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Fashion Featured Shop Talk: Bubbles & Frown

by Zoetica Ebb
January 11, 2012 - 11:24 am

Since waking from a fateful dream in 2008, miss Slinky Orangina Montgomery Vaughn-Phuckake has been constructing fantasy hats, fascinators and headdresses. Bright, sparkly and whimsical, these unique adornments gained instant momentum – that’s how Bubbles and Frown Haberdashery Shoppe was born. Slinky Orangina has created a breathtaking body of work, decorating the heads of models, performers, fashionistas and celebrities worldwide. I visited the citrus-tressed designer in her downtown LA showroom to chat about hats and snap some photos of her latest creations.

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Music Jane’s Addiction Unleash “Theatre of the Escapists”

by Shop Keeper
January 11, 2012 - 11:22 am

From the beginning, Jane’s Addiction has thrown the most unique parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality with theatrical flair onstage. 2012 sees the band–who’ve always outrageously combined electricity, sex and danger–return in support of their acclaimed album The Great Escape Artist (Capitol Records), which features the now-buzzing-at-radio track “Underground.” Starting February 22, this special run of North American shows—called “Theatre of the Escapists”–will bring the band to intimate venues, most of which are classic theatres. The alternative rock pioneers–frontman Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins, along with Chris Chaney on bass—are poised to deliver an immersive theatrical experience as only they can. Tickets go on sale January 14, with a pre-sale set for 10:00 EST this Wednesday, January 11. There will be a special package on JanesAddiction.com where fans can pair up their presale ticket with a high-quality lithograph. The lithograph will be signed by the band and sold only at the JanesAddiction.com presale.

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Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Yo Gotti, Nightwish, Snow Patrol, and Van Morrison

by Shop Keeper
January 10, 2012 - 5:57 pm

Some new muse from Yo Gotti and Snow Patrol, which is causing all sorts of hype…Nightwish does a double album/short film la Tim Burton…Van Morrison is still alive, dammit… and Iron Butterfly is back from beyond with another Best of collection…til next week, then…

The Little Willies – For the Good Times
Yo Gotti – Live From the Kitchen
Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires
Red Wanting Blue – From the Vanishing Point
Van Morrison – Live on air
Young London – Young London
Acylum – Karzinom
Iron Butterfly – The Best of Iron Butterfly: Iron Evolution

Music Jesse Marco: “Daddy Cool”

by Shop Keeper
January 10, 2012 - 5:44 pm

If you’ve been making the rounds through the New York City club scene—or regularly attend VIP velvet rope parties on either coast—you know who Jesse Marco is. The 22-year-old DJ has been hard at work in the studio putting the finishing touches on his new single, “Daddy Cool.”

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Gallery Oddity You Can Leave Your Hat On: No Pants Metro Ride 2012

by Zoetica Ebb
January 10, 2012 - 10:47 am

It’s not easy to organize a flash mob in a city as notoriously spread out as Los Angeles, which makes the annual international No Pants Metro Ride Day the perfect occasion to rally in the name of fun and public confusion. The requirements: no pants, no explanations.

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Music My Old School Hip-Hop, Part 5: Busdriver

by Rich Thomas
January 9, 2012 - 3:39 pm

School is back in session. Today, ChinaShop features Regan Farquhar (a.k.a. Busdriver), the fifth 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. Check the links for features on DJ StoneRokk, Project Blowed co-founder Abstract Rude, Brooklyn’s DJ Icewater, and international hip-hop star Roscoe Umali. Still to come this month: J*Davey’s Brook D’Leau.

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Music The Year of The Doors

by Shop Keeper
January 9, 2012 - 10:55 am

“The Year of the Doors” officially kicks off on Monday, January 9 at noon Eastern when the iconic rock band will officially debut the first new, completely unreleased song in 40 years, “She Smells So Nice.” The bluesy track captures the band–organist Ray Manzarek,  guitarist Robby Krieger, drummer John Densmore and late singer Jim Morrison–joyfully barreling through the full-throttle original. Bruce Botnick, the album’s co-producer with the band, recently made the discovery while reviewing the L.A. WOMAN session tapes. The song will premiere on the band’s Facebook page on Monday and will then be serviced to radio the following day.

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Film Fridays If Movie Posters Told the Truth; Stephen King Gets Film Anthology; and ‘Akira’ Dies a Horrible Death (We Hope)

by Jeff Nau
January 6, 2012 - 4:17 pm

Movie posters are pretty much all lies. And most of the time, they’re better than the actual film they’re promoting. But theshiznit, who have taken the gist of some of the latest and most popular films to come out, make a good point — given the level of hate aimed at Sarah Jessica Parker, one can’t help but wonder exactly how she keeps getting roles. And Drive, as awesome as it was, is a kind of just like an awesome video game.

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