It’s that time again. AFI Fest brings a well curated selection of films from all over the world to the film capitol of the universe: Los Angeles. Instead of the usual glut of exploding superheroes and Katherine Heigl meet-cutes, AFI Fest gives Los Angeles the chance to see films that maybe have some, um, intelligence […]

Clothing designer Ryan McGinley and Pringle of Scotland present their 2010 Fall knitwear collaboration — a black and white premium cashmere twinset of a cardigan and crewneck sweater. Simply designed and presumably nice fitting. The animal print actually ends up giving it the aura of something incredibly indie, but I don’t think indie kids can […]

Designed by Ryan Carroll, Michael Lin, and Mark Sanders, the IF Mode is targeted towards the weekend warriors and casual commuters. With it’s sleek design, it has simplified the traditional bike by avoiding oily chains, complex tubes with hidden dirt traps, and many other features. The best part about this bike? It can be folded […]

In 2007 lead vocalist Tim Wilson and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Carbary teamed up to from Ivan & Alyosha (yes, that’s a Brothers Karamazov reference). They spent a year recording their debut, The Verse, The Chorus (Cheap Lullaby Records), which they just debuted, and have hence  begun to pick up a lot of love in their native […]

It was supposed to be just another Tuesday. Do some laundry, write a little, get a haircut, and apply for non-existent jobs. That all changed when I woke up to an email from Charlie Meadows asking, “U wanna go Drifting today?” Ummm, huh? I had no idea what that meant. I thought he was cracking […]

Last Thursday night, in celebration of LA’s Art Month, Calvin Klein, Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) and the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) hosted an extravagant gala in West Hollywood — thus proving that you don’t always need Bruce Weber’s scantily denim clad tweens to get people excited, a previously debatable observation. Read the breakdown, […]