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Yesterday Patrick and I took a mid-day trip to the Moca Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles to check out an art exhibit by the legendary contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. After learning that the exhibit was actually at the Geffen Contemporary at the Moca, and a brisk 20 minute walk we arrived at our destination. The exhibit was mind blowing to say the least and worth every step. Murakami, who works in both fine arts media such as painting; as well as digital and commercial media, transformed the gallery into another world. It was seriously like entering some form of Japanese outerspace. There was everything from adult content life-size sculptures, to the most intricate and colorful wall treatments, to psychedelic mushroom art, to full screen Kanye West music videos and Japanese Anime, and even his world renowned Louis Vuitton patterns. Before I entered, I really had no idea what I was in for, and when I left I was a different person. It was like entering an Adult version of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. If you live anywhere near the Los Angeles area, you must go check this out, apparantly the exhibit is up till February 11. So that should give most people enough time. After getting mentally transfixed, Patrick and I decided it was neccesary to hit up one of J town’s finest food establishments. After 40 minutes of waiting for some ramen and curry rice we chowed down heavily. I’m not sure if there was something in the ramen or if it was Murakami’s art, but something about all that Japanese in our afternoon, had us feelin peculiar.

Moca x Murakami

-GL

Our good friends Peter, Jae and Billy of Cassette are hosting CRASH MANSION tomorrow don’t sleep.

Guest List rsvp@houseofcassette.com

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This morning I went outside and picked up the paper and what did i see, a body-boarder grabbing a huge air off a barrel roll. This can mean only one thing, that the Wedge in Newport is going off. Since the beginning of the week there has been a strong south swell hitting Southern Cali shores. The Wedge is a combination of two waves that merge together, thrusting into a titanic slingshot that breaks with enough pounds per square inch to send any rider to the mat. It takes a south swell only, refracting the swell energy off the jetty and creating a sideways wave that slings across the beach and mates with the next wave in the set. The result is what locals fittingly call a “humping effect,” where the set waves jack, expand and release in unimaginable ways. The key to a good Wedge wave is the right swell interval. If the interval is just right, the side wave will hit the main swell at the perfect moment, causing it to “wedge.” Too short or too long an interval and the side wave will miss hitting the main peak. It’s not uncommon to see skim boarders, body-boarders and body surfers catching the side wave before it collides, resulting in ozone-depleting aerials, monstrous tubes and insane wipe outs. One last thing is that this wave breaks in about 2-3 feet of water so good luck, here is the forecast for the wedge today is 6-8 ft. – head high + to 3 ft. overhead and bring a wetsuit the water is a warm 62 degrees.

-PW

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Today I heard that our neighbors on Rosewood Ave Bobby & Ben Hundreds were going to be speaking to students of UCLA on the topics of Los Angeles fashion, culture, and how “The Hundreds” came to be. So I thought i would kill two birds with one stone and visit my sister Deborah who is a student there and see what Bobby & Ben had to say. The main idea behind this lecture was a crash course in marketing and business, he said that The Hundreds was started with only $900 bucks and a shed with a silk screening machine. The whole thing was really brief and he only spoke for about an hour, the funny thing was that half the crowd were Hypebeast kids that were taking mad notes with laptops and digital recorders. Over all I would have to say that is was cool to learn some of the history about how this LA brand from Rosewood Ave got started and grew to into LA icon. On another note this past MAGIC they both posted up for the MOSLEY TRIBES photo booth and posted up for us.

-PW

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ogAYUjZzmsY[/youtube] Found it…You gotta check out the car that rolls by in front of Undefeated. That things a piece of WOOD! -GL

Dont Sleep>>>

-PW

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On Sunday me and my wife cruised to the Lakers game at the Staples Center. Downtown is jumping off with many new attractions like Nokia Theater that just opened up, Olympic & Figueroa is the place to be. The Lakers were playing the Utah Jazz and i knew it was going to be a good game. Coming off the win from Phoenix they were pumped and came out strong. It is crazy that from 8 rows from court side you can hear the conversations of the players on the court. I have been to many games at the Staple Center but these seats were amazing, dead center and the view as stupendous. I just want to say thanks Jeannie Buss (GM Lakers) and Jeanette K. (WPCC) for the tickets you made my week.

-PW

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So I was chillin out watching the highly anticipated Colts vs. Patriots game this weekend when it cut to the first commercial; to my great surprise I instantly noticed the likes of Alife Rivington Club, Undefeated, Motive 807, and Solebox spread across my TV. If your not familiar with these stores, they are the most globally recognized tastemaker sneaker boutiques in the world. So, what were they doing on primetime television on the first commercial of this NFL season’s most highly rated game? Oh, just teaming up with AT&T for a little Sunday brunch. In case your were wondering, there were 29.1 million attending this feast. I’m searching endlessly to find this commercial, and when I do I will post it. But, in my search I stumbled across this Toyota x Greedy Genius commercial (ignore that its a year old and enjoy) and a slamxhype blog with pics from the AT&T video shoot. Peep it…..

SlamXHype

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Here at MOSLEY TRIBES we spare no expense. We love to support the great city that we live in, and there is no better way to do that then spend time at the Staples Center. Being from Los Angeles there has always been a love for the great teams that are associated with this wonderful city. I have to say that I have been a Laker fan from the days of the GW Forum when Magic, Worthy, Kareem, Cooper and Scott dropped heat on the hard wood. See you at the game.

-PW