Category: Interviews
“Issa Rae is finishing up production on Rap Sh*t, a new HBOMax comedy series that she’s co-executive producing with hip hop duo, City Girls, in Miami, Florida, when we speak. But just like a kid counting down the days until Christmas, the producer, writer, and star of HBO’s hit comedy-drama series Insecure is eagerly anticipating her return to her hometown of
Tarotviews is a new interview series I’ve concocted that fuses a traditional Q&A with a three-card tarot reading. I’ll use my deck of Motherpeace tarot cards to delve into the artist’s past, present, and future, and allow the cards to guide our conversation.
First up is vōx
All are invited on a surrealistic journey through a tangible dreamscape at REM: Exploring Sleep Through Art, a one-night gallery held by Astroetic Studios that will highlight artists varying in mediums, from mind-bending paintings and textured drawings, to luminous installations and orgasmic photography.
Nestled in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles’ famous Garment District, just one block west of Santee Alley, is Astroetic Studios, which occupies a portion of the seventh floor of the newly remodeled 90-year-old El Santee building.
As I mentioned in my Broccoli City Festival review, I was given an opportunity to interview early 2000’s teen pop sensation JoJo for Unorthodox Tea Time, a Youtube show I co-host with my friend Cate Louie.
San Francisco feminist and kink legend Polly Superstar tells Danielle Dorky about her forthcoming memoir Sex Culture Revolutionary and how she earned the title in an in-depth interview.
Danielle Dorky was lucky enough to snag the first interview with Awkward Black Girl-affiliated and “sophistiratchet” hip-hop group The Doublemints, who debuted their live performance last Saturday at Fais Do Do in Los Angeles.
Danielle Dorky interviews rising Los Angeles band Kan Wakan about their 2014 debut album Moving On and the influences behind their experimental, genre-breaking sound.
Counterfeit 20’s are the LA-based parody rap collective currently blowing up YouTube with their tongue-in-cheek renditions of hip-hop’s most recent anthems.
I’m pretty sure if you lined up every indie band member in Los Angeles and made them join hands, you’d create a low-slung hipster equator belt visible from orbit. Sufficed to say, it’s rare the phrase “new indie band from Los Angeles” captures my attention.
The Wild Reeds, a folk group that falls into the aforementioned category, managed to penetrate my steely wall of prejudgments and make a lasting impression.