Greetings, earthlings. It’s pretty obvious by now that Helloooooo has gots alotta lotta love for DJ Bobby Nourmand. So does LA. So does NYC. So does your mom. Probably.

Dude is an open format DJ with electric touch that can’t go unnoticed — and personally, I give this the stamp of Best House Mix of the Year. And I’m pretty fucking important so you better do as I say and a) download the mix, b) put that shit on your iPod, and c) prepare for lift off. That’s all.

Download the full length mix HERE

For [Archive Tuesday], we remember this day in 1980 when the man/the legend/the icon John Lennon was fatally shot outside of the Dakota Apartments in New York City. On the morning of 8 December 1980, photographer Annie Leibovitz went to Ono and Lennon’s apartment to do a photo shoot for Rolling Stone. Later that evening, a crazed ‘fan’ shot Lennon in the back with four rounds, ending the life of one the greatest musical minds ever. So sad.

Images from Google LIFE Archive

Jaydiohead is a mash-up album combining the vocals of Jay-Z and the music of Radiohead. It is produced by NYC DJ and producer Max Tannone. Much like Danger Mouse’s Grey Album (mashing up Jay-Z’s Black Album and the Beatles’ White Album), it is hard to argue that Jay-Z isn’t the self-proclaimed “Best Rapper Alive.” You can download the newest tracks FREE here at jaydiohead.com.

And speaking of Radiohead, yesterday the band released a new song written in tribute to Harry Patch, the recently deceased British solider who was, at a hundred and eight, the oldest survivor of the First World War. You can stream it at the BBC, or buy it directly from the band. (from NewYorker.com)

Factory People is a group in NYC, and if you party, you will be hearing a lot about them in the near future. They will be hosting a number of delicious events, one of which is “Monarch” at Le Royale every Monday. Lots of dance and just the right amount of fancy. I will be working with Factory People in the next couple of months to build up a website that will put you right where you need to be. Check out the photos from Le Royale at my nightlife photo blog, NYexcuse.com.

This weekend is also going to be very exciting with The Presets playing Webster Hall early on Friday, and Ruff Club throws their 3 year anniversary party at Annex afterwards…this will be HUGE and the special guests are going to be extra special. Dance it off.

I’m in NYC this weekend and had some of the best sushi ever at Sasabune; the wasabi was like butter and the fish literally melted in my mouth. I headed to Southside after to get my dance on and to meet up with some old friends. Tonight I will be going to the David Byrne show at Radio City Music Hall as always I will keep you posted. More pictures after the jump…

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Wow! 50 already? Well just shy of it to be exact. The half a century turnover for the plastic icon falls on March 9th. However, the fashion world has decided to celebrate a bit early. This Saturday (Valentine’s Day!) during Fashion Week, she (as in Barbie stand-ins) will get to strut down the catwalk in 50 different ensembles created by some of the most fabulous designers. Some of the styles from the show will head over to the Bloomingdale’s flagship store, where they will be put out for display.

All I hope is that those model stand-ins don’t resemble your current picture. I mean, no offense Barbie, but…… (::whispering::) you’re looking a little old.

Ah, Barbie thank you for all the great times you’ve shown the little ladies of every ethnic backround around the world.

Came across this sick series of photos by artist Christoph Neimann in the NYTimes Abstract City blog. Pretty simple but pretty profound. More pics after the jump…

On January 27, 2009 The Lomographic Society is opening The Lomography Gallery Store in New York City. Located in the bustling, historic Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, The Lomography Gallery Store New York will provide the whole range of Lomographic products and services, a wide range of analog photography products, and most exciting of all, special and limited edition cameras only available at Lomography stores. (The doc recently got himself a Diana+ and if I had any skills and could actually take pictures that developed, I’m sure they’d look great).

The NYC store will be the biggest and most exciting international destination for all your Lomographic needs and will join Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, Beijing, Seoul, Madrid, Barcelona, Sydney, Santiago de Chile and Vienna. More info after the jump…

Check out the largest LomoWall in North America comprised of 35,000 lomographs!

The Lomography Gallery Store features the largest LomoWall in North America, comprised of 35,000 hand-picked and hand-mounted lomographs. The photographs were collected through an online submission call to Lomographers around the world to show us New York through their eyes and lenses. The result is a mind-blowing experience where visitors can submerge themselves in a sea of spectacular Lomographic images of the Big Apple, while exploring the tools – the Lomography products – that created them.

The new location will serve as the New York Lomography Embassy, as well as a destination point for weekly workshops about cameras, analogue photographic techniques, guest speakers, and neighbourhood LomoJourneys where guests can check out loaner cameras to experience the fun of Lomography first hand.

The store will also serve as a gallery and meeting point, featuring events, parties, and exhibitions, including a stop by the Diana World Tour in November 2009 where hundreds of classic Diana cameras from the 60s & 70s will be on display in the USA for the first time ever.

Location: Otisville, N.Y.
Opened: 1980
Capacity: 100
Population: 119
Amenities: One dorm with two-man cubicles. Playing cards, board games and walking. No athletics.
No vocational training.
Prisoner perks:Kosher kitchen, weekly Shabbat observances. Every year during Passover, Jewish convicts are flown into Otisville temporarily to participate in a seder.

Honestly I can’t think of another film other than Dark Knight that has gotten me as tingly in the past year as “Notorious” (1/19/2009). This film charts the rise of none other than Christopher Wallace aka the Notorious B.I.G. From hustlin’ the streets…to sold out seats, Biggie Smalls was the illest. You may even be familiar with some of the drama surrounding the lead role for the film whereby unknown actor Jamal Woolard (above) landed the lead after extra-hard (and questionable) pushes by Beanie Siegel and Sean Kingston–the latter even going as far as having his camp falsely leak info that he had landed the role already.

That said, who better to usher in Biggie’s rags-to-Moet story than Brooklyn’s Finest himself, Young Hova. The first single off the soundtrack is ridiculously hot, with Santogold on the hook and Kanye at the reins. You may want to use the restroom before you watch this…

It gets worse…Leave it to the French to incorporate drinking with sucking. Some French guy, inspired by Refuge des Fondus – a spot in Paris that serves drinks in baby bottles so as to avoid a tax on wine served in stemware – is trying to replicate this phenomenon in NYC. His creation, La Cave des Fondus, which opens this week in Nolita, will serve beer and wine in baby bottles. That’s right, the same ones you drank out of when you graduated from your mothers teet. Come on guys, even for the French this is pathetic and kinda disgusting.