Fore more photos of this event, visit Erwin Recinos on Flickr.

Dia de Los Muertos – Poster Art Show ~ FIND Art Magazine ~ 1640 Superior Ave. ~ Costa Mesa

Soho Taco

Marco Almera

Produced by Madlib, directed by Eric Coleman. MED’s album Classic is out now. Check it out here: http://sthrow.com/med

“Guess where I’m at??? It never ends”

That’s what @Lamudercop tweeted in the early morning on October 11th. Sal La Barbera, according to his google and twitter profiles, is a supervisor for the Criminal Gang/Homicide Division. Hes been with LAPD for 30 years, 24 of those with CGHD and is the current Squad Leader of FBI/LAPD SOS ll Homicide Task Force. A New York transplant, he’s also provided consulting to writers and film makers throughout Hollywood and appears on television regularly.

Everyone knows the life of a murder cop is tough, and no one expects them to be cuddly, but I’m baffled as to why he would tweet a picture of a recently deceased person lying on the street and not show even a shred of compassion for the person or their family. On the job, cynicism is to be expected, but the world of social media changes things as it becomes public.

From reading the twitter timeline, the picture is of the corpse of a murder victim somewhere near 106th and Wilmington. When I saw the picture and the caption La Barbera wrote, the first thing that came into my mind was “fuck the police”. Actually, “FUCK DA MUTHA FUCKING POLICE!!!” is probably more accurate.

It’s one thing for media to ignore a death in a poor neighborhood and spend 30 minutes on the Michael Jackson trial, they’re idiotic like that and we don’t pay their salaries. But when an officer, no less a supervisor with 30 years on the force uses twitter to make light of someone’s tragedy, it makes me angry. It’s not just the coldness, it’s the double standard. You would never see a cop post shit like that on the Seal Beach massacre because people would be all over them and someone would get fired, reassigned, or reprimanded within days.

Social media is a two way street and can be a powerful thing when used correctly. The detective can tweet all the pics of food, friends and the things on the job he sees as he pleases, but in my opinion this crosses the line. It’s disrespectful to the community he’s supposed to be “protecting and serving”. I’m pretty sure that Sal or someone over at the LAPD is going see this and possibly take some sort of action against me. Maybe I’ll end up as one of his tweets. Who knows, but you can be sure I’ll tweet that shit right back. And that’s the power of social media.

Los Angeles ~ CA

The Agenda Trade Show is a forum for the most inspired in the streetwear and action sports industries to unite. Lines speak for themselves and buyers are not intimidated by the usual overwhelming tradeshow experience. With a strong emphasis in style, art, music and culture, the Agenda experience is as much a lesson as it is a tool.

POSE / AUGOR / EWOK / WITNES

Huntington Beach Show:
Wednesday, August 3rd: 9am – 6pm
Thursday, August 4th: 9am – 6pm

Location:
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach
21500 Pacific Coast Highway
Huntington Beach, CA

To view more photos of this event visit, Erwin Recinos on Flickr.

Blade Runner is one of the greatest films set in Los Angeles of all time. The use of LA Landmarks such as the Bradbury Building (check out our post on Blade Runner locations) and the Ennis House, combined with the compelling and bleak vision of the city in the future make it essential viewing for anyone who loves Los Angeles. Sean Young, one of the film’s stars, has released some very cool polaroids she took on the set during the filming of the picture in 1981. There are a lot more on her site.

HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?

Were you there in the 80′s? Do you have video or a photo at a contest or
demo during the 80′s of Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Mike
McGill, Tommy Guerrero, Rodney Mullen, Mike Vallely and/or Ray Barbee?

If you have something that you would want to be considered for the
Powell-Peralta Documentary, send a jpg of it along with your name and
address to ppfb@skateone.com. If we choose your picture and use it, you will
receive a photo credit in the Documentary.

At least half of duo Daft Punk live in Los Angeles, and today they have released a video for their 1997 track “Alive”, directed my Emile Hirsch and shot in Los Angeles. Rumors were that Daft would be playing Coachella but sadly those rumors turned out not to be true. This is your consolation prize.

Blasting at rival gangbangers next to Watts Towers and murdering random citizens in Beverly Hills was pretty dope in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and speeding away from LAPD in a custom muscle car in Midnight Club: Los Angeles had its thrills. But now RockStar Games is coming back to L.A. for Philip Marlowe fans. Launching May 17th, 2011, L.A. Noire is an ambitious new detective game based in our city of dirty angels in which players control a gumshoe named Cole Phelps as he climbs through the ranks of LAPD solving crimes, tracking a serial killer, and hopefully, kicking a lot of scumbag ass and guzzling gimlets along the way. The game’s key selling point is a photo-realistic capture system that is supposed to mark a new line for how emotions and faces are displayed in video games, with interrogations hinging on your effort to tell whether your suspects are lying to you or not. It’s a long way from CJ spraying the crowd, but given Rock Star’s successful record of killer games, we’ll predict this one won’t be a big sleep. See the trailer below and let us know what you think.

TACO’s videographer, Carlos Moreno of FriendlyVenture.com, spent the day at IndieCade 2010 and compressed everything into 39 seconds of glorious indie game excitement! Check it out…