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!

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

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 have been spending a lot of time at the print house lately. Working, drinking, skating, playing basketball…etc. I uploaded a few photos of our activities to our Flickr. Big thanks to Rudy, Andy Rios, and all the homies at the shop that are making sure our tees are coming out proper.

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.

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.

Also on hand was Fresh Pressed doing live screen printing of the new typeface while The Mattson 2 kept things jazzy.

More pictures on Flickr

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!

Ease Da Man of МИШКА & Michael David of RockSmith

Johathon from New Era

YUTO (check out his BLOG)

Best Coast

WAVVES

Andy Milonakis

West

12th Planet

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!

This party was insane. When I showed up, DJ Spider was rocking the tables and Ben Baller was on the mic, hyping the crowd. The event was RSVP or invite only and all ticket sales went to the DJ AM Memorial Fund. Throughout the night, they raffled off numerous pair of boxes that included a pair of the DJ AM Dunk Highs and DJ Premier Air Force 1s and 2 limited edition vinyl records commemorating each DJ. The first 10 in line actually got a free pair. One guy told me he was standing in line since 3pm that afternoon. CRAZY!

A scratch session in honor of DJ AM went down that included DJ Spider, DJ Vice, DJ Homicide and even Ben Baller, who claimed to have not deejayed in 6 years!  Peep a video of the scratch sess.  After that, Alchemist followed up with a more than honorary set. So much talent on those decks, especially with DJ Premier closing out the night.

Last time I saw Premier spin was MAGIC at the Famous after party in Vegas. I didn’t think anything could top that, but Premier murdered those decks and the crowd went nuts over all the ill tracks he pulled out. All in all, there was a lot of love in that building. For Nike, for DJ Premier, and especially for DJ AM. Rest in Paradise fam, we miss you.

Thank you Chelby from Deckstar for the invite. Shouts to DJ Kevekev, KRODON, Alchemist for a killer set, DJ Spider, WC, Ben Baller and everyone else that night.

As always, more pictures can be found by viewing this flickr set.

Better late than never. Here are a few pictures from our ice skating and holiday party we had just before the holidays. Had a great time ice skating downtown at Pershing Square. Afterward we had a drinks and food at The Must just around the corner.

D & JIMSO

RICKY

THE MUST

TIM & FAYCES

Jimso & G

Thanks to Ally-Jo, Tim, Berto, Ricky, Justin, Humanzee and everyone else who came though. Till next year!

Make sure to check the flickr set for more pics!

Better late than never I always say, so here’s a video from AGENDA that was held at the Huntington Beach Hyatt Resort in July 2009.  This was my first time attending AGENDA and, from what I was told, this was one of the best due to the location and over all logistics of the trade show.  AGENDA provided standard sized booths, which provided easy setup and a more unified look.  Thanks to Jonathan at New Era, we were provided with VIP wristbands to an open bar sponsored by New Era.  And of course, seeing all the usual suspects provided good times. Shouts to Dethkills, The Haunted Pangaean and LTd Productions.

Here are some gems from the party:

Join thebadcharacter studios and friends this Saturday for a session of ice skating in Downtown LA.  If you don’t know how to skate, here’s your perfect chance to learn.  If you’re a Grinch and don’t want to ice skate with us, then come join us afterward for drinks and food at The Must which is located just around the corner from Pershing Square.  All the details are on the flyer, if you need more info, visit Downtown on Ice or The Must.  I better see you all there!