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Echo Curio at night. We were surprised when we were approaching the spot because it didnt look like this at all during the day. It was actually easy to miss. At night, it’s the poppin place of echo park.

more people spilling out from the insides out to the streets

this guy looks meh

kathy’s installation. that girl in the corner looks like shes having fun

julie and her ceramics

more art

music. a great lineup of bands played and big phony was the last act. it was soothing and a nice close to the evening.

a lot of friends rolled through

and made us feel real special.

eric! hehe

me and charles, the man who brought it all together. man, i did not let go of that cup the whole night.

as the night slowly came to a close, the crowd died out and there were a few remaining…

some were just chillin…

…and some kept on dancin.

here’s a little video i made when it was a little less crowded. aactually it was still a little packed

anyway, fun night! we made some money for the charities and everyone had a good time. thanks for coming out people!

This is the show I’m in. I don’t even consider myself an artist, but this really cool curator dude who liked my stuff asked me to be in it. So i was like, ‘sure’. At first I didn’t want to tell anyone I was in a show but realized that this isn’t about me but it’s about what the show can do for the charities and for the community. blah blah

I think I’ll only have one piece tho. It’s not a desirable subject. It doesn’t make you feel happy and it’s def not something you’d want to hang on your walls. But you’ll see.

May 1st.
6pm-12am @ Echo Curio.
1519 Sunset Blvd.

Everyone’s invited to come. It’s a cheap date idear, something to do. Good music, art and a few opportunities to support some good charities. I’ll be around… but not the whole time. Got stuff to do, people to see, u know. jk.

havent had a weekend update in a while.

caprese pasta for lunch. cut up pretty sloppy but it tasted good.  marinated the tomatoes in a slightly sweet vinaigrette. salad was bomb too.

headed over to beverly hills after work.

for the david choe show.

ktown. ugh.

went to a friends house after and found this in his bathroom. ive been looking for this issue. he gave it to me. woot.

on saturday i spent the whole day with mike! hung out with the biergarten boys. check out the joint on western, a little north of 1st. 25 craft beers on tap and try the drunken chicken.

sat in on a few auditions for the casting on the new reality show revolving around the ktown lifestyle

the waiting room was full of interesting characters. hope the show is a success.

after fat fish for dinner, had some coffee and conversation at intelligentsia.

went to the poketo x kitsune noir show at space 1520

saw geejus

handpainted

then a series of ktown establishments were visited. ugh.

sunday was spent looking for an apartment. drove all over la. tired.

donutman run with EN at night.

let me just say that i hate ktown!!!!!!! have a good week.

DAVID CHOE Nothing to Declare promo from viejas del mercado on Vimeo.

this friday, who wants to go

david choe’s show in la is coming up in april, and we’ve been seeing his show posters all over the city. ive spotted some in silverlake and hollywood.

according to his blog, he’ll be giving some away in exchange for any of these things:

1)weapons (guns,knives,batons,brass knuckles)
2)vehicles (bikes ,hammerhead skateboards,segways ,no rollerblades,no roller skates, or snowboards)
3)rugs
4)Los Angeles Raiders t-shirts large and x-large
5)remote control toys(cars,helicopters)

i got a pair of nunchucks, think he’ll take it? all i gotta do is take them to griffith observatory this sunday and look for some guy in a cape, then the exchange can occur. if dchoe or the cape guy doesnt consider them weapons, maybe i can show them my moves and they’ll reconsider. either way, i think i wanna go. hopefully i wont be feeling lazy that day. these posters better not be torn up or have pictures of private parts incorporated into them.

Ramsey Dau of the Comfy Chair Creative Superstore.

Nice pad.

Thanks for the kicks.

and the notepad.

Went behind-the-scenes during the install of Giant Robot’s Biennale 2: 15 years!

Souther Salazar’s whimsical installation. Love the details!

Beware of what’s behind these crates! David Choe, you never seize to shock the mutha out of me.

Rob Sato standing proudly in front of his two paintings!

You can see the massive amount of pics that i took below.

Thanks for having us EN!

Anyone going to the opening reception tonight?

Even without watching it, I have so many reasons to love the new movie (Untitled) (2009), which is opening next weekend. First, it’s a movie…about art. My two loves! Second, I have a thing for Adam Goldberg so it’s really exciting for me to see him as the star of a film. Ever since Two Days in Paris (2007) and his role as that cocky kid Nicky Rubenstein on Entourage, I’ve thought that this super tall, super hairy Jewish man was so funny, so smart, so sexy. haha. Seriously though, there’s this one particular scene in Two Days that was so intense and so real that I really admired him and Julie Delpy from then on. If you’ve seen the movie, let’s talk!