Paul T. Bradley

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Best Comedy Podcast

Paul T. Bradley
Suffice to say, Dave Ross is a funny guy. His storytelling and self-deprecating entr'actes to his own late, great Holy Fuck free comedy show in downtown L.A. were perfect morsels of what the kids used to call "alt comedy." Even better, his superb taste in other comedians, from nobodies to......
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Best New Neighborhood Bar

Paul T. Bradley
It's just like the clichés say — when a neighborhood gentrifies, things get all artisanal and crafty while those darn h-words strut around like they own the place. Highland Park has become the nation's model 'hood for upwardly mobile, creative-class gentry, so it's no shock that cute, quaint and artsy......
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Best Free Billiards

Paul T. Bradley
The places that ply their trade in billiards often sacrifice atmosphere, comfort and quality beer selection in service of their sport. Conversely, most bars that have pool tables demand hard-earned quarters for stepped-on felt and cues as crooked as politicians. Fortunately, the good people at Glendale Tap have two pristine......
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Best Excuse to Share Your Vinyl Collection

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Maybe you've got a few mint Six Finger Satellite 7-inches or some tight psych-folk platters, and only your cat gets to hear them night after night. Well, Mr. Snookums has probably heard them enough. Which is why, every Tuesday starting at 9:15 p.m., Echo Park's finest first-date spot and chillest......
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Best Cuban Fried Rice

Paul T. Bradley
A 19th-century Cuban labor shortage introduced Chinese workers to the island, and the Cubans and Chinese soon discovered a mutual love for the combination of rice and delicious pig parts. Soon thereafter, a unique take on fried rice was born. Flash forward to present-day L.A. — long after the era......
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Best Whole Roasted Pig

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Many folks today would say that we've reached Peak Bacon — that our love of swine has become a cliché. Those are the petty, trend-chasing folks who've never sunk their teeth into the crackly, burnished-amber skin of a Filipino whole roasted pig (aka lechon baboy) from Eva's. Since 1980 —......
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Best Used Graphic Novels

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Because it refuses to follow the same path that lesser used bookstores took to their graves, this North Hollywood gem still slings pages in quantity. By adapting to the idea that graphic novels and comic books can be both high art and high literature, the Iliad Bookshop keeps itself relevant......
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Best Music Podcast

Paul T. Bradley
As an L.A.-based musician of complex talents and singular taste with his own band, The One AM Radio, Hrishikesh Hirway understands the amount of finesse and perfectionism that goes into crafting fantastic songs. With his Radiotopia-powered podcast, Song Exploder, he takes that understanding to interviews with other music makers —......