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Urban Legends ~ L.A. Mart Design Center
‘Urban Legends’ Public Art Exhibition opened at the LA Mart Design Center on the evening of Friday, April 27th. Featuring works representing traditional muralism, street, graffiti art, and sculptures...
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Beastie Boys: Album Covers Through the Artist’s Voices ~ Juxtapoz
In conjunction with our very special June 2013 issue, Beastie Boys: A Visual History + Tribute to MCA, JUXTAPOZ brings you excerpts from some our interviews with Beastie album cover artists from Polly...
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Agenda (Part Two) ~ Asphalt Yacht Club, Quintin Co, JSLV, Grenco Science,...
Asphalt Yacht Club is founded by pro skateboarder Stevie Williams, along with Stefan Janoski, Nyjah Huston, and Justin “Figgy” Figueroa. Amateur skaters on the AYC team include Riley Hawk, Derrick...
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Interview with Rafael Schacter, Author of the Amazing New Book: The World...
The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti (Yale University Press; 9/3/13; 400 pages, 750 color illustrations, $35.00) by Rafael Schacter is perhaps the most extensive survey of contemporary global...
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Kid Dickarus, or Birdly: I Tried A VR Bird Thing
Birdly at a previous demonstration Last weekend, as part of Sundance Next Fest (a film festival of, I guess, whatever movie’s playing next), LA Taco was able to wrangle me a spot to try Birdly, a...
View ArticleTurmoil in Los Angeles Media: The L.A. Taco Guide
Where can a news consumer in L.A. go these days for trustworthy, up-to-date, and comprehensive news and cultural coverage that matters to local residents? The answer contains fewer and fewer options...
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L.A. Media Update: A Weekly ‘Funeral’ Meets New Editor
Someone in the first-floor window above the protest on Friday outside the LA Weekly’s Westside offices felt the need to put up a sign to clarify to those gathered below. “FYI We Are Not LA Weekly,”...
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Priest Accused of Abusing Boys in OC in the 80s Turns Up in Peru
A former Catholic priest in heavily brown SoCal parishes who was listed among alleged child abusers in 2004 has turned up a remote port city in Peru. The former priest, Horacio Edgardo Arrunátegui...
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‘Welcome Back to L.A.,’ Jim Kirk — An Open Letter to the Latest Editor in...
Dear Jim, Welcome back to Los Angeles. Just yesterday you were interim editor of the New York Daily News, flown out at the behest of your bosses in Chicago just ten days before. On Sunday, you had...
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ICYMI: Thy Antichrist, Dark Funeral, and Septicflesh Killed It at The Regent,...
Another sold out show brought to you by the fine folks over at Church of the 8th Day and Spaceland at The Regent in downtown. I missed the openers since I barely got out of work on time but the touring...
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Metal Fans Scene Report: The Best Live Shows So Far This Year in L.A.
To be a metal fan and to live in LA is to be truly blessed. Some of the best promoters and shows and bands are in our sprawling metropolis. Everything from backyards to DIY to classic LA venues you can...
View ArticleL.A. Weekly Launches Online Campaign Against ‘Bullies’ Calling for Boycott
The embattled LA Weekly management is fighting back against what they are calling lies, harassment, and “bullying” by a group leading a boycott against the paper’s new owners. On Monday the Weekly...
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The L.A. Taco Interview ~ Brian Calle, Publisher of L.A. Weekly, Answers Critics
To hear Brian Calle describe it, he is saving the LA Weekly, not killing it. A self-described ‘right-leaning’ former opinion editor for L.A.’s suburban newspaper network (including flagship paper...
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ICYMI: WATAIN and Deströyer 666 at The Fonda
A couple weeks ago Swedish black metal legends WATAIN and Deströyer 666 passed through Los Angeles on their PANDEMONIAC WOLF MARCH North American tour at The Fonda in Hollywood. Another sold-out night...
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I Was Retained By the New Owners of the L.A. Weekly, And It Sucked
First Person Perspective “Once the new owners get in here, first things first. We’re getting you full time,” Mat Cooperstein, the then-Publisher at LA Weekly said to me following a October 2017 staff...
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If We Don’t Build Up Young Journalists, How Do You Expect to Have An L.A. Taco?
As the news media industry continues to contract, shed workers, and deal with constant political attacks, the urgency and action over the future of news is trickling down to college journalists....
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Should We Use L.A. or LA? ~ An Open Thread With Our Readers
Here at the Taco we strive to serve our readers with the highest standards, and to give people anywhere in the world who might read us the best possible street-level view of what’s happening in our...
View ArticleL.A. Taco on KCRW: Listen to a Discussion on Street Vendors with Chery Glaser
We’re reviving our audio content on SoundCloud! In this installment, listen to editor Daniel Hernandez discuss his latest feature on street vendor Humberto Yauli, with KCRW morning host Chery Glaser....
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R.I.P. Anthony Bourdain ~ Chef Who Brought ‘Parts Unknown’ to the World Dead...
Anthony Bourdain, the rock-star chef, author, and television host who vigorously defended Latin culture, immigrant cooks, and food-service workers, has died at the age of 61. Bourdain was found...
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He’s Giving the Final Tours of the L.A. Times Historic Downtown Headquarters...
Darrell Kunitomi points to a mural in the Art Deco-decorated Globe Lobby of the Los Angeles Times, an image of the recently canonized Junipero Serra with an indigenous person. “Father Serra is now a...
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