A Crying Shame
LeBasse Projects – Culver City, CA
1/16/10 to 2/13/10

LeBasse Projects is excited to present “A Crying Shame,” an exhibition of new works from gallery-represented artist Rebecca Artemisa Urias. In her first solo project since moving to Portland, Urias returns to Los Angeles for a featured exhibit in the Project Room. →

Medicine Show No. 1: Before the Verdict
The Good Hurt – Los Angeles, CA
1/20/10

As part of the Medicine Show series, Madlib will be releasing a record per month for 2010. The twelve-CD series will be released on Madlib’s own imprint, Madlib Invazion. Before the Verdict, the first installment, features 17 hip-hop tracks with previously unreleased guest appearances by MED and J Dilla, dating back to their first collaborations. The “OJ Simpson remixes” are also on the album, a prelude to Guilty Simpson and Madlib’s forthcoming collaboration OJ Simpson. An eight-page booklet is also packaged along with the CD. →

Dragonette – “Pick Up The Phone (Richard X Radio Version)”

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Inspired by the Minutemen song, Evil Monito’s “Tour Spiel” highlights the musician’s life on the road. Each week, we’ll check in with some of our favorite artists touring stateside or abroad. We’ll provide an intimate look into what it’s like to be packed in a van or waiting for a flight with the same people for hours on end. It takes a certain state of mind to survive any lengthy tour. Yet it’s the memorable experiences that make life on the road ultimately rewarding, if not interesting. This week we heard from Martina, front girl of electropop group Dragonette, who hail from Toronto, Canada. →

Brad and Angelina. Tom and Katie. Posh and Becks. We residents of La-la land are suckers for a dazzling dynamic duo. Luckily, Valerie Cosmetics knows how to craft a mighty fine team. Her pair of magical mascaras, Foreplay and Happy Ending, can be worn alone, but together leave you with a glam, bam, thank you m’am wink. Like any good A-List lead, Foreplay sets the tone—this time by adding length, while Happy Ending amps up the feeding frenzy with spectacularly lush lashes. The red-carpet ready look may fool the town into thinking you’re fixed on falsies, yet you won’t have to blink twice when flashbulbs ask if real. We wish we could say the same regarding the assets of all our favorite twosomes. Instead, we’ll just keep our lash-tastic eyes out for the stalkerazzi.

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The Bloggomist: The Local Boy
Film Opinion

I’ve been sitting tentatively pawing this keyboard for the last two hours.  To be honest it’s been hard to sit still this weekend much less hunker down and try to write about anything remotely “cool” or interesting.  If you’ll allow me slightly more creative license this week, I might get a little personal before my review of Tom Ford’s “A Single Man.”  Friday night was an exhausting but incredible private dinner we hosted at OCLA with M.I.A. for Alexander Wang‘s new collection of sunglasses for Linda Farrow →

President Obama announces a special effort from both Presidents Clinton and Bush to raise funds for Haiti. With the formation of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, we can help the Haitian people after the devastating January 12th earthquake.

Donate now at http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org

The Bloggomist: Three Times a Trend
Fashion Opinion

As a long time lover of fashion I have experienced, as with any relationship, my fair share of grievances and complaints. The two main complications in our long term standing being the elitism that runs rampant throughout the business, and the all out obsession with labels and luxury goods. I’ve never understood the appeal of wearing a price tag on your arm, but then again I’ve never really had enough money to be able to flaunt it on my arm, so perhaps I just don’t understand the psychology. →

Photo courtesy of John Eng.

T’was December 21st and all through the City of Angels final holiday parties were in full swing.  Yet of them all, the one to be at was definitely the 25th Anniversary holiday party of the Modern Committee of Los Angeles (Modcom), held atop  City Hall in the Tom Bradley room! →

Fungi Fest 2010 in Echo Park
Machine Projects – Los Angeles, CA
1/16 – 1/23/10

With eight to twelve inches of rain in Southern California’s  forecast, now is the time to brush up on your mushroom identification skills.  Mushroom hunting is one of my favorite hobbies.  Gourmet mushrooms are pricey and finding a bag full of Chanterelles is liking finding delicious gold nuggets.  Just make sure you have a competent mycologist properly identify them for you.  There is a  real art to finding mushrooms.  They blend in with the leaves on the ground.  They can be right in front of you, but you won’t see them.  →

SERATO / ABLETON NAMM AFTER PARTY
Commonwealth Lounge – Fullerton, CA
1/16/10

Tonight from 7PM to 9PM Serato and Ableton, in celebration of their new technological collaboration proudly hosts a private event. The after party will be thrown after the NAMM 2010 convention at the stylish Commonwealth Lounge with special guests: KJ SAWAK  and JEFF MILLIGAN.  →