Legends of Style, not your father's art!

This is it, the event of the half year. Thankfully the art gods smile on us and this showcase of urban art, dance, music, and fashion comes twice a year instead of annually. I don't know what I'd do if I had to wait an entire year after every Legends of Style event for the next lesson in my favorite sort of art.

Our parents and grandparents have the classics, which I am by no means shunning here, but today is all about urban art, street fashion, city life, and being a KID ABOUT TOWN. Our generation sees beauty in an increasing amount of talent scrawled on subway beams, alley walls, and otherwise bland buildings. I cheer at the defacing of mindless corporate messages, replaced with the aerosol expressions of someone pressed to spray their mind before the American gestapo comes and tares them down.

I'm talking about everything urban from art to style. Legends of Style is the showcase of our urban artists.

Obviously I've done a lot of digging. I pulled together photographs of past Legends of Style events, videos of the parties, press releases for the latest event and its theme "Surreal City," plus I have samples of work from a few of the artists who'll be showcasing this April 20th.

First checkout the most recent Legends of Style gallery. The photographer did a great job, not only capturing the party, but also with shots of an array of the artwork that was displayed.

That'll keep you busy for awhile, editing and uploading took a lifetime. Thankfully batch automation exists.

Next are the past Legends of Style videos. The first one here is from Legends of Style 3 which took place on October 8th, 2005:

This second video is of Legends of Style 2, from April 16th, 2005:

I'll skip the official press releases, trust me, its not really edge of your seat reading... and if you've read this far you got the idea. For a preview of the upcoming talent that will be visiting Legends of Style on 420... the official website presents it better than I care to try. Head to LegendsofStyle.net for information on nearly every artist taking part.

CD Release Party BONANZA!

There is a sudden storm of record release parties approaching along with the NYC DJs flooding the Future Classic roster in the next few weeks. This Friday at Revolution Rock Bar, LCD Soundsystem's latest album will be available while DJ Frank White spins.

LCD Soundsystem's Single, "North American Scum," in WIDE SCREEN AND HIGH DEFINITION:

http://www.futureclassic.net

April is not for Fools

Damn kids, April is workin' up to be a wicked fackin' pissah! No joke though, we've still got, what, over a week of March left, but Revolution Rock Bar to the rescue with their Future Classic Fridays. DJ Cat with her pussy-esque parties followed by Oxy Cottontail and... well... the obvious colorful pills alone make me wanna cream myself:

Hearthrob Vol.1

I missed the release party for the new Hearthrob DVD mix... back in February I think. I'm not sure "mix" is the proper name for this near seizure inducing collection of visuals and blood pumping beats, though. Don't take the tone there wrong, this "volume 1" mash pleasantly exceeded my expectations of the Hearthrob guys. Sensitive Hand, Redfoxx, Baltimoroder, and Morgan Louis all put toge-- actually fuck it. I managed to find a shitty copy on planet Google, so formulate your own opinions:



Wasn't that a fun 49 minutes and 5 seconds? They killed the Roxy when we had them for the Masquerade Ball and Fashion Show by 280 Studios. Not the normal scene for the Roxy, but we wanted them!