Super Bowl 2010 Commercials

February 8th, 2010

We all know the Super Bowl is about the best teams in football fighting for the Championship title, parties and BBQs, but the best part of this yearly event are the commercials!!  With that being said, YouTube has delivered on its promise to upload all the Super Bowl Ads as they aired yesterday — allowing users to vote which one will grace the YouTube front page on Thursday. Peep some of our favorites from yesterday’s game.

Check out all the commercials right here via Mashable!

Hands-On 3rd: Learn How to Be Crafty

February 5th, 2010

Have you always wanted to learn how to make that knit scarf your grandma gave you for Christmas last year?  Or create and design a necklace that actually fits your style and budget but not sure where to acquire such skills?  Are college classes too expensive right now to help discover your creativity?

Look no further! Located in the mid-city area of Los Angeles, Hands-On 3rd (http://www.handson3rd.com) offers various classes/workshops to help you in your craft needs and desires.  Their workshops are open to the public with affordable prices that range from $49 – $220 depending on the amount of recommended sessions.  Learn how to personalize your garments or accessories with their Needle Felting class or how to design on tiles with their Mosaic Basics course.  Does your ripped up jeans or torn shirt need patching and you don’t want to throw it away?  Hands-On 3rd offers a “Mend It” course where you are allowed to bring in your garments to learn basic techniques of clothing repair.  They have a variety of courses you can choose from that includes sewing, knitting, jewelry, robots, millinery, crochet or pattern making.

While it seems a bit expensive, shelling out $49 for only two hours of class, it will benefit you in the long run.  You won’t have to pay another person to help patch your jeans or buy a pair of earrings you could have made yourself!

Cashmere’s Dubstep LA Mixtape Makes News!

February 4th, 2010

Cashmere Agency exemplifies the word “trendsetter” in the highest degree. From marketing to mixtapes, from Billboard Magazine to TimeOut Magazine, Cashmere’s work is being noticed and featured across the globe.

The most recent accolade is for our mixtape, Cashmere Agency Presents Mr. Grustle & Tha Russian’s Dubstep LA: Embrace The Renaissance Vol. 1 mixed by Plastician.  The mixtape features famed Dubstep producers Benga, 12th Planet and Caspa, and Hip-Hop heavyweights such as Snoop Dogg, Murs, Grouch and Eligh, Grand Puba, Xzibit and Eve…this mixtape was only destined for a top spot.

Check out our mixtape in the November/December edition of TimeOut Magazine. It was rated #2 in the Hits section!!!

Click to download, Cashmere Agency Presents Mr. Grustle & Tha Russian’s Dubstep LA: Embrace The Renaissance Vol. 1” mixed by Plastician

We Wanna Poken!

February 3rd, 2010

The evolution of business card collecting:

1. The primitive rubber band approach of tying all of your paper contacts together and shoving them into your wallet, purse or desk.
2. The more functional, but still bulky and uncomfortable Rolodex system.
3. The more secure Apple Address Book, but still requiring one to manually type in data in order to store in an organized manner.

With iPads, iPods, iPhones, Blackberrys and other software running our lives, we can’t still be required to “manually” input or be accountable for a paper trail any more can we?

Enter Poken: the world’s first social business card.  It’s cute, it’s functional and these guys are onto something.

The idea of Poken is simple: a Poken is a small device able to fit on your key chain with a built in USB device which stores your information digitally – everything from your address to your phone number to your social networking information. You can choose what your Poken stores and what information you want to share with others. When you want to exchange information with someone, all you have to do is touch your Poken to your contact’s Poken and the devices digitally transfer your information to each other instantly (which is called a “High 4” in Poken Talk).  Once home, you can plug in your Poken USB into your computer, click, save and organize all your contacts within minutes!!  The Poken software easily syncs up with Outlook or Apple Mail.

But what happens if you don’t remember the name of the person you Poken’d with?  No problem…Poken stores your information both chronologically and alphabetically, making it easy for you to go back and find important contacts whether it be by name, date, title or order of importance.

And the best part about Poken is the amazingly eye-pleasing designs of the device.  You can choose a simple, more traditional black pokenPULSE ($34.95) with 2GB on-board flash memory, tons of storage between uploads, and easily updatable firmware. Or you can jazz up your Poken by purchasing the pokenSPARK ($19.95), which comes in Ninja, Tiger, Cat, Frog and other characters. They even have a limited edition Barack Obama Poken…seriously.

Poken’s are just coming to the United States after a successful launch in Europe. What do you think? Are you going to Poken? We are….

Peep the Poken video below and be sure to heck out Poken at www.poken.com

Believing the Lost Hype

February 2nd, 2010

Go on, admit it. Even if you’re one of the few who’ve never watched an episode of Lost, you know someone who has…And you’ve got to be a little bit curious to find out how the last season of the six year-old series is going to end. After waiting a long seven months, the very popular television show is kicking off its final season tonight at 9pm on ABC. With the demise of The Wire two years ago, it would be hard to deny that the best show on television now stars Jack, Sawyer, Kate, Ben, and Locke.

Long time Lost fans are amped to what the series creators have in store for this final season.  Not to mention, how many (if any) of the series’ plot lines will actually be resolved….What happened after Juliet set off that nuclear bomb? Is Locke really dead? Who is Jacob and what’s relationship with the man in Black? Will Sun and Jin ever reunite? What is the origin of the island? Why has the island brought everyone to it?  For those needing a refresher, here’s the promo for tonight’s episode.

Also, be sure to check out the video below which captures a play-by-play of Oceanic flight 815’s crash

Mike Roman Is Not Dead

February 1st, 2010

Last Saturday marked the opening of famed artist Michael Roman’s solo exhibition right in the heart of Los Angeles.  Curated by Edgar Varela of EVFA at Urban:Sanctuary (2026 E. 1st street LA 90033) located in Boyle Heights, Roman’s solo show displays various printing methods on textile, wood, terracotta, and paper by using his imaginative mixture of both nostalgic symbols from his cultural upbringing with images inspired by his present day.  Showcasing the past and present art from Roman, the exhibition will be on display for the entire month of February.  For more information please visit http://www.urbansanctuaryla.com

About the Artist

Born and raised in greater Los Angeles, Michael Roman moved to New York’s lower east side in the mid-70’s. Working as an aspiring artist / bike messenger, Michael frequently delivered packages and hung out at Andy Warhol’s labs in Manhattan. There, he received a great deal of inspiration to what would become his life work of stencil / screen art, combining Warhol techniques with old-Mexico methods and ancient images, which has become known as “Latinissmo”.

Michael’s textile art, known for its all over coverage and hand made appearance brings life to stencils and images. Avoiding the sterilized look, which is so common, the hand wrought artwork appears as unique and imperfect as life itself.

Michael’s clients have included celebrities such as Carlos Santana, Madonna, and Keith Richards. His artwork has been chosen to adorn album covers, Hotel VIP rooms, movie sets, night clubs, and dozens of restaurants.

In the mid-90’s, Michael was discovered by Carlos Santana, and he moved to San Francisco where he has been making personal artwork, clothing, and furniture for the superstar. Michael participates in several international events and has a permanent display at the Oaxaca Heritage Museum in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Michael currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco, where also teaches classes to aspiring and students in the Mission district.

Sunpower Natural Organic Restaurant: Delicious Raw, Vegan Food

January 29th, 2010

Calling all meat eaters!  The words “raw” and “vegan” to describe food may scare you off as you are used to your steaks, chicken salads and pork belly sandwiches.  Step outside of your comfort zone and try Sunpower Natural Organic Restaurant (www.sunpowernatural.com) located in Studio City.  They’ve found a way to make delicious raw, vegan and organic food that does not taste as bad as it sounds.  In fact, the raw supreme pizza with kale salad ($10) on the side is mouth-watering goodness.  The kale shake ($8) tastes like pistachio heaven and the butter pecan cheezcake ($8) makes us salivate just from reading it.  Not only do they have great food, they have great service and most importantly, great prices!!  You don’t have to break your piggy bank to eat healthy at Sunpower Natural Organic Restaurant.  Don’t be scared, it’s worth the experience!

Apple’s new iPad

January 27th, 2010

Yes, believe the hype!  Today Steve Jobs unveiled Apple’s latest creation called The iPad.  The iPad has garnered so much buzz in the tech industry, it’s kind of like the “Drake” of gadgets at the moment…except The iPad is looking way more promising!

The iPad is basically the iPhone version of a Kindle and what’s great about this device is the ability to share the same operating system as the iPhone.  So all apps you’ve accumulated on your iPhone can instantly be available on the iPad!  The device has a nice 9.7 inch screen, which uses IPS technology allowing for more pleasurable viewing for browsing, photos, videos and e-books.  Not only is the iPad beefed up by a 1GHz Apple A4 processor, it also comes with WiFi capabilities, bluetooth, speakers and a microphone.

Now the big question is, HOW MUCH?!  Well, let’s just say it might just be worth the investment.  Check out the pricing below!

For more information on the iPad, visit Apple and make sure to check out the video (here)!!!

Scratch’s Spin Doctors: DJ Numark

January 25th, 2010

Scratch: The Ultimate DJ introduces their first segment of “Spin Doctors” — a series of videos profiling well-known DJs and their legacies.  Check out DJ Numark in the video below as he discusses the origin of his DJ name, his first DJ gig and his thoughts on Scratch: The Ultimate DJ video game!

Snoop Dogg’s Yoostar Studded Performance

January 22nd, 2010

Big Snoop Dogg continues to stay ahead of the tech game when it comes to exposing his fans to new electronic gadgets. His latest collaborative effort: Yoostar.

Yoostar is a dope new device that lets users put themselves in some of moviedom’s iconic scenes, by replacing any of the actors with yourself.  Check out a couple of scenes Snoop did for Yoostar (http://snoop.yoostar.com/).  For more information on how you can cop your own Yoostar kit, please visit www.yoostar.com.

Snoop – Up In Smoke

Snoop as Bogey in Casablanca

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Snoop with Costello in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein

Snoop as Jason in Friday the 13th