Familar Faces

Suicidal Tendencies

Went back to Josh’s crib… And he pulls out these lovely pair of Vans..

Apparently these pair of Suicidal Tendencies are not even out yet..DAMMMM

Catchin Cabs

Sometimes there’s a Art in catchin cabs in nyc especially during switch over time..

Headed back downtown..

Pictured: Josh Madden and the guys from Kill Hanna..

Yeohlee

“Yeohee’s designs have attracted the attention of many museum and gallery curators. Her work has been featured in solo shows at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions that include the Hayden Gallery at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Fashion Museum of the City of Paris. Yeohlee, in collaboration with architect, Ken Yeang, pioneered the first exhibition to parallel the disciplines of fashion and architecture at the Aedes East Gallery, Berlin; and the Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam. Her Clothing is in the permanent collections of Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and in other major fashion museums worldwide.”

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Maxwell

Maxwell at Red Egg..

Trane and Lisa

New Year Dim Sum at Red Egg with Sky and the Epiphany Crew.

Caravan – OC@ACE

1) Capitale 2) Josh Madden

1) Bronques 2) Claudine, Brian

1) Ace 2) OC @ Ace

1) Diana, SuChin  2) Busy P

1) Willy Dee

1) Oscar, Malucamala  2) Sabel, Oscar

RIP Lee

  • Posted on: February 18th, 2010
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R.I.P. Lee Alexander McQueen.    16 March 1969 – 11 February 2010

Welcome Back to NY

The plane has just landed and is pulling up to the terminal. I turn on my phone.

Start:

BBM: Yo call me when you land..
Ring ring:
Me: Just landed. Pickin up my bags.
Sky: YO, I’m here.. Pickin you up.. come outside to the left..

Me: Ok, I’ll be right out..

End:

Me: Smile on my face….


1) Winter NY 2010 2) 1st stop SoHo House

Wheeew

  • Posted on: February 13th, 2010
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DVD’s burned, tech packs are printed, files are backed up on server.. Off to N.Y.F.W.

Veuve

  • Posted on: February 12th, 2010
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Workin late at night..

Waka Waka

  • Posted on: February 8th, 2010
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What a pick up line…”Waka Waka..” “Who Me”

Brake Service

Break Service

(Hand held, slight crop, no photoshop adjustments)

SK8

You never know what your going to find in the industrial areas of Orange County.. I went with a couple of buddies to visit a warehouse filled with sk8 boards. We walked to the back of the warehouse and the little kid inside me had a big smile. Then my smile grew even bigger when I found out they had dead stock pressed wood fiberglass mini sk8 boards… Say whaaat.

Rows Upon Rows of New Sk8 boards.

1) New version of a Dog Town board in a old mini shape. 2) This board (dead stock since the 70’s) has been waiting nearly 40 years for me to show it some love. My Official custom  NYC_Paris / bootleg Chanel board.

The Gates – NYC

Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

R.I.P. Jeanne-Claude (Nov. 2009).

The Gates : Central Park : Winter 2005 : 35mm

SoHo Snow

SoHo Snow: NYC circa 2005
35mm

Fame Game

Fame Game: Artist Unknown NYC circa 2006

4 Lens

  • Posted on: January 27th, 2010
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Sometimes it takes a cheap plastic 35mm 4 lens camera to produce some unexpected pleasures.

Keno Flo

Painted Sky II

Painted Sky II.

(Hand held, no photoshop)

The weather was Sunny, Crisp, with Scattered Cotton Clouds.

Painted Sky

Painted Sky.

(Hand held, no photoshop)

The weather was Sunny, Crisp, with Scattered Cotton Clouds.

Deadline Time

  • Posted on: January 21st, 2010
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Deadline Time.

Jukebox

  • Posted on: January 19th, 2010
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New Sticker for the Jukebox.

Racked and Ready

Racked and Ready = Locked and Loaded.

Clae / LTD

The other day Hawaii Mike of LTD Magazine was in town. I met up with Hawaii at Fred Segal Santa Monica. After a brief critique of the store we went to meet up with Sung over at the Clae Studio before we all went to try some of the best Pho in town. Mike and Sung are both really humble kats considering the wealth of knowledge and experience they have… It’s always good catching up with these two kats.. I always like a good critique session over a nice meal…  Lets do it again soon…

Debonair Magazine

deb.o.nair |ˌdebəˈne(ə)r|
adjective
(of a man) confident, stylish, and charming.

To be called Debonair is one thing, thinking of your self as debonair is quite another.. I’ve been called debonair in past and probably laughed every time someone has called me debonair.

I really don’t consider myself as debonair person. I think it’s one of those words/ideas one can never achieve only strive for..

Below are 10 questions Claudine Gumbel asked for the Mag.

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Claudine Gumbel sat down with Peter James Lee, who in addition to being a photographer, blogger, dj, and gardener also happens to be the founder and designer for Cassette.

1. What are you working on?  What is taking up the majority of your time right now?

2. What are your favorite places to chill out + what cities are they located in?

3. Who is your best friend and why?

4. Do you believe in past lives and if so what/who were you in your past life?

5. What was your best trip ever and where do you want to travel next?

6. Who is your favorite artist, musician, photographer – who inspires you?

7. Do you have a photo you took or a link to a piece of music or a video that speaks to you? Will you share that with me?

8. If you were stranded on an island what book would you take with you? And who would you take with you?

9. Who inspires you fashion wise – what is your staple uniform?  If you had to live in one piece of clothing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

10. What was the most memorable day of your life thus far and why?

(visit debonair magazine here for my answers.)

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE PT.III

Good Morning Sunshine Part 3.

The battle.

(Hand held, no photoshop)

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE PT.II

Red, White, and Blue.

Before sunrise.
(No Photoshop, hand held)

Good Morning Sunshine

Just before sunrise.

(No Photoshop, hand held)

Good Morning Sunshine.

Pabst

  • Posted on: December 9th, 2009
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Ahhh dam.. Pabst Blue Ribbon X Diamond Supply Co., Tee shirt..

Sade: Soldier Of Love

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LA Auto Show Pt. 2

After the LA Auto Show and a quick lunch I headed over to Fairfax to meet up with Neran (Diamond). And look who was cold chill’n in the alley..
None other the Mr. Cartoon and squad straight pimpin the gangster lean in the new Green Thumb Hard top Impala.. Berto(Supreme) and Mr. Cartoon was chop’n it up, so I strolled up and said my hello’s..
It was a impromptu mini car show in the alley..(It was Sunday after all) There was even a lil g in training that was catchin dust and wiping it off the car as it was falling (or even before it fell on the car).. Mr. Cartoon’s new whip is a work of art on wheels.. No joke, no detail over looked..

LA Auto Show


Scaffolding on the Porsche GT3 Cup

Porsche GT3 Cup

Porsche GT3RS

Lexus LF-A!

SLS AMG 6.3

Vision BMW concept car.

MOCA’s First Thirty Years

  • Posted on: December 4th, 2009
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Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years:

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Chris Burden

Charles Ray

Barbara Kruger

Bill Viola

Charles Ray

Dave Muller

Jean-Michel-Basquiat

Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

Larry Johnson (My old mentor)

Mathew Barney

Mathew Barney

Richard Hawkins (My old mentor)

Richard Prince

Sign of the Times

It’s at the start of December and the leaves have just started to change here in Los Angeles. With 2010 approaching it’s been a time of reflection. A decade to remember (some might say forget) but it only begs for me to look at Spring 2010 and beyond.

Like the leaves on a tree and the flowers in the ground, I hope when we get out of this “freeze” you blossom with someone you love/admire/adore/ right next to you.

1200 – It’s So Sad to Say Goodbye

It’s So Sad to Say Goodbye:

“Technics turntables Panasonic announced that they would cease the manufacture of Technics turntables in February next year, citing an increasing decline in sales as the motivation behind the line’s demise.
The Australian arm of Panasonic issued a similar statement today, expressing their disappointment that the brand’s 35 years-and-running legacy was to be put to bed. Link here”

I think a lot of vinyl/record collectors or record affectionados like my self romantically thought that “technics 1200’s/1210’s” would never go away…

Could we really have expected an old love to stay around forever while we our selfs wanted the best of both worlds, cheating and embracing other new audio formats?   Now the 35 year old legacy might truly be a legacy…. I guess if you’ve ever wanted a pair of Technics now would be the time to get them.. They are built like tanks..  And I know I am glad I have my turntables. The decision by Panasonic pulling the plug on the 1200’s/1210’s just makes me a little bit more romantic, cuz i’ll be holding on to mine..

SURU MS DC Shoe

A while back buddy Joe Hahn asked me to work on his SURU collaboration shoe with his band mate Mike Shinoda‘s X DC Shoes.

Joe, and Mike are both painters/illustrators in their own right.. Mike already having his artwork on the out-sole,  Joe and I went through some of his illustrations and found a really nice looking skull.. After a few tweaks, rotations, scale adjustments, logo placements, fabric and treatment call outs,

plus a few months….  Next thing you know we have a shoe.. Pretty cool considering most shoes take a prob a year and a half to get to market from sketch to retail, if not MUCH longer..

Both Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn were signing shoes and autographs at the SURU(Melrose/Los Angeles) store this weekend for the release of the shoe..

Thanks Joe for letting me be apart of the SURUxMSxDC Shoe.

All Black Everything

  • Posted on: November 11th, 2009
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Black Qtips for the most discerning clean person..

Why black? Well cuz you can see anything that’s not black that your white Qtips didn’t pick up… Trust,,,, even though you thought there was nothing on the white Qtips… When you try the Black Qtips you’ll find some little guys that you thought the white ones would have picked up….

So after you next scrub down and your whistling I’m SOOO Fresh and So Clean/Clean… But don’t have Black Qtips….
(pause) your probably not as clean as you think..
All black everything
Black cards, black cars
All black everything!

I wonder if Jay-Z knows about these Black Qtips..

MONDAY NOV 9TH

  • Posted on: November 7th, 2009
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Linda, Naomi, And Christy

  • Posted on: November 6th, 2009
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Classic: Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, and Christy Turlington.. circa 1989.

More photo’s like this in this months Interview Mag.

UnderCover Weekend Outfit

Another outfit I pulled as a Secret shopper at American Rag (150 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles 323-935-3154).

I call this outfit the Under-Cover weekend outfit.

Patta Store Amsterdam

  • Posted on: November 4th, 2009
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Buddy Josh Madden representing all the way over in the Dam.
Out-front the Patta store in Amsterdam.

Black Night

This is a little secret shopper segment on American Rag and an outfit I call Black Night….

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Caught up with the guys at American Rag on La Brea the other day. I’m digging the selection they have in store right now….

The guys were nice enough to let me have a go at the store. They let me pick a bunch of clothes and gave me a huge room upstairs so I could take these pictures.

C.G. And Co.

  • Posted on: October 29th, 2009
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1)Dinner with buddy Claudine and a couple of her LA Think PR girls Grace and Jen along with actor Paul Iacono(Fame 09 – MTv), homie Neran(Diamond Supply Co.), and Matt.  2)Girls talkin to the big boss..

1)Wed night at the Playhouse.. 2) Hollywood b4 it gets Hollyweird…

89 Degrees

Watching the sunset wearing shorts and a tee shirt in late Oct is not a bad thing..

Orange Sunset in time for Halloween 09

Commonwealth Oakley’s

  • Posted on: October 26th, 2009
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Thanks to my buddies at Commonwealth I’ll be sport’n these bad boys in the snow this winter…  These are the illest Frogskins collaboration I’ve seen yet.  Tortoise shell with Oakley Iridum Lenes, yumm..

Oakley developed a special way to replicate the tortoise shell look using their plastics just for this collaboration..

Nuff Respect.

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“The Commonwealth rendition features an original “Cmonflauge” pattern inspired by the look of traditional tortoise shell. Using Oakley’s HIgh Definition Optics®, the sunglasses are equipped with your choice of Gold or Fire Iridium lenses.”

Skins

  • Posted on: October 21st, 2009
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My old phone cover was mad bulky and didn’t ever want to come out of my pocket..

Buddy Neran linked me up with the Music-Skins people and they had me test out their product..

It’s like nikeID but with phone covers. 100% customizable. You can upload any photo or graphic to personalize your iphone, blackberry, psp, and/or laptop..

Sleek, Slimple, and it works. Brilliant.. Musicskins..

American Flag by HAZE

  • Posted on: October 20th, 2009
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Our buddy HAZE recently relaunched his website, InterHaze.

American Flag by HAZE.

Hanging @ EM Studio

4 Footer

  • Posted on: October 19th, 2009
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Sometimes after a few too many of ______ I feel like this..

Rickey Kim’s Kaws Companion (4 Footer)

Studio Visit Monday

Caught up with Jesse Lee at the Dub Frequency office this afternoon. He’s off to nyc for CMJ in a couple of days for his Creme de la Creme party which he throws, rsvp here.  Jesse and his crew are lining up some heat for the rest of the year, keep tabs on him here Dub Frequency.  After getting the low down and getting inspired with Jesse I stopped by the EM studio and had a bite with Rickey.  Both these guys were in the zone… I couldn’t wait to get back on my desk and start working on stuff, thanks me brethren..

Holy Book of Hip Hop

For all you closet Hip-Hop heads, aspiring producers and dj’s.. Have you heard of a book which lists all the breaks, samples, original songs that HipHop producers have been sampling all these years? Ever want to find out who sampled a particular song? Let me turn you onto The Holy Book of HIP HOP.  If you have heard of this book but don’t know anyone who has one or have ever touched it or seen it… Let me tell you the book does exist, I found mine years ago..

A quote from the book; “Certain people would be upset knowing that they can obtain a book filled with these trade secrets.”

Good luck hunting, It’s going to be harder to find these days…, especially because it has no ISDN#.

Gorillas In The Mist

Gorillas in the Mist, LA Zoo..

Window in Old Town

  • Posted on: October 13th, 2009
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Random snap of a fun taxidermy store in Old Town Pasadena.

Golden Temple

35mm(no photoshop):

I remember taking this photo of Kyoto’s Golden Temple back when I used to travel to Japan a lot more.  Kyoto is the former capital of Japan and is the most traditional city in Japan. (factoid- there is a building code in central Kyoto not allowing any buildings to be over 5 stories tall) Whenever I have extra time to get out of Tokyo or Osaka, I take the bullet train and head over to Kyoto and check out ‘The’ ‘Zen’ garden, the Golden Temple and many of the different temples in Kyoto….Another cool thing you can witness in Kyoto are real Geisha’s still holding up traditions…

The original Kinkaku-ji/Golden Temple was built in 1397.

Golden Temple : Kyoto

iCure For Man

  • Posted on: October 1st, 2009
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To all the fellas… Or maybe a little more to my single fellas..

This can possibly be the ‘icure’ for man.. A little thing like maintaining a Manicure, goes a long way.. (Can the ladies testify?)

This one is coin pocket size and I’ve had it for a ridiculously long time.. It’s been on every trip, I wouldn’t know what to do with out it (so much so I even have a spare)..

My dudes, next time your talking to someone you like, look at your finger nails….

If if they look like you’ve been playing with your ears and your ass…keep them in a fist..

Edward Sharpe @ The El Ray

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS ended their tour to a home coming performance in front of a sell out crowd at the El Ray Theater..

Mr. Cole far left rock’n cassette jeans.

Bali-Rice Valley

35mm:

I took this photo in Bali while I was traveling through south east Asia. I don’t know the name of the place but I call it Rice Valley.

Bali Lotus

35mm:

While in Bali I had noticed that this Lotus flower would open up every night near midnight. It was as if, it was showing off its it’s beauty, it’s creative dance, it’s symmetry to me… I was blown away by it’s graphic and unblemished petals.. I noticed it was ‘working’ at night.. It got me to ask my self why do most people I know like to work(create) at night? Here’s a photo I took of flower.

Corner Building

Corner Building

Trash-Van

Trash Van.

We Out Side

SuChin and I headed to get some Pop Burger… Look who pulls up and was nice enough to swoop us up Mr. Sky-G.. Lupe Fiasco was sit’n shotty and we were off to the races..

High Line Park NYC

While in the meat packing district.. We headed to the High Line Park.. What a smart way to use up space..

“The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan’s streets.”   “When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen. It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings.”

Walking the High Line that evening we got to see a spectacular performance of ceremonial colors transitioning from day in to night..

(no photoshop)

Frank Gehry Building NYC

Chelsea Piers Driving Range..

1) Saw this while walking the High Line near view of Frank Gehry’s nyc building.. a little homage to Frank Gehry’s Disney Concert Hall. (Wink wink)

2) Sitting area to watch traffic roll by..

Siki Im

After our Spring 2010 campaign showing. We headed over to our buddy Siki’s presentation over in the meat packing district. The energy at Siki’s presentation was amazing.. The presentation was inside dimly lit almost abandoned meat locker/warehouse with kids playing tribal-esque drums, people snapping photos left and right and lots of people with smiles on their faces…  Congratulations buddy…

Rivington Hotel

Later that night we rolled by Def Jam’s VMA after party and then headed to China Chalet for United Bamboo’s after party where Kitsune and Photographer Sebastian Kim DJ’d…. Home girl Jackie was also throwing a VMA after party on top of the Rivington Hotel where Rhianna and Jessica Alba were posting up for the night… That’s where we ended our night, on the roof top of Rivington Hotel…

(btw. no photoshop on these photos)

1) Roof top Rivington Hotel: Rhianna in the back left…

1)Maestro, Sky (rock’n a cassette suit), Rickey 2) Maestro, Sky

Grace Coddington

Con’t from the prev. post..

On the way outside(from the Band of Outsiders Presentation) I saw Grace Coddington!!! I wanted to talk to her but I was looking a mess with beads of sweat on my forehead..

After cooling down outside, I went inside to see if I could gather some words to talk to her…On the way inside, I saw Rickey and told him that I had seen Grace Coddington.. He was like, what…where?!? And as I pointed and said ‘in there’… there she was…. I must have have looked a little surprised because she was right infront of me…. I smiled and we exchanged some words…. She was very warm and nice.. Bless her heart, she’s awesome..

She’s a great balance of creativity and getting shit done.. She was in and out of the presentation in no time.. She saw what she came to see and vanished… leaving whispers of ‘oh there’s Grace Coddington’ in her trail…

Band of Outsiders

Went over to Milk studios for the Band of Outsiders, and Shipley & Halmos presentations..

It was drizzling outside and there was a little drama at the door from people trying get inside from the rain…. But once inside.. It was just the opposite from the outside..???.  Outside was cool and wet.. and inside was hot and humid.. Arrrg,  So I made the rounds and then made my way outside to wait for the Shipley & Halmos presentation…  On the way outside I saw Grace Coddington!!!  I wanted to talk to her but I was looking a mess with beads of sweat on my forehead..

After cooling down outside, I went inside to see if I could gather some words to talk to her…On the way inside, I saw Rickey and told him that I had seen Grace Coddington.. He was like, what…where?!? And as I pointed and said ‘in there’… there she was…. I must have have looked a little surprised because she was right infront of me…. I smiled and we exchanged some words…. She was very warm and nice.. Bless her heart, she’s awesome..

Unitedbamboo Runway

After a late night it’s chop chop, off to an early start at the UnitedBamboo show with Laura, SuChin…

Bowery Then Jane

After watching September Issue.. We headed over to the Bowery.. Side entrance.. No list, no money, just password steelo…

1) Joanne was hanging with buddy Sarah. Whom.. ahem, flew in a private jet to nyc for fashion week.. No seat belts, no please take your seat we’re about to land… plain ol’ do what ever you want.. cold chill’n steeze.. 2) Rickey and BennyGold were in town both un-fashion related trips to ny, everyone on the hustle..

Next stop Jane.

1) New spot, Jane.  Suppose to be the new Beatrice.. (who can keep track..) 2) After Jane we went to Noodle Town… After eating at Noodle Town, I think we decided that we were stick to WoHOP even though it’s heard to beat feeding 5 with beers for under 30 bucks..

September Issue

I’ve been hearing about September Issue(the movie).. I remember seeing the trailer a while back..

And recently I’ve been hearing from a number of people that it’s a good movie and I should definitely go check it out..

And what better time and place to see September Issue, but on a rainy day in NYC during fashion week..

I have to say… I really liked it, enough to see it about 2 more times..

p.s.

Dear Grace Coddington there’s a little of you in type of people I admire.

A Detacher Runway Show

Fashion night out ends and 1st day of NY fashion week begins.. I meet with SuChin to check out the A Detacher show, a nyc underground fav..

We get 1st row.. vip treatment.. not a bad way to start off fashion week..

Thanks to, SuChin of course..

NYC Fashion Night Out

To kick off fashion week, Vogue got together and coordinated a fashion night out in Paris, LA and NYC.. I don’t know what it was like in LA and Paris but for nyc.. it was bananas.. It was the night before NYC fashion week and it was a sight to be seen.. All the stores were open late and people were spilling into the streets…. People couldn’t get into stores.. It was like every store was a club, bouncers and all.. I guess free drinks and music will do that to people….

As soon as I got into the city I met up with Sky and we dipped, ahem.. in blacked out Gwaggon.. Our 1st stop… Claudine’s Birthday Party at Caravan… As soon as we walk up we felt the energy.. people were a couple of drinks short of memory laps.. And Bronques was outside camera in hand….

After Claudine’s Birthday we headed to Opening Ceremony.. It was crazy outside… a mob of people trying to get in..

Off to the side we saw Nico from Stpl and some familiar faces…

Luckily as soon as we walked to the edge.. Carol was right there having a smoke.. and she was kind enough to pull us in..

Right when we entered… two guys were getting down Vogue-ing in the window, like it was battle time… Watch out..

We made our way to the back of the store and saw buddy Joanne, and Ahn.. by this time there was no more drinks.. but thank goodness for friends like lil JoJo,  she saved me the last tall cold Asahi…

Later we rallied the troops and headed to La Esquina for a bite…

Next stop.. Oakley party..

Hiromi and Benny Gold also happen to be in town so we met up and walked to the Fish for a drink before calling it a night…

Black Lips

Got a text from home-girl Ahn “we got you a VIP wrist band” to see Black Lips play in Chinatown…  Ahh yeah, Teresa, Juanita, and Ahn be lookin out..

LA Fires

LA’s in the middle of a heat wave and a fire storm, literally.

As the evenings have been coming around this week we’ve been heading to the beach to watch the sunset over Malibu… Absorbing and watching sunsets like these in the mist of all the mayhem allows you to see that things are not all bad in the news.

Clae Shoes / Stussy

  • Posted on: August 31st, 2009
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O.G. Loc Sung from Clae had a opening party for his Pop Up / Shop in Shop in side Stussy’s LA store on La Brea..

As I was headed over there I turned the corner I saw one of those Korean Taco trucks parked outside the store, I said to myself, Ahhh shit… it’s gonna be one of dem nights.. Good food, free drinks, catching up with old friends… equals a good time.

As I walked in the store Selector JD (Deadly Dragon Sound) was on the tables.. bringing in the tunes to ensure the night got off to a proper start.. Irie irie sound..

Later we headed to Stone Rose for the after party.  Sung put me on to DJ the opening set.. along side Dam Funk (Stones Throw) and Selector JD (Deadly Dragon Sound).. Good times..

Check out the gift bag.. Weeee…

Epicenter

Last weekend was pretty cool, I got to see what it’s like to travel like a literal rock star…

A handful of Joe Hahn’s friends met up at his house to catch a ride on a tour bus down to the Epicenter Rock show in Pomona.. We loaded up the bus with a bunch of goodies, snacks, all kind of drinks which included a nice bottle of Johny Walker Blue Label… Weeeee….

Next thing I know the tour bus is inside the fairgrounds…  And what seamed to be about 30 seconds of small talk after we got off the bus Bobby Hundreds, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, and gang took a shuttle to jump on stage with Alice in Chains…. (Bobby Hundreds and I scored all access / press passes and got to roam and take photos all around..)

It was pretty cool to watch Linkin Park, and Alice in Chains from literally front row n’ side stage.  But what’s even cooler is how down earth Joe, and Mike are…. I mean they are said to be the biggest rock band in the world and to play in front of a huge crowd in one’s street clothes….

To me that’s keep’n it real.. and keep’n it real = FRESH… Big up yoh-self!

epicenter14

Nisei Week 09

  • Posted on: August 21st, 2009
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Nisei Week 2009.

Nisei week is a nine-day festival in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district highlighting Japanese and Japanese American culture. 2009 marks the 69th year of Nisei Week(Nisei meaning- second generation.) It’s cool to see the ‘second generation’ upholding traditions of the parent land.. We need more of these types of things throughout the city to turn people on to different cultures and traditions…

The parade rolled right infront of our homie Steve and Jason’s store The Archival (fish mart).  So, we posted up there and caught up with some old school homies and made it a family affair…

Good times.

nw7nw6

Gap 1969 Pop Up-Shop

  • Posted on: August 19th, 2009
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Gap’s 1969 Pop Up Shop on Robertson(LA) had their opening party the other night. Buddy Joel Madden was spinning so I dropped by to say hi..
Gap’s 1969 jeans and now cut and sew line has always intrigued me.. It’s cool to see that people on the inside are still pushing for the line.. The pop up shop will only be open for one month in LA and then rumor has it, after LA it’s going to NYC for a month.. I like the thinking and the outlook of the line.  It reminds me of cassette, only with Gap’s fit(straight leg, wider cuts). I was gifted a pair of these cinch back jeans.. they are pretty cool.  All the details are on point.. The two things I didn’t like was the wide leg opening, and the light weight denim that to some folks could appear cheap. But, for 88 bucks I think it’ll do the job just fine and then some for most people that aren’t the ultra connoisseur types.