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!
Just started working on a project with DJ Sean Prince. We are redesigning his old site and also doing some logo/branding work for him. For now we designed a splash page as a place holder till the new site launches. Stay tuned for updates on this and other projects we are currently working on. Click on the pic above to visit his temporary site.
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.
We recently wrapped up a new site for Pulse Recording and Check Your Pulse Publishing. They manage some very successful writers and music producers around today. Bonnie McKee, for example, wrote Katy Perry’s ‘California Gurls’, which was number 1 for six weeks straight.
For the site, they required a custom mp3 player, blog and twitter feed, social networking plugins and newsletter. The MP3 player was, in my opinion, the most challenging aspect of the site. It required that a separate playlists loaded based on the page you were viewing. This challenge was overcome by using conditional php tags. We are very satisfied with the overall look and functionality of these sites. Check them out.
Visit Pulse Recordings and Check Your Pulse Publishing.
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.
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We rolled out to Venice on Saturday night for the Rogue Status x SYRV benefit art show. Saw some nice stuff inside and outside of the store. Check out the photos on thebadcharacter flickr.
Thanks to our friends at Rogue Status for taking care of us, as always it was quite a party.
Here are a few flicks from Saturday night’s after party celebrating the opening of the new МИШКА store in Echo Park. The after party was held at the Echoplex featuring performances by WAVVES, Best Coast, Andy Milonakis and 12th Planet. Special shouts and thanks to West from Rogue Status and his girl Mink for getting us in without any wait. Congrats to МИШКА on the new store located at 1547 Echo Park Ave! Be sure to check it out!
I had the honor and privilege of attending the Nike DJ AM/ DJ Premier Pack Launch Party in Los Angeles this past Saturday. The event was held at the Ricardo Montalbán theater. Now you probably know DJ AM (RIP) and DJ Premier, but do you know who Ricardo Montalbán is? Here let me refresh your memory. KHAAAAAAN!
Who would’ve thought that the coolest place to party on a Friday Night is in a museum? All “Night at the Museum” jokes aside, the Los Angeles Natural History Museum throws some of the coolest events every first Friday for the first six months out of the year. It’s truly a sight and scene to be experienced; dancing and drinking in the middle of a museum, while DJ lights bounce off dinosaur bones. These events are all ages running from 5:30pm – 10:00pm. They have dinner concessions and for the 21+ crowd, 3 bars. For music, two live bands usually perform in one hall, while DJs spin in another hall all night.
Here is a video from the Ninjasonik show on January 7th, 2010 at “The Heist” in Downtown Los Angeles. Special thanks to Manny Santiago for filming and Mark Rodriquez for throwing an incredible party. Happy travels to Ninjasonik. Europe..you’re not ready!
“NINJA FUCKING SONIK. SONIK FUCKIN NINJAS!” was the chant coming from the crowd this past Thursday night at “The Heist” as NINJASONIK ripped the stage. Ninjasonik is Jah-Jah, Telli aka Bathroomsexxx, and DJ Teenwolf bringing together each of their own musical tastes, inspirations and skills. Ever since I saw their “Tight Pants” video, I was hooked on what Ninjasonik was bringing to the table. I downloaded all their mixes and free songs and watched all their videos, becoming more and more a fan of the style and energy that they brought with their music. I had to see them live! I’ll give you a little background on how I got to meet this incredibly humble and talented trio and was able to shoot photos for them on stage.
D’s sister Aleczandra is an extremely talented singer/songwriter/musician. She came by for a quick shoot at the studio on sunday and photographed really well. thebadcharacter will be working with Aleczandra to brand herself by designing her blog, CD cover and booklet. It was a pleasure to work with her and we will continue to post updates on this project as it moves forward.
Our usual Sunday ritual of happy hour sushi on Sunset Blvd collided with the Annual Sunset Junction Street Festival. Luckily for us we were able to sidestep the required $20 entry fee since our sushi spot was about 20 feet inside the entrance. I, for one, love events like this. With musical acts such as Morris Day and the Times & Arrested Development, how could this not be for the win? Actually, there were a few bands/ DJs that are worth mentioning such as Jason Bentley, Built To Spill.. and.. well actually that’s all I can think of. Perhaps there were some other bands and DJs that were cool, if you think so, feel free to send me a download link. I’m always more than willing to give it a listen.
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