I’m pretty much a magazine junkie. For the ones that provide superior content anyway. Like Milan’s Pig magazine. As much as I like the immediacy of the web, nothing can replace the experience of walking up to a magazine rack, surveying the field, finding something that catches your discriminating eye and getting lost inside the […]
28
Oct
A twist on all things pop, finding the calm balance between the ‘60s and ‘70s and 21st century hyper culture
words by Aldo Davalos // photos by Ellei Johndro (Shadow Scene) On December 31st 1996, Los Angeles hosted one of the largest massive raves that the city had ever seen. Entitled Seventh Heaven, over 10,000 people from across the southland descended upon the Grand Olympic Auditorium to usher in the New Year. I remember this […]
Our friends over at dubFrequency have put out a 45-minute mix to celebrate their Saturday rooftop pool party at the Standard in downtown LA. Like the party itself, think the sonic equivalent of bikini’d girls in vintage glasses stealing swigs from vodka-filled water bottles cos the drinks cost way too much for them to afford. […]
The first look at Tron Legacy was shown last week at Comic Con, and I gotta say I’m not totally enamored by what they got so far. In the original TRON, the computer-like landscape was revolutionary, and created a world unlike any kid had ever seen…outside of an Intellivision cartridge graphic, that is. But nowadays, […]
Worth 3 minutes and 40 seconds of your time.
20
Jan
I’m worried about the deification of Barack Obama. On this monumental day, as we sit on the cusp of this historic event, I find myself anxious about the expectations loaded on this one man. On the one hand, words cannot express how grateful/relieved/excited I am that Obama won the election, and that the hellbound train […]
Every Monday (at least until I grow tired of doing so), I’m going to round up 5 t-shirts. One for each day of the week—weekends don’t count…those days are typically enjoyed shirtless. Lets kick things off with indie band Cazals. Man, their life doesn’t suck right now. I’m pretty sure they don’t have a problem […]
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/5AB7qL3volo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Shit is hi-la-ri-ous, though i have to say the inclusion of Akon in the Abused Vocoder Category is a bit unfair. There are about two dozen pop acts that consistently beat that dog with a chain much more than Akon, regardless what you think about his shirtless R&B crooning (and 15-yr-old […]
