Dash On Etsy

Ok lets try out this etsy thing everyone is so hot on, i got the "from the inside out" print up, we'll see what kinda numbers it does.  http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19050798

Enjoy.

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DS series SprayCan Lamps now at Crewest

What up yall, man in a mad rush to get these out and i finally got down to see Mr Manone, and dropped off a few of the Latest Lamps.  Its DS Wavie......hahahah

these are a take off the print i did for the printed show, so ya myse well pick up a print that goes with the lamp, i think there are a few left.

Enjoy

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110 Winston St, Los Angeles, CA‎ -(213) 627-8272‎

Map to Crewest

"PRINTED" this saturday dec 6th at crewest (first run sold out)

So me and the cats from printed are showing at the crewest gallery in downtown, come thru, its gonna be fun on a bun.....

MAP

On Deck Part duo

the "On Deck" video

Raekwon rocking at the show, we took off sorta early but you can see the deck in the bkground

fucking Eye just putts this shit together nice

enjoy.....

VIMBY - Akomplice Release Party ft. Raekwon at Tradition

Gentrification from the perspective of the "devil"s advocate

Ok first and foremost, i'am a white guy.....(well Italian and Indian, but i look pretty white, mmm that's to be discussed later, never got turned down for a loan or got my ass kicked by the police so yea i guess i'am white, i'll play the card)

I have been hearing my to do do about gentrification, and for some reason i just don't understand why its a bad thing.  

I mean you got a shitty neighborhood with gangs, fucked up roads, graffiti and a run down set of shops, why not refresh that shit.

Los Angeles in general is a wash of beige and grey with a lot of repetition, mexican restaurant mexican restaurant, gun store, church, liquor store, strip mall, etc, or Starbucks, whole foods, jamba juice, etc.  Run down house with rusty chain link or new condos with bamboo in the front yard.

So which do you prefer, i mean if you had the money which would you prefer.  I went to whole foods yesterday in Venice and i gotta say it was nicer than the big lots that was there.

The bums that used to hang around the big lots for the most part are gone, the area is starting to clean up, people are walking there dogs again, and for the most part its safer than it was in the days of the oak wood crips and dope slanging and gang violence of the late 80s early 90's.

I cant see how this is a bad thing, the Mexican people that live in the neighborhood ain't gangsters, they fucking working class people who like walking they dogs to.  Don't like bullshit in they hood where their kids are growing up.

The Venice area is one example, Silver lake, Eagle rock, Highland park are all going thru a change, a flux, a renewal.  Hipsters, Artist, and Bohemians are always the first wave, and generally integrate into the neighborhood fairly well.  Everyone starts doing home improvement, people start keeping up their lawns, and the neighborhood get a art gallery and few coffee shops.  Why is this a problem i don't get it.

One thing i have noticed that i cant explain is that it only seems to be in the Spanish (mexican)areas of Los Angeles, this could possibly be to white and black peoples self imposed segregation i'am not shure, but it does seem to the norm.

Los Angeles is such a weird fucking place sometimes, we are the most culturally diverse yet the most segregated at the same time.

Well that's my anthropology rant for now, leave a comment if you agree disagree, its an open topic with me, i'am interested to hear other views.