14KT, Buff1, DJ Haircut (aka Mayer Hawthorne) and Jax, all members of the A-Side Worldwide team, came through through the HVW8 Gallery for a live podcast session. The connection between Michigan and Los Angeles continues to strengthen and if you weren’t up on A-Side before now, you’ll be a solid supporter after this set. Enjoy!
Check out HVW8 at the beginning of the new adidas House Party Spot, featuring David Beckham, Kevin Garnett, Missy Elliott, Method Mad, RedMan, Young Jeezy, Katy Perry, Pharell, Mark Gonzales and a bunch of others …. with music by pilooski (first dropped by Parra at his HVW8 podcast last year). The mural was done by dstrbo, G. Starship, Jonathan, Alex and Ty G, and it’s Ty G at the beginning of the ad. Here are a few photos from the shoot in Boyle Heights this past August.
Here are a couple remixes by two of our favorite artists; Da Art Of Storytellin Pt. IV by Stoney Rock and a visual remix of the The Summer of Lust by Brent Rollins.
Martín Ramírez, 1895–1963, was an Mexican Immigrant who spent the majority of his time in the Stockton State Hospital in California. He was “schizophrenic artist” unable to communicate except through art.
Rare Political Minded prints, designed by Tyler Gibney in 2004 for the 33 1/3 Gallery show in Los Angeles, are available for limited time in the HVW8 Shop for $25. Limited quantites.
It’s been a really hectic couple weeks with the election and the Nu America party. People ask why I’m I so supportive about Obama when I’m a Canadian and can’t even vote in the U.S. Well the short answer — it’s pretty amazing! Since I have lived in the U.S., people living outside the U.S. would always criticize America and its politics. It was deserved, but at the same time the Bush administration and his policies didn’t represent the America I know and live. Now you have Obama — and only in America could you have such a amazing almost instant transformation stemming from a individual with such massive ramifications. I feel that America is “Good” again, and with everything that has been happening with the world economy and events, it demonstrates how inter-connected the world is. What is good for here is good for the world. Go bama!
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