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| 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.
| Four Tet + Daphni + Ben Ufo on Dublab (4/19/17) | April 24, 2017 |
The best mix you'll hear today or any day.
Taken from the excellent, "high desert low tide."
Introducing two of the best young street rappers from LA
| DestoDubb The Juiceman | March 7, 2017 |
Introducing DestoDubb, lean seller to the stars.
| The Return of Suga Free | March 6, 2017 |
The world needs more Suga Free.
| Premiere: Sarah Chernoff’s “Dark Minnie” | February 28, 2017 |
The beautiful and noirish single from Sarah Chernoff's forthcoming, Warm Nights.
| Hear Kamasi Washington & Thundercat’s 2004 “Young Jazz Giants” Album | February 27, 2017 |
Go back in time to the era of oversized jeans and hear this early jazz gem.
| Drunk History: Thundercat Drops An Early Album Of The Year Contender | February 24, 2017 |
The legend of Stephen Bruner continues...
