Beat Swap Meet is a traveling Record Swap Meet featuring dozens of Invited Record Collectors & Dealers from all over the USA and beyond, selling Blues, Funk, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Metal, Punk, Reggae, Rock, Soul, and World 12's and 45's on VINYL. This two-day event was hosted by Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown and is one of the hottest spots in the Los Angeles area for creative dj's and live music. All photos by Erwin Recinos.
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Depends on who you ask and how you eat around Los Angeles.
Sunday Taquitos! Art by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Ivan Ehlers.
Plus Chinese-Jamaican cooking in Hollywood, a new torta ahogada specialist, and chef Daniel Patterson's return to fine-dining on Melrose.
Fairfax has Tyler the Creator's preppy emporium, breakfast burritos with smoked potatoes, a Guns N' Roses museum, legendary 3 a.m. pastrami, and one of L.A.'s last remaining newsstands. Plus a neighborhood history by artist Adam Villacin.
We are also exactly a month away from June 6th, when the Border Patrol arrived in Los Angeles and began the raids that terrorized so many around the country.
We hope this register offers a moment to remember the names and stories of the victims. For each one, we’ve included the backstory we were able to gather alongside the official account from government agencies.
