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Orange County

‘Tearing Down the Orange Curtain’ Leaves a Pile of Rubble to Sift Through
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‘Tearing Down the Orange Curtain’ Leaves a Pile of Rubble to Sift Through

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Thomas Scott McKenzie
/ 9 July 2025

SoCal punk music history book Tearing Down the Orange Curtain has gobs of literary equivalents to falling off the stage.

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Orange County (2002)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 10 January 2002

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