I headed to Denton,Texas last night for the NX35 Music Conferette to check out HEALTH at The Boiler Room. Denton is quite an interesting place. Can’t say I love it, cant say I hate it, but unique nonetheless. It is one of the last places on earth you can still smoke cigarettes inside.  The show was high energy and I was lucky enough to be able to shoot the band from all over the venue. Unfortunately I lent my camera out to a friend last week and he changed the settings thus the sound was muted on my videos. I might check out the Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight tonight at Cowboys Stadium or head back to Denton to see The Flaming Lips.

Tags: 3.12.2010 NX35, Boiler Room Denton Health, Health, NX35 BLOG, NX35 DENTON, NX35 Music Conferette, Nx35.com, THE BOILER ROOM

It was so good to see my friend BLAKE WARD play at the The ISH on Wednesday along with BANDIT!  There wasn’t a foot not moving to the beats that were being spun into our faces, such a good night!  Check the rest of the photos HERE and hope to see everyone next week to kick off SXSW proper at The ISH!!!

Photos By:  Dustin Hollywood

Tags: bandit, Blake Ward, Dallas, Dance, Disco, dj, drink, drunk, Dustin Hollywood, Dustinhollywood, Ghostbar, helloooooo, HELLoooooo.com, party, Texas, the ish, thefiasco.dphoto.com, TX, w hotel

“Abandoned by their maternal mother, The Blues, and forced to suck off the withering teat of R&B, the Happen-Ins were birthed unto the blistering heat of an East Austin garage with little hope or means of survival. Weathering the extreme circumstances through clever wordplay and hip shaking tomfoolery, the Happen-Ins bested fire with fire…” At least how these dudes describe themselves.

To me, The Happen-Ins are Blues-y folk-y Texas rock at its grimiest — and their newly-released CD kept me shaking my booty the entire 4 hour ride down to Fayetteville, Arkansas yesterday. Download two of my favorite track from their album, Baby and Just The Way It Always Was, and get the rest on iTunes. And just so you know, I am obsessed with their LP cover (below).

As an added bonus, you can check ‘em out next Friday at our SXSW Party down in their hometown of Austin!

Just The Way It Always Was [Download the entire track HERE]

Baby [Download the entire track HERE]

Tags: Austin, east austin, happen-ins, itunes, sxsw party, the blues, the happen-ins

March 13 – 6pm-8pm/March 14  1pm-3pm

Alexandra Nechita: Meet the Artist

Recent selections of Alexandra’s paintings, lithographs, and sculptures will be available for purchase.

Tags: alexandra nechita, Art, Building Character Urban Contemporary, Dallas, exhibit, Nechita Showing Ft. Worth, nx35

The Doc discovered these beauties, and for a cool 449 Canadian buckaroos, you too can have your own Polaroid scarf. Available online at Reborn.

Tags: cool scarf, philippe roucou, polaroid scarf, reborn, The Doc

It was all a dream.

Tags: march 9, Notorious B.I.G., rip biggie smalls

Ya heard?

Tags: 2010, bds, big j, dyfo, fizzy dino pop, florene, friendly greg, HELLoooooo.com, home video, hot flash, matt tichy, mikey rodge, SXSW, sydney confirm, the happen-ins

OCELOT dominated The Ish last week!  Seriously the best time I’ve seen him DJ so far, the set was amazing!  Thanks to everyone for coming out and partying hard, hope you all make it this week when we take a step back in time to 1886 when BLAKE WARD, BANDIT and our very own WISHFM hold down the fort at ‘THE ISH.’ Check out the rest of the photos from last week HERE!

Tags: bandit, Blake Ward, Dallas, Dance, dj, drink, dustin alexander thornton, Dustin Hollywood, Dustinhollywood, Ghostbar, helloooooo, HELLoooooo.com, ocelot, party, photo, Photography, Texas, the ish, TX, wishfm

Tags: Black and White, Black and White Photography, Fisheye, Fisheye lense, Lomographics

The Armory Show is America’s leading Fine Art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its 11 years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week…

Tags: Armory Show NY Press Preview, Contemporary art, New York Art, Press Preview

A week ago today I was in NYC walking around somewhat dazed and confused. Spent most of the weekend drinking and well…eating. To start it off we hit up Los Feliz for dinner Friday night, Rubys cafe in Soho Saturday for lunch and to top it off Dell’ Anima for dinner, simply put amazing. Overall a great weekend.

Tags: boom boom room nyc, Dell' Anima, Los Feliz NYC, Rubys Cafe NYC, Soho Grand Hotel NYC, Soho NYC

Black Van is the speedball new duo of Kris Menace & KoweSix of DFA Records. An eminent label, one I have trusted for a decade or so. I’ve been jamming for the past few days, also throwing it into my most recent DJ sets. You can definitely feel the true, aggressive production that Menace throws into the track. You should snatch it up on vinyl…. as I plan to myself.

“”Yearning” is just the start of the journey; details of the full album and collaborators coming soon.”

Some other video by DFA Records artists.

The Juan Maclean – Happy House from DFA Records on Vimeo.

Tags: Blackvan, DFA, Disco, KowieSix, Kris Menace, Music

Long overdue, but nevertheless amazing. I ran into Billy Sexcrime backstage at the Erykah Badu vs Shiny Toy Guns Red Bull Sound Clash, and as promised my man gives us a very exclusive mix for this weeks Music Friday. Born and raised on the planet Uranus, Billy Sexcrime currently resides on planet Earth as he continues his journey through the universe in an attempt to bring true djing skills to the Electro House/Indie Dance Rock scene. Sexually violating eardrums worldwide, Billy Sexcrime is wanted in 33 states and 13 countries for the sexual assault of eardrums on the dance floor.

Download the full mix HERE

Tags: Billy Sexcrime, Exclusive MIX, HELLoooooo.com, music friday

We are proud to present a new column EVERY Thursday — [M.I.A. Thursday] — a hot list of what-to-do and where-to-go the upcoming weekend!

Now – May 16

Andy Warhol: The Last Decade @ Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth

Showcasing 55 works from Andy Warhol’s last eight years of life.

Museum of Modern Art Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell Street Fort Worth, TX

For More info Click: HERE

March 7 – Sunday @ 6 pm

Live Screening at the Angelika: A Starry Night with GordonandtheWhale.com

Free Prize giveaways all night including passes to The Dallas International Film Festival.

Angelika Theaters, 5321 East Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX

Fore more info Click HERE

Now – May 1st

Hidden Treasures: Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery

Showcasing 14 different artists, including Neal Slavin’s large format Polaroid’s.

1202 Dragon Street, Ste 103 Dallas, Texas 75207 – 214.969.1852

For more info Click HERE

NEXT WEEK: March 11-14, 2010

Denton, TX  (City Wide)

Friday: @ The Boiler Room – Health – Presented by Dallas Observer

Saturday: @ Denton Fair Grounds- The Flaming Lips / Midlake

Sunday: @ Andy’s - DJ MomJeans (Danny Masterson) / Damaged Good$ / YeahDef

@ Hailey’s - The Walkmen

@ RGRS – Neon Indian / ishi

Fore more info Visit NX35.com

Tags: Andy Warhol Fort Worth Modern Art, Angelika Dallas, DENTON MUSIC FESTIVAL, Design District, Dragon Street, Events Dallas, Gordon and the Whale, Hidden Treasures Dallas Texas, MIA LIST DALLAS, Nx35 march 11-14, Nx35.com

Today I am slightly cheating just because I had to share this amazing Holga cross processed double exposure photo. It is so dream like – almost haunting.  I wish I could dream in these beautiful rich crossed colors.  Check out some of minililimi’s other multiple exposures HERE.

Tags: color, Cross-process, flickr, Holga, minililimi, Polaroid, Polaroid Wednesday. cross process

This video is soooooo kewl. Kinda remind of me Doc Brown in Back to the Future on — yes — crack.

Tags: amazing, back to the future, doc brown, ok go, this too shall pass, video

Once upon a time (1984) in a Southwestern US city (Dallas) a very famous designer (Phillippe Starck) created a namesake nightclub (Starck Club) that boasted some of the biggest names of the time (Stevie Nicks, Grace Jones, Robert Plant).

By all accounts, Starck Club was the definition of 80’s excess and perversion — it boasted a unisex bathroom, an androgynous cigarette salesperson (Vaal), floor-to-cieling mirrors, tons of hiding spots throughout, and of course the infamous bathroom stalls (complete with your own Sony television!). By the time the club closed in 1989, it had become best known for rampant Ecstasy use than anything else. Twenty-plus years later, the legend continues…

Also, THE ISH’s very own WISHFM (aka Wade Hampton) and his Sundance-award winning team is currently producing a documentary on the Starck Club (Starck Project) looking to be released sometime in the next year. We can’t wait!

Images via Dallas Morning News

Tags: 80's disco, dallas tx, ecstacy, excess, grace jones, pervert, phillippe starck, robert plant, starck club, starck project, stevie nicks, unisex bathroom, vaal, wade hampton

After the Atlantis Home/Sea of Shoes trunk show at V.O.D. on Thursday, the crew headed to the grand opening of the Dallas offices of &Transfer, the Southwest’s premier color correction boutique. The raw, industrial office space offered both amazing views of the Dallas skyline and a “virtual” demo of the color correction process. The general consensus was that this would be the coolest place in the City to work — now if only any of us had any idea to work the super-intense editing machinery….

Photos by: JESSICASMIRROR.COM

Tags: &transfer dallas, andtransfer, boutique color correction, color correction studio, transfer

Tags: Helloooooo stickers, New York

With our friend (previous night’s DJ at ‘THE ISH’) Grant in town for another night, the crew headed to V.O.D. boutique in Victory Park last night. Jane and Judy Aldridge (of Sea of Shoes and Atlantis Home, respectively) were hosting a trunk show with 70’s and 80’s ‘great statement jewelry’ and select pieces from their Hannah Bernhard collection. The champagne was a-flowin’, the music was a-playin’, and pieces were being a-purchased. There was even a reporter from The New Yorker on hand (only the best print publication in the entire galaxy; NBD). Always a pleasure to see these two lovely ladies, and a solid start to an awesome evening.

Photos By: SHOK

Tags: atlantis home, Dallas, jane aldridge, judy aldridge, sea of shoes, Victory Park, vod, vod boutique

‘THE ISH’ last night definitely had its moments, from the technical difficulties when the sound cut off for a few minutes, to the insane crowd that surged after Grant Shapiro started spinning.  Steven Molina opened the night up by getting everyone in the mood, then around midnight came in LA-based DJ Shapiro to take it to the next level!  The Mavs/Lakers game brought a lot of different people out, and the diversity was awesome and everyone definitely danced the night away!  See the rest of the photos HERE!

Photos By:  Dustin Hollywood

Tags: Dj Grant Shapiro, Ghostbar, grant shapiro, lakers mavs, MOUNTBLOOD, Steven Molina, the ish, The Ish Wednesdays, wishfm

No, this isn’t some perverted joke about a rabbi and a Catholic priest. Rather, this is how I spent my Friday last week. Gilberto + Doc Johnson’s North Hollywood factory + Polaroid camera + a sordid imagination = Pure silicone-composite magic.

Photos by: GILBERTO

Tags: dildo, doc johnson, dong, Polaroid, polaroid wednesday, sex toy, silcone

Vamp Beauty

Tags: Black and White, Large Format Polaroid, Polaroid, polaroid wednesday, Vamp, Vamp Beauty

This day. 1945.

Joe Rosenthal takes a photograph depicting five United States Marines and US Navy Corpsmen raising a US Flag during the battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. This became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its publication and possibly the most reproduced photograph of all time.

Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

(Wikipedia.com)

Tags: iwo jima, joe rosenthal, photograph, pullitzer prize, us marines, us navy, word war 2, wwii

Last night I stopped by House of Blues in Dallas to check out Hoyotoho and Big Red Rooster. These guys all brought the fire and really gave a hell of a performance. I will admit I was half asleep when I arrived, but by the end I was really feeling it. Click here to see the rest of the photos from the show.

Photos By: Shok

Tags: HELLoooooo.com, House of Blues, HOYOTOHO, Live Music Dallas, SHok, The Big Red Rooster