Elon in 50

I’ve climbed the LAdder and slipped down mountains. I’ve learned to drive and learned to crash. I’ve watched the sunset while sitting in traffic and I’ve watched the sunrise while walking past sunset. I’ve managed to meet music idols while idolizing those who manage music. There is everything in LA.

Red Bull Thre3 Style

While the majority of the program were at the final Harry Potter premiere, I was witnessing a different type of magic at the LA Red Bull 3Style (Freestyle?) competition, a display of LA’s best DJs (disk jockeys). Not exactly a fan of techno, I had promised myself to take advantage of every opportunity presented to me by [...]

Blogs on Dogs with Jobs

There are a couple of power playing dogs who have as much of a say in my work environment as the ringing phone. There’s Giles the Chihuahua: Giles will one day run this place. The dog has attitude. If you put him up against the forgotten Taco Bell mascot  (does anyone else still remember Gidget?) [...]

Foster The People

Foster The People are a band, not a demand, and Friday night had me enjoying the biggest perk of my time in LA so far. The indie trio are managed by Monotone, and although the show was sold out to the public (the company had to add two more shows after the first sold out [...]

Taxi Driver

I’m not a good driver. However, my internship doesn’t realize this, and for the past three days I’ve become a glorified chauffer for the rising ukulele Malaysian artist, Zee Avi, and her band. It’s been a surreal experience driving around this bubbling hilarious trio of musicians. The first day I had to drive them to [...]

A City Asleep

An early riser, I took it upon myself to explore a rare insight of the city of Angels at the hour of 5 o’clock in the morning. It was an unreal experience seeing a city so lively and populated during the day start to wake up. It was like being around a hard drive waiting [...]

LAnd of extremes.

With two and a half weeks under the belt I’m still overwhelmed by the fact that this city seems to be a land of polar extremes. While we can have startling blue skies with sapping heat one day, we can be learning how to use the windshield wipers on our rentals the next morning. And [...]