Andy Hermann

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Five Things I Learned as a Jeopardy! Contestant

Andy Hermann
I've been a Jeopardy! fan since the bushy-Trebek-mustache era, so I was pumped when my third attempt to get on the show finally paid off. I was a pretty successful contestant; going into Final Jeopardy, I even got to hear Alex Trebek utter the magic words: "But Andy Hermann could......
Highland Park: The greatest L.A. neighborhood right now?; Credit: PHOTO COURTESY OF FLICKR/waltarrrr

Sorry, Echo Park: Highland Park Is L.A.'s Greatest Neighborhood

Andy Hermann
It recently came to my attention that a fellow L.A. Weekly scribe published a piece heralding Echo Park as the greatest of L.A.'s many fine neighborhoods. While I have nothing against Echo Park personally, and have spent many an evening cruising its colorful streets in search of entertainment and/or street......
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Dfalt: Fueled By Weed

Andy Hermann
"Oh my god," Jason Drake says with a laugh. "I've been smoking so much weed lately." The 33-year-old producer/singer/songwriter behind the popular indie electronic act Cassettes Won't Listen and, more recently, an instrumental hip-hop project called Dfalt, adjusts his white Obey snapback and contemplates his long-running relationship with the sticky......
Tim Walker; Credit: Kevin Scanlon

Tim Walker: The Grilled Cheese King

Andy Hermann
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. On a sunny Saturday afternoon in Glendale, Tim Walker stands outside the Grilled Cheese Truck, describing its signature sandwich to a prospective customer the way a proud parent might describe......
Jennifer Klausner; Credit: Kevin Scanlon

Jennifer Klausner: The Pedal Pusher

Andy Hermann
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.The first time Jennifer Klausner spoke up on behalf of bikes was at a Santa Monica City Council meeting in the early '90s. It was also the first time the avid......
Heather Shaw; Credit: Kevin Scanlon

Heather Shaw: The Futurist Designer

Andy Hermann
href="https://www.laweekly.com/microsites/people-2013/" target="_blank">One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. Here's how Heather Shaw spent 2012: She was production designer on her first TV show, a little singing competition called American Idol. She had three installations on various stages......
Simon Green of Bonobo; Credit: Timothy Norris

Bonobo – Fonda Theatre – 5-4-13

Andy Hermann
Bonobo with El Ten Eleven Fonda Theatre 5-4-13 On Saturday an electronic music show was scheduled at the Fonda. Instead, a jazz concert broke out. And it was awesome. New York-based Ninja Tune producer Simon Green, the man behind Bonobo, has been evolving away from his downtempo electronica roots for......
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Dawes Is a Modern Band, Up to a Point

Andy Hermann
"We're still a small band," Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith insists. "We've still got a long way to go before we are, like, 'This is a secure position for us.' " He's sitting outside the tiny Sqirl cafe on the seedy border between Silver Lake and East Hollywood, hunched over a wooden......