For those whose heads are still in the clouds from V-day weekend, here is a quixotic little piece created by one of our favorite street artists, Above.  You can check out more of Above’s work here.

The ever evolving theme of ‘going green’ has transpired from the automotive industry to architecture to fashion, amongst others. While various labels have incorporated the basic organic selection of denim and tops, product designer Hafsteinn Juliusson has emerged with “Growing Jewelry,” a fresh and innovative twist to the otherwise mundane brass knuckle ring that was sooo last season. →

IN CONVERSATION WITH MARK BOULOS
LACE – Hollywood, CA
2/21/09
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Please join LACE on Saturday, February 21st from 11am to 1pm for a presentation and conversation with Mark Boulos, whose video installation All that is Solid Melts into Air is currently featured in Narrowcast: Reframing Global Video 1986/2008.  The presentation will be followed by a roundtable discussion. →

As indicated by the eco-standards of our times, the Timeless Garden clock takes it up a notch in delivering and promoting green technology.  First of all the actual digital clock is made of 100% recyclable materials.  Secondly, it doesn’t need to hook up into the outlet–which eliminates electricity that still relies on oil for the most part.  And to top it all off (quite literally), it promotes plant life which gives back a minutiae of oxygen into the carbon-loaded atmosphere. →

Peanut Butter Wolf
Stones Throw Records
(2008)
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Hip-hop purists and collectors may be interested in this compilation of  ’80s/early-’90s female hip-hop and Miami bass, a strong precursor to the current funk carioca music in Rio de Janeiro. The mix is at the very least an important archive of early hip-hop and female voices →

Austin avante-rockers, The Strange Boys sing their song “Woe is You and Me” in a lo-fi, gritty music video directed by Daniel Hill (assistant camera, Winston Calloway.)  The jarring mini spotlights and dark shadows creates a heady, noir effect to their live performance. A nice complement to the band’s not-quite straight-ahead rock tune and Ryan Sambol’s raw, wavering croons.  Their debut album, The Strange Boys..And Girls Club is set to release March 24, 2009.
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Hotel St. George Press is an online literary magazine and publishing house that fancifully redefines the way people read online magazines. →

President Obama makes a joke about the Commerce Secretary fiasco at a Tribute for President Lincoln last Thursday after  New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination to serve as the Commerce Secretary – this is the second time the position has become vacant.

In this innovative, multi-sensory art piece, a giant beached catfish lays complacently in the middle of David Ellis’ art studio, composed of black vinyls and spewing out beats and rhythms from its musical bowels.  Applying the form and structure of nature to his visual art, mechanical engineering, music and beatmaking, Ellis developed a syncretic brand of digital time-lapse animation, which he dubbed, “motion painting.”  →

WHERE: Meet, Mix, Mogul Presents “Exposure”
WHERE Gallery – Silverlake, CA
2/27/09 thru 3/20/09
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Come early to check out the opening of Exposure: A Photo Show on Friday, February 27th.  Come early to the (7:30pm – 9:00pm) to check out the photography of Benjamin Hoste, Simon Cardoza and Koga, as they document the current L.A. music scene.  →