I got a breakfast burrito with the verde beef and it's that beef that blew me away. A friend of mine brought me here for the first time he lives a couple blocks over. The way they sauté it is the first thing I noticed. Jacob: I love the way they marinate their beef. As he de-swaddles his bundle of meaty, cheesy, joy, he catches me staring. He shows up with two white, Styrofoam plates, one folding under the weight of a giant, foil-wrapped burrito and the other containing two tacos. We hear a faint shout among the exhaust pipes and shopping carts, and somehow Jacob knows it's our order. Jacob: Exactly! Living with her has helped me develop my sound to a certain extent. Rebecca: Way to put things in perspective, G-Cuz! I don't normally allow myself time to breathe and appreciate some of the things I've done, but because of her, she makes me take a second to take a look at what's really going on. My life is extremely intense and stressful and living with her has helped me see things more clearly. Jacob: She grew up during the Depression she's lived a very different life than me. I'll take breaks from production in my room and she'll be like, "I really like that one!" We've lived together for the past six years and she really likes what I'm doing.
Jacob: Yep! I call her my G-Cuz because she's my cousin but like a grandma. Rebecca: You have an 80-year-old roommate? I live with my stepdad's cousin she's in her 80s. I'm much more comfortable here than in NY. has more of an open feel than a dense city feel. Jacob: I came out here to escape New Mexico, but I also went to audio engineering school out here. Rebecca: What brought you to Los Angeles? Jacob: We were invited to go on tour with a local Chicago band once, but our manager, the lead singer's mom, wouldn't let us. Jacob: Well, when I was 12 I was in a Nirvana cover band. Tell me more about the marimbas and sounds. Rebecca: Got to do what you love even if it's tough. I don't think it affects my craft much per se, but I'm sure things would be a little easier if I could hear more. Jacob: Originally it was only one ear, but over the past 17 years of playing and making music it's gotten worse. Rebecca: That must be challenging in your line of work. It makes it hard for me to understand certain voices, lyrics in songs sound jumbled to me. I was always very interested in the sounds of things. When I was five I started beating on pots and pans in my mom's kitchen, and eventually she bought me little hand instruments like marimbas. Jacob: I got into music when I was a little kid growing up in Albuquerque. If I've finished a really good show, I'll treat myself to a burrito with bacon on it. Beat Down at The Fonda right up the street. Jacob: Yeah, I've been here after DJing at L.A. Rebecca: Is this your go-to spot after shows? It's always the weird random small little places like this that are the best. Breakfast burritos are my usual at three in the morning. Jacob: Actually, I've never gotten a taco here. Rebecca: Do you ever get the tacos here, or only burritos? Styrofoam cups of horchata in hand, we stop by the salsa bar to collect ramekins of spicy, pickled carrots and red and green salsas, then take a seat at one of the varnished, wooden picnic tables separated from the speeding traffic by only a thin strip of sidewalk. Jacob orders a beef fajita burrito, and though I'm partial to burritos myself, I decide on the chicken taco supreme and a fish taco because, well, when in Rome/at a taqueria. Jacob and I walk right off Vine Street to a tiny kiosk where breasts of chicken and tortillas sizzle on hot grills, carne asada turns on a skewer, and sweet rice water sloshes in the horchata machine. We've all been there, but have you ever thought about what it takes to create those nights out on the town? Over tacos and burritos at Hollywood's Cactus Taqueria, dubstep DJ Jacob Coma reveals why DJs get hungry too. "Moons Over My Hammy!" you holler as security pushes you out of the club at two in the morning. You can work up quite the appetite dancing the night away.
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