Banksy visiting for the Oscars?

Lately, there have been a bunch of vandalisms paintings popping up by the world-famous Banksy.

Charlie Brown Firestarter at an old, fire damaged building

His work always proves controversial, especially to the conservative yuppies who think his art is trash. I find his street art amazing.

Crayola Shooter just might be my favorite

Maybe people are just stupid and don't understand the value of his work... Urban Outfitters already filed to have the "Crayola Shooter" removed from the wall behind their building. CBS just took down his art because it covered one of their billboards. They were furious. Little did they know that his art on that billboard was valued at over $100,000... and CBS just trashed it.

Living The Dream

Many say this is Banksy's anti-Oscar campaign. His film, "Exit Through The Gift Shop" is up for Best Documentary. But the Academy banned him from appearing masked (he is still anonymous) on stage if he were to win. His film is amazing as well, I think everyone should check it out. And his art is awesome, I hope it keeps popping up in LA this week.

Check Yo Ponytail

The other night we had a sold-out show at the Echoplex called Check Yo Ponytail. Working for them is a good change of pace from the typical electronic/rave stuff I usually do.. And they always book hot, diverse, up-and-coming talent... and the club is frickin called Check Yo Ponytail. You have no idea how awkward I feel handing out flyers to girls as I say "Check Yo Ponytail."

Anyway, we had Yelawolf headline this past week. He was just signed to Eminem's label, and I've always kind of liked him... but I've never seen him live. I'm not a huge rap enthusiast, but for some reason I tend to like white boy rappers.Well, I was blown away by his performance and I think everyone should check him out.



Also, the show was cool because cool people were there. Travis Barker swung by, saw Tony Kanal from No Doubt leaving, Diplo jumped on stage, Kid Sister did one song on stage with Craze... And I remember at the previous show before this, Michael C Hall from Dexter stopped by. I don't really get star struck, but it's a pleasant surprise to see celebs in person.. especially when it's not at a fancy, superficial, dress-up event. This is definitely a small, packed venue with people who just wanna let loose.