Dennis Romero

Raymond Roker

Interview: Urb Magazine's Raymond Roker Ditches Print

Dennis Romero
Raymond Roker started Urb magazine out of his apartment in 1990. He initially distributed the newsprint publication out of the back of his car. It was distributed mostly in clothing and record stores on Melrose. The magazine focused on the crossroads of burgeoning dance music and indie hip-hop. Its early......
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Mud-Raking: News Stations Tout Mudslides That Never Come

Dennis Romero
Judging by local television news operations, yesterday's rains comprised a state of emergency. For three days all local news stations led with this story: The first rainstorm of the season could cause disastrous mudslides in the foothills below fire-ravaged sections of the Angeles National Forest. Morning, noon, dinnertime and nighttime......
Maria Shriver

Shriver-gate: Maria Apologizes

Dennis Romero
California First Lady Maria Shriver apologized after paparazzi snapped her driving while talking on a mobile phone, sans hands-free device. Husband and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state's "hands-free law," which mandates that drivers must use hands-free devices such as Bluetooth headsets while using mobile phones behind the wheel."I'm sorry,"......
Frank McCourt; Credit: MLB

McCourts Split As Dodgers Vie For Championship

Dennis Romero
What would baseball be without drama outside the diamond? On the eve of the Dodgers' National League Championship Series opener against the Phillies today, team owner Frank McCourt confirmed he is separating from wife Jamie.The question is, do the billionaires jointly own the team, or does it belong to Mr......
Larry Tee

Larry Tee Talks: 'L.A. Has a Better Club Scene Than New York'

Dennis Romero
Larry Tee has floated through contemporary club history like Forrest Gump on ecstasy, seemingly everywhere you'd want to be. Growing up in Atlanta, he hung out with R.E.M. and co-wrote fellow Atlantan Ru Paul's 1992 hit "Supermodel (You Better Work)." In 1990s New York he became a DJ on the......
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An Interview with Techno Kingpin Juan Atkins: "L.A. is Still Behind the Curve Three or Four Years"

Dennis Romero
"> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="344"> Cybotron's "Clear," from 1983 More than any other person, Detroit's Juan Atkins is credited with creating techno. Of course, electronic dance music, which fills clubs, warehouses and festivals each weekend, provides sounds for car commercials, movies and public radio, and fuels the technology......
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Senior Citizen With Oxygen Tank Robs Bank

Dennis Romero
Times must be really hard. A man described as 70- to 80-years-old walked into a San Diego bank today and robbed the place of an undisclosed amount of cash. He was actually seen with an oxygen tank and a tube running to his nose. Witnesses, apparently, did not recount seeing......