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This Saturday, 11/5, FREE THE STREETS, Eco-visionary Experiential Art/Music Fest!

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Free the Streets: Eco-visionary Experiential Art/Music Fest!

This Saturday, 11/5, 2 pm -10 pm at Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S. Grand Ave/W. 37th St. Los Angeles 90007

Fueled by live sets curated by Azul213 & KCRW’s Garth Trinidad and music by DJ Brazilia, DJ Destroyer, Quix-05, SeanO, DJ SelectrA, Free the Streets is an eco-visionary experiential art/music fest celebrating the burgeoning bicycle cultural scene of South Los Angeles. With its ample boulevards and historic corridors laden with histories of struggle, South L.A.’s streets serve as a canvas for social-political artistic expression in one of the world’s largest urban metropolises. Graffiti art, lowrider bike exhibits, live painting by Mobile Mural Lab, BMX trick demos, bike sculptures, photo booths, bike video projections, community organization outreach tables, Yucatecan/Oaxacan/Peruvian/Thai/American epicurean cuisine available from Mercado La Paloma’s eateries. Flaunt your vintage Schwinn or stylish fixed gear with bike valet on-site! Free the Streets is artistic street liberation supporting the expansion of green/eco-friendly transportation in L.A.

Saturday, 11/5/11, 2-10 p.m. at Mercado La Paloma (3655 S. Grand Ave/W. 37th St. 90007), a local community development project & cultural marketplace. 21+ only, $10 entry fee, cash bar (wine/beer). Steered by T.R.U.S.T. South L.A., Esperanza Community Housing, & CicLAvia’s South L.A. Host Committee, 100% of proceeds benefit CicLAvia’s South LA expansion and related community programming.

Big thanks to raffle sponsors Mighty Healthy and High Fydelity!

Join the movement and follow them on Twitter (@MightyHealthyNY & @fydelity)!

#WeekendRecap – Record Making and Record Breaking

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Sunday night, Brandon headed out to Zanzibar in Santa Monica to check out the 3rd Annual Project Live: Beat Showcase.  The event is put on by L.A. based producers Dae One (Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg) and THX (Snoop Dogg, David Banner) and features many of other upcoming producers from the Los Angeles area.  Many of these producers have gotten mainstream placements as well as provided the beats for L.A.’s rising underground scene.  The list included Swiff D (Pac Div, Jadakiss, David Banner, 50 Cent, Dom Kennedy), Curtiss King (Glasses Malone, Mack 10), Willie B (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock), THC (Kendrick Lamar, Dom Kennedy, OverDoz), Phonix (The Game, 50 Cent), Jansport J (Planet Asia, Strong Arm Steady), TaeBeast (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock) and more.  The producers played some of their popular beats as well as new creations.  It wasn’t a battle but more of a place for everyone to meet and see some of the people behind their favorite songs.  This year’s event was dedicated to DJ Khalil who did a special set as he played tracks he produced for Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, The Game, Fabolous, Drake, Jim Jones, the Clipse and some special beats many hadn’t heard yet.  There was a huge turnout and it was good to see artists like Dom Kennedy, Thurzday, Jay Rock (pictured w/ Willie B), Terrace Martin and more come out to support their musical peers.

This past Saturday, Cashmere’s Colin, Grace, Aron and Kristen, along with Roderick and Renee, “jumped” for joy at the Orange County Sky High Sports complex where the floors and walls were made of trampolines.  The day was filled with high flying jumps, flips, hardcore parkour, foam pits and trampoline dodgeball, in which they all got their asses handed to by little kids.

James spent the weekend at Paramount Studios with Chordz, Buddah, Chozen, and Iggy Azalea, mixing down Iggy’s “Ignorant Art” to be released tomorrow, 9/27!!

Freestyle Session 2011

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

This weekend, some of the Cashmere crew headed out to Circus in Hollywood to catch one of the best BBOY events in the world, Freestyle Session. FSS always brings out some of the best crews from the US and around the world. There were definitely some notable faces in attendance, from famous bboys to old school hip hop DJ’s.  Congratulations to our homies Jinjo Crew from Korea for taking the title!

CMinus, Byze One, J Rocc, King D

Lil Bob, Cloud, and Cros1

Rakaa from Dilated Peoples and DJ Nu-Mark from Jurassic 5

One of the judges, Poe One, from Zulu Kings getting his new PRO-Keds

J-Rocc from the World Famous Beat Junkies also getting some new kicks

DJ Premier and Pete Rock battling it out on the decks!

Congrats to the winners Jinjo Crew and runner-ups Renegade Crew

Jinjo Crew and Baby Boogaloo

The final battle between Jinjo Crew and Renegade Crew!

It was dope to see so many people all together in one spot, enjoying all aspects of the hip hop culture!

CASHMERE WEEKEND RECAP

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

It was a busy weekend for the Cashmere team.  First stop we hit was the “Perseverance” Show at the Known Gallery.  The show featured work from famous street artists Revok, Rime, and Roid.

Then, the Cashmere crew took the short trip from Hollywood to Downtown LA for the Mad Decent Block Party.  The event was filled with good food, drinks, and dope musical performances.  Mad Decent definitely knows how to throw a party!

Next stop was Battle of the Year US prelims at Avalon in Hollywood on Saturday.  Battle of the Year is one of the biggest BBOY competitions in the world, showcasing some of the top talent from the US and abroad.

On Sunday, the Cashmere fam hit one of their favorite spots in LA, the Do-Over, to continue the fun-filled weekend.  We caught some great DJ sets, and chilled alongside one of the best DJ’s and producers in the game, DJ Premier.  The Do-Over was packed all day, as you never know who is going to hop on the decks!

Our weekend was packed with music, art, dancing, and good friends.  So LA… what’s going on this weekend?

Tonight: The Art of [Anti] War

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

“Art is an incredibly powerful weapon. But if we look at art, historically, it’s always been used to convince people of a world view.”
–Carol Wells, Director/Center for the study of Political Graphics

Join L.A. at Footsies at 10pm tonight in sending a message at the pre-launch event for LA Vs. War: Takeover Special Edition! LA Vs. War chooses education, jobs, health, compassion, and community over WAR. The art exhibition is happening September 9-11 and will send a creative PEACE shockwave out into the world. They need YOUR help in getting the doors open & spreading the word from L.A., across the U.S. & beyond.

Tonight’s special event is promised to be a fun night of music, live painting and T-shirt printing with the LA Vs. War family.

DJ’s: Coleman, Azul, Plann.B

LIVE PAINTING: Mear One

Check the video on LA Vs. War here: http://kck.st/oX3iAu

RSVP to the LA Vs. War Facebook Event

More LA Vs. WAR info at:
http://vswar.org/
https://www.facebook.com/vswar
http://twitter.com/lavswar