1 Jun
The latest from IHEARTCOMIX founder and label head

Franki Chan dropped his latest mixtape for his IHEARTCOMIX label, a “well thought out 50 minutes of nighttime summer bliss.” Heavy on the disco and house, the mix is a perfect accompaniment to your evermore heating up evenings. If you live in Los Angeles, peep his Check Yo Ponytail Tuesday night throwdown at the Echoplex […]


26 May
Venice Beach's clean and simple cycle solution

Venice Beach manufacturer LINUS uses French and Italian bicycle designs of the 1950s and ’60s as inspiration for their simple and dependable city bikes. As bike culture grows evermore from LA to Portland and Denver to NYC, new companies seem to crop up everywhere, but few have put as much thought and personality into the […]


26 May
A vest on the fringe of craziness

Los Angeles’ Dr. Romanelli has never been one to shy away from bold designs, but this “Summers on the Fringe” vest may be his most ostentatious to date. What would normally be a fairly standard plaid flannel vest is festooned with more leather fringe than a visvim cobbler, creating an all around look that would […]


24 May
Designer Sophie Kemp gives a twist to the art of folding paper

Here in Southern California we’re used to seeing people drive around in 600 horsepower exotic luxury cars, dropping four figures at upscale restaurants and buying designer clothes which they’ll only wear once. Basically, we’ve become accustomed to seeing some of the obscenely rich parade their success, their possessions and their money. You may not see […]


20 May
1 camera + 37 masturbating women = A voyeur’s dream come true

Toronto photographer Will Santillo and author/editor Dian Hanson collaborated on a collection of stories and photographs detailing the intimate, candid and often erotic thoughts of women and masturbation. For their 208-page hardcover La Petite Mort, Hanson interviewed 37 females who opened their doors to her — and their legs to Santillo — in an effort […]


16 May
Los Angeles' premier custom bike builder debuts highly anticipated 3rd bike in Concept 10 Collection

Los Angeles’ premier custom bike builder Falcon Motorcycles debuted the 3rd bike in their Concept 10 Collection this weekend at the the Quail Motorcycle Gathering in Carmel, CA. We were there to witness its unveiling to the wowed eyes of central Cali, and we’ll be posting images from the event plus full description of the […]


6 May
Scion AV's "Pacific" exhibit opens tomorrow, May 7th

The latest in Scion’s AV series opens tomorrow, May 7 (7-10pm), and will run till May 28. Titled Pacific, the show’s concept is one of the more unique that Scion has put on: “Cutting through the layers of reality and challenging the notion of what most of us consider as “everyday”, Pacific brings together ten […]


5 May
A fashion line started by synchronicity

The California-based Vaughn de Heart label offers a collection of tshirts, cardigans, hoodies and other assorted staples that put fit, clean design and exclusivity before cheap efficiency. Vaughn de Heart founder RoyLyn Palmer-Coleman realized that when your label starts with a brush with synchronicity you need to run with it, and so he did. After […]