After a 20 year hiatus, Stabbing Westward is back with the much anticipated EP, “Dead and Gone. For the younger generation, they’ve probably never heard of the band. But if you can remember as far back as the 90s, you’ll recall that Stabbing Westward was popular within the Industrial Rock scene, alongside other notable acts […]
A big budget film…..about old timey travel…..with an outdoor screening at the Rose Bowl in sunny Pasadena…..SOLD! Amazon Prime Video is doing it right by holding this creative outdoor event to launch their new film; The Aeronauts. Rather than your standard LA screening at a theater somewhere around Hollywood, they decided to do something unique […]
Some Stories by Yvon Chouinard is the kind of book that, after even a quick glance, makes you feel like you could have done more with your life. The book consists of a series of previously published short stories and letters on adventure sports, business and environmentalism that follows the course of Yvon’s life from […]
Earlier this month I got the opportunity to chat with Stephen Friedman, filmmaker and host of Ovation’s new show, Chasing The Sun. For a lot of travelers out there, Stephen has the worlds greatest job, so I wanted to pick his brain on how he got there, what its like, and what we can look […]
Ive been working the “business world” for over 10 years now. So I feel its only fitting that I vent a bit and compile my Official list of the Most Annoying Business Terms. These are the phrases and sayings that I hear so often that it makes me cringe and question my life choices. If […]
After moving to Cypress Park a little over two years ago, I realized that most Angelenos dont really know anything about it. Despite its central location, most people just lump the neighborhood into the greater North East Los Angeles (NELA) district centered around Highland Park. However, as more outsiders begin to move in and more […]
Until 1930 the central highlands of Papua were believed to be completely uninhabited. But when two Australian gold prospectors made an expedition into the western central highlands, those assumptions were shattered forever. What they found were numerous tribes speaking hundreds of different languages and who lived in such isolation that they had no concept of the outside […]
Remember when Hollywood was cool? Or how about when Venice was still ghetto? Were you around when Downtown was unheard of or when Silverlake was the underground hangout for the “cool” kids? The point is that LA is changing….and always has been. Any LA native can tell you how surprising it is that these once […]
Like all cities in the US, the wave of gentrification is changing the landscape of Los Angeles. Once dangerous and run-down parts of town are being transformed into epicenters of the young, hip and ironic. As these young people (often artists, musicians and random hipsters) search for affordable accommodation they are forced to migrate to […]
