Down Town L.A. Randoms

Photo by: Jared Schoenmann

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New Port x Vacation

My parents are in town this week so I've been spending time with them... what a great time we are having. Just realized that my parents vacation in style.. this place is great and could be my permanent home. The only down fall is that I feel so far away from the city and people I know. I am loving it here but it is no Venice Beach. My parents are having a great time also and are happy I don't live in a cardboard box. 

So I'm working on a shoot this friday with the very talented Jared Schoenemann. We will be shooting some vintage motorcycles in Long Beach should have some pics from the shoot later this week. 

BRB...

ACL x Hemingway

Being a fan of American style and photography I was really excited to see that ACL had posted a selection of Hemingway pictures with the Title Papa... Brilliant my friends pure beauty. The guy was a literary genius we all know that but tend to forget. I can't remember the last time I read Hemingway, I can tell you this its not going to be long before I do. Actually a few months back I picked up "From Who The Bell Tolls" once Junky (William S Burroughs) is done Hemingway it is. 

Eco-Lectric Tour x Shotgun Honeymoon

Well leave it to the internet to tell me that my friend will be playing a show in NY... Thanks SH... Kidding. Well if anyone is in NY October 24th head on over to Kenny's Castaways at 157 Bleecker Street and check out all the acts but defiantly check out Shotgun Honeymoon. The line up is one to check out. 

Do big things SH.. 

The Year of the Beast x Wild Beasts

The Last couple of years we have seen movies from Mutants, Comic Heros, Aliens, Zombies, Vampires and Beasts all in their own right amazing but for me the Beasts take the cake... We have the release of "Where The Wild Things Are" by Spike Jones (that should be enough reason to go see it) and we also have Wild Beasts a great band from Kendal, England who by NME magazine was listed on their top 10 "tipped for the top". If you like Grizzly Bear pick this up along with Crash Encore a band from SD you wont go wrong. 

Peggy Sue X Tom D. from APKGTS

Was listening to KCRW this morning and enjoying the amazing sounds of Peggy Sue Please check them out... These girls and I guy are witty and very talented. Reading their blog I can see that they are fans or not fans (I'm not a fan) of what some call R n B radio. So funny. They do great covers and even better originals. Their cover of Missy Elliot's "All in my grill" is worth a listen. 

Peggy Sue if Im not mistaken will be around town this week.

 

Duck Boots x Photography

So I used this picture to make a printed lining for a roll down duck boot I was working on. There is a total of 4 of the same picture in this image. Its just something I've seen once and thought that I can do that, like I think about everything else. If someone else can do it well damit I can also. I have always been this way. The way things are made interest me beyond belief... I can look at pictures, pictures of thing, things, anything and spend hours figuring out how it was made... a gift and a curse... those both sound really good to me. It might be the designer in me or just design as art. 

Fall Weather x Byrd and Belle

I'm in love with this Bryd and Belle felted wool extremely smart laptop sleeve. Its perfect for this amazing fall weather we are having right now. This hand made sleeve by Etsy crafter Byrd and Belle consists of 1/8" Marino Wool and closes using a sturdy graphite snap to hold that trust Macbook in place. Really this thing is smart and is getting me in the mood to go out and buy some gear just so I can rock this daily. 

Check out their stuff... Price is great, concepts and execution flawless. 

Great job guys keep it up. I will be a trusted patron. 

Cafe Racer x Quoddy High

The Quoddy High lace up boot has to be my favorite shoe right now... I became a fan of Quoddy last year with the release of their Albam Moccasin deck shoe. The folks at Quoddy definitely know a thing or 2 about making great deck shoes and it 100% reflects in their work. Can't wait to get mine in the mail... Get yourself some this winter and enjoy all the compliments you will get. 

Quoddy Deck boots and Cafe Racers looks like its going to be a great fall... The weather just started changing around here and being a man from NJ Im really enjoying it.

Vampire Weekend x Horchata

Contra the new album from Vampire Weekend is slated for a January 12th 2010 release date... but you can go right to their website and get yourself a new single "Horchata" www.vampireweekend.com I've been reading some blogs about this song and its not getting any love... I call those people idiots. They remind me of Jack Black's character from "high-fidelity" Go to their site download the song and dance around the apt. you wont be disappointed. 

Electro-Rock Duo x Shotgun Honey Moon

Listened to the new album "A Brief History Of Love" from The Big Pink (name taken from one of my favorite bands "The Band" debut album) band consists of 2 life long friends  from good old LONDON... I love saying London really loud with an annoying accent, I don't think its annoying but for sure many people do. The two band mates are both talented multi-instrumentalist when performing live they are joined by a slue of musicians... just to name a couple Jo Apps and Daniel O' Sullivan. 

Check out their site its really dope and they are amazing. 

www.musicfromthebigpink.com

Enjoy. 

Picture from one of the Shotgun Honeymoon sessions. Didn't really edit much tried to keep it plain and simple. 

To: Little Big Head

Monday mornings are one of my favorite days of the week, maybe its my ass backwards way of thinking maybe there is something else there maybe I'm just crazy... 

I'm going with crazy. 

AIR x The Chef

Been doing a lot of shooting lately should have some great stuff soon... didn't have a chance to really do any editing last night but I did listen to an amazing album. Air the french duo of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel have an album out called Love 2 and it is such a great album it made me turn off Only for Cubin Linx Pt. II from the Chef last night and that has been hard to do since the Drop of it. What a year for great music I must say the best yet... some may call me crazy but I like evolving music I like going forward, don't get me wrong I enjoy a classic as much as any other person but music this year has been not stop HEAT. 

Music and me...

So this picture was sent to me from a friend who thought this looks like me in Cartagena which I find funny as hell b/c growing up I remember my mom watching Romancing The Stone back in 1984... well the picture isn't me, not like I don't want it to.

Here is  a list of some really good music that I have been listening to lately (in no order)

1) YACHT (new album)

2)James Pants (new album)

3)Lee Fields

4)Mayer Hawthorn (new album)

5)Monsters Of Folk (new album)

6)Sondre Lerche  (new album)

7)Wild Beast  (new album)

8)Yo La Tengo (new album)

Pick up 1 or all you wont be upset of the purchase