With His New Vibe Rap Sound, Mani Coolin’ Is Heating Up

LA Weekly On a dead end street bordering the Hollywood Freeway, Mani Coolin’ sits on a stool in a makeshift home recording studio. His dad is here, as well as his producer, Jay Kurzweil, who owns the studio and lives in the adjoining apartment. A hazy, piano-laced...

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SALON: Time For A Typewriter Renaissance?

Salon IT WAS 4 P.M. ON A THURSDAY, two hours until the end of Jesse Banuelos’ workday. He was standing behind the front counter of Berkeley Typewriter, his trademark green apron tied around his waist. A dozen broken typewriters — some electric, but most of them manual...

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LAist: 10 Best Used Bookstores In Los Angeles

LAist We may live in an age of digital and e-books, but don't let that fool you. Print is still alive in the City of Angels from Inglewood to Eagle Rock. The stores that made our list were chosen based on a number of criteria, like collection size, pricing, ambiance...

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The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee Serves It Hot

Wesleyan Magazine "Don’t screw this up,” Jay-Z joked when he bumped into Angela Yee ’97 in the hallway. She laughed—she’d known Jay-Z for years and was used to his quips—but still, he was right. Oh man, she remembers thinking, the pressure is really on now. It had...

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MIAMI NEW TIMES: Kat Dahlia Talks Debut Album, My Garden

Miami New Times It's been a tumultuous three years for singer-songwriter Kat Dahlia. In 2012, the fledgling recording artist and former waitress signed a recording contract with Epic Records. A year later, she released her first single, the piano-laced hit "Gangsta,"...

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NY OBSERVER: Down & Derby, A Pop-Up Roller-Skating Dance Party

The New York Observer A few weeks ago, Vince Masi’s website, skatedrinkdance.com, crashed due to a virus. It has since been cleaned, resuscitated and put back online, but Mr. Masi has yet to recover. “It was a nightmare,” he said. “I think that was probably, like, the...

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