National Geographic recently aired a special documentary on Air Force One. What was neat about this show was that they were able to capture a moment when the 747 flew in Barack Obama into Washington D.C. for his inauguration. You gotta love that President Obama still wants his fries with his burger.

Victoria Beckham’s Interpretation

We are often quick to gripe and complain when influential individuals from different facets of our culture start sipping their own kool aid and ultimately slide off into “not what they were”-ness. I have personally endured many an argument (overheard, not involved in) concerning one gentleman in particular →

EM: Occupation and Position.
BEE: I currently hold the titles of CEO of Grand Tactics (grandtactics.com) my brand marketing / influencer lifestyle agency and I am also a co-founder and partner in an apparel line called Hot Air Brand (hotairbrand.com) which we just launched in ’07. And finally I am also a partner in a night life promotions / events company called The Collective (thecllctv.com).

EM: What neighborhood do you closely identify with? What makes your community so unique?
Well I have been living in LA all of my life, and the last decade has been within the Miracle Mile / Hancock Park Area which is really convenient. I am literally 10 to 15 minutes from everywhere. I really appreciate the diversity →

We recieved this video from Kozoo and Shima of GwaGwa who worked on their latest video project entitled, “Piyo.” In their words, “This is a story about  journey of a chick named Piyo. Piyo is made by plastic bottles which have LED inside. We moved each bottles little by little like other stop motion pictures.” →

We came across this today via Slamxhype. A great song to get ready for the week.

Louis Vuitton did right in commissioning the always confident and pompous “Louis Vuitton Don” aka the newly self declared “Martin Louis the King, Jr.” In fact, why don’t we let Mr. West explain himself here.

In the spirit of pure guerilla street art, Poster Boy is shown in this video masked loosely by a bandana and armed with his exacto blade and limitless imagination.  He sets to work rapidly reconfiguring advertisement posters that proliferate the subways in all their airbrushed banality →

An Estevan Oriol Retrospective: “This is Los Angeles”
7662 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles, CA
2/1/09
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Estevan Oriol will soon be presenting a photographic retrospective in ‘This is Los Angeles.’ The exhibition, hosted by SURU, opens on the first of February 1st and topped off with a SURU x Oriol collab T-shirt being showcased alongside the exhibit. So if you happen to be in the neighborhood, don’t miss the chance to take in the work of this extremely talented street photographer →

The Barack Obama “Hope” poster created by L.A. artist Shepard Fairey, is now hanging in the coveted spot of the U.S. National Portrait Gallery.  The poster was inducted on January 20, 2009 →

TV Books Exhibition Closing Party
The Gallery Space @ 15Twenty – Los Angeles, CA
1/30/09
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TV Books will be hosting their closing party for the lively exhibition with performances by The Smell’s own Abe Vigoda, The Goat (and the occasional others), Mikki and the Mauses.  The event is FREE!  And it will also be the last chance to see the TV Books exhibition →