Monthly Archives: December 2011

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Art/Design 5 Favorite Finds for Christmas at Jonathan Adler

by Barbie Brady and Dustin Downing
December 2, 2011 - 10:20 am

Last night I got to meet one of my all time favorite designers, Jonathan Adler. You may recognize him from such television reality series as Top Design (which sadly won’t be coming back). But well before “See You Later Decorator” fame, he was, is and always has been a talented and gifted potter, designer, and entrepreneur.

With 16 actual stores, and an amazing online store you have no excuse to not buy yourself or your loved one something with a bit of whimsy this year. Each year I end up dropping vast amounts of money in his shop on Melrose and I thought I would share with you all my 5 favorite Jonathan Adler finds this year for the holiday season! Trust me, when you give a gift as sharp and fresh as these, no one could possibly be disappointed!

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Music My Old School Hip-Hop, Part 2: DJ Icewater

by Rich Thomas
December 1, 2011 - 10:26 am

School is back in session. Today, ChinaShop features DJ Icewater (a.k.a. Rodney Sino-Cruz), the second artist in our six-part series highlighting former students of LA’s Pilgrim High School who have become integral parts of West Coast hip-hop and DJ culture. Earlier in the week we featured Project Blowed co-founder Abstract Rude. Still to come: Roscoe Umali, DJ StoneRokk, J*Davey’s Brook D’Leau and Busdriver.

After graduating from Pilgrim in 1996—two years after myself—Icewater moved to the Berkeley, CA where he appeared on seminal hip-hop shows “The O-Zone” (from ’96-’98) and “The Beatdown” (from ’97-’00). In 1998, he and fellow turntablist DJ Mpact started a student-run course at UC Berkeley called “Turntablism 101,” the first of its kind at a public university. Over the next few years, he would tour with Living Legends alums Grouch & Eligh, Japanese American MC Shing02, and the Pharcyde, all the while serving as one of the Bay Area’s most in-demand recording engineers.

Icewater currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where he continues to work as an audio engineer and DJ. Drop in on his tracks, mixes and current projects at www.djicewater.com.

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