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Sunday Community Patio Sale Every Week this Summer!
LOVEMADE & BARRACUDA hosts a new community Sunday sale in the back patio of Barracuda Shop from 12-5p every Sunday this Summer.  For this Memorial Day Weekend, May 24th music will be provided by: James Rockwell (87 Stick Up Kids) and NoMSG (Elsewhere Studios)! →

Image courtesy Photofest, 212-633-6330

Economic downturns usually lead to rise of interest in the occult and supernatural, many of the top Rock/Indie songs of 2007 had the word ‘ghost’ in the title and last year marked the beginning of the recent vampire movie craze. Not suprising then that a film featuring witches prancing around butt naked, flirting with demons, and bringing forth deformed progeny from their unholy union, would attract a packed audience. Such was the case at last Wednesday’s Hammer showing of Haxan.  Made in the Golden Era of Silent movies, Haxan is a film that uses the term ‘documentary’ quite loosely. →

This past February, Detroit rapper Invincible submitted the video for her track “Ropes” to mtvU for consideration in the channel’s lineup. The video was accepted in mid-March. But after MTV’s standards department further reviewed the video’s content, they reconsidered, citing “how its suicidal undertones would be problematic on the channel it was accepted for (mtvU),” and cut it from the channel’s lineup.

Full story here.

Cultural Urge is the creative outlet of Sydney based artist Sebastian Vaccaro. Inspired by cartoons and fictitious worlds, Sebastian’s love for drawing began at an early age and hasn’t yet stopped.

His involvement in various subcultures growing up such as Heavy Metal, Hip Hop, Graffiti, Tattoos, Skateboarding and comic books, has led him to create beautiful artworks which contain remnants of these “disorderly” influences. Despite the large surfaces where these graphical dreams take place, each piece is handled with precision and strongly calculated. →

The Gift (Of Fear) brings together esteemed underground artists Smear, Akayo, Euthanasia, and Branded who expand upon the iconic motif’s they have established around their city. As well as showcasing the exciting talent of the artists, The Gift (Of Fear) provides a glimpse of the throbbing heart which beats lively within Los Angeles Guerilla Art scene. →

Community Supported Agriculture in California will be holding organic veggie sales every Thursday at Fairfax High School on the corner of Fairfax and Melrose.  Basically, for $25 you get a large bag of local, organic fruits and veggies.  Part of the proceeds benefits the development of the school garden.

You get a pound of everything that is weighed by the pound.  Cherries will be $4 extra and we will also sell additional strawberries for $3 and other items like granola.  Please email: sara@csacalifornia.org or call: (818) 232-7885 to place an order for an upcoming Thursday.  Bring cash or check (Made payable to “Paul Hotel Entertainment”
Amount: $25.00).   →

The Early Spring Markdown sale starts today at the Opening Ceremony NY, LA, and webstore.  Markdowns feature 30-60% off Opening Ceremony mainstays like Acne, Band of Outsiders, BOY, Bless, Patrik Ervell, Meadham Kirchoff, Vena Cava, Haversack, G.V.G.V, John Lawrence Sullivan, N. Hoolywood, Nom de Guerre, Green, Rodarte, and of course the Opening Ceremony Collection and other select lines from Japan. →

Joe Corrales, Jr. known affectionately as Yppah just released his sophomore album on Ninja Tunes, They Know what Ghosts Know.  To accompany the release, he fabricated this charming stop-mo universe for his equally charming electro-shoegaze number, “Gumball Machine Weekend”.  Easily one of my favorite new albums this Spring, check out more from this group at:  myspace.com/yppah

Black Moth Super Rainbow In-Store Stands & Hairy CD Contest:
In honor of their new album and Black Moth Super Rainbow’s love for the remaining independent record stores out there, the band has created 1600 hairy Eating Us CDs which will be sold in ten different retail stores across the country, as well through Graveface Records’ website and other online outlets. →

Solo Exhibition of COOP, the Pop-Artist Extraordinaire
Corey Helford Gallery – Culver City, CA
5/29/09
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Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present the highly-anticipated solo exhibition of new works by celebrated Pop-artist COOP. Since 2006, Los Angeles has been on the waiting list for COOP’s next explosion of larger-than-life pop iconography, and his upcoming solo show of irreverent and outrageous fine art is built for speed. Bold and brazen does not begin to describe the parade of leering devils, voluptuous vixens, and hell-bound hot rods that dominate his electric acrylic-on-canvas paintings. →