b-boys, i'm obsessed. u make me......yeah.

i got a chance to see planet bboy tonight, a documentary film about the culture the stories behind the breakdancers. you literally feel your heart swell when you watch this. passion here is uncontainable.

benson lee, i heart u.

http://www.planetbboy.com/

Jamie Drake

one of my new favorite artists. jamie drake.

i love what she said to me one night:

"i just like doing what i do. i don't have to be famous. it's really for myself. and if people like it, that's cool."

she's such a talented musician. she's playing at santa monica bar and grilled @ 7pm this thursday along with nicole ruby and mehman.

here's a sampler:


http://www.myspace.com/jamieelizabethdrake

Ye Rin Mok

i found this photographer through ffffound, and her photos are absolutely exquisite.

here are a few:

New York

i'm missing the east coast. a lot.

which doesn't make sense because santa monica basically has perfect weather, nice people (sometimes fake and flakey-but nice), the beach, my family ( a huge plus), and a large variety of terrain -- sick of LA? go to the desert, sick of the beach? go downtown, sick of traffic? go to Yosemite...bored? go to Disneyland--

cali has a share of its bads (materialism, shallowness, traffic, blah blah blah) but it's still very good to you. even the trees wave 'hi.'

i guess what i miss most about New York is culture. The museums, the sobering cold, the melancholy days,the art communities, all declare an environment where artists, poets, writers, musicians, actors thrive in.

Either that or i miss living with thirty crazy artists.. Glitter photoshoots, dinosaur parties, park lectures, Thursday art tours...and all that jazz.

These are a few of my favorite things.