Son de Madera
Urtext Records
(1998)
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“El Amanecer”

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Here is a sample of an esoteric group called Son de Madera heard here playing their song “El Amanecer” (translated as “The Dawn”.)  For those who had the pleasure of roaming through the southern portion of Mexico’s state of Veracruz, the name of the band may ring a bell.  Yet for those hadn’t, taste this guanabana lolipop*.  The song displays  the rich musical tradition of Veracruz with its fast rhythmic tempo and plenty of improvisation →

With the multitude of blogs nowadays on the world wide web, RSS feeds and bookmarks are hardly sufficient in staying current with each rapidly updating site. Luckily for all fashionistas, Streetstyl.es brings you the latest from the greatest fashion blogs internationally. Ironically enough, the only thing missing from this melting pot of inspiration is an RSS feed.

Hammer Screenings Presents the Work of Experimental Films
The Hammer Museum – Santa Monica, CA
1/22/09
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“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” - Andy Warhol

This series of short films studies how time has been interpreted by experimental film artists from 1963 to the present. Featuring works by Andy Warhol, Bas Jan Ader, Jørgen Leth, Christian Marclay, Joe Diebes, Annika Larsson, Reynold Reynolds, and Carlo Zanni, the series takes the conceptual films of Andy Warhol as a point of departure →

The Official Agenda Trade Show Party
House of Blues – San Diego, CA
1/22/09
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This year Agenda has teamed up with the best of the best to to throw their
official Trade Show Party.  Please hit up the Hellz or Crooks & Castles booth to get tickets for the event.  On the tables spinning are Jerome Baker III, DJ Hektik and DJ Bamski.  Along with special DJ Set by PaseRock (Repping NYC x DIM MAK) and a live performance by Diz Gibran →

Shepard Fairey cordially invites you to MANIFEST HOPE:DC
3333 M Street NW
1/16/09
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From 7:00 to 9:00 pm tonight, Shepard Fairey (of Obey Giant) is hosting a private preview called, MANIFESTHOPE C for the historic Obama Inauguration.  Art played a pivotal role in creating cultural momentum. The MANIFESTHOPE: DC Gallery celebrates that role and shines a spotlight on artists who use their voices to amplify and motivate the grassroots movement →

Mad Mondays with Metronomy & Mae Shi
The Standard Hotel – Hollywood, CA
1/19/09
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The Lovemade crew is very excited to be the first to present Metronomy (DJ set) and The Mae Shi (DJ set) on their North American 2009 Tour! This will prove to be a good one, so get there early to get the night started right with Free tequila shots from 10 to 11PM →

We’ve seen the desert boot in various shapes and forms making its way from different footwear companies. Airwalk is the latest to join in the foray. This project was with Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch. Lo and behold Airwalk has produced a quality model that is unlike what Airwalk normally →

Some things just go well together: Chocolate & Peanut butter. Pastrami & Rye. And then there’s Wine & Hot dogs.  Now if it seems incredulous that the latter is worthy of occupying the same category, I recommend you come out for one of Silverlake Wine’s Thursday Night Flights.  Once you sidle up to the bar for a flight of wine and finish it off with a gourmet dog from Let’s Be Frank truck parked in front of the wine store, you will see for yourself.  Made with 100% grass-fed beef, Let’s Be Frank dogs are hormone-, nitrate- and filler-free, so you need not worry about blindly chowing down on snouts or tails. →

In the last few months, you’ve ridden the wave, Baracked the vote, and now that the time for change has finally come, you’re more than ready to wear your Obama lovin’ on your sleeve.  But sometimes pledging your allegiance to one iconic figure is not enough.  Luckily, NamesBrand is inaugurating the next four years of hope with American Apparel wear →

Welcome to the second part of my two part series on the death of the Neoconservative. You can find the first part here.

I left off with in the last part of my verbal onslaught against the neconservatives with them ecstatically rejoicing over the birth of the Bush Doctrine. You can practically smell the dancing, sentient ejaculate on Capitol Hill as everyone who was for a policy of nonintervention all of a sudden decided that intervening was a good idea after all. →