pico40

Mayer Hawthorne is Stylin’

This neo-soul crooner, producer, and multi-instrumentalist dresses like he sounds. If you missed “Green Eyed Love” on our latest mixtape: GBM Vol 2, get on it! Better yet, do yourself a favor and just go buy his debut album A Strange Arrangement out on St ...

pico39

Rafaël Rozendaal in a Brave New Medium

Occasionally during lunch I cruise down the street from my office and spend the hour at Barnes & Noble. Today I was thumbing through the debut issue of Elephant Magazine which featured the bold, crisp work of Internet artist Rafaël Rozendaal. The arti ...

pico38

I can haz compartmentalized herb garden?

Ok, ok, I know it looks like Curt’s showing me up. Dang fool won’t stop posting something every five minutes. I’m doing wedding recaps over here so I’m busy, geez. Anyway, how rad are these “Urb Gardens“!? As an apartment-dwelling foodie who LOVES cook ...

pico37

Wintery Goodness

So 2010 is shaping up to be quite an awesome year for music. With Vampire Weekend topping the charts and quality releases from Spoon and dynamic duos on the cusp of greatness, I’d say 2010 was a pretty good year if tomorrow was New Years. An’ weez got ten ...

pico35

Vans Vault Spring 2010

Oooooo Vans, you tease. I love Vans. Classic. SoCal. Supa Sweet. Particularly the Vans Vault line. Mmmmm tasty. John Warren, senior designer of Vans shoes, dropped this clever little retrospective of the Sierra Chukka over on Hypebeast yesterday – I’m tot ...

pico34

GBM Vol Deux

We’ve been sitting on this mix for a while now and it’s time to set it free. Grab a copy fo’ your bad self!

pico33

Max and Margaux’s West Hollywood Home

Max Wanger‘s photography just gets me every time. It is at once old-fashioned and cutting-edge, romantic and real. So it’s no surprise that the West Hollywood apartment he shares with his fiancée Margaux would just as easily sweep me off my feet. Clear ...

pico32

Timeless 2: Suite for Ma Dukes

“Timeless: The Composer/Arranger Series is the name of a concert series that was created in homage to the composer/arrangers who have influenced hip-hop in the most literal and profound ways. Timeless was conceived by production house Mochilla in Los Ange ...

pico31

Broken Bells at the Bootleg

So last night the Mr. and I had the incredible privilege of catching a secret show at Silver Lake’s Bootleg Theater. It was announced on KCRW a little after 10 AM yesterday, and the tickets were sold out by 10:30… but not before we snatched up a pair! ...