Jeff Weiss

[An L.A. native, L.A. Weekly columnist Jeff Weiss edits Passion of the Weiss and hosts the Shots Fired podcast. Find him online at passionweiss.com, follow him on Twitter and also check out his archives.] There’s a thin line between trolling and genius. Whether it’s Odd Future or Lil B, the......

[An L.A. native, L.A. Weekly columnist Jeff Weiss edits Passion of the Weiss and hosts the Shots Fired podcast. Find him online at passionweiss.com, follow him on Twitter and also check out his archives.] Around 9 a.m. on a Friday in February, the radio station 92.3 FM abruptly switched formats......

[Editor's note: L.A. Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column appears here every Wednesday. Follow him on twitter and also check out his archives.] Before music subsumed Gueorgui I. Linev, there was only soccer and bread lines. The Bulgarian-born musician’s first memories involve Soviet communism in a small, television-less apartment that reeked of rakia......

[Editor's note: L.A. Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears here every Wednesday. Follow him on twitter and also check out his archives.] If you want to understand the garage-rock duo Spaceships, it’s best to start with the question: What have you been up to since the release of your 2013......

Every rapper once wanted to be a baller and every baller wanted to be a rapper, but Twitter switched up the game. It’s no longer just about wanting to be Kobe, it’s also about having an informed opinion about why the Lakers should’ve signed him to a more salary cap-friendly......

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears here every Wednesday. Follow him on twitter and also check out his archives.] Fashawn was ready to retire. With his 25th birthday approaching, the Fresno-raised rapper felt like he’d plateaued. Once prolific, the former teen phenom’s recordings slowed to a crawl. Even......

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears here every Wednesday. Follow him on twitter and also check out his archives.] For J-Swift, a spot date in British Columbia has turned into possible exile in Spain. Last month, the original Pharcyde producer traveled to Vancouver to play a show with......

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears here every Wednesday. Follow him on twitter and also check out his archives.] What do you do when you invent a music subgenre and 10,000 carpetbaggers follow in your wake? Do you ride the current over the cataract, or do you leap......

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears here every Wednesday. Follow him on twitter and also check out his archives.] It’s nearly impossible for Gary Richards to avoid nostalgia in the downtown Arts District. After all, we’re eating lunch a hundred yards away from the site of the first......