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BEST of L.A. TACO 2013

12:20 PM PST on December 31, 2013

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THANK YOU FOR A GREAT YEAR, AND HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED, READ, COMMENTED, FOLLOWED, CAME TO OUR EVENTS, BOUGHT ANYTHING,PUT UP A STICKER, AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED, LINKED TO US, ETC. ETC. ETC. EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO SUPER CONTRIBUTORS ERWIN, DESILU, & ERIN. PLEASE ENJOY A LIST OF THE "BEST OF 2013" ALONG WITH A SPECIAL SLIDESHOW (ABOVE) OF SOME OF OUR FAVORITE IMAGES POSTED TO THE SITE THIS YEAR STARTING IN JANUARY AND MOVING THROUGH DECEMEBER.

The Year in Tacos:

Boris Karloff’s Guacamole Recipe
Tacography of Mexico
World’s Worst Taco Recipe Rocks Argentina
Does Tacos Punta Cabras Make the Best Tacos in Santa Monica?
Statement From King Taco on the Death of Their Founder, Raul Martinez Snr.
New Website Reveals How Much City Hall Spends on Tacos
A Look Back At The First Annual Tacolandia ~ Hollywood
Taco of the Year 2014 ~ Guerrilla Tacos’ Sweet Potato & Oaxacan Cheese Taco
Faces of Taco Madness 2013 at Grand Park LA
Taco Truck Extortionists Busted ~ Los Angeles
Juan’s Restaurante’s Taco de Armadillo
A TACOLANDIA Taco Tour Through Los Angeles
Taco Madness 2013 Competition Recap: Mexicali Takes Home the Trophy; Mariscos Jalisco Captures Jury Prize
Ricky’s Fish Taco Truck is Finally Here ~ Silver Lake

We reported interesting city news...

PHONE JACKS Busted ~ San Fernando Valley
Plea For Pizza by L.A. Kid With Cancer Goes Viral
Lady Luck of Dodger Stadium
Halloween 2013 on Hollywood Boulevard
Private Jet Tagged “FLAME LMK” ~ Van Nuys Airport
Jae Bueno ~ R.I.P.
Jack, The Freeway Anti War Protester ~ 5 Freeway
Why Does the L.A. Times Publish Racist Comments on its Website?

"Best Arts Blog 2013-- LA WEEKLY"...

ART NEWS
Walmart Steals Eddie Colla Image, Calls it Banksy
Preview NEVER BUILT: LOS ANGELES ~ Opens July 28th at A+D Museum
Native Soils Protest ~ Mullholland Drive
Remember Your Roots w/ @Rootcheck
Artist to Perform Bukowski’s POST OFFICE in entirety at Downtown L.A. Post Office
An Ode to Lister by Julie Newmar
Bus Benches Get Artistic ~ Los Angeles / Boyle Heights
Street Artist JR’s “Inside Out 11m” Project Comes to Mariachi Plaza ~ Boyle Heights

MURALS IN LOS ANGELES
Ron English “Urban Bigfoot” ~ LA Freewalls
TITS Crew x Jaber x Giant ~ Los Angeles
Bumble Bee Loves You ~ Long Beach
Dennis Hopper by Never ~ Venice
With Our Thoughts We Make The World ~ Chinatown
DEFER x BIG SLEEPS New Mural
SKOUNT ~ VENICE
EVER ~ Los Angeles
David Choe x Aryz ~ LA Freewalls
Redemption of Angels ~ DTOAR / Fin DAC
Cranio ~ Hollywood
New Mural by Satterugly ~ City Terrace
Shipwreck Mural ~ Westwood
Six Pack Mural by SER ONE ~ Chinatown

GRAFFITI
“The Daughter Slaughter” by RYOE
Omens & Futur ~ Los Angeles
Besto, Reak, and Kaer spice up a local market truck ~ Downtown L.A.
Space Freights ~ El Topo
SANO / DUSTY / TRYPE UA ~ Hollywood
WE MAKE LA ~ Notik x Chelo
Sauter & Dewey ~ Los Angeles
Glaboe ~ Hollywood
SPAIN ~ Compton
FLERT / RYOE AUB ~ Southern California
DCYPHER CBS ~ Venice
Cosmo x Pabst x Fucte ~ Los Angeles
LOVE CREW ~ Los Angeles
Tenzr / Jail ~ Los Angeles
ZEAL / RAOS ~ Los Angeles
Mortal Kombat ~ West Adams
BESTO Water Tower ~ Downtown Los Angeles
The Mac ~ Box Car Ceno ~ Hollywood
VYAL ~ Los Angeles

EVENTS & SHOWS
Photo Recap: For LA by LA at McLogans
Photo Recap: Zes “Bottom Line” ~ Known Gallery
Photo Recap: Johnny Vampotna “Ghost Noir” ~ Slow Culture
Recap ~ Miss Van “Room For Cream” – Soze Gallery
Photo Recap: Battle for Los Angeles ~ The Graff Lab
Photo Recap: PUSH “Adaptation” ~ Known Gallery
Recap: Allison “HUEMAN” Torneros Ritual Exhibition ~ Think Tank Gallery
Recap: Mike Giant Book Signing ~ As Issued
Recap: Getting Up ~ The Tempt One Story
Recap: “All the Feels” ~ INSA x Portugal. The Man
Recap: Alphabet Soup ~ Boathouse Gallery
Recap: Estevan Oriol x Pizzanista! ~ Los Angeles
Recap: Victor Reyes & Sew What America ~ Known Gallery
Recap: Bridging Homeboy Industries ~ Otis College Recap: Billboard Bandits & Stay Up! Book Signing
Recap: “BOOM” Duem K4P Solo Show ~ Petra Gallerie

IN THE STREETS
Rap Quotes project by Jay Shells ~ Los Angeles
Urban Camo Utility Boxes by Joshua Callaghan ~ Los Angeles
Natoe One x Shie 47 ~ DTLA
Elena’s Market ~ Pico-Union
Hanksy ~ Los Angeles
Pizza Chain ~ Fairfax
ABCNT ~ J. Dilla Tribute
Icy and Sot “Old Man” ~ Hollywood
Buffmonster / Fear of God ~ Los Angeles
Tenements ~ Hollywood

OTHER ART STUFF
Break Bread: Patrick Martinez ~ Bell Gardens
Taco de Lomography ~ 2wenty
L.A. Taco meets the Camera Creeps
Grafico Movil by Artemio Rodriguez ~ Lincoln Park
L.A. Taco Artist Sticker Series #1 ~ Bjorky
Naughty Girls: The Erotic Illustration of Natalie Krim
Yarn Bomb ~ Miracle Mile
Locked Brush ~ RS70
 455er CBS ~ Hacienda Heights

We interviewed a shit ton of interesting people in 2013...

Interview with Pecco
DAVID OREILLY ~ My Favorite Taco
From the Rez ~ Interview with Apache Artist & Curator Douglas Miles
Interview with Hanksy
Introducing the Youabian Puma ~ Los Angeles
Interview with Tony Konecny, Coffee Mastermind behind LA’s Tonx.org
My Favorite Taco ~ FUZI UV-TPK
L.A. TACO Interview with Estevan Oriol
Interview with Rafael Schacter, Author of the Amazing New Book: The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti
ATOMIKO ~ My Favorite Taco
Edward James Olmos ~ My Favorite Taco
Interview with the enchanted beat head of Los Angeles: TOKiMONSTA
Interview with MEWS from TITS Crew
My Favorite Taco ~ Jonwayne
Interview with L.A. Graffiti Pioneer Graff1
Interview with Artist CAB K2S LOD
Interview with Author & Critic Jeff Weiss
Sean Maung ~ My Favorite Taco
Video Interview with Prime K2S
La Pandilla: Alexis Diaz New Mural & Interview ~ Venice

We published some amazing series, please check these out:

Bang for your Burger Buck
Things... by AJL
The Skatorialist by Reserve Result

Lakers, Dodgers, Galaxy...

Vino ~ Kobe Bryant Wine Bottle
Ice Cube: Fuck Dwight Howard
Did You Know the Dodgers Changed Their Logo in 2011?
Dr. Jerry Buss ~ R.I.P.
L.A. Galaxy Beats Juventus ~ Dodger Stadium
L.A. Taco Car Wins Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach

We went to live events... 

Scenes From The 4th Annual L.A. Street Food Fest
Camp Flog Gnaw ~ Odd Future Carnival Recap
Recap: Syndromes ~The Miguel Atwood Ferguson Ensemble feat. J.Rocc Photo
Recap: Día de los Muertos ~ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Photo
Recap: Casey Veggies ~ Sonos Studio
Recap: Tweedy Mile Greenspans Classic Car Show ~ South Gate
HARD: Day of The Dead ~ Day One
HARD: Day of the Dead ~ Day Two
A Look Back At The “Breaking Bad” Finale Party ~ Hollywood Forever

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