro music.

Avid concertgoers don’t have to travel to Los Angeles to see live music when the OC already offers all these venues close to home.

Music venues around Orange County

Top 5 local karaoke hotspots

The Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine has hosted large outdoor festivals.Courtesy of Irvine Company

The Chain Reaction and House of Blues offer an intimate music experience

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Hairstyles forecasted in 2014

The “ballerina bun” became a popular updo last year and will continue in 2014.

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As 2013 comes to an end and 2014 is just around the corner, hair fashions are beginning to change yet again.

Recall hairstyles early in the year, where the waterfall braid and the fishtail braid were all the rage.

With the new year approach-ing, you can expect to see a brand-new variety of hair fash-ion trends.

Celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry and Mi-ley Cyrus have all started to take on the edgy pixie cut look, which will carry on to the new year.

The pixie cut has also in-spired hair trends like the “braid crown,” which is a shorter look featuring the hair braided around the crown of the head.

The “ballerina bun” made its famous debut around 2012 when celebrities like Lauren Conrad and Vanessa Hudgens stepped out sporting a perfectly formed bun.

Although the trend has some-what faded, the effortless hair-style will always remain rel-evant.

Another trend that seems to have never truly gone away is the vintage curl, which is fairly simple if done the right way with the right appliance.

The trend, which has been popular for years, will still re-main a favorite throughout 2014.

Another trend we can expect to see in the new year is the an-ticipated comeback of the noto-rious “bob” haircut.

Making its way into the fu-ture of 2014, the “bob” will re-turn from its original roots in the ‘60s and ‘70s, more chic than ever before.

The effortless and beloved “beach wave” hair is something that will be seen a lot in 2014 as

well. The style’s simplicity and

sexiness makes it easily wear-able for women on the go, espe-cially students struggling to put themselves together with only five minutes to get ready before class.

Bangs have also been appear-ing frequently because of the va-riety they offer.

The most favored styles in-clude the “Bettie Page” bang, which is a very short, straight-across bang.

The side bang is self explan-atory, and the long, choppy bang can get frustrating if not trimmed consistently.

To round out the trendy hair-styles expected in 2014, these new hairstyles may be difficult but are sure to make your peers “ooh” and “ahh.”

The basket-weave braid is not for the impatient, but it has been making its debut on the runways of Paris, London and Los Ange-les and will soon be seen on the streets in 2014.

Although the basket weave is difficult and takes a lot of time, the end result will be worth it.

Lastly, there is the adorable and beloved heart braid. Simi-larly to the crown braid, the hair is parted down the middle and

then each side is braided around the crown of the head, ending with a conjoined pony braid.

The heart is not as difficult as the basket-weave braid, but it is simple and elegant enough for a daytime and nighttime look.

The new year will bring back the infamous bob cut with a modern flair

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A mile and a half north of the Fullerton Arboretum, be-tween Craig Regional Park and the Anaheim Union Res-ervoir, lies a quiet neighbor-hood park that escapes ur-banity.

Gilman Park, like a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, is a green-in-the-concrete reserve.

It is a two-level patch of turf gemmed within a mod-ern city.

The park’s elevated area is accessible by a southern en-trance on Hartford Avenue, a cross street of Bastanchury Road.

However, be careful when crossing from East Bastan-chury to Hartford Avenue, be-cause the crosswalk timer is dangerously short.

After climbing up the small residential hill, asphalt turns into a dead end and suddenly a seemingly displaced park appears.

With Gilman Park measur-ing only 13.7 acres, it takes only a few minutes to cross from the elevated southern entrance to the lower-level entrance on the northern side.

Northward, the park drops into a wide and shallow val-ley surrounded by lengthy eu-calyptus trees and seasonally viridescent thickets on its tall southern counterpart.

Rustic bridges cross over a calm stream.

With its surrounding green walls, the stream completely drowns out the sounds of a city that is a stone’s throw away.

Traveling across the eastern bridge, still heading north, lies the main lower-level en-trance.

Exiting merely two blocks of residential area, travelers

will find themselves east of Craig Regional Park on Roll-ing Hills Drive.

Gilman Park’s concealment is ideal for green getaways.

Underneath many shaggy pepper trees, ring-shaped shadows long for quiet picnics and romantics.

An adjacent pasture waits in the lower valley for field games.

Woody and unfamiliar smells constantly emanate from the ground, making it a pleasant smell for an after-noon walk with the dog.

With the additions of wood-en bird feeders, tables and trash cans, Gilman Park at-tracts the lifeforms that only add to and preserve its beauty.

Founded in 1978, the park pays homage to the person who established the first com-mercial Valencia orange grove in the state, Richard Gilman.

The western section of the park’s lower level actually be-longed to the Gilman family’s historic ranch and home site in 1906.

A plaque recognizing Gil-man and his accomplishments can be found in the Quad at Cal State Fullerton.

In 1992, the Fullerton City Council, in a 4-1 vote, sanc-tioned the immediate removal of a 110-foot concrete slide from Gilman Park.

The Los Angeles Times re-ported that at the time, the park was a “magnet for rowdy teenagers who break bottles and ride trash cans down the slide at night.”

Some residents were sad and others were happy to see the 13-year-old slide uprooted.

Twenty-one years later, the park is alive and as vital a part of the community as ever, even without a slide.

The city of Fullerton alone holds 52 green-in-the-con-crete locations.

Gilman Park is simply an ace within Fullerton’s full deck of hidden parks and trails.

GIlman Park, located on the sourthern entrance of Hartford Avenue, boasts an intimate, pastoral setting. DAN OSTRIN / Daily Titan

Escape to a serene oasis at Gilman ParkThe 13.7-acre park offers lush greenery, perfect for a quiet, romantic day out

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Surfing, warm weather year round and endless summers are just some of the perks Or-ange County is known for.

Along with the great weath-er and fun activities in the sun, the county has some of the best beaches on the West Coast.

Starting from San Clem-ente to Seal Beach, the sandy beaches surround the cities within.

Along the coast the beach of-fers tidepool marine life, waves breaks, secluded coves and ocean scenery.

Crystal Cove State Park

Located in Newport Beach, this park has a stretch of sand along the highway and a quiet atmosphere for people who want to sit, relax and listen to the waves.

It is best known for access to tidepools, surf and hiking into El Moro Canyon. Crystal Cove features a 1,140 acre underwa-ter park to explore by snorkel or scuba diving.

Laguna Beach

With over 22 beaches, the isolated coves have shore

breakout and waves breaking right on the sand. Main beach is the most popular within La-guna for tourists.

Across from the main beach are restaurants and shops for after a day of laying in the sun. The main beach has access to basketball and volleyball courts, as well as jungle gyms for kids.

Another feature the beach town offers is the Festival of Arts and the Pageant of the Masters.

Newport Beach

This beach stretches f lat over eight miles and has two piers, a harbor and a bay.

Little Corona Beach is known for the tide pools while Balboa Peninsula is known for the surf. The local spot for surfers is the wedge located just before Newport Harbor.

The wedge has produced up to 30-foot waves during South swells.

Here, people can body surf, bodyboard skimboard and surf. The beach town is filled with restaurants, hotels and bars for some fun times.

Huntington Beach

Better known as the Surfing Capital of the World, this is the largest populated beach in Or-ange County.

The seaside stretches over 8.5 miles and the ocean waves

are enhanced by a natural ef-fect caused by the edge-dif-fraction of open ocean swells around the island of Catalina.

This makes big waves for surfers, body boarders and skimboarders.

This beach has consistent surf year-round from the com-bination of storms and hurri-canes from the southern hemi-sphere.

During the summer the U.S. Open of Surfing, the larg-est surfing competition in the

world hosted by Vans is held at the south side of the pier.

The event is held every year here and usually lasts one week and is always packed with people.

The beach, trademarked “Surf City,” was created in 2004 to brand the active out-doors and beach culture.

At the end of the pier located on main street, Ruby’s Diner sits for tourist and locals to look at the scenic ocean view from above.

Sunset Beach

Starting back in 1905, Sun-set Beach is a civilization get-away. The beachfront commu-nity in Huntington is mellow and more laidback than some other OC beaches.

The whole community is just a few feet away from the sand giving it an excluded feel.

Since the beach town is pretty small, everything is in walking distance for your con-venience.

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The traditional Thanks-giving dinner involves hav-ing family all dressed up and gathered around a large table with a large turkey right in the middle of it.

However, not everyone has that typical picture in mind when they think of Thanks-giving.

There are a variety of op-tions to change up the typical dinner.

The typical Thanksgiving dinner consists of turkey with an abundant amount of sides dishes.

Some of the traditional sides are mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, sweet potatoes and buttermilk corn bread.

Traditional desserts for the

dinner includes pumpkin pie and pecan pie.

Some of the reasons people choose not to eat turkey in-clude the bird’s large size, they don’t like the taste and because they prefer other alternative options.

There are many differ-ent options to the traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

Some replacements to the Thanksgiving turkey dish are goose, duck, ham, pork roast, chicken, crab, venison and tur-ducken.

Vegetarian-friendly Thanks-giving dishes include tofurkey, vegetable lasagna, eggplant parmigiana and vegetarian roast.

Alternative dessert options include apple cake, bread pudding, tart, bundt cake

and cheesecake, all of which are carnivore and vegetarian friendly.

There are a variety of options to the Thanksgiving dinner.

The decision is on the family to make it either conventional or unorthodox.

Alternative Thanksgiving eatsTry something new this holiday season and try these modern delicacies

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There’s something special about seeing Thor smash into the ground and your seat rum-bling along with his landing.

The action on the screen moves to the left, and so does your seat.

There’s a hard turn to the right and your seat follows right along, and you find yourself tilted at a 45-degree angle.

Explosions become even better. The explosions on screen will cause your seat to shake so much, it’ll feel like one of those California earth-quakes we’re accustomed to.

I’m talking about D-Box seats, seats that move along with the movie while you’re watching it.

It’s a pretty great way of watching a movie, but not all of the movies that come out have a D-Box option.

Most of the time, the big-gest action oriented movie that came out that week will be be available in D-Box.

The only theater in Orange County that has these seats is my favorite, the UltraStar Cinemas UltraLuxe theater in Anaheim.

The theater is nestled in the back of the GardenWalk, a shopping center near Katella Avenue and Harbor Boule-vard.

The moving-seat experience doesn’t come cheap, though. A D-Box ticket will come with a $20 price tag, a steep price when compared with stan-dard movie ticket prices.

The D-Box seats should be reason enough to go to the Ul-traLuxe, but the theater has even more going for it than just their moving seats.

If you happen to show up to your movie early, the main lobby has pool tables, arcade

machines and a food court to burn away some time.

Another benefit to coming to this theater is being able to have a beer or two while you watch your movie.

Anyone who is over 21 years old can buy a ticket to the the-ater’s Star Class rooms. These rooms are smaller, about one-fourth the size of a theater room you’ll find at an AMC theater. But the sacrifice in room size comes with more comfortable, spacious seats. These seats will make other theater seats seem like they were intended for toddlers in-stead of full-sized adults.

A lounge is located right outside of the viewing rooms where the Star Class’ main at-traction lies, the bar.

From there you can choose from a selection of beers and wine to satisfy your alcoholic cravings.

The bar also serves food to complement your beer.

If you happen to be feeling particularly lazy that night, you can have your alcohol or food delivered straight to your seat.

Try to order your food ear-ly, though, because having the servers walk through the room to deliver food can be a bit distracting when the mov-ie reaches its climax.

Similarly to the D-Box seats, Star Class comes at a higher price.

A ticket will cost $15. But this is my preferred way of watching movies.

It’s hard to go back to other theaters after sitting in Star Class seats.

Since I turned 21 and start-ed buying Star Class tickets, I’ve never had a bad movie experience with obnoxious people shouting at the screen.

And when you’re done watching your movie, enjoy the GardenWalk.

Go eat at one of the restau-rants, shop at one of the many stores or walk a block or so down Katella and visit Dis-neyland.

D-Box seats offer a unique movie experienceThe intimate Star Class rooms feature big lounge-like seats and alcohol

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The average college student makes $8 an hour, which can pose a problem for their social lives. Students often have to pay for their books and tuition leav-ing little to spend on themselves.

A date can put a dent in a checking account that is already lacking funds.

Students dating in college can easily spend almost $50 at the movies. AMC tickets can cost $12 per person, and they will have to pay for the drinks and snacks.

Going on a date can be expen-sive, but here are several ways to go on a fun, inexpensive date.

PicnicA picnic is simple to create

and the ingredients to make the meals are cheap. Sandwiches, pasta and a salad are made eas-ily without spending much. You can use what you have. This keeps food from sitting in the fridge and spoiling.

By opting to make the meal and choosing a location that is free, a student can save money. This solves the problem of pay-ing for dinner, tipping servers, and waiting 30 minutes or more for a table at a busy establish-ment.

By taking the time to plan the picnic, your date will be surprised and will think more highly of you, especially if it is a second or third date.

Couples can plan their pic-nics in the park or the beach.

The best part about this is that couples can do an activity after-wards. This allows people time to talk and connect.

Think creativelyFor less traditional dates, it

takes more thought and time in planning this date than simply going out.

The person you are trying to impress will definitely get the hint that you like him or her and will think you are a great per-son.

You may want to consider making a game up or put a spin on one that already exists.

A scavenger hunt that leads to a picnic or beautiful scenery is one of the best ways to impress someone you are courting. This is the ideal date after a couple months of dating or for a special occasion, such as birthdays.

You can tell your prospective date to meet there, with the plan to surprise him or her instead.

When he or she gets there, you can leave an instructional note or have a willing stranger explain where exactly you are and how to get there.

A person posts clues or riddles on trees, tables and other land-marks.

The date must locate his or her significant other from the clues. Before doing this, make sure to get permission from the park.

The park does not allow this, you can text and send photos to your date or give him or her all the clues at the beginning.

Turn an activity into a date

There are numerous activities that are free or of little charge. Stargazing is free and a couple can go almost anywhere to look at the stars.

Hiking, bicycling and roller-blading are great forms of ex-ercise, but can also be turned into dates. There is no need to rent or pay for admission. A lot of people can rollerblade near the beach, where they can take in the scenery and the feel of a cool breeze.

All these ideas are great for dates and will save money while still allowing prospective lovers to get to know each other.

While browsing through racks of unique vintage clothes, you spot the perfect fall sweater that is reason-ably priced.

On your way to the cash register, your eyes gaze at a pair of ankle boots that would look great with your new sweater.

For students who are in-spired by vintage and retro pieces and trying to save money, ModTex is one of the best places to shop in Orange County.

ModTex, short for Modern Textiles, is a used clothing store located in downtown Fullerton that not only sells clothes, but also buys them back from customers.

The store takes pride in selling affordable, yet fash-ionable clothing, as well as building relationships with local artists and musicians in Fullerton.

ModTex is also involved with Fullerton’s monthly art

celebration and offers its ven-ue as a spot for artists to play music or to show off their work.

Part of the reason why the used retail store sells used clothing is because it strives to be environmentally con-scious.

ModTex models its prac-tices after larger industry companies, such as H&M’s garment collection initia-tive, where customers bring in clothes that are essentially recycled.

Although many of the gar-ments sold at ModTex are used, the store makes sure each item is in wearable con-dition.

The ModTex website says, “We take the guesswork of rif ling through veritable mountains of rags to find treasure by picking the high-est quality and most fashion-able garments, ensuring ev-ery piece is a treasure.”

Customers who bring in gently worn clothing items can receive 40 percent cash or 50 percent store credit.

When buying items from customers, the store looks for used men and women’s cloth-ing, shoes and accessories.

ModTex also seeks pieces

that are trendy, as well as vintage classics.

Before gathering used items and heading to the store, make sure to look through ModTex’s buying guidelines.

Sellers must be over 18 years of age with a valid form of identification and the clothing being sold should be free of undesirable elements, such as drugs.

The store’s website, Shop-modtex.com, is full of fashion information, including blogs, music and unique looks to in-spire outfits.

The Lookbook section fea-tures eye-catching photo-graphs sorted by seasons.

ModTex uses the hashtag #modpost on Instagram for users to show off their vin-tage-inspired styles.

The best images can re-ceive store credit and be fea-tured on the ModTex blog.

The store also has a Face-book page and Twitter ac-count.

ModTex is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sunday from 12 to 5:30 p.m.

For questions about sell-ing or other information, call (714) 278-0786.

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Ideas for dating on a budget

The recycled clothing store in downtown Fullerton gives sellers 40 percent cash back and 50 percent in store credit.Courtesy of ModTex Inc.

“Hiking, bicycling and rollerblading are great forms of exercise, but can also be turned into dates.”

The shop also offers its space for local live bands and artists

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Everyday objects are inter-preted through a heated mold-able clay and later hardened and smoothed through a fiery glaze. This art form, dated back to an-cient Greece, will be displayed at the Irvine Fine Arts Center starting Saturday.

The exhibition titled, “High Low” will feature various skilled artists from Southern California.

The artists include Tetsuji Aono, Jody Baral, Roger Her-man, Bill Jaros, Phyllis Green, Matthias Merkel Hess, Mitsu-ko Ikeno, Shoshi Kanokohato, Seth Kaufmann, Jung Hwa Lee, Christopher Miles, Kris-ten Morgin, Thomas Muller, Ruby Neri, Mike Pierzynski, Max Rain, Katie Ryan, Petra Schilder, Adam Silverman, Tanja Smeets, Julia Taft-Candell, Cheryl Ann Thomas, Richard Turner, Monique van Genderen, Tam van Tran and Jessika Wood.

Among the established ce-ramic artists is Phyllis Green, a Cal State Fullerton alumna and professional Los Angeles artist, educator and curator. Most recently, her solo exhibi-tion “Slendid Entities: 25 Years of Objects” was showcased at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design in 2011.

Matthias Merkel Hess, MFA from UCLA, takes objects such as milk crates, trash cans, gas

cans and buckets and turns them into a water-colored ce-ramic glazed art pieces. His latest solo exhibitions include “Bucketry,” which was featured in the ACME in Los Angeles, “Two Projects and a Drawing,” featured in West Texas A&M University and “Spottieot-tiedopaliscious Dishes: new MerkelWare” in Los Angeles’ IKO IKO.

“High Low” will also pres-ent works from two Dutch art-ists, Petra Schilder and Tanja Smeets.

Schilder’s installation, titled The Dutch Ager, was featured at the Carter & Citizen art gallery in Los Angeles earlier this year.

The installation, features a farm landscape backdrop accompanied by a fireplace made out of hand-painted ce-ramic tiled.

In front of the backdrop is a room display featured two wooden chairs with a pile of sheep wool draped on top and a candlelight chandelier dan-gling from the ceiling.

This installation depicts a pastoral, farmer life.

“High Low” is the third in a series of media-based exhibi-tions. The first, “Analog Digi-tal,” featured both analog and digital photographic works. The second, “Impression,” dis-played traditional prints.

“High Low” ends its run Jan. 4, 2014.

The Irvine Fine Arts Center is located at 14321 Yale Ave.

For more information visit IrvineFineArts.org or call (949) 724-6880.

Coffee in hand and day-glo sunglasses hanging off his yel-low T-shirt collar, he only had a few minutes to talk.

There were errands to run and people to talk to; all the grunt work that goes with own-ing a small business.

It’s something he’s been do-ing for the better part of two de-cades. A record store doesn’t run itself, especially one that’s been around this long.

November marks Radiation Records 10-year anniversary at its current location, and the 20th anniversary of Puke N Vomit Records, the record and merchandise distribution that preceded it.

Radiation is nuzzled in an indiscreet, colorless strip mall. It shares its space with a Boy Scouts supply store and a Pente-costal Ministry. The store would be almost impossible to spot if it wasnt for the big red fallout sign hanging above the door.

Inside, bins are brimming with thousands of LP’s, 45 rpm records and CD’s, all of which are meticulously put in alpha-betical order.

From the beginning, Puke N Vomit and Radiation espoused

the DIY ethos of punk rock.The shop and label are run

completely by owner Nat Hall and his cohorts.

Both the store and label dis-tribute other underground bands, as well as its own.

The screen-printing set up in the back of the store supply the shirts that snake around the wall, and the patches that might end up emblazoned on a per-son’s denim jacket.

The store’s walls are a histori-cal record of California punk, trimmed with rare records such as a first press of the The Germs debut single and the Yes L.A, compilation LP, which features bands such as The Bags and Black Randy and the Metro-squad.

However, you’re just as likely to find that new LP from that one psych/garage band your friends told you about or a rare Japanese hardcore record from the mid-’80s. It was a combi-nation of teenage angst and te-dium that led Hall to produce Puke N Vomit Records.

“Going to shows, being in bands since I was a kid and not liking school much, not liking a normal job, not liking waking up,” Hall said.

About 10 years ago, Puke N Vomit put out its first release as a label, the debut album by one of Hall’s band, The Aborted.

Since then, the label has put out music from local bands such as RF7 and Prima Donna to

international bands Disorder from the United Kingdom and The Shocks from Germany.

Puke N Vomit is to put out its 50th release early next year.

Online marketplaces like Ebay and Discogs.com provide a challenge for traditional brick and mortar stores.

These sites allow sellers to manipulate the market price of a record with just one click from halfway around the world.

Hall remains competitive by underselling inflated prices, thus lessening the incentive for buyers to resell records at in-flated prices.

Big chain stores such as Best Buy and Target have recently started carrying vinyl records as well. However, Hall isn’t worried.

“As soon as it’s tanking for them, they just won’t carry it, it’s no loss to them. They’ll just carry whatever is popular,” Hall said.

Aside from the online store, Radiation has no web presence at all. The store doesn’t have Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

The shop keeps buoyant by word of mouth and the work put in by Hall and his colleagues. Not much has changed in the last 20 years.

Hall does what he does for the same reason, not out of the chance for any fame or fortune, but for the same reason the scrappy young teenager did 20 years ago—for fun.

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Nat Hall, owner of Radiation Records, started Puke N Vomit Records 20 years ago when he was a teenager. ANDRES GARCIA / Daily Titan

Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov. 23Admission: Free to the publicHours: Mon. - Thurs. 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Closed on Sundays

The local shop celebrates its 20th anniversary of Puke N Vomit Records

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On a warm summer night, I found myself sitting in my car next to my sister Rachel.

The back seat was piled high with everything I could grab to fit in one suitcase.

I had a tank full of gas and nowhere to go.

The summer of 2013 was the last summer I spent living at home.

I have never really gotten along with my parents.

Growing up, my father and

I constantly fought and bick-ered about every little thing.

It may have been adolescent differences, but for whatever reason these problems carried into my adulthood and too much of my disdain remained as I got older.

Things only seemed to be getting worse.

When I was in high school, I moved into my dad’s house. Immediately, we began to fight constantly.

My whole life, we never re-ally understood one another, and this often led to huge misunderstandings.

I remember one particular instance when I was about 19 years old.

I was making dinner and

I had forgotten to make his salad separately because he hated tomatoes.

I served the salads together with tomatoes; immediately, he was upset.

It was as if this was a per-sonal attack against him. Fights like this were a regular occurrence among us.

This particular summer night seemed to be no differ-ent.

We had gotten into a mis-understanding over the TV and Rachel, as usual, was dragged into our mess.

We were shouting, yelling and eventually he screamed at both of us, “get out!”

Usually, I would apologize and try to piece the situation back together but this time I had enough.

So Rachel and I grabbed

our things and left. That night, I drove for an

hour. Eventually I ended up at my

brother Travis’ house, where we stayed the night.

For the next few weeks, my sister and I spent most of our time bouncing around from place to place between friends and family.

School was approaching rapidly and we needed to set-tle into a home.

The two of us had been frantically looking for a place to stay.

By sheer luck, one of Ra-chel’s friends told us that he needed to fill a room in his house as soon as possible.

That day we jumped at the chance to see the room.

Two hours later, we were moving in.

The house was no beauty. The room was small, the bath-room was shared with four other people and the kitchen seemed to be a mess.

However, in this tiny corner house in Anaheim, I could fi-nally live in peace.

As the girl who grew up liv-ing exclusively in Los Angeles County, I found myself in the center of Orange County hap-pier than ever.

The move even proved to be good for my relationship with my father as well.

It gave us space to real-ize the importance of having each other in our lives.

For the first time in a long time, I felt like I had a place to call home.

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“The house was no beauty. The room was small, the bathroom was shared with four other people and the kitchen seemed to be a mess.”

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