September 2010
62 posts
WatchMaestro Knows - Episode 9 (Tyrone Davis)
In this episode make a flashback to NYE 2010 in Las Vegas with Maestro and his friend Ty. Flash forward and check out what an off day looks like in the beautiful land of opportunity as Maestro welcomes Tyrone to sunny Los Angeles. (via vimeo)
WatchSan Francisco: The Miniature City
WatchLocal Natives – Wide Eyes
Berto Legendary H in Carne Mag
My homie Berto is in Carne Mag with some other super rad photographers, artist and designers like Mike Giant.
Download it here
NIKE: BOOM!!!
BO JACKSON IS BACK!
WatchMEN OF THE CLOTH is the story of three humble and accomplished master tailors who create masterpieces of elegance and style to clothe the human body. Working with the skill of engineers and the soul of philosophers, Italian artisans Nino Corvato, Checchino Fonticoli and Joe Centofanti celebrate the individual in both mind and body. (via menoftheclothfilm.com)
New Records & DJing Aalto Lounge
I hit up the record store yesterday to pick up a few new records to spin Aalto last night.
After Local Natives, I went to the Aalto Lounge and spun a 2 hour hip hop set. It was a lot of fun playing music I love and people actually really digging it.
Records I picked up -
Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader
Public Enemy - It takes a million to hold us back
Outkast - Aquemini
Tribe...
Local Natives @ Wonder Ballroom
Last night I saw Local Natives at the Wonder Ballroom. They were really good live but the crowd was super lame. I really wish I would’ve saw them when they played at Mississippi Studios few months back. If you enjoy their record you should check them out live, cause they put on a good live show.
The Selby is In Your Place by Todd Selby
I picked up The Shelby is In Your Place two days ago and its amazing. Todd Selby does a great job of showing you inside these super interesting peoples apartments/lives. I love the little illustrations and the mini interviews at the end each persons spread. I highly recommend picking up Mr. Selby’s book for only $23 buck on amazon.
Decoded by Jay-Z
The cover of Jay-Z’s new book due out Nov. 16th. You can pre-order it here as well check out a video of Jay talking about the book and the Basquiat quote & painting “Charles the first”. ”Most young kings get their heads cut off.” I can’t wait for this book to drop.
WatchDante Ross x WeSC New York City Headphone Collection
HUF 2010 Fall/Winter Lookbook
Really dig this lookbook from HUF. HUF is one of my favorite spots to hit in SF, along with Benny Gold, True, and the Hundreds.
Nike SB Dunk Mid Realtree Camo
These drop next month, so keep a eye out at your local SB dealers.
Vashtie + Air Jordan Retro II
Vashtie a New York based creative hooked up with Jordan Brand for this hot new colorway of the classic Air Jordan II’s. More info here at Jordan Brand’s Blog.
New Balance Sonic 574 by UNDFTD
Maestro always gets the mad hookups from Eddie Cruz & the UNDFTD crew.
Travis Barker x The Cool Kids - Jump Down
Rave: Next to the WaveCave
The neighbors next to The WaveCave, our warehouse space had a rave. It was a rave and super lame. They had two legit stages and about 500 non legit people running around. Super funny and great people watching. Finished off the night with a late night skate sesh.
Blockhead @ Refuge
I went and saw Blockhead DJ a set at Refuge with Josh, Jeremy, and the Upper Playground PDX crew. Refuge is hands down the weirdest venue I’ve ever been to. Blockhead killed it, sampling Bell Biv Devoe “Poison”, “Knight Rider” theme, Luda “Move”, along with other samples from the Aesop Rock beats he’s made.
My Musicfest NW Mixtape
Just encase you didn’t know some / any of the bands I saw during MFNW, I put a mixtape together of the bands for you. I hope you enjoy and share it with your friends. I’ll also be posting monthly mix tapes for your listening pleasure.
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MFNW Night 4
Smashing Pumpkins at the Wonder Ballroom! If you’re not familiar with the venue it only hold 900 people. So seeing Billy Corgan there was a pretty unreal experience. He is one of the best guitar players i’ve ever seen live along with Tom Morello of Rage, Brian May of Queen and Peter Townsend of The Who (wow i’ve seen some epic guitar players live). They played a few classic...
MFNW Night 3
Male Bonding opened up the Nike Stage at the Wonder Ballroom on friday night. This was my first time seeing them and I really enjoyed the set they put on. If you like post punk / garage rock, these guys are great.
Surfer Blood was on second at the Nike Stage and they were better then the first time I saw them at Doug Fir. I enjoyed the set and they played some new songs which were pretty...
MFNW Night 2
Ra Ra Riot played the Nike stage friday night at Wonder Ballroom. I wasn’t into the pop rock band at all and left after 3 songs.
Deelay Ceelay is a local Portland duo that opened for Big Freedia and Major Lazer. They played drums over programed beats and top 40 songs. It was pretty boring after 10 minutes.
Big Freedia is the Queen Diva of Bounce Music from New Orleans!!! She was...
MFNW Night 1
Musicfest NW kicked off with Panda Bear at the Crystal Ballroom. Panda Bear is Noah Lennox of Animal Collective. It was really interesting watching one guy play a show with so much going on. The show was good, not great.
123: Beer Man
Top 3 Beers:
1. Belgium Tripel
2. PBR (PDX thing)
3. Widmer Hefeweizen
I met beer man at 2:30 in the morning outside of RomTom’s on our way to the Taco Cart. Super nice guy, that was at a super hero party. His special power “is to quench your thirst and get you F’d up!”
Watch1-2-1 w/jeffstaple feat. 13th Witness
Dudes @ Rock The Bells
(via EverydayDude)
AND1 Training
Here is some of the latest work out of Kamp. Corm, X, Mike, Ruben, Dan, and Jake killed it on this project!!! They took everything we’re doing to the next level, shaolin style!
If you missed the first video we did for And 1 it’s below. Dang, I work with the most talented guys in the world!
123: Benji
Top 3 Places you’ve lived:
1. Echo Park closet in Little Filipinotown, Los Angeles
2. 13th Century Castle in Netherlands with 2 moats
3. Parents house Appleton, Wis.
(This is going to be something new I’m going to be doing on my blog. I have some of the raddest friends and meet some really interesting people along the way in my life. I’m going start taking snapshots of...
A Seablanket Weekend
This past weekend I got the honor of hanging with the famous DIY Blogger Seablanket. Chelsea is one of my great friends and means the world to me (She’s my Lil G). We went to Edward Sharpe on thursday night, she came in and worked at Kamp, I cooked her dinner, and we hung at Jenny & Johnny. Chels is one of the most talented and driven people I know. She never ceases to amaze me with...
Jenny & Johnny @ Doug Fir
This show was a HUGE disappointment! Jenny Lewis was really good and was awesome to watch. Johnny Rice SUCKS! I thought he was terrible when I saw him open for Matt Costa and he really killed the show for me. I thought the record was a half ass attempt for her to play music with her new boyfriend and the live show proved it. Jenny please get back with Blake Sennett and make more amazing music...
Fake Drug @ Holocene
Fake Drugs played at Holocene for Strength CD release party. My really good friend Jake plays guitar in Fake Drugs. Its always good to see Jake on stage rockin the Gibson SG.
Pavement at Edgefield
Word can’t describe this show to you. I went with the perfect group to this show (Patrick, Eric, Dan, Sheena, Wren, Jeff, Sean, and Corrina). Everyone had been waiting to see Pavement for a real real longtime. One of the best rock shows I’ve been to in a long time and I still can’t believe I saw the original line up play live!
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros @ Wonder
I was really surprised how popular Mr. Sharpe and his Magnetic friends were in PDX. The crowd was super in to the energetic band and they put on a really good show until the last two songs. If you’re fan of Arcade Fire and/or Dr. Dog you should really check them out live.