There are some things we enjoyed in our childhood that should just be left alone by Hollywood.  But with the incredible advances in special effects and cinematography there are some subjects of nostalgia I don’t regret being put on the silver screen, a prime example being Transformers.  I have a sneaking suspicion Where the Wild Things Are will be the same. →

We live in a society where pop music, with catchy choruses and recycled beats, saturate our airwaves. Fortunately, for music goers, legends such as Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello offer quality music, one that over time never loses its authenticity. Procuring music that sustains the passing trends is difficult, but nonetheless, possible. Celebrating the musicianship of famed artists and the traditions of our musical ancestors provides contemporary artists with inspiration, knowledge and tools to continue to sculpt music with texture and vibrancy. Kenneth Pattengale is one artist whose work merits the same praise. →

The Official Friends & Family Sale
826 Traction Avenue – Los Angeles, CA
3/28/09
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If you happen to be in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 28th from 10am to 4pm, drop on by the special one-day Friends & Family Sale on Traction Avenue to find great deals on some quality threads from LA’s premier independent fashion labels: Kazuo, House of Cassette, Apolis Activism, Cameron Hawaii, and Bobbydoo.  Come out and support the forward-thinking fashion heads who are doing some amazing things in the West Coast as well as mingle with some great people in this truly family affair! →

B/D + Insight Clothing Sale
8940 Ellis Ave. – Los Angeles, CA
3/27 – 3/28/09
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Beautiful/Decay has teamed up with Insight to present a Sample sale Friday, March 27th from 12-6pm, & Saturday, March 28th from 9-6pm! The event will take place at 8940 Ellis Ave, in Los Angeles (90034). We will be selling rare, limited run and unreleased samples, as well as never before seen Beautiful/Decay prototypes! →

THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF LONDON MILES GALLERY
212 Kensington Park Road – Notting Hill, LONDON
4/16/09
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This gallery is the new face for cutting edge contemporary art in Notting Hill–specializing in Lowbrow and Pop Surrealist art work. They will be throwing their launch event on April 16th, 2009 from 6:30 to 10:00pm.  The gallery space formerly operated as Grenade Art, which was founded on the idea of being a contemporary collective supporting the urban art movement. →

Globe-hopping street artist Above will be releasing a series of hand-made screenprints of his Union Jack arrows, completed in London during his European tour in 2005. Painted against a wall facing water, the arrows reflect a beautifully distorted image. Above doesn’t only paint across hard-to-reach places. He knows how to use and affect his environment in unexpected ways. →

Agenda, the six-year old independent apparel trade show is relocating indefinitely from its long-time home in San Diego to Huntington Beach (California).  The show will take place July 22 & 23 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in conjunction with the U.S. Open of Surfing – the world’s largest action sports festival.   →

In April Assouline will release their latest glossy bound publication entitled “Gypset Style”. The hybrid of the nomadic gypsy lifestyle with the glamour of the jet set, author Julia Chaplin peeks into the ‘Gypset’ lives of some of the most notoriously unconventional and stylish of the sophisticated set. Jade Jagger, Marni designer Consuelo Castiglioni and Damien Hirst →

Silverlake Wine’s New Wine Tasting Residency
The Standard Hotel – Downtown Los Angeles
3/25/09
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Silverlake Wine, a marvelously relevant boutique wine store finally decided to expand their weekly wine tasting — usually on-site at their Silverlake store location — to include Wednesday flight nights at the premier Standard Hotel in Downtown L.A.  The residency will be every Wednesday night from 5pm until 8pm and they will be hosting an uber-chill and relaxed tasting of three wines paired with three gourmet cheeses in the plush lobby bar of the Downtown Standard. →

EM: Occupation and Position.
Rapper, slash producer, slash designer, slash founder of Brand New Classic.

EM: Who does the cleaning at home?
Slash house cleaner.

EM: What neighborhood do you closely identify with? What makes your community so unique?
LA is dope because it has so many different pockets, and I dig a lot of neighborhoods for various reasons. But I actually identify with the working class neighborhoods more, like Inglewood or Mid-City, where I stay now. →