Event-o-rama

Here are some parties and events going on that you might fancy.

LA:

Friday:
Brown Babies Line Launch & Farewell Des
Friday May 5th (aka Cinco de Drinko) to rsvp at THECUTLA@GMAIL.COM because shit is definitely going to be hectic. Arrive early too please. Some fresh news -- free tequila shots the first hour (10-11pm), drink specials all night, celebrity sightings, margarita mayhem, shirt giveaways (aka mini riot in the club), bangin bitches, bangin brothas, drunk bitches, and drunk brothas + lots of suprises and shit.


Red Buddha Lounge is located @
6423 Yucca St
Hollywood, CA 90028

Saturday:
Good Company - Foreign Family X Brooklyn Projects X Grey One

Nacionale@
Hollywood & Wilcox
rsvp@foreignfamily.com



Saturday May 6th Art Block Party!
If you don't know now you do!!!!
Han Cholo presents the works of:"Albert Reyes"and his "Last Minute Art Show".
@ 1549 Echo Park Ave.
Los Angeles , CA. 900267-10pm
Show Pony presents the works of:
Kutmah
and his Ladies of Earth.

NYC:


Live SPRITE Graffiti Art by TOOFLY and QUEEN ANDREA
SATURDAY May 6th, 2006
Washington Square Park NYC
12Pm - 5PM* w/ Free Sprite Soda!

Have a nice weekend, kiddos.

Art Opening Tonight

Upper Playground in association with FIFTY24SF Gallery
is pleased to present new paintings by acclaimed South
American artist, Herbert Baglione. Hailing from Sao
Paulo, Brazil, Herbert, is highly respected and
recognized within the industry as well as throughout
South America and Europe.

Influenced by his older brother, Herbert began drawing
at the age of three. The context of his work is formed
by his relationship to emotional matters such as
death, human coldness, family, the world and the work
of other artists. His digestion of all of these
influences along with the inspiration new mediums
bring him result in complex themes illustrated in his
distinct line work and bold color palette.

Herbert is currently working on a new book composed of
his illustrations and paintings and is a featured
artist in the upcoming film "The Run Up" by Upper
Playground Films. He also continues to exhibit
internationally. Please join us for Herbert's premier
US solo show.


OPENING RECEPTION
May 4, 2006: 7-9:30PM

FIFTY24SF Gallery
248 Fillmore St.
SF CA 94117
(415)252-0144 ext.4

www.fifty24sf.com
www.upperplayground.com

Coachella 06

Like 60,000 other people (that don't write for this blog) I went to Coachella this weekend. I sweat till I could taste the salt on my upper lip, and i'm pretty sure I now need hearing aids. Even though it took us 3 hours to get down that final road to enter Coachella, and I missed Lady Sovereign, Common, and most of Kanye, it was totally worth the trip, the money, the pain, and loss of necessary electrolytes.

I saw the end of Kanye, Imogen Heap, some of Sigur Ros, Damien Marley, Cat Power, and Depeche Mode on Day 1.

Day 2 was jam packed, and a lot of the sets I wanted to see had conflicting schedules. But I think I made out pretty good with the end of Giant Drag, Murs featuring 9th Wonder, some of Amadou & Mariam, James Blunt (by osmosis), Halfsies of Phoenix, and Metric, Jamie Lidell, Gnarls Barkley, Halfsies on Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Digable Planets, a bit of Seu Jorge as I ate dinner, Massive Attack, The Go! Team, and last but not least, Tool.

Besides contributing to my hearing loss, I did some stuff, like take pictures and video.


I said hi to my best friend, Murs.
(we've never met before)


This woman thought Coachella was mexican for "Pajama Party"

Early in the day of 2, I wondered what the jurassic ringing in my ear was, and I found the answer here: this pretty insane looking sculpture that made noise depending on how you touched it.


While waiting to meet ole Nimaneems on day 2, I wandered around and took pictures of these artist designed recycling bins. I was trying to Pokemon (catch em all) but unfortunately my camera is a beast, and it eats batteries like that skinny japanese guy does hot dogs. So I came up short. I did manage to find an online gallery that has pictures of 2005's bins (many of which were also displayed this year)

here's a few of mine. see the rest here





And because you're still reading this, here are some of my video clips. Remember that thing about my camera eating batteries? Well, it's also really lame because it only takes short videos. Sue me.

Damien "Jr Gong" Marley performing Welcome to Jamrock


Again, with a fantastic reworking of Could You Be Loved?


Imogen Heap performs Hide And Seek