Mammoth 09.2.1

A little powder riding video after the three day storm..

Mammoth 09.2

It’s Monday, the weekend crowd is gone and after snowing three days.. the sun was shinning in typical southern cali form..
Caught some of the best riding ever.. Fresh Powder, no crowd, no lines, fresh tracks all day..

Mammoth 09

Hear it’s been dumping up in them hills..

El Dorado..

Jae and I stopped by our buddy Aly’s pad on the way to a lil donner shop.. He told us bout the el dorado and that he was spinning in a few… After a little donner dinner mit pom frits we headed to the el dorada..  thanks to Aly we discovered this fine watering hole..

Filippi’s San Diego..

Jae, Reggie, Joe and I rolled down to San Diego for Agenda and ASR.. I have been down to San Diego in age’s.. We hit up good ol’ Filippi’s.. nice little establishment in the heart of little Italy.. Fun place to go and have a slice or some pasta..You have to enter thru the market.. It’s not your fancy gourmet Italian… it’s good enough when your hungry..

Coles

Rolled up with Sung from Clae and Joe(cassette) to Coles for Lunch..

Coles, The originators of the French Dip..

Since 1908.

Winstons – Jan

  • Posted on: January 15th, 2009
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Cassette at Winstons.. Jan. 14th

Notorious

  • Posted on: January 14th, 2009
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Went to a screening for the new Notorious B.I.G. flick (In movie theaters this Friday)..
No pics this time.. I was sitting few rows back from Sharon Stone and I didn’t want her to think I was taking pictures of her…

The filming and color was lacking but the content and story telling was on point, how could it not be with a story like Biggie’s. The film conveyed real moments of friendship, the cost of fame, the motivation of his hustle and the so called beef between west coast and east coast rap at the time.

I stayed till the end and heard the Q&A with George Tillman Jr the Director, Naturi Naughton who played Lil Kim and Derek Luke who played Puff.  They said for the movie they really tired to stay as true to all the details and places of how things happened during in Biggie’s life.  If your a fan of Hip Hop or a fan of B.I.G. it’s a def must see.

Gonna be spinning a Biggie set tonight at Winstons. Come through if your in the area.

SlumDog Millionaire

  • Posted on: January 12th, 2009
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SlumDog Millionaire

Got an advanced copy of SlumDog Millionaire…  SlumDog is a mix of two movies I really like Usual Suspects and City of God.  If you like these two movies you’ll like SlumDog Millionaire…

It’s a raw look into life growing up as a kid in Mumbai. Have to add that there is a few songs in the soundtracks from M.I.A..

Cassette Side B @ Winstons Jan 14th

  • Posted on: January 9th, 2009
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SAVE THE DATE :: Jan 14th..Cassette Side B @ Winstons (7746 Santa Monica Blvd West Hollywood CA 90046) 9-2am
DJ’s :: noMSG :: N2 ::WendyCity :: LeeScratchPetey

Gap Press – Cassette

Japanese Magazine Gap Press Men featured Cassette’s Spring 09 New York Runway show.

Gap Press is a premier magazine that cover high end runway fashion from top fashion cities around the world.

So ill.

Kogi Taco Truck Yo..

The Kogi Taco Truck made a pit stop right by our studio in little Tokyo. If you have heard any rumors of these tacos being the absolute nicest morsel of love then I would say you heard right…. These Tacos are amazing, Mexican-Korean fusion Tacos..  You can follow then on twitter.. Don’t sleep.

Snowtime 08-09

  • Posted on: December 31st, 2008
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There’s snow up in them hills..  Had to get a little riding in before 08 was up..

Bear Mountain.

Conditions: Sunny, Warm, Blue skys, and jumps were in effect.

Good seein the guys still riding.. Snoop Namy Nam, T-Bone, and heard Choi Boy, Rich-Uno and Bobby was on the hill but didn’t see them, next time fellas..

ShortStop and Hiromi

  • Posted on: December 28th, 2008
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Hiromi one of the nicest girls around was also in LA for Christmas..

We got a chance to catch up, over a few pints and a few games of pool at ShortStop.

Good seeing you Hiromi, thanks for the video.

Josh and Lisa

Our homies Josh and Lisa were in LA for Christmas.
It was a good to see them during this time of year.. After some last min Christmas shopping we headed over to Mcafe.

M Cafe de Chaya  (Macrobiotic cafe offers organic Asian-inspired grub)

7119 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Holidaze..

  • Posted on: December 24th, 2008
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It’s Holidaze time.. and I mean daze….

Got together for our home girl Joanne.. Happy B-Day lil jojo…

Flaunt Turns 10

  • Posted on: December 19th, 2008
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Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Casey Affleck, Marley Shelton, Kanye West, Kelly Osborne, and Wayne Kao celebrated 10 years of design, photography, film, music, art and fashion.

1)Line for the shuttle bus. 2)Inside the shuttle bus.

1)View from the master suite. 2) V,VIP area from inside the house 2nd floor.

1)Grace, Matt 2) Pansy, Greg

1)Billy, Jerry 2) Auna, Bryan

El Compadre

Met up with Rickey, and Jasmine(Oliver Peoples) for lunch today at El Compadre..

Old, dark, Mexican restaurant on sunset across from Guitar Center..

Recommend #12 Chile Relleno, Burrito, Rice and Beans combo..  Yessir..

El Compadre
7408 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046

The Kid Stays in the Picture

  • Posted on: December 17th, 2008
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“The Kid Stays in the Picture” is a Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans.. The film is a NPR slide show type of movie with Robert Evans narrating it. It’s an amazing look into his life and how he furthered it through ‘Luck’.. “Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.”

Robert Evans went from selling ladies pants with his brother to being the head guy at Paramount studios.. Robert Evans was a visionary, icon of his time, dreamer, gangster, pimp playa,.. This is guy produced the God Father… nuff said..

It’s an inspirational film only to be worthy of a gangster loc made by Oliver Peoples..

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, were playin at the Echo Plex.

Buddy Bryan Ling has been managing them and they recently just had an amazing write up in this months Flaunt mag..

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros is an experience. Their vibe is contagious. Can’t wait to see them again.

Must see live show.

Jangle-1

Drumming Astronaut

Rolled over to Imaginary Foundation artshow at suru and got to see the Drumming Astronaut preform..

Couple of window shots on the way to the DCMA shoe launch party..

PopUP Shop x Pepsi

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Performances by
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Evil Monito Magazine, Union, SneakTip, S.L.A.T.E., SneakTip, CLAE, craftworks, CASSETTE, Jungle Gurl, hypebeast
Sounds provided by DJ Fashen, DJ Peter Lee aka LeeScratchPetey, DJ Byze One, DJ Sour Milk, DJ Reflex, DJ Mike B
Brought to you by PEPSI
PEPSI PROPER POP UP is located at:
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Daily Hours of Operations
ALL DAY EVENT
Performance at 7pm

1,2) Pacific Division

1,2) Clipse

Spinna- Echo Plex

  • Posted on: December 15th, 2008
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Spinna @ at the Echo Plex..

1,2) Rhett, Spinna, J-Rocc

SADE

  • Posted on: December 12th, 2008
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White Tie Affair

Rolled up to visit our Buddy Josh Madden and the kids from White Tie Affair.. Josh was styling the White Tie Affairs new video shoot.. While they were shooting the White Tie Affair video, the crew from Hills came on set cuz their friends of the White Tie Affair and next thing you know we’re in the middle of a Hills taping as well.

White Tie Affair

1) Josh Madden 2) Joel Madden

1) Josh Madden 2) Josh, Audrina, Benji Madden

Winstons – Dec

  • Posted on: December 12th, 2008
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Big up to all the heads that rolled thru…

Stash

Went for a visit to Stash’s office, studio, warehouse..

The place is ill…

Stash goes way way back.. He had us in stitches… calling out guys when they were just getting their teeth cut..

He’s sitting on a lot of history.. Nuff Respect.

Peter Lugers

Joe Hahn, Noel, Stash and myself at Peter Lugers..

Rose Bar

  • Posted on: December 6th, 2008
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Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel.. GPH is one ill hotel.. If you like modern art.. check it.. especially the roof top…

Pics of the Rose Bar..


Bacaro

Bacaro… LLES’s lil gem..

Josh Madden

(When it’s full.)

Mai House

Mai House- Vietnamese in Tribeca.

1st Snow NYC 08

1st Snow NYC 08

Blue Ribbon

Blue Ribbon….Late night is even better..

Bone Marrow, Foie Gras, Duck Sandwich, Clams, Fried Chicken….. Forget about it..

1) Laura, Tamara 2) Tamara, Stas

East Broadway..

Rolled down to LLES to East Broadway..

1)Light 2) Photo..Laura Vignale

1) Laura, Stas 2) Tamara

1) Diana, SuChin, Annie, Will

Soho House

We all rolled over to the Soho house..

Soho House is a private members club with rooms, dinning, swimming pool, library, bar, film screening room, game room, drawing room..and so on… more or less an adult playground. (Click here to see the Shoreditch-House in London’s east end.. )

Kandinsky

Mark Franandez took us over to Kandisnsky’s studio….

Wo Hop

After Kingswood started to thin out we all heard the call of the wild.. some how ended up at Wo Hop..

Kingswood

After our meeting with the ministry of sound.. Our guys Jared, Mike.. do Kingswood on Thursday.. Or something like that amongst all the other things these guys handle..

1) MT 2) Laura and Sarra

Studio- Sound

After Omen. Mark Fernandez took us to this guys studio in soho.. Amazing Man Cave.. I was drooling.. Joe and him were talking shop. I never seen a studio quite like this.. It looked like you were piloting a sound ship.. and we were in the captains chair.. I asked him play something loud and the guy to to turned it up.. I couldn’t hear my self say ‘yeeahhh'(4 second yeah)….

Omen

While at Stash’s opening.. Marc Ecko hit up Joe to swoop him up for dinner..  Marc picked us up in his custom whip and took us to Omen (Critic’s Pick- New York Magazine) a Kyoto style Japanese sushi spot… The uni is like you want it to be….

1) Joe Hahn 2) Noel

Visionaire 54

Visionaire 54 X Lacoste.. at the Stash x Lacoste Launch..

Stash X Lacoste

Hangin with Joe Hahn of Linkin Park and Noel.. We rolled up to Stash’s Shoe Launch with Lacoste at Nort/Recon..

1,2) Nuff Respect Futura 2000


GPh

Gramercy Park Hotel..

Blue Ribbon

We turned into beasts after ‘Beast’…. Headed over to Blue Ribbon where homie Willy Dee was hold’n it down..

1) Bone Marrow, (Some primal food of the ancestors.. soo good) 2) Fried Chicken..

Beast

Soon as we landed.. we sent our bags to the telly and rolled up to dinner with Suchin, her friends and Boa (K-Pop super star)(Pic of her here)..

After dinner we headed to Beast(Goth Night).. down in ‘LLES’.  Shannie and Ly hold’n it down…

Ly and Shannie..

NYC-Winter 08

Dee Plane Dee Plane.. NYC From Dee Plane..

Details – Nick Jonas

Nick Jonas wearing yellow cassette denim. At 16 he’s ranked in the top 40 of the most influential under 47.

Nick Jonas wearing yellow cassette denim.

Bon Iver – Stacks

  • Posted on: November 25th, 2008
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Finally getting a chilly in LA.. Perfect time to listen to Bon Iver’s Stacks with a morning cup of coffee to get the day sorted…

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RubiTone

  • Posted on: November 25th, 2008
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RubiTone concept by Ignacio Pilotto.

Wouldn’t it be cool if they ended up making this..

Sic Pad in Sliver Lake

  • Posted on: November 24th, 2008
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Rolled up to a sic custom pad in Sliver Lake for a B-day party..

1)Back Yard.. 2)Dinner Chime..

1)Live music 2) Skyway to the back wing..

Se7en

  • Posted on: November 24th, 2008
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Rolled up with Joe Hahn from Linkin Park to a KoreAm event this weekend.. Marget Cho hosted and performed a song and skit… also got to see and meet K-pop star Se7en. Food was served by Lawry’s Prime Rib (And they brought the carts!).

Se7en

Rock Night @ The Standard

  • Posted on: November 19th, 2008
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Rolled up to Bling’s Rock Night(Tue’s) at The Standard after a nice Dinner with him at One on Sunset..

1) Ana 2) Bryan, Ana, Ryan

1)Striker-KROQ

SURU-Axis

  • Posted on: November 17th, 2008
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Axis @ SURU..

The guys at SURU turn the store into a Gallery for the opening.. Out back was the reception where it was pretty much a packed house….

Good to see people from nyc to LA representing..

1)Joe Hahn- Linkin Park/SURU, 2)Jasmine-Oliver Peoples, Sly-EM

1)Nick-Diamond, Stash-Recon, Josh-10Deep 2)Paula-Fierce Lady.., Kenny-Belvedere.

Preppy Handbook

  • Posted on: November 14th, 2008
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A while back our Buddy Josh Madden.. (One down MoFo..) sent me the 1st edition of “The Official Preppy Handbook”…

See how much times have changed or how much they haven’t….  Awesome fodder or resource depending which state of mind or mood your in..  Stereotypical to the T!  A guide to live your life as a prepster…  You can see Ralph Laurens new collection in the book even though it was published in 1980.. See how times change(or how they don’t).

The title says it all “The Official Preppy Handbook”… A handbook for the prepster…

L.A.’s Menswear Designers

L.A.’s Menswear Designers Take Risks as Others Play It Safe
by Erin Barajas, Manufacturing Editor

Read the full Article Here

Lykke Li

22 year old Lykke Li from Stockholm taking the underground world by storm..

Represent…

Girls, start falling in Love…

Dance-Dance-DanceDance, Dance, Dance

BoBos

  • Posted on: November 10th, 2008
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Rickey turned me on to this book a couple of years ago.. Been flipping through it lately.. Insightful look into the history of the Bourgeois and the Bohemians cultures and who they are today..

“…. A TARTLY AMUSING, ALL TOO ACCURATE GUIDE TO THE NEW ESTABLISHMENT.”
Janet Maslin, The New York Times

WGSN

Cassette highlighted on WGSN.

WGSN is one of the biggest trend forecasting research services in the world..

A New Day Has Come

  • Posted on: November 4th, 2008
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A New Day Has Come…
Today America is beautiful.
Today is a proud day to be an American.

Two Lovers

  • Posted on: November 3rd, 2008
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Official reception for “Two Lovers” a film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow at the Roosevelt 3 story Penthouse.

Che

  • Posted on: November 3rd, 2008
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Che Premiere Screening at the Mann’s in Hollywood..

Che Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Ernesto Che Guevara played by Benicio Del Toro.

Che is a 4+hour movie split into two parts..

Part One The Rise.  The Cuban Uprising.

Part Two The Fall.  The Bolivian Defeat.

Amazing

Halloween ’08

  • Posted on: November 2nd, 2008
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Hollywood was absolute madness, traffic was stopped for about 10 miles in all directions..

Halloween at the Roosevelt Hotel..

.Thanks for the love Bryan..

Girls Rock Issue

  • Posted on: October 31st, 2008
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New Issue of Theme is out.. And the theme is Girls Rock!

Ahh yeah.. we know they do..

Check out the cover story.. Kazu of BlondeRedHead one of our favorite bands!!

Gotta check this issue out.. Matriarchs of Music (of Reggae, Puck Rock and Jazz.. ) what….  a Rude Girl Ska Band “Ore-Ska-Band” from Japan.  Leave it up to guys/girls at Theme to turn us on to some cool people..

Buddy Joel Madden..

Our Buddy Joel Madden spotted coming out of ultra cool store Maxfields Rock’n Cassette Black Worn Denim..

Smashing Pumpkins

  • Posted on: October 27th, 2008
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Went to the launch party for Guitar Hero.. Apparently Guitar Hero and Rock Band sells so many units that some bands are putting out songs on the games first as a single and some bands are making songs exclusively for these games, wowsers… Point of reference is getting more and more on a tangent.. Kids might grow up one day wanting to cut a song for a video game rather than to play gigs..

With Halloween around the corner The Smashing Pumpkins performed at the Guitar Hero launch party.  They played songs from their new album and they also have a new song in the Guitar Hero game..

It was sad to see Billy the only OG member of smashed pumpkin playing with the new smashing pumpkins..

All American Rejects

The band All American Rejects wearing our striped tee and our tug boat tee.

xlr8r-May

Yellow Cassette’s..

xlr8r-April

Cassette Coat

Cassette Shorts

Yone NYC Show

  • Posted on: October 23rd, 2008
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Yone NYC Show

Opening October 23, 2008

Nylon Magazine- Cassette: November

While in New York for Fashion Week I met with Samantha over at Nylon Magazine..

Thanks Samantha, Marvin, Jared, Faran and all the girls and guys at Nylon..

And many thanks to Claudine at Think..

Cassette Tape Closet

  • Posted on: October 20th, 2008
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Cassette Tape Closet: A closet built with 918 cassette tapes that are individually screwed onto a wooden frame.

TroubleMaker Mix-CD

Our buddy TroubleMaker stopped by the studio to drop off his new mix cd on his way out of town..

TroubleMaker Rock’n Cassette Leather Jacket and Our Black Nights Jeans

Justice-TroubleMaker Edit
Justice-TroubleMaker Edit

The Cool Kids on MensStyle.com

The Cool Kids posted as one of the most stylish bands on mensstyle.com

A name like the Cool Kids tempts comeuppance, but Antoine Reed and Evan Ingersoll have enough swagger to make even cynics like us believe. Their sound recalls hip-hop’s golden age (think Eric B. and Rakim or Run-DMC) without merely parroting, and their look does likewise. (Not that we’re recommending anyone try this at home.)


Mikey wearing yellow Cassettes.

Ashley Tisdale

Actress Ashley Tisdale was spotted wearing our bright blue Cassette Jeans.

Welcome Back DJ AM

  • Posted on: October 15th, 2008
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Last night was the welcome home DJ AM benefit concert (in benefit of the families from the plane accident) at the Avalon.. CUT CHEMIST, MIXMASTER MIKE, straight tore it up like no other….Last time I saw Cut Chemist was for the Product Placement (follow up album to Brain Freeze) tour.. These two and a few others out there are more than Dj’s they take DJ’n to an art from.. where they become musicians… They killed it..

So many people came out to support, the place was paced..UFFIE & DIRT NASTY, MARK RONSON, STEVE AOKI, MOMJEANS, DJ VICE, DJ HOMICIDE, DJ SPIDER, JUS SKE, GRAHAM FUNKE, STONEROKK, MARSHALL BARNES, DJ FASHEN & MIKE B, RICK ROSS, JOE HAHN, MELO D, RHETTMATIC and many many others….  It was nice to see the community coming together…

1) Cut Chemist 2) Rick Ross..

Bling Bling

Our buddy Bling (Producer/Manager of Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros) spinning at the opening of Shin’s K-bbq in Hollywood….


Bling rockin our Cassette Stripe Tee..

LA Times :: LA Fashion Week

This Sunday’s LA Times :: LA Fashion Week :: The Fantasy Edition in the Image section..

“In the spirit of fantasy football, the Image staff has created a “fantasy fashion week.” It’s a modest proposal that could raise as many logistical problems as it solves. But it rethinks the basics- the key elements that have the power to establish Los Angeles Fashion Week as a must-see for the design world and beyond.”

Monday:

2pm Cassette: Guys appreciate the silk ties, hand-tailored suits and merino wool sweaters — not to mention the eye-catching red Cassette jeans Alicia Keys sports on the concert poster for her “As I Am” tour.

3pm Endovanera

4pm Modern Amusement

5pm Trovata

6pm Band of Outsiders/Boy

7pm John Varvatos

8pm Tom Ford