New Jimi Hendrix inspired joint by Lupe, take a listen and enjoy…its friday!

lupe-fiasco-fire

Have a great weekend.

-PW

So yesterday i cruised over to Queen Beach printers in Long Beach to be on press as we ran the 8th seasonal magalog for MOSLEY TRIBES. I know that the world continues to move towards an all digital format. There is nothing better than to hold a tangible object in your hands. The texture, the smell of the fresh glue from the bindery, there is nothing better. This is an art form from, the pressmen that handle all the dials and gears on the printing press, it is truly a quality craft.

The pressman cleaning the black (K) plate.

Light table proof.

-PW

The female side of MOSLEY TRIBES. Peep out here Q&A with Sid.

Find Out

-PW

See you there.

-PW

Article from saberone.com

Early on the morning of the 1st of September, I was woke by the phone ringing: My Piece Was Getting Buffed! I immediately went down to the river, found a crevice to hide in, so that I could watch the whole production of the piece being painted out.

Watching something that I had done 12 LONG years ago, being painted over, I didn’t expect my reaction to be what it was. I thought I’d feel horrible, it was something I had done when I was in my twenties, when I still felt invincible and had an unwavering sense of mission. But hiding there watching the workman paint, what I actually felt was a calming sense of accomplishment. What I sacrificed to create this piece, gave back to me ten fold. I never expected it to reach all corners of the world. And even though it was only a blurb in history, I feel it helped put LA graffiti on the map.

Ultimately I’m not happy with them painting over history, BUT, I won’t mind, if it means they will follow through and adopt an intelligent policy along the lines of the Friends Of The LA River’s mission:” to protect and restore the natural and historic heritage of the Los Angeles River and its riparian habitat through inclusive planning, education and wise stewardship”. Fuck it! I would rather trade shopping carts, rotting canine corpses, and florescent purple water with a shit brown tint, for clean water and a flourishing, vital habitat, wouldn’t you?.

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So after watching the video i think it is ridiculous that the city is spending 800k on river bed graffiti removal, no one goes down there unless you are a vagrant, LA should take some tips from Amsterdam and have a sanctioned area for artist to do their art in public view.

-PW

Last night was the Fashion’s Night Out event featuring OLIVER PEOPLES at Ron Herman on Melrose that was featuring iconic vintage OLIVER PEOPLES. Larry Leight Designer and Founder of OLIVER PEOPLES and MOSLEY TRIBES

The crowd that followed.

New Look.

Michelle (Oliver Peoples) and Larry.

Sunny (Android Homme), Jazzy’s Mom and Jazzy (Oliver Peoples/Mosley Tribes) posted up.

Larry and Cassie (Oliver Peoples) who was the photog at this event.

-PW

So there was a summer league game that Lebron was playing in where he gets dunked on by Jordan Crawford a college freshman. Lebron got all worked and tried to have his reps seize all the tapes….guess some got out because you can watch below.

ha.

-PW

So MOSLEY TRIBES teamed photographer Jory Cordy and Actor Alex Beh for a little LA photoshoot. They Lyndel has been on fire for a minute, in the above photo Alex is wearing the Dark Tortoise with brown lenses.

Black Lyndel with Grey Lenses

This is another super classic shape from MT that is a staple for the summer, the Raynes in Copper with Military G-15 Lenses is the truth. All the fits are provided by APOLIS ACTIVISM.

Jory Cordy Photography

APOLIS ACTIVISM

ALEX BEH

-PW

Parade Day…Angelenos came out, estimated head count was 1.5 million in attendance along the parade route.

People as far as the eye can see…wow

PSUN on location

Crazies…fellow fans!

I love LA.

-PW

So on Wednesday the homies from Canada that run the world renown online magazine called the inquiring mind (INQMND) cruised thru the offices to catch up on what is going on in our world. They also got to interview Larry Leight, so look for the upcoming issue to see what went down.

INQMND

So on friday we had a full day of meetings and such

So we had a confrence call on friday morning with “Sneaker” Steve Patino and Lamar Odoms PR team to review the release of the MOSLEY TRIBES x Lamar Odom sunglasses. I will post photos later on today.

Jazzy and Steve looking over the collection.

Later on that day.

So our good friends from Epiphany Media in the NY and soon to have an LA office, came to finalize details about the event we are doing on the 4th of July. It was great to see Coltrane and his wife Lisa getting there LA hustle on. We are excited about our new partnership with Epiphany, great things to come.

Jazzy showing them the current line.

Thirsty?

-PW