Yesterday I received an e-mail from a friend on Going.com saying that Ladytron would be doing a guest DJ set at All Star Lanes in Eagle Rock. Needless to say, I was a total skeptic.
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Upper Playground LA, along with Mister Cartoon and Estevan Oriol’s respective retail spaces, “The Last Laugh,” will be celebrating their grand opening tomorrow, May 31, from 1—8PM. Come down to Skid Row and enjoy the fun.

As well as the three retail spaces celebrating their grand opening, a fourth retail space, serving as a revolving concept space next door to UP LA and “The Last Laugh,” will occupied by Roland Sands Designs. During the open house, it will feature a display of custom motorcycles from 1998 AMA 250cc Champion-turned motorcycle designer Roland Sands and limited-edition fashion pieces from designer and model Tony Ward’s line, Six in the Face.

Upper Playground LA will also be unveiling their FIFTY24LA Gallery, with an opening show featuring the works of Usugrow, Sam Flores, Jeremy Fish, David Choe, Herbert Baglione, San, Retna, Saber, Alex Pardee, Ron English, Doze Green, Slick, Armsrock and David Ellis.

Upper Playground & The Last Laugh
125 E. 6th Street (between S. Main St. and S. Los Angeles St.)
Downtown Los Angeles, California

We’d like to congratulate Neu Black reader Nic Legget on winning a laser engraved Moleskin notebook from our friends at Engrave for taking our readership survey.
We have one more of these to give away and this lovely print from Scott Hansen of Iso50 (see above). To win just complete our Readership Survey.

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Chris Nicholls is no stranger to the fashion world. His images line the pages of Elle magazine and frame the essence of companies like M.A.C Cosmetics, Lord & Taylor, and Holt Renfrew to name just a few. Nicholls has a unique way of capturing an era, no matter the period. Originally from the U.K. he spent most of his youth in Canada and currently splits his time between New York, his work, and Toronto, his home.
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The streets of West Hollywood will be packed over in honor of the 11th Annual Art & Design Walk which kicks off this Saturday, May 31, 2008. The Avenues of Art & Design are located along Melrose Avenue, Robertson and Beverly Boulevards. They are the West Coast’s premier destination of interior design studios, art galleries, showrooms, specialty shops and restaurants. Art Afficianados, Stylephiles, and Home Fashionistas alike will be toasting to the latest trends in design, fashion, art, and beauty during this mile long open house. Admission is free and Urth Café will provide free coffee drinks and tea as well as free Fiji Bottled Water that will be handed out at the six hospitality stations throughout the Avenues. Meters will not be enforced that day, so we are going to try for a front spot to purchase that couch we’ve been eyeing at Armani Casa.

For more info you can check out the official 11th Annual Art & Design brochure, click here to download the pdf.

Love the Robot is the digital canvas for illustrator Phil Dunne. At the ripe old age of 26 Phil is quite the accomplished Irishman. Candy Collective called him “the most exciting up and coming talent in Ireland today.” I can’t say that we disagree.

I think what I love most about this site is, it’s not only a portfolio site for Dunne. Much of the best work on this site is personal and listed as a creative outlet. I love the idea that the sketch book makes a seamless transition onto the site, almost literally.

Via Design You Trust

We knew when we first saw Jeff Han’s demonstration of multi touch screen technology at TED that it was going to change the game. We found these videos of a product designer Scott Hobbs using his new creation, the Attigo to scratch his Mp3’s to pieces.We can wait to see what happens when you can add a third screen with an 808 to go along with these. We know, we know, you’re a DJ purist and don’t ever want to let your vinyl go. But consider, all your electronic sounds come from a computer before they hit the wax, so why not skip the middle man? We’re Just sayin.

Thanks to our friends at Dustbowl for the tip.

Check out this hot, new, Limited Edition print courtesy of the fabulous Scott Hansen. “I see Barack Obama as a leader who can inspire people to effect change and who himself can effect change. As an artist, it was only natural for me to want to create something that visually echoed these sentiments. I wanted to create an image that evoked the ideals I feel are central to our needs at this critical time in history: change, progress and hope. Because Barack Obama represents all three of these things to me, I felt compelled to express that through my work.” Hansen expressed. Hansen is the second artist to be asked to donate his talent to the Artists for Obama Gallery. The first was Shepard Fairey, you can check out that piece here.

You can purchase this print at the Official Site for Barack Obama for $70, and all proceeds go to the Barack Obama Campaign.

We just stumbled on to the motherload of Radiohead remixes through our friends over at Huster or Culture. We’re about halfway down the list and we are so not disappointed with this.
This list includes one track off the Amplive remixes everyone loved when we posted about a little while back. You can find the rest of them here.