If you are in NYC tonight come out to LIT (2nd Ave. bet 5th & 6th St.)

It is the only place to be on a Friday night (always runs strong til 4am, shout to the CUT boys)

Woodman and I will be DJing in support of our mix cd
"Metal on Metal"
Vice gave it a 10/10. It's totally gay to write that but it's probably the only 10/10 I'll ever get, so hooodie hoooooo nanny nanny doo doo!! Also, just a heads up--guys are allowed in free only if they bring a female!

This is roctakon...... Im on probation for posting the link to meatspin.com so im running shit with the woodmans account.....

Here is some shit I did for Heineken thats not comming out....... wich sucks for my bank account

FREE outdoor nyc "beach" party this saturday
with DJ Monk One

3 bars, food, and full view of the city.
and walking distance from PS1

Japan wins for best jersey.

OFFICIAL EDITION ***** ONLY ONE YEAR LATE *****

move over david beckham,
Lee Chun Soo of Korea takes the award for Most Attractive.

pokemon!

our good friend Matias aka the Swiss Mister
whom we met at NYU
is now studying PHD level urban studies in Tokyo...
he sends me weird emails with no text,
just the subject heading:
"back to modernity" and these pictures.

man, he makes me feel stoopid,
the deepest my mind has gotten recently is
1) analyzing the Ultimate Fighter tv show. btw did you see that guy Luke is fighting again?
2) amazement at the great feeling of getting new crisp, white undershirts
3) is newcomer bleeker street pizza really the best pizza in the city?
4) that damn brain bug from starship troopers

5) seeing some girl named Famke at the west side highway dog run.

Can you believe the lack of basketball related posts?

In Miami on Saturday night, Poplife celebrated their 7th Anniversary with Jamie Lidel

Backstage passes

Then Sunday night at Purdy Lounge MIA won in overtime

We played Rick Ross 4 times.

sorry for the lack of posts,
but the it appears the lab writers have hit the summer wall...
the wave humidity has finally hit the city for that unmistakable swampy urban jungle summer feeling.
this is what separates the men from the boys. mayonnaise escape to the hamptons,
while the rest of us have the best time hanging outside all night walking around the city.
to celebrate, come check some of the lab djs at tonic on thursday,
we'll be getting smashed and wishing Arlyck farewell from his corner in the Lab.

top 5 things about summer in ny
1) the city is empty on the weekends: for once, you don't feel like a rat. no lines, no hassles, less waiting.
2) turntables on the hudson on the frying pan every friday. this party takes place on a pier and docked old boat. Nickodemus and Mariano slay the euro-ladies and there's always a breeze. they even have BBQ and an observation deck.
3) pick-up soccer at Pier 40 and Chinatown. the Pier is quickly becoming an urban soccer mecca.
4) beer tastes better. i swear. hoegaarden, pacifico, corona, pbr...
5) central park: so obvious, but cannot be denied. summerstage (seo jorge!), tripping in the meadow (haven't done it in years), watching weird frisbee dudes in the meadow, exploring the back paths, exiting in unfamiliar neighborhoods (UES,UWS)....

sleeping on the couch, next to the AC tonite...

summer is here, bring your roomates..

this blog in incredible...
Roc finds me that awesome brown shower
Woodman (of all people) laying down advice
Pitts throwing out a personal call,
what other blog can boast that?
i'm over the bombardment thing now,
thanks for helping a brother out.
in return i'll share some joy:
porkolt.com
- it's youtube but better!

ph

I don't even know what Counter Strike is.

What the hell is going on around here? Is everyone depressed or out of their minds or something?

Pete it'll be OK, you're just getting old.

Pitts, it'll be OK, the weather's getting nicer and everyone gets horny for a relationship. You're like me 2 years ago, just read my hilarious comics and you'll be fine.

Andy relax guy, I just bought a $2400 suit (literally the only ace up my sleeve). Chill, God.

Ross One says.........

Mentition that counterstrike shit out loud and your gonna be looking at Woodman level cobbwebs on your crotch.....

MAKE THIS LIST..............................

1. Must like Diana Ross and disco (or at lease 80's R and B, I'm dead serious, I can't get with anyone who can't recognize!).
2. Must read books (No, Dostoyevsky, what??!?!?!??!?!?!s).
3. Must recycle (seriously, well sorta, must have an equal amount of love and hate for the environment and people for that matter).
4. Must have found both humor and seriousness in the film (or book see number 2.) "American Psycho" and or just liked the movie "Breaking the Waves (i.e. we need to be on the same emotional level, for real)."

LOOK A LITTLE MORE LIKE THIS LIST...........................

1. Will be willingto have sex with me after she drinks 5 or six beers

AND YOUR GONNA BE ALL GOOD........

SERIOUSLY I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FUCK Dostoyevsky IS?
WAR AND PEACE? IS THAT HIM?
FUCK THAT DUDE.....

So I've finally decided to give up Counter-Strike and mix cds and start talking to girls again.

I'm so for real right now it's not even funny.

It's been about a year since I last had a serious girlfriend and since then I've became really good at Counter-Strike and made about 15 mix cds. I make about two or three a month depending on what I'm feeling (the lab even carries about eight of them... seriously).

It's hard getting back on that horse (incidentally this is not a joke/pun). I’m not a total loser I have gone out with a few girls since I’ve moved up here but I can’t get with that fake lower east side… well I’m not going to get into that.

I’m just getting a little bored with the nerdy record digging and cleaning monotony. Does it really matter how many copies of blah blah blah you have or promo Loud singles... no... well yeah... NO SERIOUSLY IT DOESN"T.

Holler at me with some advice, seriously, my brain is so full of Motown and NY disco knowledge (along with owning at CS and TTL inventory) right now everything else has disappeared... I don't even know if there was anything in there in the first place though.

Seriously get at me with some advice, interesting submissions will get you some free stuff from the lab if it A: works or B: makes me laugh. But keep in mind these are the kind of girls I usually like so no R. Kelly guidance:

1. Must like Diana Ross and disco (or at lease 80's R and B, I'm dead serious, I can't get with anyone who can't recognize!).
2. Must read books (No, Dostoyevsky, what??!?!?!??!?!?!s).
3. Must recycle (seriously, well sorta, must have an equal amount of love and hate for the environment and people for that matter).
4. Must have found both humor and seriousness in the film (or book see number 2.) "American Psycho" and or just liked the movie "Breaking the Waves (i.e. we need to be on the same emotional level, for real)."

drpitts @ gmail . com

It's physical... It's mental.

I feel bad for Pete so I dug up an old friend for him...............

If you are really tred of being in charge....... why not let someone else take
Charge of you.........

my life sucks right now. I get probably close to 100 solicitations a day for shit (and I'm not talking about customer service). buy this. do me a favor. check on this... I literally get 50 emails a day with some weak ass request. I've resorted to not picking up my phone (seriously). Don't get me wrong, it's an essential part of a business like ours (read: don't stop bothering me) and a lot friends ask me for stuff (which I don't mind), but at this point I could give a fuck. I just want to watch Korea fucking destroy old man Zindane and the Frenchies, watch every European team lose in the World Cup, eat freaking fresh cherries, smash large iced coffees, get tremendous bjs, and ride my bike.

Therefore, if you are going ask me for anything this summer:
- make sure it's about something substantial
- if it's about business don't bother me unless it involves a minimum of 50% margins
- don't call me, email me.
- don't expect an immediate answer.
- don't want to check no cloned-out t-shirt lines
- definitely don't want to hear about your indy rap group

i'll be back to normal in the fall,
just let me enjoy my summer.

it's ironic, Pitts just walked in and asked me something as I was writing this,
but if you read this, I wasn't aiming this at you, dog!

(ps. im not usually this salty, it's been a rough week)

About to jump on the plane back to La La Land. But before I go I thought I would share with you the 5 basic lessons I learned djing in Tokyo this weekend.

1. If they say your going to dj till 9am… your djing till 9am or your answering to the Yakuza.

2. This is not the time to play that Japanese song that you just know will kill it. I played a Larry Levan remix of some late 80’s Japanese house track and all of a sudden felt as though I had just played their equivolent to “Getting Jiggy Wit It.” (Yas just gave me that “you should have asked me first” look).

3. If a girl asks you if you like girls with big tits, don’t be the nice guy and say “no.” It means she has a girlfriend with big tits that wants the hook up (holler if you hear me!*).

(the fox on the far right is actually Yas' first girl in 7 years)

4. $160 ain’t getting you very far with my boy Carlos out here.

5. My favorite Japanesse posse is officially “2 Much Crew.” They’re banned from almost every club in Tokyo cause they once pulled down the entire dj booth at some spot. Once they heard the words “Three-6-Mafia” come out the speakers it was over.

(this dude kept jumping over the front of the booth to fuck with the eq, He has the same haircut as Yas, so I never stopped him in time)

Bonus Lesson: You can play whatever you want and the crowd will go with it, but if one snare drum is off in a mix it’s a wrap!

Thank You Thank You to everyone who made this trip what it was, AWESOME!!! Especially Udon and Dai for the gigs, Oddjobs, Utero, Yuko and of course Roger.

*this is a No Limit refrence to keep in line with the latest blog style.

WOODMAN........sent me this link of some fucking total electro douchebags kissing each others asses in Paris.....
Uffie sucks and these dudes all look like total shit bags but I can't lie, they do a good job making it look like fun......
I like some of this shit tho I cant front.....
But not into Uffie....... Kinda Reminds me of that show Full House......
50 bucks says hardly any of these fucks can put two records together.......
But......... at least they are not putting these two records together......

its not 80 Cent....... but its probably the most annoying thing to look at EVER.....
Is it required that all former backpackers overcompensate for their backpacker ness with Koreshian devotion to shitty gangster rap?

I gotta say tho.... I'll take electro hipsters over the fake syrup sippers any day......

MUCH MUCH MUCH BETTER POONTANG AT ELECTRO SHIT.........

SO IM CHALLENGING ALL THE OTHER BLOGGERS TO CHIME IN..........

ELECTRO HIP OR SYRUP SIP?

WOODY IS IN MY CORNER FOR SURE.......

I watched Criss Angel's show for the first time last night, and although the dude looks like a massive chunk of Gouda, he does some pretty incredible shit. he pulled this girl in half in front of a bunch of people in the park, and the girl started running away on her hands and the feet kept wiggling (anybody else see that?)....

but you gotta love the internet...
ever wondered how he did this?

********
magic revealed

challenge.

i think the whole cassette thing got me in the record mood.
you've heard us mention Bogman's infamous Romanian (and European) breaks...
here's a glimpse from a never posted Record Check.
sweet covers.

a spanish magazine recently asked me to take part in an article about personal favorite record covers. didn't feel like going through the collection, but this one stuck out immediately. This was designed in in 1987, but you would never know... nice type. plenty of neg space, etc. I especially love the “Dirty Rapps Inside” warning in the corner...

what about that caddy tho?

awwyeah

aww yeah?.

Those cassettes are untouchable!

Here's a peek at some loops we came across while photographing a certain recording studio in Manhattan. More picts in the next issue of RE:UP.

...and the obligatory fan boy move to get that opening spot on the Hollertronix tour?!??!

ALL DAY, EVERYDAY!!!

The track "Warsaw" was recorded by Joy Division in 1978.

WOW MORE FAN BOYS..........

Some dude thinks he knows more about some random hip hop shit than me, (wich he does) so he e-mails PH to be like some fucking fan boy.
For the record, The shirt is from when it was No Limit TRU.........
never claimed to know everything about Master P, but I know a whole lot about looking good......
Losers always jump at the chance to be like "Oh Oh Oh I know more about that than you......"

I will probably do this exact same thing soon when Woody claims some song is from 78 when really its from december 77.....

Oh well...... NICE TAPES.......... FELLOW LOSER.........

If your gonna step to me about this shirt....... step with some flics of u in a Fly T-Shirt not some shitty tapes you probably paid way to much for on e-bay.

Rember..... even if your shirt is flyer than mine..... u still have to take into account.........my slim slender body......boyish good looks........sexy man boy pseudo beard.......and Eric From the grind caliber sex appeal....... basically if you wanna top me.... your gonna need a shirtless Josh Hartnet holding some really crazy rare T-Shirt like the put it in your mouth/ fuck me for free promo T

THE ROC

PS.... not trying to start anything, I like your blog and you know a lot more than me about deleted UGK singles, and Master P tapes from the bay.......

Oh yea... and those tapes are fucking dope as shit....... but its still irrelevent to my shirt but still..... fucking dope....

don't want to bring up the blog beef again (or ever, so juvenile?)
but Gstackin Matt sent me this, which I found to be very interesting.
I love cassette collections...

"To Pete, Jasper, or who ever reads this pass this on...PLEASE PLEASE let me school Roctacon on TRU (in a friendly no-beef kinda way). Give me Andy's e-mail, or let me drop some knowledge on the blog.

TRU was originally started in the Bay, more specifically Richmond California. And it stood for The Real Untouchables. None of the goons Roc cited were in the original group.

I don't think he's ready for my collection of early Master P & TRU tapes..."

My earliest 'P release "Jack of the Jackers" single from the album "Get Away Clean" (1991)

Get Away Clean (1991)...

Christmas in the Ghetto...

I'm Goin Big Time (1992)...

Trust NO Body...

Mamma's Bad Boy

Get your Jackson Pollock on.

don't forget it's 3-6 day

system d128 sent me this link for the remix video he did of the hollertronix remix.

just saw that the hamburger eyes site posted their pics from the
show at our LA store. pretty sweet.

I met this guy and his wife at the local Smart & Final when we bought
beer buckets. They came with their daughter and drank bud cans and
bought 3 photos.

selections from the show will soon be available for online purchase.

that's estevan oriol and ray hamburger potes outside the store.

Last night at Sway the WOODSMAN brought PHF (pure hot fire)


Had to stop these girls from grinding him

Neil Nice was all "Yo Son, are you gonna put me on the blog?" Yeah son!!

ever thought about boning your cousin?

WOW.... ANOTHER MOVIE EVERYONE EXCEPT WOODY HAS SEEN 10 TIMES............

Woodman... what the hell did you do from like 13-21? How did u miss all this shit....?

Let me have your attention for a moment!

So you're talking about what? You're talking about......bitching about that sale you shot, some son of a bitch that doesn't want to buy, somebody that doesn't want what you're selling, some broad you're trying to screw and so forth. Let's talk about something important. Are they all here?

Well, I'm going anyway. Let's talk about something important! Put! That coffee! Down!!

Coffee's for closers only.

Do you think I'm fucking with you?

I am not fucking with you. I'm here from downtown. I'm here from Mitch and Murray. And I'm here on a mission of mercy. Your name's Levene? You call yourself a salesman, you son of a bitch?

You certainly don't pal. 'Cause the good news is -- you're fired. The bad news is you've got, all you got, just one week to regain your jobs, starting tonight. Starting with tonights sit.

Oh, have I got your attention now? Good. 'Cause we're adding a little something to this months sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anyone want to see second prize? Second prize's a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired. You get the picture? You're laughing now? You got leads. Mitch and Murray paid good money. Get their names to sell them! You can't close the leads you're given, you can't close shit, you ARE shit, hit the bricks pal and beat it 'cause you are going out!!!

'The leads are weak.' Fucking leads are weak? You're weak. I've been in this business fifteen years.

FUCK YOU, that's my name!! You know why, Mister? 'Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight, I drove a eighty thousand dollar BMW. That's my name!!

And your name is "you're wanting." And you can't play in a man's game. You can't close them.

And you go home and tell your wife your troubles.

Because only one thing counts in this life! Get them to sign on the line which is dotted! You hear me, you fucking faggots!

A-B-C. A-always, B-be, C-closing. Always be closing! Always be closing!!

A-I-D-A. Attention, interest, decision, action.
Attention -- do I have your attention?
Interest -- are you interested? I know you are because it's fuck or walk. You close or you hit the bricks!
Decision -- have you made your decision for Christ?!!
And action.

A-I-D-A; get out there!! You got the prospects comin' in; you think they came in to get out of the rain? Guy doesn't walk on the lot unless he wants to buy. Sitting out there waiting to give you their money! Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it? What's the problem pal? You. Moss.

You see this watch? You see this watch?... That watch cost more than your car. I made $970,000 last year. How much you make? You see, pal, that's who I am. And you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you -- go home and play with your kids!!

You wanna work here? Close!! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can't take this -- how can you take the abuse you get on a sit?! You don't like it -- leave. I can go out there tonight with the materials you got, make myself fifteen thousand dollars! Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can you?!! Go and do likewise! A-I-D-A!! Get mad! You sons of bitches! Get mad!!

...

You know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes brass balls to sell real estate. Go and do likewise, gents. The money's out there, you pick it up, it's yours. You don't--I have no sympathy for you. You wanna go out on those sits tonight and close, close, it's yours. If not you're going to be shining my shoes. Bunch of losers sitting around in a bar. "Oh yeah, I used to be a salesman, it's a tough racket."

These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. And to you, they're gold. And you don't get them. Because to give them to you is just throwing them away.

They're for closers.

I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it. And to answer your question, pal: why am I here? I came here because Mitch and Murray asked me to, they asked me for a favor. I said, the real favor, follow my advice and fire your fucking ass because a loser is a loser.

************************

Amazing.

eat a dick, ziggin! hoody hoo!! TRU fans know what up.

Truce.
M

I know were not supposed to post flyers, but this was too major...

Second Cousins (Blu Jemz & Roger Yamaha) playing from midnight-9am in Tokyo this Friday! venue info

... than Ge-ology and Jemz bring Time Warp to Tokyo on Saturday Night! venue info

also be on the lookout for:

Second Cousins Present: Rush Part II (the after party) &
Second Cousins Vs. Metal On Metal "Originators vs. Innovators" Tour...
ALL COMING THIS FALL!!!!

Lastly everybody's always complaining that the West Coast Lab doesn't blog enough. That's because while your arguing over uTube clips and t-shirt contests (even though I gotta admit I'm feeling the No Limit all-over print) were too busy doing this...

ALL DAY, EVERYDAY!!!

Frog Im over the beef......

He got slayed, all good

BUT.... I will stand behind the Tru shirt as one of the best T's worn in 2006.

TRU is Master P's old group, of him Silk Shocker, and C-Murder....
That is not an aNYthing shirt...... It was found for The Roc in Indiana.... and custom fitted to my sexy body........
You might not understand it............

but I don't understand any of the Sports Shit these jocks your down with post up.....

so.... basicaly
Roc 3
dude 0

still......

please frogman says peace in the middle east.

this is not a message board for you to call each other ass hairs.

however, those were two rather pathetic posts
mike - that tv thing did suck. sorry stef.
roc- I dont know what the fuck you're whiling about with the shirt
but it just looks like another ass hammer all-over print to me.
and that picture is gay.
and mike pt2- hate to steal any thunder from this epic battle, but
andy doesnt work for us.

where's lloydski to cease this beef before somebody
really gets swiss cheesed up?

BITCH MOVE...............

POSTING PRIVATE E-MAIL

THAT DUDE IS NOT MY BOSS,

I DON'T FUCKING WORK FOR THE LAB? ARE U KIDDING....

COZY UP TO PH AND MABY HE'LL LET YOU OPEN FOR HOLLERTRONIX...............

A LIFE LONG DREAM COME TRU FOR SOME SHITTY MID WEST FAN BOY............

AND YOU PIGGY BACKED ON MY U O JOKE....... PATHETIC.....

STOP PLAYING YOUR SELF.......

ROCTAKON.....3

SHITTY MIDWEST DUDE.......0

SO I DON'T NEED GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH TO SHOW YOU WHO YOUR BOSS VOTED FOR..........

IS URBAN OUTFITTERS HIRING?

SO I DON'T NEED PHOTO SHOP TO MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A TOTAL ASS HOLE.............................

NICE HEADPHONES.......................

SALE AT URBAN OUTFITTERS?...................

My Man..... If you're gonna post this kinda shit, don't follow it up with a ludicrous fashion shoot photo.

For this whole week, download my edit of Lidell Townsell's "Nu Nu."

It is so hot that even fire runs away in terror.

FOR THE NEXT 6 DAYS, DOWNLOAD IT HERE

I'm sure the entire world has seen X-Men 3 by now. So horribly disappointing. It is some cripplingly bad shit. Good thing Bryan Singer and the dude who played Cyclops both left in the middle to do Superman. Superman is a gay anachronism for 2 skinny Jewish guys unconsciously playing up the German ideal of the Nazi concept of the pure-blooded perfect person. The X-Men are a significantly more relevant metaphor for awkward teenage-ness. Argh! Brett Ratner WTF?

The movie was basically a dick-slap to the face of America. Warren Worthington III AKA Angel? Way to function only as a weak transition between scenes and as a tenuous plot point. Dude was essentially a star-wipe between scenes.

Going to see another comic-based movie "Art School Confidential" tonight... will probably also suck if you believe Nathan Rabin and his croneys at the Onion A/V Club (which I almost always do). Nothing left to do I guess but buy and watch season 2 of Arrested Development.

This could be great news for D.C. fans... Mark Brunell broke his index finger and will be out for a month, i might be getting too excited, but this could be the start of the Jason Campbell era.

ps - i need a job, holla at me, i got mad skillz.

T-SHIRTS ARE OFFICALLY OVER.
I KILLED IT......
IT'S DONE THROW EM OUT.......
NO MORE....
ROCTAKON HAS DONE IT.....
SERIOUSLY STOP WHAT YOUR DOING......
SEND YOUR T-SHIRT COMPANY INTO CHAPTER 11 CAUSE IT A WRAP SON...

THAT IS A VINTAGE TRU SHIRT RE-SIZED TO FIT THE "SLIM SLENDER" ROCTAKON BODY TYPE......

IM KINDA LIKE IF THOSE DUDES IN WIERD SCIENCE ONLY PUT ONE COPY OF THAT CNN SONG "INVINCIBLE" INTO THEIR COMPUTER AND TRIED TO MAKE A PERSON....... KELLY LEBROC WOULD NOT POP OUT IT WOULD JUST BE ME......... IN THAT SHIRT.....

SO, YOUTUBE IS AMAZING

I can find a video of high school girls dancing to any current hit record. They start doing snap dances and I get really excited thinking that they are gonna take off their T-Shirts and dance around in their Bras but they never do. I mean only High School seniors that are over the age of 18.......

Kleenexmaterial

10 Minn in to the Bay Area Vinyl thing..........

So Far nothing to do with Vinyl......

Yo This SHIT BLOWS........

Nice Samba Record Asshole......

Dude its Turntable Lab....... NY.......LA

NO FRISCO.........

Oh sweet a Really rare record from Beleze!!!!!!!!!!!

how long does the Groove Merchant guy spend getting his eyebrows waxed?

My Man..... If your gonna post this kinda shit make sure you post a disclaimer, "Hey here is a lame ass video from the Bay Area...... To Laugh At!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out the debut episode of VETV, a 16 minute program made for and by hip hop vinyl enthusiasts (since you're reading the Turntable Lab blog, chances are very good that this category includes you).

Hosted by DJ Stef of Vinyl Exchange, Episode 001 features interviews with Eddie K, DJ Marz, Mark at Future Primitive, DJ Rascue, Cool Chris of Groove Merchant, and will teach you how to make a WHAT IT DO.

YEEEEEEEEEE!!!

The $20 Hackey Sack Pyramid

Tonight!
June 2nd, 2006
Woofer Overload
Featuring DJ sets by:
--> Egg Foo Young
--> Coin Op (super rare appearance)
--> Unjust (FL)

Sub Tonic
107 Norfolk St.
L.E.S.
NYC
11pm-4am

"None of that watered down Williamsburg electro, this will be real 808 bass music, new to old, expect to hear Dynamix II, Anthony Rother, Quad City DJs, Soul Oddity, Mr. Velcro Fastner, Maggotron, and even some Cold Fusion Mafia. Florida will be in the building, and square dancing is encouraged."
-Sherb Herbshirt IV

Starring, apparently, the "Woodsman."

king sizzy and chuck stickin it to the building management company.

so the shipping department has started taking an afternoon break. it's only like 10 minutes and technically we're still working since we're unloaded our (your) packages on to the UPS truck, but man if that little exit from the cramped office doesn't just make us more productive in the subsequent hours. i think it does. despite this amazing concept and the summer lag that we know is right around the corner, Rainey quit. Maybe he could see his future self, haggard and completely sick of records, and decided to exit while he still had some sense of direction.

Best of luck, you fashionista. We'll always have the Rompe remix. So we had a few beers. To keep his edge for the lady, and much to delight of the Tums family, Sizzle was "counteracting" the effects of the Corona with large coffees. ????!!?? no lie. bonus points for guessing which dude is Pitts....
and nobody@nobody.com...fuck your couch.

don't know how it happened, but our unofficial steez for our stores has been no signage or banners. we gave in on the Los Angeles store and installed this awning today. I'm feeling a little ambiguous.

the day after the show,
frogman and I drove down to venice.

I've driven by this place several times in Santa Monica, and was always fascinated by the exterior. Rare Science Fiction? The opaque metallic window treatment is also very 60s sci-fi. Frogman stopped the car and I ventured inside for the first time. I was not disappointed at all, if anything this place exceeded my imagination. It was not some glorified comic store, but the real deal secret society type place filled with really rare books (many in the thousands of dollar range) cased in classy wood and glass shelves. There were lots of other crazy things in there, but I could not put my head around the scene. The lone person in there was an old Hasid, whom I presumed was Barry Levin, the owner of the shop (Hasids run everything!)

I managed to get the biz card, which provides more info on this mysterious place.

I love the description of the guest lounge:
"The guest lounge is behind the sales floor, a small comfortable room, with leather and oak furniture, a small refrigerator stocked with champagne, and two safes."

also make sure to check out the catalog section (click on the cameras to get pictures of the books), and check out books like this $4000 one from Harlan Ellison.

also drove by Frank Gehry-designed Chiat/Day building. "Ok, I'm gonna put this huge pair of binoculars in front of your building... you are going to have to trust me on this." The design has definitely stood the test of time (and the 80s). Still one of my favorites.

Had to go check out the drum circle on Venice Beach. This old dude was killing it in his red jumpsuit. The most interesting aspect of this drum circle was the number and diversity of people with instruments. There were over 50 players with everything from a full drum kit to small homemade trinkets.

There's always gonna be one of these in a drum circle. The fugly, loose hippy chick who dances so hard but dances so bad.

Muscle Beach in Venice is the weirdest thing ever. Every dude thinks he's Adonis, working out in front of a crowd who doesn't even know why they are watching (me included). This dude was the worst. He was chatting it up with the crowd, then he would get in the middle and do these hulk-type yells while pulling curls. Dude is not even that big....

at this point, I realized that taking pictures of all these weirdos was pointless.