Free Humanity ~ Street Art Vid #1

Artist Free Humanity has released his first of street art video series and had this to say "When you buy this print you are not just buying a piece of art work, you are supporting street art to thrive and sustain. You are saying No to Social Manipulation and Yes to the Awaking of the Mind. You Can help plant positive seeds of your own by supporting The Free Humanity Campaign keep Conscience Art on the Streets."



You can oogle deets on Free Humanity art @ FreeHumanity.la.

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Rock For Locks Of Love ~ Kantor Gallery

RR Sideshow: Guest Contributing Writer ~ Jae Joseph

On Saturday, September 18, - The FREIDE + Co. staffers will present the Rock For Locks Of Love event at Kantor Gallery --- 7025 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles [California]. Guests will be treated to an exhibition of hair in its many forms displayed in unusual and innovative ways created by the Paul Mitchell styling Team. Photographer Catherine Asanov will also be in attendance with her "Action in Stillness" installation which as been garnering positive reviews and there'll be musical performances by Ship of the Rising Sun, BLOK and Leslie Presti & The Masses. The doors will open at 7:30pm --- the exhibition will start at 8:30pm.


FREIDE + Co.

Quickly making a name for themselves as the premier destination for Luxury Branded entertainment, FREIDE + Co. is creating a buzz amongst Hollywood tastemakers, established fashionistas and luxury industry professionals alike; not just a branding and development agency but way of life, encompassing elements from art, fashion, music, charity and design. FREIDE + Co offers fine art curation luxury event production, media solutions and tools to create unconventional pathways to main stream markets.

Style is in everything is Catherine Asanov's motto. Being labeled as mainly a fashion photographer, Catherine has always corrected people to say that she is a Style Photographer. Seeing style in every avenue of photography.

Kantor Gallery was first founded in Los Angeles in the 1940s by Paul Kantor, a renowned art dealer often credited with discovering and nurturing the talent of Richard Diebenkorn. Niels Kantor has been continuing the legacy begun by his father since 1994 when he reopened Kantor Gallery as a venue to showcase emerging talent as well as established artists. Since that time he has shown artists ranging from blue chip artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Andy Warhol to emerging, mid-career artists including Kenny Scharf, Pheobe Washburn, Simone Shubuck, Yumiko Kayukawa and many others.

For more information --- contact Jae Joseph ~ Creative Director & Crystal Ortiz-Senior ~ Accounts Manager @ crystal@freideandco.com & www.freideandco.com @ 949.232.4443.

Update: Kantor Gallery is pleased to present an installation by artist Elijah Blue with works from his recent series Stuff of Legends. His work comments on the unholy marriage of celebrity and commerce - with artist Elijah Blue taking a traditionally unaesthetic, completely commercial medium of the step and repeat backdrop found on red carpets, and making it his own. Stuff of Legends is a further abstraction and smaller study, on the nuances of the first series of paintings in Step-and-Repeat.

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Photographer LeAnn Mueller ~ Tumblr & Website

Last night, I attended Lucie Foundation ~ Pro'jekt LA Summer Series: Volume Two ~ exhibiting the works of Ryan Schude, Thomas Michael Alleman, Natalie Franco, LeAnn Mueller, Javiera Estrada, Angelica Hoyos, Cathy Immordino, Troy Paiva, Carl W. Heindl and Bil Zelman --- which was an excellent show with great work. And upon meeting über pixers Ryan Schude and LeAnn Mueller, I wanted to show their work some [RR] love.


LeAnn Mueller ~ Tumblr

You can oogle LeAnn Mueller pixes @ leannmueller.com and leannmueller.tumblr.com. And Ryan Schude @ RyanSchude.com.

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Cee Lo Green ~ F*** You [Video]

Cee Lo Green [Gnarls Barkley & Goodie Mob] releases a new music video ~ F*** You ~ off his forthcoming solo album ~ Lady Killer ~ which drops on Tuesday, December 7. The F*** You CD Single will be out on Tuesday, September 21 and a radio-friendly version ~ Forget You ~ is coming out soon. In the meantime, enjoy the F*** You video [below] -



You can oogle deets @ CeeLoGreen.com.

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Who Is Alec Monopoly? ~ Video

The street artist "Alec Monopoly" lends his artwork and commentary to an upcoming documentary - Pay 2 Play - to give us insight to his prolific street art and imageries of Monopoly Man, Jack Nicholson, Bob Dylan and Twiggy. Enjoy the Who Is Alec Monopoly? vid [below] -


John Wellington Ennis @ Shoot First Inc.

"Street artist Alec Monopoly has been decorating Los Angeles for the past year with his posters, paints, stickers, stencils and imagination. This --- his first on-camera interview --- is for the upcoming documentary PAY 2 PLAY - a film exploring how our democracy became corporatized, and how we can take it back."

You can oogle deets on Alec art @ alecartshow.com.

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MGMT ~ Congratulations [Music Video]

The kids ~ Andrew Wells VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, James Richardson, Matt Asti & Will Berman ~ of MGMT have release a new video for their fourth single ~ Congratulations ~ off their titular studio disc. Enjoy the vid [below] ~



You can oogle MGMT tour date deets @ myspace.com/mgmt.

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Bicycle Film Festival ~ Los Angeles ~ 10th Year

In Los Angeles, filmmaker David Rowe's To Live & Ride In L.A. premieres at Bicycle Film Festival [BFF] ~ Tenth Anniversary on Friday, September 3 @ 9:30pm at Downtown Independent Theater on 251 S. Main Street. The five-day [BFF] program stars on Wednesday, September 1 and concludes on Sunday, September 5.



"From director David Rowe [Fast Friday] comes a new documentary feature that explores a side of L.A. few outsiders have seen. From races through rush-hour traffic to midnight loft parties, To Live & Ride in L.A. is a fast paced-trip through the busy streets and back-alleys of one of the world's largest cities. To Live & Ride in L.A. features talented local riders tearing up the streets with first-time visitor Keo Curry (Fast Friday, Macaframa). Bike to hidden spots off the map, race a midnight alley-cat, keep pace with the riders from Wolfpack, and hang with the local crews, graffiti artists and other L.A. personalities burning up the fixed-gear scene."

You can oogle deets on tix and film schedules @ BicycleFilmFestival.com.

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Rick Shameless ~ PSSSSTT…Wanna Good Time?

The ominous Rick Shameless exhibit ~ PSSSSTT… Wanna Good Time? ~ opens [tonight] on Saturday, August 21 at A&I Hollywood from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. The Polaroids exhibition of adult film stars ~ PSSSSTT… Wanna Good Time? ~ will be view until Saturday, September 25 at A&I Hollywood --- which is located at 933 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California [90038].



"Who is Rick Shameless?

Rick Shameless. America's original dirt bag! He makes Tom Leykis and Howard Stern seem like teddy bears. Shameless is the loveable asshole - the guy girls hate to love. He has become desensitized to beautiful women. Faithful is a foreign word to him. Monogamy is monotonous.

Ever had a drink poured on you in a club? Ever had sex later to discover it was filmed and put on the internet? Ever have a hand print on your ass upon waking up? Ever been degraded so much that you're turned on? No? Then you've never met Rick Shameless.



Marilyn Manson has posters of Shameless on his wall. Rush Limbaugh gets his Viagra from Shameless. Paris Hilton thinks "He's Hot". Heidi Fliess has Shameless in her black book. Charlie Sheen thinks his baby with Denise Richards may be Shameless's. Enron wanted to make Shameless their president. Shameless pisses on R. Kelly."

RSVP: RickShameless@gmail.com
Date: Saturday, August 21
Time: 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Address: 933 N. Highland Avenue [Los Angeles, California]

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30 Seconds To Mars ~ Closer To The Edge [Video]

Go ahead and engulf Closer To The Edge from Jared Leto and his merry bandmates of 30 Seconds To Mars. The video was directed by Bartholomew Cubbins [Jared Leto] which combines live concert footage with fanatics confessions. It's a kick arse love-letter to their fans.



Oogle 30 Seconds To Mars @ twitter.com/30secondstomars ~ for deets on tour dates.

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The Creators Project ~ Ladj Ly [Kourtrajmé]

The good folks of Intel and Vice [magazine] at The Creators Project introduces us to "a filmmaker activist of the first order" ~ Ladj Ly. The filmmaker, documentarian, actor and journalist uses his "Canon 5D Mark, Sony Camera Z7, MacBook Pro and Final Cut Pro" to document community injustice by his surrounding a bit better. Enjoy the vid -



To oogle Ladj Ly's docs ~ One Year After the State of Emergency and 365 days in Clichy Montfermeil, visit TheCreatorsProject.com.

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Ed Templeton Pt. 2 ~ Orange County Museum of Art

Here's Human Pyramids Artist Collective's Part Two panel video of Artist Ed Templeton's conversation with Juxtapoz magazine co-founders Greg Escalante and CR Stecyk III at Orange County Museum of Art [OCMA] and moderated by Joseph Dugan.


Human Pyramids Artist Collective

Director Kevin Barnett of a new documentary - Primer - featuring Ed Templeton shared some clips of upcoming film.

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Ed Templeton Pt.1 ~ Orange County Museum of Art

Enjoy Human Pyramids Artist Collective's Part One video of Artist Ed Templeton's conversation with Juxtapoz magazine co-founders Greg Escalante and CR Stecyk III at Orange County Museum of Art [OCMA] and moderated by Joseph Dugan.


Human Pyramids Artist Collective

Director Kevin Barnett of a new documentary - Primer - featuring Ed Templeton also shared some footage from their upcoming film.

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Alyson Aliano ~ Clark | Oshin Gallery

The Clark | Oshin Gallery at The Icon is pleased to announce an exhibition of Alyson Aliano's environmental portraits on Saturday, September 18 through Saturday, October 30 at 5450 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles [California]. The opening reception occurs on Saturday, September 18 @ 6:00pm til 9:00pm."

"Alyson Aliano's Familiar Places consists of two bodies of work: Moms and Scenes from Home. Moms - a visual inquiry into the question of what it means to be a mother, includes Aliano's portraits of individual mothers at home with their children and puts a new spin on the often saccharine genre of mother and child imagery."


Alyson Ailano

Kathleen Clark and Nan Oshin's Clark | Oshin Gallery at The Icon is rooted at 5450 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California [90036] @ clark.oshingallery@gmail.com and clark-oshingallery.com. They're open on Mondays to Fridays @ 7:00am to 9:00pm and on Saturdays @ 9:00am to 5:00pm.

The Icon is a "full-service traditional and digital photo lab featuring exceptional museum-quality printing."

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Lari Pittman ~ Regent Projects I & II

An exhibit reception for Lari Pittman: New Paintings and Orangerie occurs on Saturday, September 11 at Regen Projects I & II @ 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The New Paintings exhibition of "seven large-scale and three mid-size paintings and comprehensive survey of works on paper from 1980-to-2010" of Orangerie.


Lari Pittman Untitled #2 ~ Regen Projects

"This historical exhibition will include over 100 works on paper, hung salon-style over the artist-designed trellis pattern that will adorn the gallery walls. Orangerie will provide a unique and unparalleled opportunity to view the history and breadth of Pittman's artistic practice."

The New Paintings will be on view at Regen Projects II and Orangerie at Regen Projects I until Saturday, October 23. Regen Projects is located at 633 North Almont Drive Los Angeles, California [90069] and Regen Projects II at 9016 Santa Monica Boulevard [@ Almont Drive] @ 310.276.5424.

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Jimmy Baker's Sentinel @ Roberts & Tilton

The dynamic duo Roberts & Tilton are pleased to announce Jimmy Baker's Sentinel on Saturday, September 18 @ 6:00pm to 8:00pm - which'll remain on view until Saturday, October 23.

The Sentinel exhibition will represent "the next installment of paintings and audio that focus on the solvent nature of technology inferred on the landscape. Digitally mined from social media sites, these anonymous amateur photographs are woven together with unusual documents of military testing. The paintings embody a visible tension, a disassociative quality as each image betrays its own quietude with subtle but impossible focal anomalies, to strange supernatural blasts of light, and paranormal novas exploding across the picture-plane. The paintings are very smooth oil renderings with contrasting areas of soft blending and modeled brushwork, replete with glossy surfaces coated in pours of oil mediums. The analog of these handmade images to digitally manipulated ones creates a paradox that is central to Baker's discussion of a post-digital world. Various audio clips have been captured, manipulated, and created to accompany the paintings as a spectre of fear and uncertainty. The audio is channeled through hypersonic speakers that were derived from military development to beam focused sonic waves like a searchlight.


Roberts & Tilton

These paintings refer to specific geographic areas that have housed the history of U.S. military testing and surveillance. The works stand as oblique ciphers to an ever-shifting sense of secrecy, and a continued push into the invisible (often unmanned) world of American power. As a parallel to this, the superficially austere compositions seek to hide the genetically manipulated process behind the work. While genre paintings of the landscape served to exploit the awe of nature, to incite reverence and a sense of economic promise, Sentinel records the residue of technology on our land, that is at once the subject and the viewer of a million lenses."

Roberts & Tilton is rooted at 5801 Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California [90232] @ 323.549.0223. And there hours are Tuesdays to Saturdays @ 11:00am to 6:00pm.

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Scion ~ The 2010 Vice Photo Show [Preview]

I stopped by Scion Installation L.A. to oogle and shoot some 'roids of The 2010 Vice Photo Show ~ under the curation of Jonnie Craig ~ and it's looking good and explosive. So enjoy the sneak pixes [below] and make sure to attend the opening reception [tomorrow] on Saturday, August 14 @ 7:00pm.

The 2010 Vice Photo Show will remain on view until Saturday, September 4. And thanks to Edith Mondragon, Evan Cerasoli and Lucy Beer for the preview invitation.


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The 2010 Vice Photo Show features pixers Angela Boatwright, Asger Carlsen, Jonnie Craig, Jackson Eaton, Seth Fulker, Nicholas Haggard, Jerry Hsu, Kevin Long, Ross McDonnell, Sophie Morner, Patrick O'Dell, Alex Olson, Valerie Phillips, Jared Ritz, David Benjamin Sherry, Peter Sutherland, Patrick Tsai, Sean Vegezzi and Gavin Watson.


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Opening Reception ~ Saturday, August 14 @ 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Avenue [@ National]
Culver City, California [90232]
Gallery Phone ~ 310.815.8840

Hours ~ Wednesdays to Saturdays @ 11:00am to 6:00pm

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San-X ~ Rilakkuma Pop-Up Shop & Party

San-X is presenting a Rilakkuma: Pop-up Shop & Party this weekend - on Saturday, August 14 - Sunday, August 15 - next door to Japanla @ 7326 Melrose Avenue - Los Angeles, California [90046]. The Rilakkuma: Pop-up Shop & Party is open and free, and you can oogle www.JapanLA.com for more deets.

There'll be free gifts, food, drinks and Rilakkuma photobooth. "To celebrate Rilakkuma and Mamegoma's United States arrival --- Umami Burger will present a special two-week promotion at all four Los Angeles locations: Los Feliz, La Brea, Space 15 Twenty and Santa Monica."


Angelique Groh @ Charm School

Rilakkuma Weekend Pop-Up Party
Saturday, August 14 @ 7:00pm - 11:00pm
7326 Melrose Avenue - Los Angeles, California [90046]

Rilakkuma Weekend Pop-Up Shop
Saturday, August 14 - Sunday, August 15
Saturday: 11:00am - 11:00pm and Sunday: 11:00am - 7:00pm
7326 Melrose Avenue - Los Angeles, California [90046]

Rilakkuma Weekend x Umami Burger Promotion
Two-Weeks: Saturday, August 7 to Sunday, August 22

Umami Burger:
850 South La Brea Avenue [Los Angeles, California 323.931.3000]
4655 Hollywood Boulevard [Los Angeles, California 323.669.3922]
1520 North Cahuenga Boulevard [Los Angeles, California 323.469.3100]
500 Broadway [Santa Monica, California 310.451.1300]

Angelique Groh [Charm School]
Marketing x Pr [fashion ~ art ~ design]

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Artist Bendow ~ Doodler & Designer

Meet artist Bendow [Ben Waldow] who doodles and designs on everything from "paper, plastic, canvas, cardboard boxes, balloons, ATM receipts, wooden salad bowls, toilet seats, shoes, leather, skin and doorknobs." I saw this kid's sketchbook of doodles --- he's the real deal.


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So oogle visual artist Bendow @ Bendow-Art.com, Flickr.com/photos/bendow and Facebook.com/pages/Bendow

Quote excerpt from Shannon Flaherty's Hustle File No.54: Bendow [May 13, 2010] @ Hustleup.wordpress.com

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Maison des Maisons ~ Pre-Launch Party

The wunderkinds of Maison des Maisons are having a pre-launch party on Thursday, August 12 @ 6:00pm at The Hudson Los Angeles to celebrate their "Paris meets Los Angeles" Spring & Summer collection. It'll feature "bold graphics inspired by architectural, animalistic and international pop culture trends."


Garet Field Sells ~ MaisonDesMaisons.com

You can rsvp@maisondesmaisons.com and oogle deets @ maisondesmaisons.com and prettyroughandtough.com.

The Hudson is located at 1114 North Crescent Heights Boulevard in West Hollywood, California [90046] @ 323.654.6686. Maison des Maisons is the creation of Garet Field Sells.

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Jackass 3D ~ Movie Trailer

Pranksters Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, Wee-Man, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey and Ryan Dunn are back to mayhem in the new Jackass 3D film - directed by Jeff Tremaine. Enjoy the trailer [below] -



Paramount Pictures and MTV Films' Jackass 3D hits theaters on Friday, October 15.

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Eminem & Rihanna ~ Love The Way You Lie

Eminem and Rihanna deliver their Love The Way You Lie video --- starring Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan as a tumultuous couple. Enjoy Joseph Kahn directed vid -



It's something that, you know, [Eminem and I have] both experienced, you know, on different sides, different ends of the table.

It just was authentic. It was real. It was believable for us to do a record like that, but it was also something that needed to be done, and the way he did it was so clever. He pretty much just broke down the cycle of domestic violence, and it’s something that a lot people don’t have a lot of insight on, so this song is a really, really powerful song, and it touches a lot of people. - Rihanna ~ Access Hollywood

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Ken Harman ~ A Decade With No Name

A Decade With No Name exhibition ~ under the curation of Ken Harman ~ opens on Friday, August 6 @ Jack London Square. It'll feature works of Eddie Colla, Zoltron, GATS, Ras Terms, Mike Shine, Scott Hove, Monica Canilao, Peter Gronquist and Owen Cook. The exhibition opens @ 4:00pm to 11:00pm.


Mike Cuffe & Warholian.com

The Best of The East Bay Party @ Jack London Square begins @ 5:00pm and concludes @ 11:00pm.


Eddie Colla

Jack London Square is rooted @ Broadway & Embarcadero [Oakland, California ~ 94607] @ 510.645.9292.

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Albert Reyes & Monique Contreras ~ Show Cave

Artists Albert Reyes and Monique Contreras are collaborating on new drawings for Your Sins Are The Only Good Things About You exhibition at Show Cave on Saturday, August 7 @ 9:00pm to 2:00am. The Your Sins Are The Only Good Things About You will also have performances by Femka Project [@ midnight] with spins by Job, Adam and Rich [MRX].


Eric Nordhauser~Albert Reyes~Monique Contreras

Show Cave is located 3501 Eagle Rock Boulevard Los Angeles, California [90065] @ 213.663.3521.

And you can oogle Albert Reyes art @ MastodonMesa.com [Pacific Design Center ~ Mastodon Mesa] ~ ModernMultiplesInc.com and Eric Nordhauser ~ Hazel Hill McCarthy III's Show Cave @ ShowCave.Org.

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