When I was 17, I left home and went to LA where, knowing not a single soul in a city of millions, I called Sean Cliver to go skate. (He’d absent-mindedly given me his number on a skate tour six months earlier.) Being fellow skaters, we went skating one night, and afterward he let me [...]

VP of Design for Pony International, Kyle Pulli, captured it best when he said, “A paradigm shift is happening now and people are redefining what value is. Great design, where the brand is actually cool and it means something, is more valuable than just the flavor of the month.” And evidently Kyle is not alone [...]

If you’re in the West Hollywood area next week, I’d recommend you check out the Akademiks Fall 09 Preview event happening on Tuesday, June 9th from 3pm – 7pm at Sur Lounge. Not only will you be able to preview Akademiks’ Fall 09 Collection (and enjoy some free cocktails and appies too) but you’ll also [...]

Inglorious Basterds is the new feature film by Quentin Tarantino, which follows two converging story lines, during World War II.  It stars Brad Pitt and Melanie Laurent and is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson.  There is a free screening in Los Angeles at The Bridge Theater on Wednesday, June, 3rd.  The show will start at [...]

Imagine you are magnetically connected to the strum of an acoustic guitar. The sounds perpetuate from the beginning to the end of each song. Your ears are glued. Long after listening, you still have the rhythm and lyrics stained into your mind. This magical music feeling is thanks to Dallas Green (City & Colour), a [...]