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!
View from TBC headquarters
I uploaded some new photos to the flickr. click on the photo below to see more.
Here are some photos from a recent trip to northern Arizona. Got to “shoot” to my hearts content. Here are the photos…
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.
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.
“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.
Got a chance to check out the “Balls To The Wall” show in DTLA last night and was not disappointed. The show features new paintings by my good friend MIDZT, as well as a number of black and white polaroids by KalfLife. Equally impressive was the crowd that turned out for the party/opening. It was good to see so many friends in one spot. For those of you who couldn’t make it out I have posted photos from the night on the TBC flickr.
Here are some gems from the party:
A couple weeks back we had the pleasure of attending Attack of the 2 Headed Monster, an art show held at Nomad in Los Angeles. The show displayed the art work of Maxx242 & Xpres, two amazing artists and also friends of ours. Over 70 pieces of work were on display, some which have never been seen before. An open bar sponsored by Patron helped to make an awesome night of friends, music and art. Thank you to all the familiar faces that came through to support the artists!
A friend called me recently asking if I could take some photos to help build her portfolio. I, being the gentleman that I am, was happy to lend a hand. Here’s just a few shots I pulled from the sets I shot with the Canon 50D on Monday. I used a couple studio lights indoors and didn’t do much in post except a few tone changes with Adobe Lightroom 2 (no airbrushing or anything). She asked that I try to keep the exposure of her tattoos to a minimum, which was a bit of a challenge since she had quite a few. But I was able to get a lot of great poses and we were both really happy with the outcome of the days work. Tough job, I know 
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.
thanks to CZER for his hospitality.
I recently designed a hat for THE WILD ONES for their SEX SELLS line dropping holiday 2009. It was inspired by the classic movie THE WARRIORS and is being released in Los Angeles related colorways. They are available for purchase online HERE.
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