Posted by The G on November 1, 2011 under Street Art | 
Photo by G.
Obey Thoven
Did you know that November is National Beethoven Awareness month? You didn’t? Well, you are welcome. November 1, 2011 is also the day that the Ultra Deluxe Box Set of U2′s best album “Achtung Baby” comes out. Disc 6 is the jewel of the package, according2g. An entirely different version of the album as the songs from U2′s most creative album were still being worked out. Sounds great and it also proves that part of U2′s genius is the producer they pick to refine their sound, as you will hear. I mention U2 because the poster for the deluxe box set as well as the docmentary “From the Sky Down” is pictured next to Obey Thoven.
Now you’ve learned two things today.
Tags: Achtung Baby, Advertisement, Beethoven, From The Sky Down, New York, Obey, Obey Thoven, Photo, Poster, Resissue, U2
Posted by The G on October 21, 2011 under Street Art |
Photo courtesy of Lab Art.
For Xterior Motives by Louis XXX and Gregory Siff. Now Showing at Lab Art
Los Angeles! Make sure you head down to Lab Art (217 South La Brea) for their latest exhibit “For Xterior Motives” featuring the art of Louis XXX and Gregory Siff!
The exhibit is open to the public! Go see it!
Posted by The G on October 19, 2011 under Street Art |
Photo courtesy of Desire Obtain Cherish.
#OccupyWallStreet. Desire. Obtain. Occupy. by Desire Obtain Cherish
The #OccupyYourCity movement is not just happening in every major city across the world. Awareness that the 1% is controlling the 99% (and that the tables are turning) is spreading across the internet too. Los Angeles based artist Desire Obtain Cherish is doing his part by offering a free download of his latest work “Desire. Obtain. Occupy” on his official website. Please repost, share on your favorite social networking sites, email to your friends and loved ones and at the very least – open up a dialogue about what is happening in the world and prepare to take action. Major change is about to take place and the time is now to choose a side. If you make less than $1,137,684 per year, you are one of the 99%. Pass it on!
Posted by The G on October 4, 2011 under G Reviews |
Photos by G.
George Harrison - Living In The Material World. Showing on HBO on October 5 and 6, 2011
Martin Scorsese’s documentary on George Harrison, “Living in the Material World,” made its US premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 4, 2011. The four hour documentary is a must see for all Beatles fans. There’s a ton of footage you’ve probably never seen before including home movies as well as newly recorded interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton and Tom Petty – just to name a few. The film is a fantastic portrait of a fantastic man. Obviously as he was a Beatle, he achieved fame and success that the majority of people on earth will never get to taste and yet he spent his life searching for inner peace. The first half of the documentary covers the Beatles and the second half explores his fascination with spirituality and shows great footage from his solo career.
Olivia Harrison
George’s widow, Olivia Harrison was present to introduce the film and afterwards, Martin Scorsese, Olivia and some of the key film makers did a question and answer session. Spotted at the premiere were Eric Idle, Adrian Grenier, Rita Wilson, Fisher Stevens and Wes Anderson. The film will air on HBO on October 5 and 6th, so make sure you catch it!
Olivia Harrison, Martin Scorsese
Tags: 2011, Beatles, Documentary, George Harrison, HBO, Images, Living In The Material World, Martin Scorsese, New York, New York Film Festival, October 4, Olivia Harrison, Photos, Poster, Premiere, Review, US
Posted by The G on October 3, 2011 under Street Art |
Photo courtesy of The Site Unscene.
Project Remember Bring The Troops Home. October 13, 2011. DTLA Artwalk
Los Angeles! On October 13th, 2011 The Site Unscene in conjunction with Brave New Foundation is proud to announce the launch of street activist LEBA’s public art project “PROJECT: REMEMBER, Giving the fallen soldiers of the Afghanistan war a voice.”
The project, which kicks off during The Downtown LA Art Walk atop five of Gallery Row’s tallest buildings, was created to raise awareness to and honor the lives of the US soldiers lost in Afghanistan. LEBA will lead five groups of volunteers in the evening hours of October 13th to release over 1600 balloons, each lit and tagged with the name of a fallen solider, from the rooftops of downtown LA. The impressively sized project is aimed at raising public awareness of the lives lost at war, and also to encourage public action to support and in engage in raising a voice to aide in return of the troops still in Afghanistan.
In addition to the balloon launch, The Loft Salon will be hosting a fundraising art show in conjunction with the project to raise money for the wounded soldiers at the Santa Fe Lofts, 560 S. Main Street, in the heart of the Downtown LA Art Walk. The show, which will be ground zero for the evening, will feature prominent and up & coming street artists from the Los Angeles area including Leba, Mear One, Destroy All Design, Lucky Bunny, Lexie Gehrke-Roach, Zombie, Mac DK, Insurgency Inc, Gregory Siff, Visual Narcotics, Dog Byte and more. and will run until 11:00pm the night of the project launch and is free to attend with art proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project. The exhibition runs through November 5th.
LEBA, one of LA’s most politically aware and responsible artists, states his concerns and why he was motivated to create PROJECT: REMEMBER,
“It has taken 10 years, 1600 United States military dead, and over 1 million civilians killed, to kill one man, Osama Bin Laden. Now that we’ve got him, it’s time to heal our country. Let’s support our troops by bringing them home, to their families and lives, before we add one more balloon to the sky.”
In preparation of the event, Brave New Foundation has built a fundraising project to help fund and spread the word of the inspiring event and to aide in the American troops’ return. You can view and support this campaign here.
In addition to the fundraising project, interested parties can also support the cause by simply visiting the PROJECT: REMEMBER website at http://projectremember.us and sign a petition that will be sent to Congress to request the return of our troops to home soil.
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