watching this video gave me the chills. despite only have been in los angeles for four years, nearly every major building was recognizable. every skyscraper in the sad, downtown skyline; every traffic congested highway; every shot from the looming Hollywood hills. los angeles was where i first tasted independence & never looked back. so many wonderful memories are imbedded in every nook and cranny of this city… every damn day my heart aches to go home. to revisit the familiarities i grew accustomed to and the friends who became family, but alas, that is the complacency i sought so desperately to escape. one day, just not now.
“Street Art of the Day: Street artist Shepard Fairey and colleague Romeo Trinidad were attacked by two menoutside a nightclub in Copenhagen over a mural he recently erected in the city.
Collaborating with the Copenhagen-based V1 gallery, Fairey — best known for designing the the Barack Obama “Hope” poster — installed a mural commemorating the 2007 city-ordered demolition of the iconic Ungdomshuset(Youth House) on Jagtvej 69 — a well-known meeting spot for leftist groups.
But, according to Fairey, a misunderstanding over the mural’s intentions and a false report that the artwork was commissioned by the city led the defacing of the piece with the words “go home Yankee hipster,” and incited at least two men to beat up Fairey and his friend while shouting “Obama illuminati” and “go back to America.”
“It looked to the people at 69 like I was cooperating with the authorities, making a propaganda piece to smooth over the wound,” Fairey, who sustained a black eye and bruised rib, told The Guardian.
He went back to the vandalized mural with former Youth House members and revised it with scenes of riot police and explosions, along with the words “nothing forgotten, nothing forgiven.”
Fairey says he does not plan to report the attack to the police because he didn’t know them or get a good look at their faces. “I’m not a huge fan of the cops anyway,” he added. “The only thing I could see coming out of it was further media commentary like ‘street artist whiner Shepard Fairey can’t hold it down in a fight so he snitches to the cops’.”
[guardian / streetartnews.]”
jacket. want.
A late (but oh so perfect) edition of Pharrell Friday.
holy gorgeous.
Diamond Supply Co. makes the comfiest tees I’ve ever stolen from a guy. SUPER EXCITED FOR YOU SCOTT <3
the perfect mix of contemporary and rustic. all white everything. (i may have reblogged this already, haha)
so cute.
VC’s glory years in TDot were when I lived there as a young buck, newly acquainted to the English language and all the excitement the NBA had to offer. Him (and TMAC) were my favorite players until Allen Iverson single-handedly took the Sixers to the finals in ‘01. MAN. Basketball was my LIFE. I can relive almost any memory hoops related as if they happened yesterday… even though it’s been 4+ years since I’ve run a game on asphalt or hardwood.
WANT. THOSE. BRACELETS!!!
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signing the lease on my NYC apartment today. feeling: nervous/scared/anxious/nostalgic/broke/excited/hungry.