Archive for February, 2010

Valentine’s Day, brought to you by Terrace Martin’s “The Lovers Edition EP”

Monday, February 15th, 2010

It seems every February that most people either get into the spirit of celebrating love or they scorn the Valentine’s Day hype and revel in their envy of all who are enjoying this lovey-dovey time of year.

Well, if you somehow avoided cupid’s arrow yesterday, Cashmere highly recommends that you check out super producer Terrace Martin’s “Lovers Edition EP” — a 10 track project featuring the likes of Snoop Dogg, Frank Nitt, Problem and more.

So step your love game up and download the Lovers Edition EP now. While you’re at it, check out the video below of Terrace explaining the inspiration behind the blue heart.

CASHMERE EVENT OF THE WEEK: 1ST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES STREET FOOD FEST

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Tired of going on treasure hunts for that Indian or taco food truck you’ve been hearing about? Traveling for popular meals-on-wheels can be a daunting task. Well this weekend, you’re in luck.

The 1^st Annual Los Angeles Street Food Fest takes place Saturday, Feb. 13^th at the LA Center Studios from 11am – 5pm. The Cashmere family will be there and recommend that you arrive early if you want to taste test the various street food cuisines offered – sushi, tacos, Asian-fusion, Indian, shaved ice, grilled cheese, fries and a slew of other choices.

Admissions $5, sorry VIP tickets have been sold out for a while now. Below is just a few of the vendors that will be in attendance. For the complete list, visit LAStreetFoodFest.com.

BERTELL YOUR STORY

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

When you hear the name “Bertell,” what rings a bell?  Well, to Grammy award-winning producer Bryan-Michael Cox, the bell rings raw talent, ambition and perhaps another slew of Grammy awards to his name.

Singer Bertell Young is the 24-year-old artist that’s giving other male R&B heavyweights a run for their money. With several hard-hitting experiences surrounding homelessness, this Capitol Records rookie has a true story to tell and has chosen music as his medium to do it.

Check out Bertell’s fresh swag and raw lyrics that’s shaking up the music world.

B. Cox Behind-the-Scenes of the “Beat It Up” video shoot

Follow Bertell on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. For more information and music, visit bertellonline.com

CASHMERE’S KICKS OF THE WEEK: GOURMET NOVE

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

The quality and design from Italian Footwear connoisseurs, Gourmet, is always on point and every season seems to bring about a more innovative line than the previous one. Gourmet’s growing line of lifestyle sneakers continues their evolution with its Spring 2010 Collection and newest model, The Nove.

Gourmet gives their sneaker line-up a very polished look in premium material constructions. The sweet honey on white Noves are extra buttery made with real lizard skins, one of the premium leathers in the world, giving the shoe a luxury feel and look. The shoe is finished off with pig skin liner, memory foam insoles and a custom printed mid-sole. They’re also available in black on black colorway too!

Gourmet’s 2010 spring collection is bright and trendy– a great choice for someone looking for fashion-forward shoes with athletic inspiration. Cop your pair of Noves at finer retailers like Undefeated (or online here) in a couple weeks.

Snoop Imperial Marches through the Big Apple

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Once again,  Snoop Dogg did it big in New York City last Friday as he marched through Times Square flanked by Darth Vader and R2-D2 in promotion of the new line of Adidas Originals Star Wars apparel and sneakers.  Starting at the Foot Locker store on West 34th Street, Snoop Dogg led an army of Stormtroopers along Broadway to the Times Square Foot Locker and concluded its parade at the Adidas Originals store in SoHo.

If you missed it, check out this exclusive footage of Snoop marching with Darth Vader and his crew of Stormtroopers through Time Square. Head over to ShopAdidas.com to check out the Adidas Originals Star Wars collection edition of T-shirts, hooded jackets, and shoes.

Super Bowl 2010 Commercials

Monday, 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

Friday, 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!

Thursday, 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!

Wednesday, 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

Tuesday, 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