Jennifer Swann

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YouTube, We Tube, We All Tube for Web Series

Jennifer Swann
As a member of El Cid's in-house booking team, Michael McCarthy has scheduled every kind of live event, from punk band shows to the bar's long-running flamenco dinners. But it wasn't until McCarthy started booking a short-film showcase three years ago that he realized there was a huge demand for......
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This Is the End: Holy Fuck's Last Comedy Show is Tonight

Jennifer Swann
See also: *Can Holy Fuck Become a Stand-Up Comedy Empire? It's Starting With a Punk-Inspired Album Less than a month ago, Dave Ross took to his Tumblr page to confirm rumors that his weekly stand-up show, Holy Fuck, was coming to a close. "It might be difficult to understand the......
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World on Wheels Roller Rink to Close

Jennifer Swann
World on Wheels, the Mid-City roller rink that opened in a Venice Boulevard strip mall in 1981 and has long been a community institution, is set to close permanently on June 23. The rink is owned by its upstairs neighbor, AMF Bowling Center, a national chain that filed for Chapter......
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The Coolest Grandpa in Town

Jennifer Swann
Known as the Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art when it opened in 1913, the Natural History Museum has since gone through four name changes and several major renovations. Its initial collection of art and mammal skeletons grew so massive that it spawned two new museums to......
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Tinder Is Like Pandora for Hooking Up

Jennifer Swann
Twenty-seven-year-old Justin Mateen knows a whole lot about your dating life. He knows how old you are, how many Facebook friends you have and what physical characteristics you're most attracted to in a potential mate -- that is, if you're a member of the nationwide, L.A.-made dating app, Tinder, which......
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Like Moths to a Microphone

Jennifer Swann
When novelist George Dawes Green founded the Moth in 1997, it was an attempt to escape the nonstop noise of New York City and re-create the quiet nights of his Georgia youth, where friends would gather on the porch and share stories while moths flittered through the screen door. Sixteen......
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Jessie Andrews: The Porn Star as a Brand

Jennifer Swann
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. Jessie Andrews was a 17-year-old American Apparel salesgirl in Miami Beach when company founder Dov Charney, impressed with her abilities, hired her to instruct the other area employees. She......