We have been going hard over here at TBC studios. We decided to take a break and check out the HARD SUMMER TOUR, taking place over at the Los Angeles State Historic Park near Chinatown. Our good friends over at PULSE RECORDING were kind enough to get us some passes and we had a great time. My personal favorite was seeing RATATAT on the main stage. DUCK SAUCE killed it as well!

Mark your calendars! On May 14th, we will be taking part in the grand opening of ELEXARE art supply store in Long Beach.
With live painting from thebadcharacter himself, along with James Haunt and musical performances from PHENIK, Destruct, Jroz, Fresh Raheem, & Guess?.
ELEXARE will also be having a spray paint sale, as well a taco man on-site, give-aways, live DJ, blackbook session and tons of art on display.

So make sure to come stop by and check out the event on May 14th from 12pm-8pm!

March 26th & 27th marked the 7th installation of Grenade Games held by Grenade Gloves.   Our buddy James ‘Haunt’ was set to paint live at this event, so we packed our extreme gear and headed up to Big Bear Lakes to join up with guys at Living the Dream. Spent Saturday night watching The Game perform.  Later that night we  got a pizza ordered to our hot tub time machine. #BOSSLIFE The weather on Sunday was perfect, not a cloud in the sky. We had the perfect viewing point for the games and spent the day in the snow. Thanks to everyone that showed us love and support. Great time.

More pictures from Grenade Games 7 on Flickr

COOK-CMK from Osaka, Japan

I painted an indoor soccer spot the other day with about 15 other people. It was a lot of fun and I was able to chill with people I haven’t seen in awhile. I was a little rusty but I think everything came out cool in the end. Special thanks to Elexare.com for pulling the wall. As usual the pictures are up on our flickr or you can click on the pic above.

Our good friend Mannyslaysall.com holding us down in the streets.

On 11/11, our good friend James Gillette had a solo show “Feel Me Don’t Kill Me” at the Archrival clothing store, located in downtown LA. While I don’t have any photos of the artwork, I encourage you to visit the Archrival store to see the original pieces. And if you just can’t make it, here is a link to see some of the artwork.

More photos from the show are also here

Greg and I spent most of our free time last week downtown at Andy’s studio, watching the progression of a piece that both Andy and James were collaborating on. The piece was for a show titled “State of the Art” which opened and held at Ek5obition Gallery last weekend at Pomona’s Artwalk. It’s a one of kind experience watching these two ‘work’; Mini electric dirt bikes, night-time LED laden photo shoots, random visits from friends and even a lucha libre show next door all came together to make quite the creative environment. The piece itself is actually 15 different canvas’ that were placed together to create on large canvas.

Be sure to check out the Flickr to see more behind the scene photos and if you were not able to make it out to the show last Saturday, here is a link to Ek5obition’s Flickr that shows the finished product.

If you frequent the blog then you know we get down with Ninjasonik whenever they’re on the westcoast. This time around they headlined the free/all ages Mad Decent Block party.

I got a call Saturday afternoon from Telli, aka BathroomSexxx, letting me know that they were going to stop by our place before the party to run through their set.  Roofeo, who replaced DJ Teenwolf, was/is currently in France touring with The Deathset. Taking his place for the party was DJ Hoff.

Hoff was the first one to show up to the crib on Saturday with his friend Nick. Nick had a 12-pack of Sierra Nevada. They were more than welcomed.  Rapped with them for a minute before the power couple Billy and Natalia showed up.  Natalia runs a sweet ass blog called Meow for The Hundreds, which is one of Billy’s many skate sponsors.

Minutes later the ninjas show up. Its pretty much a packed house now.

Beers popped. Photos snapped. Set rehearsed. Off to the Mad Decent Block Party.

The block party was located just east of downtown off 6th and Mateo, just across from the Nabisco Lofts.

There we a few people in attendance.

Andy & Andy

The Bartman aka Ben Robey aka Team Robey

NINJAFUCKINSONIK

Of course they rocked the show till they had to shut it down. Be sure to check out Natalia’s blog Meow for additional photos from Saturday. As well as our set on Flickr.

Photos taken by Greg.

We are headed to Agenda in Huntington Beach with a few samples of our new shirts. Come find us for a sneak peak.

If you aren’t aware, the Griffith Observatory, in Los Angeles, holds a “Star Party” on the third Saturday of every month. Fortunately for us the “stars” at this Hollywood party aren’t some depressingly self-centered celebrity. For more info on this monthly event, be sure to hit the observatory’s star party page. Photos are from the most recent party on June 19th. More photos on Flickr.

I want to give a special shout to the very lovely and talented Natalia Brutalia.  I ended an awesome birthday weekend with her and Billy Roper.  We spent some time at the pool and then made a visit to the Do Over in Hollywood.  Natalia runs the spanking new MEOW blog over on TheHundreds.com. There are some great photos from Sunday, including a awesome picture of yours truly. Be sure to bookmark her blog because there will be some definite treats to come.

Enjoy the photos.

Last week was a week to remember thanks to a visit from Ninjasonik. Fresh off the release of their new album, Art School Girls, the boys came through to put on a couple shows out here in Los Angeles.

Tuesday I picked up Jah-Jah in Venice and shot across town to The Berrics for a quick skate session with Manny. We met up with Telli and Kevin later on in the hills at this studio. It was an awesome experience watching them lay down and create a track practically out of thin air. We left the studio around midnight and headed to Cinespace in Hollywood where the guys were expected to make appearance. Thanks to Steve Aoki for the awesome party.

Wednesday they played REDD at V20, which was a wild club party that ended with up with us coming back to LA, eating $80 worth of Carnitas Michoacan (Thanks Sugu) and the guys from Ninjasonik camping out at our house. Spent all Thursday indoors living like with rock stars. Showed the guys around DTLA Art Walk then hit up the Standard for a little pre-show party. The show that night at Spaceland was dope, but the show after at Freak City was out of control. Underground after hours insanity. Great energy. Always amazed to see after hour spots like that get wild.

Barely made it to the weekend, but was super hyped to see the homies perform multiple times out here in LA. If you haven’t already, get their album, Art School Girls, and get tickets to see them perform along MIA, N*E*R*D and Die Antwood at HARD LA, July 17.

Be sure to hit up Flickr for more pics from last weeks insanity.

Luchadors, burlesque dancers and comedy. Since 2002, that is what Lucha VaVoom has been bringing to the table. We were lucky enough to attend the sold-out 2nd Annual Cinco de Mayan to witness this fantastic display of sexo y violencia. The wrestling is extremely entertaining and the hosts add good comedic commentary. It actually reminds me a bit of that SpikeTV show, MXC. As far as the burlesque part of the show, the fact that all the dance routines have a high possibility of turning into a striptease, gives me a warm feeling inside. The show returns to The Mayan theater in June so be sure to check out their site for ticket info. A special thank you to Angie for the invite, it was an awesome way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!