Coachella '09

The lineup's just been announced. Flavor of Love on the fields, what??

"Romper Stomper"

Early Russell Crowe. Hoards of Vietnamese thugs. Skinheads. What's there not to like? Here's the trailer..

D.C. Recap!

A very early morning flight..



Few hours later..



The Manifest Hope party..





Santogold..



Plug One..



Chomp chomp.



Next day, barricades everywhere..



Crowds everywhere..



Cold everywhere..



Patient crowds, almost too patient..



Trash everywhere..



Slid to the Youth Ball. A sea of jackets..



Soon as Obama took stage, so did the DC Fire Dept..



Back to the Manifest Hope Gallery in Georgetown for the Jeffrey Wright hosted event.





Next day, stopped by DC's historic Ben's Chili Bowl..



Civil War Museum on U St..



Kid's hair popping out of the telly!



Next morning, back to Cali :)



More to come.

Day 3

a slice of the antics in DC..


Oh Yes We Did - Documentary // Where the Wild Things Be! from Danny Lee on Vimeo.

D.C. Bound?

Official Leak: Rico, Pat, and I have resolved to catapult ourselves into the hysteria surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration. By any means necessary! Interesting note, Rico's own father Oswaldo Ribeiro himself, became the first black secretary of state in Brazil, and of greater South America! So this mission has special meaning. Stay tuned, right here, to see if we make it out there! History becomes us!

Rachel Maddow on Crack?

..or something. I caught her tonight and was shocked to see how ill she looked. Either her make-up artist had it out for her or Rachel has made so many enemies in politics/press by her meteoric rise, that the stress is getting to her. She admitted in a recent interview that she sleeps very little. But I think it's really Keith Olberman haunting her in her dreams.

Rock is Dead

At least on-air for Indie 103.1, who are now focusing solely on the web. Next to old school KJLH, the Shepard Fairey branded station will always stand out to me as one of the best in LA. I urge all of you to support your other, commercial-free independents like KCRW and KXLU. Without our support, classic shows like We Came From Beyond wouldn't still be running 20 years deep! Much love to Mike Nardone, I still hit record on my tape decks from time to time.

The New Wonderland

Last night, took a drive up Laurel Cyn to the actual Wonderland house where the infamous 1981 murders took place. I had goosebumps. Arrived there expecting ghosts, instead found the Wall of Fame!



We sat down to build with electro/rap group LMFAO, recently signed to Interscope. Born/raised in LA, these cats are building a very potent movement. There's Redfoo..



There's Skyblue about to whack somebody with a magnum bottle..



Music or stand-up?





I had another meeting to run to. Safe to say, it was gonna be another LMFAO night..



Here's their new video for "I'm in Miami Bitch". The weakhearted, close your eyes..



Also, here's my roommate Dom P's mixtape with the "I'm in LA Bitch" version..

Tokyo Flashback!

Here's a flashback to my Tokyo trip in October. Introducing... "Deuces: Tokyo!"


Deuces: Tokyo! from Danny Lee on Vimeo.

Melrose + Cahuenga

..is where you'll find one of my favorite eats, Inti Peruvian. Some of you may know about Mario's, however in my humble opinion, Inti kicks Mario's ass! And no lines!



Here's the Pescado a lo Macho, smothered in that ectoplasm-ish addiction!



Don't forget to get some Maracuya too.

Meeting of the Minds

Earlier today, had some tea with my old friend Allen Lee, Sr. VP of Corporate Development at Capitol Films, which translates into he deals with lots of $$$. He and I worked together way back in '02 when I was at Lionsgate. There's Allen at Le Pain on Melrose..



Stopped by Dr. Tea's for a big ol' pot of Oolong. If you haven't been, please check it out. It's sacred and honest.



Later linked up with Rico of Afrobots and a few others for a round table. There's Rico and Darrell discussing something..



We decided to get some feedback from Mr. Pure Roker. The magic of ichat..



Stay tuned.

OMG

"Burn After Reading"

Not sure what the Coen Bros were attempting here, but clearly they had a lot of leeway following their Oscar win with "No Country For Old Men". "Burn After Reading" had a spectacular ensemble cast, yet everybody from John Malkovich to Brad Pitt simply played a bunch of know-nothings, wandering aimlessly in our nation's capitol. Do not rent, this film is NOT worth your $ or queue space. However, George Clooney did play a womanizer quite well, almost too well Sarah Larson! Sorry Joel and Ethan, "Burn After Reading" should be renamed "Burn After Viewing". This film gets the GAS FACE!

Volition/Tradition

Another year wiser! Last night, opted out of the monster NYE parties, and went to a nice house party in Hancock Park, where I spent the first half of my adolescence growing up. Nice crib..



There's Sunspot Jonz getting his 'cupcake' on..



There's Kim, don't ask why we're in a shower..



2009, finally.



And on New Years Day, there's a Korean tradition where one bows and pays respects to your elders (as it should be all year). Here's my older bro Gene and I, slightly hungover and sebeh-ready..



We also went to go see Pops at Forest Lawn..









Happy New Year.