We’re flattered and also wondering when our licensing fees will arrive at our HQ. You can view the entire ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDpfHmEKRnk

If you don’t love the horror-inspired art of Euthanasia, you suck ostrich balls straight up. I have one of the artist’s paintings and it makes girls crap their pants and flee…screaming. Catch new works at “Burning in Water, Drowning in Flames,” starting September 10th at Center for Audio & Visual Expression on 507 Rose Ave. in Venice.

José Vera Gallery, 2012 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041 ~ 323|258|5050 ~ www.JoseVeraGallery.com

Presenting a rare and vast collection of prints and publications featuring Mexican muralist and political activist, David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974), José Vera Gallery is proud to present Confronting Revolution: A Siqueiros Aesthetic, from September 04 to October 27, 2010. As part of the México 2010 celebration of Mexico’s Bicentennial of Independence and the Centennial of its Revolution, the exhibition presents the vision, politic, and aesthetic, which Siqueiros illustrated in his art and political activity throughout Mexico and beyond.

Culver City ~ CA

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An important new website has been brought to our attention. Album Tacos takes your favorite albums and adds gringo tacos for a match made in heaven. A few of our favorites are here, check out the rest on the site.

Hollywood ~ CA

Los Angeles ~ CA

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Highland Ave. ~ Hollywood

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In the spirit of creativity, Spokes & Words is focused in bringing together spoken word with bike riding because riding a bike is poetry.

This Thursday ~ August 26th, 2010

There are six designated stops in which anyone can share words, poems and stories. Each location will have two/three people sharing and we will ride on to the next stop.

All poets, artist, riders and anyone who has an appreciation for poetry, spoken word and riding their bike around town is welcomed. Since this is the first ride, it’ll be an easy one. We welcome input from everyone on rides, routes and locations to include in future rides.

TO ALL PARTICIPANTS, MAKE SURE YOUR BIKE IS IN WORKING ORDER. MAKE SURE TO BRING EXTRA INNER TUBES, TOOLS ETC. IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS.

ON THE DAY OF THE RIDE WE WILL QUICKLY GO OVER THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR SAFETY REASONS. HERE IS A QUICK LINK,

http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm

We will meet at Mariachi Plaza at 6:30 p.m. and ride out at 7 p.m. West, stopping first in Little Tokyo by the Japanese National Museum. We will continue on 1st. stopping at the Walt Disney concert hall, then continuing on stopping under the bridge on Beverly and Glendale, in front of the long gone Belmont tunnel, riding up Glendale stopping at Echo Park Lake and riding down Sunset, finishing of at the Chinatown Gold line stop and riding bake to the Eastside.You can view the route on google maps,

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101988524258856390304.00048d6d80c30bdc35945&ll=34.060126%2C-118.238468&spn=0.031856%2C0.053902&z=14&lci=bike

RETNA and EL MAC have teamed up for another mural, this time in Culver City. Their newest mural, titled Of Our Youth, can be seen on the side of Graphaids art supply store, on La Cienega between Jefferson and Washington.

The imagery and text used in this mural was inspired by their time spent at Skid Row, while painting their previous mural. The artists met a man by the name of Ralph Woodruff aka Chato and were inspired by this man’s past hardships, experiences and overall outlook on life. His ability to recognize his mistakes and atone for his sordid past was something that resonated with RETNA. The text which reads, “So today I’m trying to change a few things to rectify the situation of my past. So today I’m looking towards the future (of our youth highlighted)” is a quote taken from their conversation.