WSJ had an interesting article regarding LA Fashion Week . . . or the lack-there-of.  The bad economy and the internet combined have stuck it to LA's week long show, (a) because no one wants to fly out to see less then a dozen designer's lines and (b) the internet has made marketing directly to the consumer a better use of budget than a run-way event.  Not to mention the lack of corporate sponsors ( IMG, Mercedes, and Smashbox Studios all backed out ).  Well judging from the city's tastes, i think if Tapout and Affliction had shows the entire population of Hollywood guidos and weekend warriors would sustain any sort of fashion week . . . but I don't think you'd see Anna Wintour or Kanye at that show.  Just look at how bummy their website is, smh.  The website alone makes Milan / Paris / NYC all look like better bets.

Check out the whole article here.

Half serious/Half joking

Remember middle school?  I want to invite you on a trip down memory lane.  These were the court shoes, the ones that never touched pavement . . .

These weren't the first pair of answers I owned, but def my favorites . . . actually had all white jump offs

Kevin Garnet's 2nd pair of nikes with the blue gradient were a must, had em in black

Kobe's first shoe with Adidas

Jordan 14s . . .

Gary Payton gloves

take this for good measure too

How can you hate on this? You can't... Peep the Swag Surfin Mix from Rico Uno and Erik Devereux on Mad Decent's blog.

If you aren't too web savvy, google sites has made it really easy for anyone to make a website. So here's a present to you, young entrepreneurs... go make some $$$.

Ian shut down my idea to start the DF bike gang but we settled for the DF skate crew. Anyways, if you're into biking then you can go to MOCA's monthly event TONIGHT. The Engagement Party is a series of visual artist collectives. This month's visual artist collective is called "Flesh Car Crash."

"For Flesh Car Crash, members of OJO will split into two groups, each of which will pack into a small car. Once there, they will make music both by utilizing objects and materials in the cars’ interiors and by playing instruments powered by the cars’ batteries. Audience members will be invited to assist with the composition. The cars will dance, glide, and narrowly miss each other in a choreographed game of chicken. The finale should be explosive!" -Midnight Ridazz

Sounds cool. If you want to ride, meet at Crank Mob Park (Venice Blvd. & Canfield Ave.) at 5pm. Ride out at 6pm.

Flesh Car Crash starts at 7pm and is FREE.

 Shouts to Max @ wineandbowties.  I seriously haven't thought about Shawn Kemp in a minute!  Even though he got fat, he was A KILLER and he had some crazy kicks to go with it.

 I wonder what the view is behind bars looks like . . . for 150 years.  Looks like Bernard has seen better days.

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Here is the artist of the day: Jody Barton. He is from the UK and combines illustrations with neat typographic messages. He has a lot of cool pieces and I wish he would have a show in LA! He has some shows in London and Denmark so if youre traveling, go, check him out, tell me how it is. Here are some images and a video of him doing some live drawings.

Sex n' Drugs n' Rock n' Roll - Live Drawing by Jody Barton from Jody Barton on Vimeo.

To say Myspace is making some changes is an understatement.... Besides laying off a bunch of people, they've decided to get rid of their 'tagline' - A Place For Friends. It's just Myspace, now. Read more on techcrunch here.

I saw Mano blasting this on Facebook and I had to post it. A directorial debut by Million $ Mano to Sebastien Tellier's, "Look," featuring none other than Hollywood Holt and Kid Cudi. HA

For all you music heads out there that still carry around vinyl, this new device designed by Charlie Pyott is pretty fresh. I haven't found a link to purchase it yet but I'm sure it'll be out soon...

I've been talking to some folks over at Island/Def Jam and they mentioned Mr Hudson's release so I thought we'd give his video some love... Another reason though is that the entire video might've been shot at one of my favorite hotels (The Thompson in Beverly Hills); very quiet/perfect rooftop pool and cabanas plus one of the nicest rooms you can pay for (glass ceiling/mirror directly above the bed). Highly recommended if you know what's up...

MR HUDSON [FEAT KANYE WEST] - SUPERNOVA from MrHudson on Vimeo.

An interesting list compiled by IFC...

I've always thought that trailers were often more exciting than the movie itself - another reason why I enjoy making trailer videos for artists. Who else remembers the gold guns toted by Nicholas Cage in this?