Bootie LA: Hot Mashed-Up Fun!

The torrential rain kept no one away as DJs Mysterious D, Adrian and Paul V brought Bootie LA back to The Echo in Echo Park. The music, all Mash-Ups, was amazing!

In fact, it might have been wetter inside. Dancing never stopped except for Foxy Cotton's midnight performance piece. The place was packed, and the people loved it.

Even thought rain in LA usually keeps everyone at home, this was their fullest house yet! Bootie LA had a dedicated following that comes every month. You can include me on that list from now on!

See all the photos on Flickr!

I have to mention again that the music was phenomenal. Two of my favorites were Placebo vs. Pet Shop Boys vs Kate Bush - "Love Come Running Up That Hill Quickly" by DJ Magnet and Rihanna vs. General Public - "Tender Umbrella" by Party Ben. And the crowd completely lost control over Mims vs. Def Leppard - "Pour Some Hot Sugar" by A Plus D.

Skrulls! Why did it have to be Skrulls?!

Marvel's next big thing seems to be "Secret Invasion." From what I gather, it goes along the lines of: "Which characters have secretly been Skrulls all along?" This does sound intriguing; however, am I the only one whose "ret-con sense" is tingling...?

What I find ironic about the teaser image is the inclusion of Phoenix. I mean they've already done "Phoenix wasn't Jean Grey but rather an alien entity" didn't they? I know we're all supposed to think of that as the Origin-of-Phoenix now, but really... that was a ret-con.

Admit it! Phoenix was just supposed to be Jean Grey with her powers at full volume (like in X3) and then when they wanted to bring her back they added the "cosmic entity" gunk which has since convoluted and re-convoluted her origin. Just sayin'.

My Winter 2007 Mixtape!

Just spreading some end-of-year music around. I call this my...

2007 Winter "Seven-Years-Went-Under-The-Bridge" Mixtape

(Launch Standalone Player)

Yes, there are about 50 songs. I got a little addicted to ProjectPlaylist. :)

Enjoy it! And have a safe and happy New Year's Eve and an abundant 2008!

If you prefer, use the Pop-Out Player.

"The Warriors" Movie Theme Dance Party by LionessLA

The lady DJs of LionessLA threw a big party at Tantra called "Can.You.Dig.It." in the them of the classic, cult film The Warriors.



It was also DJ Lady Sha's birthday, and they gave a shout-out to all the other Sagittarians. (Of which I am one.) Many girls dancing and frankly... a whole lot of cleavage! You can see the rest of the pictures on my flickr photoset.



Filmmaker Janet Harvey was there! And producer Joanne Roboz. Both of whom were at Cannes this year and did not run into each other until this night in Silver Lake.

Equus Gets Hot New Star: Steve Jones

TV Host and former model, Steve Jones, takes over Daniel Radcliffe's role in Equus.


And here's the classic Steve Jones plants one on Jake "Scissors Sisters" Shears clip:

I always love how flustered Shears is for the rest of the clip!

And now... "The Joker" from the New Batman Movie

(Source: SuperheroHype.com)

Very "Killing Joke" if you ask me. And I love the details like the bloody nails. Looks promising.

Cover Art for The Protector

This is a sneak preview of artwork I just finished. It's the cover for the book The Protector by NL Gassert from Seventh Window Publications. My friends Chandler and David served as the inspiration.

The publisher just sent me over a mock-up of what the finished piece will look like.



I've read a bit of it, and it sounds fantastic so be sure to pick up a copy or order one online!

Homewrecker Houseboy

My pal David (bartender at Akbar) is posting a webisodic series he made to YouTube.

It's a melodramatic, gay soap opera. Hilarious stuff. Or at least something to enjoy while the strike is on. Hey, maybe ABC should put it one after they run out of new Desperate Housewives!

His YouTube channel is http://www.youtube.com/homewreckerhouseboy

Here's the preview vid:

STYLE WARS: Nerding Up a Fashion Event

Janet Harvey and I were covering House of Diehl's STYLE WARS: Style Battle Championship LA for Going.com

It was an awesomely cool event where 8 designers competed against each other in 5 minute real-time design challenges and runway walk-offs. (Sort of like an MC battle.)

The styles very "couture, impossible to wear" designs, and one of the judges was Jody Watley who is still incredibly beautiful. (You can read more about it here.)

At one point, in reference to the design pictured below, we had the following exchange:

Me: Hey doesn't that look like something out of Dune?
Janet: Like a Bene Gesserit?
Me: Exactly!
Janet: Wow, did we just totally nerd up a fashion event?

Also, for the ultimate in geek chic, Newspaper Dresses! Designed by Payam Emrani of FameInACan.com (You can spot him there wearing a bow-tie.)



You can see the rest of my photographs from Style Wars here.

Gay Gamer Reveals Results of Coming Out on Halo 3

Found this over on Towleroad.com

"A gay gamer wrote in and tipped us off to what happened when he decided to come out to his fellow online players during a recent game of Halo 3 by using the gamertag "xxxGayBoyxxx". He recorded the video (audio NSFW).

"xxxGayBoyxxx writes, on his YouTube page: 'Other than maybe a quick 'hello' to the chat room or a request to 'veto', I didn't ever say anything first or taunt anyone. What was said by these players was initiated by them with no provocation on my part. The vast majority of the times I wouldn't even respond back so the audio would be clear.'"

The Lesbionic Woman

In a word: Brilliant!

Art Crawl X Tonight! Solid Gallery One Opens with Ryan Graeff

Art Crawl X starts tonight and goes on through this weekend here in Los Angeles. A couple of weeks ago I went and checked out the new Solid Gallery One which just opened on Silver Lake Blvd. Tonight marks their first show and opening reception for a new collection of solo works by Ryan Graeff. Check out my visit:

And that's just the start of my art crawling tonight. I'll be checking out the following events in the order listed: