LA’s Stones Throw Records are quickly becoming the most important purveyors of independent hip-hop in the new millennium, much like East Coast indie stalwarts Rawkus were in the late 1990s. There is, however, one particularly notable difference between the two. While both labels are known for their independent spirit and bohemian rosters of hip-hop artists (Stones Throw with Madlib and his many aliases, MF Doom, J Dilla, et al and Rawkus was with Mos......

If walking the “self-guided” tour of downtown’s art galleries during the Downtown LA Art Walk isn’t your idea of a good time, consider being guided by a poet who plies you with alcohol and whispers words of poetry in your ears at each stop. Sound better? We thought so. Poet Ed Rosenthal and Teka-Lark Lo lead the Poet’s Art Walk tomorrow night and you’d be crazy to miss it. Consider it guidance for those......

Now a “career woman", Leilani Wertens searches for the perfect meal during her lunch hour in an oft neglected part of Los Angeles—the newly revitalized downtown district. Read about her weekly culinary adventures on LAist. by Leilani Wertens A sign at the entrance to a cobbled alleyway (Harlem Place Alley) is the only clue that Lost Souls Café lies just ahead. Grasping for the handle of what appeared to be a back door, I......

Now a “career woman", Leilani Wertens searches for the perfect meal during her lunch hour in an oft neglected part of Los Angeles—the newly revitalized downtown district. Read about her weekly culinary adventures on LAist. by Leilani Wertens I am a self-proclaimed coffee junkie. With a Starbucks just around the corner from my apartment and a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf just across the street from my office, what else could I be? Grande......