Beat Swap Meet (www.beatswapmeet.com or www.myspace.com/beatswapmeet) Grand Star Jazz Club every 3 months Sunday afternoons from 12p-6p Free with canned good donation ($5 to dig through the records before doors open 11a-12p), without donation, $5 Drinks for 21+ All ages welcome 20+ food/clothing/jewelry/DJ accessories vendors 20+ DJs 10+ MCs
I hopped on the bus headed out to Chinatown last Sunday, barely able to contain my excitement at the endless records that I was about to discover or the friends that I would see or the amazingly talented DJs that I would hear or the BBQ I would devour. I was headed to my favorite event that Los Angeles offers, the Beat Swap Meet, that a few DJs and hip-hop promoters I know organize every three months. I hopped off the bus in Chinatown and decided to walk down Broadway, since … more