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"  Among New York night owls, it is said that just dropping the name Ronson is enough to get you past any velvet rope. In the hypercool Ronson/Dexter- Jones clan\u2014jewelry-designing matriarch Ann and her progeny: Grammy-winning neo-soul producer Mark, whimsical fashion designer Charlotte, model-muse Annabelle, and musician Alexander\u201434-year-old DJ Samantha Ronson has always been the most elusive (if, on occasion, most documented) member of the bunch. But the tough-girl Us Weekly scowl Ronson perfected back when she was dating you know who is nowhere to be seen here in the likable, low-key woman who dwells in this prismatic Venice Beach, California, playhouse. (Except, well, in the unmissable screen print propped against a wall: a composite of celebrity mug shots, Ronson&amp;#039;s included\u2014which she calls a reminder to &amp;quot;stay out of trouble.&amp;quot;) &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m like a big kid,&amp;quot; Ronson says warmly, tugging at the sleeves of her traffic-cone-orange sweatshirt and looking up at the living room&amp;#039;s two-story ceiling. &amp;quot;If I could have a trampoline in here, I would!&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s true: There&amp;#039;s probably enough clearance for a backflip, but then where would she put the candy-pink pool table? Ronson, who grew up in New York City with Dexter-Jones and stepdad Mick Jones of Foreigner, set her sights on Venice Beach two years ago for its indie crowd\u2014&amp;quot;an amazing cross-section of people: yuppies, gangsters, German tourists, beach rats, artists&amp;quot;\u2014and decorated her three-story space (which she shares with bulldog, Cadillac) in what she calls &amp;quot;a gum-ball color scheme.&amp;quot; The walls are white, but each bright piece of art has a story: Ronson commissioned a five-foot-tall abstract painting by L.A. graffiti giant Revok\u2014&amp;quot;I told him to do whatever he wanted, just use pink&amp;quot;\u2014and snagged three oil-drum-size Mad Cans by graphic artist Greg Mike after an Atlanta gig. Her twin sister, Charlotte, gifted her a work on paper from NYC It Artist Aurel Schmidt&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Burnouts &amp;amp;amp; Party Monsters&amp;quot; series; stepfather Mick gave her a Yoshitomo Nara drawing of a girl strumming a guitar he said reminded him of her. Then there are the toys. Limited-edition, fire-hydrant-size KAWS dolls with x&amp;#039;ed-out eyes guard the front door, and at least 300 Kidrobot Dunny action figures, which available surfaces. She even keeps a stash of blank Munnyworld vinyl figures and markers on hand, so when friends such as Nicole Richie and Zooey Deschanel stop by, they can design a doll to add to her collection. (After the ELLE shoot, she asked the crew to sign one too.)          Joyful Noise: (Clockwise from left) Ronson and Cadillac (the Chiesa Neutral rug is from therugcompany.com); a sneaker peek; framed mug shots; guitars fill the mezzanine. And despite Ronson&amp;#039;s kiddie vices, which include all-night Call of Duty: Black Ops sessions on her Xbox 360, cheeseburgers from nearby Hinano Cafe, and a 400:1 sneaker-to-high-heel ratio (the stand-alone pair being cap-toe Chanel booties), she&amp;#039;s certainly grown up since her paparazzi-dodging days. (She and Erin Foster, an actress and comedy writer, just quietly ended what Ronson called a healthy relationship.) The clearest evidence is in Chasing the Reds, a collection of sweet-voiced, sunny rock songs she put out this spring on her label, Broken Toy Records. She wrote the lyrics (most from old poems and diary entries) and uses Joni Mitchell\u2013inspired metaphors to mask her subjects. Decoding, as we&amp;#039;ve come to expect from Ronson, is up to us. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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