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Thu, 11.03.2010

Instant Classic: Under The Great White Northern Lights with The White Stripes

When the White Stripes do something, they do it fully, as was clear from the Los Angeles premiere of the Detroit-bred duo’s epically brilliant new concert documentary, Under The Great White Northern Lights, at the Egyptian Theater on Monday, March 9th.

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Tue, 09.03.2010

Calligraffiti: A Life of Fence-Sitting with Niels ‘Shoe’ Muelman

Born in Amsterdam in 1967, Niels Muelman became ‘Shoe’ at the age of 12, tagging through teenage nights while the form was barely out of its diapers. Six years later he was infamous, co-founding the still-esteemd Crime Time Kings crew and transitioning to commercial lettering work.
The genre of ‘calligraffiti’ owes its genesis to Meulman’s mentor [...]

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Fri, 05.03.2010

A Fighting Life: Eunice “Queen Nina Simone” Waymon

Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone, examines the artistic legacy of Waymon/Simone while dutifully dissecting her formidable mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder, shizophrenia, multiple personality disorder, late-in-life alcoholism, and the uniform rage cited by all in her satellite as overwhelming.

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Thu, 04.03.2010

Little White Lies: Your Favorite Movies in a Six-Panel Comic

Little White Lies is a high-concept magazine whose focus is film in a broad sense, approaching their favorite subject through the lens of their other favorite subjects: any and all art. In this spirit they launched the “Creative Brief” series, the most recent of which asked people to winnow down their favorite movie into a six-panel comic.

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Wed, 03.03.2010

Manifest Equality Gallery

Here at Kspace, we love cool art. And when cool art gets displayed in the service of calling attention to a great cause, well, then we’re especially down. That’s the mandate of Manifest Equality, an event taking place from March 3 through March 7 in Los Angeles. Manifest Equality is a gallery space devoted to promoting equal rights for all Americans.

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Mon, 01.03.2010

Ed Templeton: Where The Street Hits The Gallery Wall

Ed Templeton latest exhibition, which opened February 26th at L.A.’s cutting-edge Roberts & Tilton Gallery and runs until April 3, 2010, exhibits images from the recent publication of his book The Seconds Pass, which takes a fresh, different tack from Templeton’s previous efforts, while continuing its vitality and sincere, raw point of view.

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Mon, 25.01.2010

Banksy Strikes at Sundance

A film premiered at Sundance last night about an artist that couldn’t be filmed, or wouldn’t. “Exit Through the Gift Shop” is about a French shopkeeper and an amateur director that wanted to make a documentary about the prolific, and famously secretive artist named Banksy.

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Mon, 18.01.2010

KTV: Soundtrack for a Revolution Trailer

Soundtrack for a Revolution is the story of how music played a significant, powerful role in the Civil Rights movement. From Mahalia Jackson’s “How I Got Over” to her mentoring of the inimitable Aretha Franklin who carried the torch to the numerous artists that held steadfast during their careers so that these young instruments like The Roots, TV on the Radio and John Legend could perform all over the world.

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Thu, 14.01.2010

Terry Richardson Blogs!

Terry Richardson, being one of the dopest photographers ever, does things in his own time. We told you about Terry’s crazy Pirelli calendar a minute ago (link appropriately), and now he’s gone all 2000s on us and started his own blog!

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Tue, 12.01.2010

Projections: A Festival of Rare and Hard To See Films

Aaron Rose has long been a force in bringing marginalized artists and creators into mainstream culture, like skate, music and film. From his work with RVCA and Nike to his Alleged gallery (RIP) and Beautiful Losers art show and documentary, Rose has been at the flashpoint of many amazing artists careers such as Phil Frost, Barry McGee, Ed Templeton and many more.

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Wed, 30.12.2009

The Story of Last Year, As Told Through a Parrot’s Lens

A ton of random stuff happened in the last year, from deaths of superstars and some pretty close friends. We got a new president, and a bunch more reality TV which started to mirror the scandalous lives of sports figures. 2009 may have been the most historical year for changes in many ages, but there’s still really not much else to say about these dramatic shifts — other than LET’S PARTY!

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Sun, 27.12.2009

KTV: Face up to Your Own Avatar

If only it was this simple to be able to spend your next decade on Pandora ! Thanks to Peter Ammenthorp Lund’s inspired video and photo shop skills we can at least dream of it while like me heading off for a 3rd or 4th round at the IMax.

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Tue, 22.12.2009

The 5 Most Entertaining HBO Characters Of 2009

HBO has been bringing quality shows to premium cable subscribers for years. Each year, they sweep the Emmys with their highly original programming and gain legions of loyal followers in the process. The good folks at the cable giant do this by continually introducing a cast of memorable characters across their plain of weekly shows. Ladies and germs, we present to you the a recap of the 5ive most interesting and entertaining HBO characters of 2009.

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Thu, 17.12.2009

Collectors Item: Massive Attack – Splitting The Atom EP

So far, everything new we’ve heard/seen from Massive Attack, the Led Zeppelin of dark downtempo grooves, has been brilliant – from the amazing “Pray For Rain” featuring TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe to the waaaaaay NSFW video for the song “Paradise Circus”, which also has a great vocal from Mazzy Star chanteuse Hope Sandoval. So it’s no surprise that the limited vinyl edition of Massive Attack’s “Splitting The Atom” e.p. – its only physical would be so artistic and collectable.

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Wed, 09.12.2009

KTV: Mark Langan – ‘Doxology’

Animation wunderkind Mark Langan… Something about tennis balls and God.

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Fri, 04.12.2009

Ryan McGinley ‘Olympic Swimmers’ Photos at Opening Ceremony

Photographer Ryan McGinley originally shot these photos for The New York Times, documenting the 2004 US Olympic Swim Team. His images of Michael Phelps, Ian Crocker, Aaron Peirsol, Diana Munz and Jenny Thompson were stunning examples of McGinley’s prowess behind the lens, capturing the team underwater in a variety of states of play.

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Tue, 01.12.2009

Classic Flick: Ice Cube’s Ode To The Raider Nation

How did I know the Raiders were cool? When all the breakdancers in my school – which was in suburban Chicago, far from the Raiders’ then-L.A. home – started wearing the team’s distinctive silver and black, pirate-themed gear. Ice Cube apparently seems to agree – he’s made a documentary about his Raider love for ESPN called “Straight Outta L.A”

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Tue, 01.12.2009

KTV: Flash-mob at the Louvre!

Flash-mobs are random, awesome, fun, and awe-inspiring! Wikepedia defines a flash mob as a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse. These spontaneous group performances reveal that there are people out there are working to make something fun and awesome, and giving it to others without expecting anything in return.

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Wed, 25.11.2009

Terry Richardson Has the Best Job… Ever ! (NSFW)

It makes perfect sense for Terry Richardson to shoot the 2010 Pirelli Calendar. I mean who else but the lecherous but oh-so talented model photographer would be the first to be tapped to shoot a bunch of really hot women in the jungles of Malaysia (?).

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