One Cheeky LA Weekly Op-Ed Deserves Another
It’s not quite Epic Rap Battles of History. But Andy Hermann‘s late rebuttal to Hillel Aron‘s February 26 LA Weekly item “Echo Park: Greatest Neighborhood in Los Angeles, Which Has 87 of Them” is still a lot fun to read.
The nearby residents respectively overstate their neighborhood arguments and, within that context, Hermann saves the best for last:
And OK, if we’re really going to get into a neighborhood pissing contest, let the record show that Highland Park, not Echo Park, has the city’s most dazzling and dangerous display of illegal Fourth of July fireworks. Oh, you set them off over your nice big lake, Echo Park? That’s adorable. We light that sh*t up in our driveways and then run for cover. And we’re not talking M-80s, either. These are professional-grade pyrotechnics.
Discover why countless investors and businessmen, including the Winklevoss twins, are becoming big supporters of virtual currencies at 
The article starts out with the arresting mental image of Queens of the Stone Age frontman 

Approximately 300 union members, activists, and Los Angeles Times readers rallied downtown yesterday to protest the potential sale of the paper to right-wing billionaire brothers
The company threw open its doors to celebrate the success of
The co-owners of the flagship gallery in New York’s SoHo district spent a great deal of time looking for the right “foot traffic” location here in LA. When you add in the historic record industry vibe of the renovated establishment they chose on Alta Loma Road, it’s hard to think of a better home for an outfit that represents about 90 top-flight music photographers.




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