Crews We Love :: Overdoz
Four dudes from Inglewood, Cali make up the group, Overdoz. Tube, Kent, Creamie and Sleezy hooked up in the summer of 2008 and started writing raps and making that good Westcoast hip hop ever since. Overdoz resemble their Westcoast predecessors, The Pharcyde through their performance antics, comedic lyrics and their energy. – Spinorita
Performances We Love :: indiVisible – An Evening of Women Solo Work
I began my trip at the Bay at PAWA Arkipelago Literary Series and this coming weekend, I share the multi-disciplinary stage with Chelsea Gregory and Yadira de la Riva. I will be doing an excerpted staged reading of my new piece, my mouth may not know the words but everything else understands, directed by Kamilah Forbes; Chelsea will be sharing her piece, The 6 Project; Yadira will perform an excerpt of her show, One Journey.
Musicians We Love :: Franny Glass
I traveled to Montevideo for the first time several years ago for an informal arts exchange (mainly with hip-hop heads) and Gonzalo Deniz, aka Franny Glass, popped up in a MySpace search of Uruguayan artists. There wasn’t anything remotely hip-hop about his profile, but I wasn’t fazed. Franny Glass is a character in my favorite book, Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger; I was confident he couldn’t suck.
Music Videos We Love :: Bodies, Cee Lo Green
Cee Lo Green’s Bodies video feels like a mash up between LA Confidential, Mulholland Drive and Sin City with some notable guest appearances by his nemesis, Janelle Monae, Karl Lagerfeld, Bilal, Common and a Basquiat closet door. Looks like the trophies for these serial killers are sexy high heels & signature shades. The best part of this Mikael Columbu creation is that it is to be continued… – Moni Vargas
Exhibits We Love :: Beacon Arts, Peter Frank Curates
This weekend is a winner for art lovers. Let’s start with Beacon Arts and its Critics-as-Curators series, Densities: Line Becoming Shape, Shape Becoming Object curated by Peter Frank, art critic for the Huffington Post and Adjunct Senior Curator at the Riverside Art Museum. Artists exhibiting work include Philippa Blair, Ran Harari, Ton Jenkins, Joel King, John White and Jae Hwa Yoo. This Saturday, Jan 21, Beacon Arts opens early, at 11am, to coincide with the LA Art Show while next Saturday, Jan 30, Beacon Arts hosts a pancake art-brunch catered by IHOP followed by a panel discussion with Peter Frank. – Moni Pineda
Events We Love :: Collective Perspective
Our friends at the Mint Collective are organizing an evening of collaboration, promotion and interaction between some of LA’s most promising artists and media partners. Friends We Love is pleased to be a part of it and you can too! Just stop by on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at the Stone Rose Lounge from 7-10PM. Here’s more info:
Jazz We Love :: MdCL, Soul in the Park
Going to have fun with this one! Mark de Clive-Lowe is taking a lil of the CHURCH vibe to LA’s eastside – a trio set with Charlie Domingo and Paul Legaspi joining MdCL on Rhodes plus maybe a bit of mpc action.
SOUL IN THE PARK: Wednesday, 01.12.11
CONTACT | BOOKINGS@DJMONI.COM
