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LA HEAT

Remember that one post I did about art in LA? And how I had a list of exhibits to visit? Well this was one of them. LA HEAT at the Chinese American Museum, all about everyone’s favorite condiments, Sriracha and Tapatío. LA HEAT creatively examines the two hot sauces made right here in the city (Irwindale…

New Music Tuesday

[Photo: Sasha Keable, British Singer] Here’s the newest installment of the New Music Tuesday Playlist featuring the best new tracks to hit the Internet: New Album Releases This Week: 50 Cent – Animal Ambition Andrew Bird – Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of… Bob Mould – Beauty & Ruin Buzz Osbourne – This Machine…

DUNK XCHANGE SWAP MEET

DunkXchange (DXC) – the original buy/sell/trade sneaker marketplace – had their first outdoor swap meet this past weekend in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. As expected, hundreds of people came through to show off or score their holy grail. And we were there, too. As vendors, appropriately showing a Porsche Cayman, with a table full of…

RWB Ménage à Trois

Last week, Akira Nakai of Rauh Welt Begriff was in town to build Manila’s 5th RWB. I dropped its home base ‘Car Porn Racing‘, to shoot some photos for the site. Enjoy. Its almost been a year that Manila streets had a taste of Nakai-San’s touch, RWB Victoria. Its Nakai-San’s 4th trip to Manila and…

Illest Summer 14 Capsule

Here’s a few photos from our capsule line which will be dropping June 13th. That weekend we celebrate the 1 year anniversary weekend for our Orange County Store which will include a sneaker gallery on Friday, The RuckOut on Saturday which features 100+ Cafe Racers & Ruckus’s, and Slammed Sundays, which always brings a huge…

THE NEXT GENERATION

Can 10 years be considered a long time in this industry? Yes and no. Yes, because things become routine and like clockwork. You see the same faces, you attend similar events, you foresee the cyclical patterns warranted by this industry. And you inevitably become jaded. I’ve gotten to that point – where I grew tired…

Throwback Thursday: The Best of Timbaland

During an era when music fans argued over which crew was the best between Death Row, Bad Boy and Roc-A-Fella, I chose The Superfriends. They weren’t officially a record label like the others were, but they were a damn good collective of artists whose creativity transcended our generation. Timbaland was the chief architect of the…

The Hundreds HUGE Workspace

I thought this would be pretty cool to feature The Hundreds 90k square feet workspace. I had no clue they moved since I visiting their NOW old spot in DTLA with the family a few years ago. The new space houses everything from the private offices of Ben & Bobby, a design studio, marketing team,…