Jeff Weiss is a writer from Los Angeles, Ca. He founded Passion of the Weiss in late 2005 after a drunken revel led him to get tattoos of several blog bands named after animals. He does not regret the Wolf Parade one.
Other bullet points he feels compelled to hype in this space: He is the co-host of the Shots Fired podcast. He writes the Bizarre Ride column for LA Weekly and the Rolling on Dubs column for Pitchfork. His abridged archives lurk on this Facebook page. One time he co-authored a book about Biggie & 2Pac. You can purchase it here.
Other random self-aggrandizement: he’s been anthologized multiple times in the Best American Music Writer series. Passion of the Weiss was named the LA Weekly’s Best Music Blog, 2013. He was named “Big Kahuna” at High-Five Sports Camp—age 8.
Should you want to remunerate him to write for your publication, he can be contacted at [email protected] He prefers sand dollars or topaz. Currently Listening: Captain Supernova - Visions of the Unknown edIT - Crying Over Pros for No Reason Zuse - Illegal Immigrant Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage Cecil Taylor & Mary Williams - Embrace Shawty Pimp - Coming Real With It Thelonius Monk - Thelonius Himself Rich Gang - Tha Tour Part 1 D'Angelo - Black Messiah Azealia Banks - Broken With Expensive Taste --------------------------- Currently Watching: California Split Inherent Vice Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Source Family ---------------------------Currently Reading:
Thomas Pynchon - Inherent Vice Tom Wolfe - Maude Gloves & Madmen, Cutter and Vine Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Landscapes of Living & Dying| The Making Of The Outfit TX’s “Fuel City” | September 12, 2017 |
How the latest release from the future Dallas rap legends came to be.
| Topshelf Tyson’s POW Mix For This Thursday’s NYC Show | July 17, 2017 |
Listen to this Topshelf Tyson mix. Come to the POW show this Thursday in New York.
The first ever POW showcase in NYC. Come through.
| Best New Rapper: Vince Ash | June 19, 2017 |
Just trust me and watch the video for "Deuce Style"
| The Making Of T.Y.E’s “32” | June 9, 2017 |
T.Y.E's "32" is out now on POW Recordings.
| Blammer on I’m Al Capone: RJ Is Mr. LA | June 6, 2017 |
A short tribute to RJ, whose Mr LA is one of the best rap records of the year.
| Nicolas Jaar – TRANSITION | June 5, 2017 |
Nicolas Jaar's Boiler Room is as good as you'd expect.
| Take Me Away: The Karavan POW Mix | June 2, 2017 |
Listen to this mix made for the site from Lefto, one-half of the excellent Karavan alongside LA's own Free the Robots.
| Ote Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya (1975-1986) | May 16, 2017 |
The premiere of a track from Strut's latest excellent compilation of 70s Electric Maloya Music from Reunion Island.
A quiet future classic from two of LA's finest.
