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Caroline Ryder (born November 12, 1980) is a writer based in Los Angeles, California, known for her work with LA Weekly , Dazed magazine and the Los Angeles Times and for co-authoring Dirty Rocker Boys , [1] named among the "50 greatest rock memoirs of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. [2]
Born to an Irish father and a Brazilian mother in Madrid, Spain, she was raised in London, England, and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls in Elstree. She graduated from the London School of Economics and worked at MTV Europe and Warner Music before moving to Los Angeles in 2005. After meeting street artist Shepard Fairey at a nightclub in Hollywood, she became an editor for his magazine Swindle, interviewing members of the IRA for a cover article [3] on pro-terrorism murals, as well as Black Panther Bobby Seale, actress Pam Grier, porn publisher Larry Flynt, singer Nancy Sinatra and filmmaker Larry Clark.
Known for her coverage of the LA indie music and fashion scenes, she became one of the LA Weekly's first fashion bloggers. [4] In 2007, she was hired by the Los Angeles Times to act as style editor of their youth culture portal, Metromix. [5] She was named style editor of Variety until being laid off in 2008. [6]
In 2010, Odd Future granted Ryder their first print interview, [7] which was published in the LA Weekly.
In 2012, she became a columnist for KCET's Artbound. [8]
In 2015, she conducted the first solo interview [9] with Yolandi Visser of Die Antwoord for Dazed magazine. [10]
In 2013, it was announced that Sony Films was developing an adaptation of Kicking Up Dirt. [14]
Her feature script Mimi and Ulrich, written under the mentorship of Mary Sweeney and Udo Kier, was shortlisted for the 2015 Sundance Screenwriting Lab.
She is a graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she earned her MFA in Writing for Screen and Television.
Thomas "Tommy" Lee is an American musician who co-founded and plays drums for the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. He also founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical projects.
KCET is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach–licensed KOCE-TV. The two stations share studios at The Pointe in Burbank; KCET's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Jani Lane was an American singer and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter for the glam metal band Warrant. From Hollywood, California, the band experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. Lane left Warrant in 2004 and again in 2008 after a brief reunion. Lane also released a solo album, Back Down to One, in 2003, and the album Love the Sin, Hate the Sinner with a new group, Saints of the Underground, in 2008. Lane contributed lead vocals and songwriting to various projects throughout his career.
Jill Stewart was the Managing Editor at LA Weekly and laweekly.com. At LA Weekly, she oversaw a team of print and digital journalists who pursue the newspaper's brand of digital hyper-localism and analytical, print journalism. She also oversaw the newspaper's video team and video productions.
Bobbie Jean Brown, sometimes credited as Bobbie Brown-Lane, is an American actress, model, and former beauty pageant contestant. She appeared in the video for Warrant's song "Cherry Pie".
Ella Taylor is a film critic who was a staff writer for the LA Weekly and Village Voice Media, writing film and book reviews, interviews, profiles, and cultural and political commentary from 1989 to 2009, when she and much of the staff were laid off.
Located in Hollywood, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) is a nonprofit exhibition space and archive of the visual arts for the city of Los Angeles, California, United States, currently under the leadership of Sarah Russin.
Jodi Wille is an American film director, curator, and book publisher known for her work exploring American subcultures.
Swindle was a bi-monthly arts and culture publication founded in 2004 by artist Shepard Fairey. The magazine has not been published since 2009.
Get the Fuck Up Radio (GTFU) was an internet and pirate radio radio program located in Los Angeles. The program was broadcast every Monday night from 2000 to 2010 by Aaron Farley and Jeremy Weiss so the two photographers could hang out weekly. The format included band interviews, live musical performances, and prank calls. A few years later, Annie Hardy was added to the team. Other regulars to the show include Luis the Humble Mexican, Chrississippi, Curtis Mead, Kevin Kusatsu, Devin Foley, Jentern and Travis Keller. One notable guest on the show was Sean Carlson, who they referred to as "High School Sean" because of his young age.
Nic Cha Kim is a Korean-American television reporter, documentary filmmaker, playwright, and cultural activist, also known as the Founder of Gallery Row in Downtown Los Angeles.
Ashley Fiolek is an American former professional motocross racer and current stunt actor. She competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 2008 to 2012. Fiolek, who is culturally deaf and who communicates via American Sign Language, is notable for being a four-time AMA women's motocross national champion.
Shifra Goldman was an American art historian, feminist, and activist. She had a probing intellect and a sense of "brutal" honesty. She also had an "encyclopedic" knowledge of art history and a passion for Chicana/o art.
Elkpen is a street artist based in Los Angeles, California whose work contemplates the effect of urban life on familiar, threatened or extinct flora and fauna. Elkpen can do her work in any size, place or thing that offers itself, sometimes it's a retail or corporate setting. Sometimes even a park bench, matchbook or post card her work may appear on. Her work has reached numerous cities and counties such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Canada and Mexico. In 2014, she was commissioned to create the design on the exterior of the Los Angeles River Rover, a mobile classroom which is used to teach students about the significance of the Los Angeles River to wildlife in the city. Elkpen also takes the time to do work shops with youth, presentations for communities and non profit organizations. She also associates with corporate clients to create authentic and socially progressive images and content.
Drew Bernstein was an American punk, goth, fetish fashion designer and musician who founded notable clothing companies Lip Service and Kill City.
Lisa Schulte is an American artist, also known as "The Neon Queen", who is best known for her work in expressive neon sculpture. Schulte started bending neon in the early 1980s, creating custom neon signs and neon prop rentals to the entertainment industry under her Los Angeles-based neon studio, Nights of Neon. She is recognized for working with light as an artist and designer, and owner of one of the largest neon collections in the world.
Trepany House is a 501(c)3 Arts Organization founded by Amit Itelman in 2012. From its inception, it has been housed at the Steve Allen Theater within the Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles property.
Pretty Little Demons was an American pop rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2012 by guitarist and vocalist Lydia Night and drummer Marlhy Murphy. They are the youngest group to have played South by Southwest and have performed onstage with Brett Anderson of The Donnas and Exene Cervenka of X. Both Murphy and Night went on to form punk rock band The Regrettes in 2015. L.J. Williamson of LA Weekly described the band as the "Best Band To Blow A Little Girl's Mind".
Christopher Hawthorne is an American journalist and television director who served as the architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times from 2004 to 2018. In 2018, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed him as the city's first Chief Design Officer.
Kristy Sandoval is a Xicana muralist based out of the Northeast San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California.
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