For the opening of Raif’s exhibition we had some mood music playing from Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Jim Morrison, Woody Guthrie. Here’s a couple video … or listen to the full playlist here.
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Pink Clouds
The past couple days have all been about getting ready for Raif’s opening.
The skys’ been crazy and the barbershop represents.
Funkmosphere
Getting down at Funkmosphere tonight. Jamie Strong, Benji B, J-1, Ced No, Dam-Funk, Computer Jay, Groweyez, Duane Harriot, Monica and J-Logic.
Hawthorne Headhunters Live at the BBQ part 3
Today we had the Hawthorne Headhunters record a live set at the HVW8 Gallery for an upcoming podcast.
Good times by all, look for more photos and music to be posted shortly. We also filmed a few Q&A’s with the legendary Michael Frenke across the street at the Atlier 360 Barbershop. Michael who is currently engineering the upcoming Hawthorne Headhunters album. More to come on that.
EA Sports Triple Double NYC – Photos
Mos Def, Naughty By Nature, J Cole, Dwight Howard, 9th Wonder and countless others were all at the EA Sports Triple Double while we created the piece of Kevin Durant. Thanks to Mark Lowyns, Mike Klein, Dustin Undercrown, EA Sports and Sarah for the support and for making it happen.
Next Day got to be about with the Rude Movement posse and Jasi B. Great times in NYC …. will miss you!
Tom Wesselmann – Pleasure Painter
Tom Wesselmann was known as the “pleasure painter”. I first encountered his art in the pages of Avante-Garge Magazine . Simple clean pop graphic imagery, with a sense of humor … and some sexiness! have a look …..
Award Tour
Dan and I get ready for tonight’s event …… and get a little trophy time!
EA Sports Triple Double
Friday 9/24 1pm – 7pm
Q&A with Tyreke Evans, Dominique Wilkins and Pete Rock
Saturday 9/25 12-8pm
Open Gaming Tournament
Open and FREE to the Public Fri & Sat 12-8pm and Sun 12-5
Play NBA Jam and NBA Elite 11 before they are released on 10/5
Play Vintage Games
See the NBA Trophy
Artwork by HVW8, Retna, Cope and Ewok
Free Haircuts
Recent Photography by Tyler Gibney
“Noah’s Shoes”
Recent images from the Gallery and beyond, courtesy of Tyler Gibney.
U-N-I Parra
Y-O from U-N-I stops by the gallery and picks up a Parra HVW8 Tee
Noah Butkus at HVW8 Gallery on Hypebeast
Photos by Andrew White for Hypebeast on the Noah Butkus’ ‘Slippery People’ exhibition currentley at HVW8.
More photos after the jump.
getting older can be nice …..
RIP Guru
Sunday’s LIVE BBQ with Tres Records
photos Max SSLA/hvw8
Photos from Sunday’s BBQ Podcast at the HVW8 Gallery with Paten Locke and Tres Records. Podcast will be posted shorty. Check www.hvw8.podomatic.com for updates. More photos after the jump.
ACD – AdultContemporaryDisco
Pilfered Magazine
LA life
echo park
Hollywood
dwele’s MJ tribute
Dwele did a fine job on this MJ tribute.
Nas and Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley
NAS & DAMIAN “JR GONG” MARLEY DISTANT RELATIVES preview from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.
… and a couple more studio shots from Ty G ….
… more to come!
Shirin Ebadi – Political Minded
Iranian Nobel peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has criticised the “harsh” treatment of post-election protesters by the Iranian government.
Image from Political Minded Series, more HERE.
scary graphic design
These are the actual graphic layouts that Donald Rumsfeld would supply George Bush on his daily briefings before America’s crusade to war in Iraq. Crazy!
(Originally published in GQ magazine)
More HERE
the hundreds and a original Parra Piece
Meet the President
Got to meet the President last night at a DNC fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton. Snapped a few picks of Obama, Earth, Wind and Fire, Jennifer Hudson along with a little of the action around the President. Must say it was pretty inspiring to shake his hand!
Lost Art – HVW8 Roy Ayers' painting
People inquire a lot about one of our most infamous pieces; the Roy Ayers Wax Poetics cover piece from 2004. Here is the story –
The Roy Ayers painting by HVW8 Art Installation was created in Montreal during a live set with Afronaught and Mark Force, from the Bugz in the Attic, during the Goods. I brought back the original painting to Los Angeles from Montreal and gave it to Andre Torres at Funky Sole at Star Shoes for the Wax Poetics cover. Andre took the piece back to Brooklyn. This was the last time I saw it.
A few weeks passed and I asked when we were going to get the piece back. Andre said he had already Fed-Ex’d the painting back to Huntington Beach, where HVW8 had an office within Giant distribution, but didn’t have a tracking number. Fast foward 6 months, Andre finds the tracking number and we find out that the painting was received at Giant distribution and signed for by an employee who was fired that day. This employee then left back to Mexico. Sad thing this piece was never properly documented.
So best bet the HVW8’s Roy Ayers is currently in Tijuana area.
Please let us know if you ever see it! Also never lend out original pieces!
Red Bone
some funky indians!
Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day!
nas and Jr. Gong in the studio
Been working on some stuff for Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley.
So-Me visits Parra Exhibition at HVW8
Detroit by James Griffioen
Amazing photographs of Detroit by James Griffioen
second cousins
Galt MacDermot – funky Canadian series
Who says it doesn’t get funky up North! This infamous Galt MacDermot was from Montreal.