LA Film Fest's "After Dark" Events feature kickass DJ lineup

This year's Los Angeles Film Festival gets started next week, and as part of this year's festivities, some top LA DJs will be playing at the Target "Red Room" each night. The series of nightly after-parties is being called "After Dark" and is being held in Target's annual VIP/green room at the event. Fear not general public- you can buy a pass that gets you into any 4 parties/screenings that take place after 9pm for $50. For a full lineup, more info and the festival's full screening schedule, checkout the official LAFF site.

As part of the promotion for the After Dark events, FoundTrack buddy and Photographer extraordinaire Jiro (of PYT photobooth fame) rigged some wicked lighting and shot all the participating DJs in a dope golden age of Hollywood black and white style. Check these two samples and the full gallery out:

(DJ Diabetic aka Shepard Fairey of Obey fame - checkout this dope "Animal Farm" reissue book cover he recently did)

(FoundTrack Amiga and Mad Mondays Hostess, DJ Valida)

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Come Party with our favorite Birthday Girl!

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FoundTrack's favorite birthday girl, Marchelle from BFT is having a fiesta with the Awesometown folks tomorrow night. Come get crazy with us! 10pm Wednesday June 11th at the Short Stop 1455 W. Sunset Blvd, Echo Park.

* $3 Dewars all night!
* Photos by ShadowScene!
* DJs Dan Sena, Jasepi, GMO, and Josh(UA).
* Marchelle!
* Us!
* You!
* (what more could you need!?!)

For more Bedtime For Toys and Marchelle goodness, listen to FoundTrack's June '08 MixTape.

Levi's Fenom Rollup Cropped Color Jeans

Levi's Japan's Fenom line is taking advantage of the rolled up look that is popular with the cyclist / fixed gear crowd. While the trend initially came about as folks that rode bikes would roll up the jeans to protect them, it's now apparently common enough to actually release them pre-rolled. Oddball trends aside, these are actually really cool looking:

I've been meaning to cover the Levi's Fenom line on here for a while, and these totally caught my eye as I was doing my daily reading. Summer's coming and I'm going to be needing myself a pair of these- they're kinda like a better version of those god awful capri pants that were going around a few years ago.


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Egg Phone

As we eagerly await the more affordable version of the iPhone, designer Roman Tubl has been busy creating the EGG concept phone. Looking at it purely from a design point of view, he really has created something out of this world. It has a flexible touch-screen display and the rounded shape is illuminated by a red strip when you use it. Not only pretty to look at, features such as Bluetooth, USB, Wi-Fi, 3.2 megapixel camera and 4GB memory are all thrown in too.

Take that Blackberry!

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Weekly Events Calendar : F.I.L.A. (Found in LA) June 9-15th

Monday June 9th
Santogold @ Virgin Megastore (Hollywood + Highland)
Mad Mondays @ Purple Lounge (Standard) - w/DJ C-Town, Valida, Blue Jemz and more
Spider Problem, Nightbirds, Artichoke @ Silverlake Lounge -Free Residency Mondays in June
Afternoons , Western States Motel, Willoughby, White Hinterland @ Spaceland - Free Residency Mondays in June
Rumspringa, My Pet Saddle, What Laura Thinks, The Franks @ Echo - Free Residency Mondays in June
Wild Sweet Orange @ Troubadour
Aushua, Shiloe, Idyllists, Orion Experience @ Viper Room

Tuesday June 10th
N.E.R.D. @ Virgin Megastore (Hollywood + Highland)
Prescilla Ahn (CD Release), Angie Mattson, Jesse Harris @ Hotel Cafe
Wild Sweet Orange @ Troubadour
KCRW Presents Billy Bragg, CR Avery @ El Rey
KCRW Presents Rob Dickinson @ Viper Room
Aimee Mann @ Largo
Celtics @ Lakers - GM3 of NBA Finals

Wednesday June 11th
Awesometown Presents Marchelle's (Bedtime for Toys) BDay Bash @ Short Stop - w/DJ's Dan Sena, Jasepi, GMO, more
Heloise & The Savoir Faire @ Silverlake Lounge
Oslo @ Spaceland (Club NME)
Princeton, Young Hunting, Elenie Mandel @ Tangier
Spain, Daniel Ahern, Correatown @ Echo
Crystal Castles , dd/mm/yyyy @ Roxy
KCRW Presents Bajofondo, Gustavo Santoalalla @ El Rey
Repeater, C.R.A.F.T. Club, the new room @ Boardners (Club Moscow)

Thursday June 12th
Matches, Scissor For Lefty, Vogue in the Movement @ Knitting Factory
Helio Sequence, Talkdemonic, Wait Think Fast @ Echoplex
Detroit Cobras, Killola @ Troubadour
Erykah Badu, Roots @ Greek Theatre
Nellie McKay @ Largo
Dj ?uestlove, DJ Journey @ Crash Mansion
Meiko @ Hotel Cafe
Celtics @ Lakers - GM4 of NBA Finals

Friday June 13th
KCRW Presents Submarines, Castledoor @ Echo
LA Underground Presents Drew Danbury, Forest World, Vaudeville @ Pehrspace
Ting Tings, Anni Rossi @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)
"Point Break" Live @ Dragonfly - Reality-play adaptation of the 90's classic (Night 1)
Scully & Wooden (For the Kids) @ Nokia Theatre - Vin Scully and John Wooden discussion moderated by LA Times TJ Simers
Return to Forever @ Gibson Amphitheatre
A.M. , Pizza! @ L'Keg Gallery

Saturday June 14th
RJD2, GZA, Living Lengends @ Orpheum (CANCELED)
Tweak Bird @ Smell
Crosby, Stills, Nash @ Greek Theatre
"Point Break" Live @ Dragonfly - Reality-play adaptation of the 90's classic (Night 2)
Ting Tings @ Zero One Gallery

Sunday June 15th
Fratellis @ Key Club
Dosh, Anathallo, Karin Tatoyan @ Spaceland
KCRW Presents Morgan Page @ Elevate Lounge
Russian Circles @ Troubadour
Celtics @ Lakers - GM5 of NBA Finals (If Necessary)

Resources
losangeles.ohmyrockness.com
KCRW Presents
LosAnjealous.com
Upcoming.yahoo.com
Going.com
Metromix.com
theguide.latimes.com

Laker Fans: Get Pumped up for Game 2 - "Just say No" Rap Video

Ok, so the Lakers lost Game 1 of the NBA Finals. We fans need something to get us pumped up for Game 2, right? What better than this 80s anti drug rap video featuring mad hip hop flows from classic Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kurt Rambis, and Byron Scott?!:



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Nike Air Jordan I Father's Day Edition

In the memory of Michael Jordan's late father James Jordan, and as a tribute to Dad's everywhere, Nike's Brand Jordan has released this limited edition Father's Day pack. The shoe comes in two colorways, but I definitely think the tan version above takes the cake. Don't forget about your Pops, people!- Mom's day usually steals all the limelight! Father's day is on Sunday June 15 for all of you that might have forgotten...

You can score your Dad (or yourself) a pair over at Canada's Livestock's online store

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55 DSL / BPM / Barracuda Party - Tuesday June 10!

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Here's some fun stuff for all you LA people- FoundTrack Friends 55 DSL, BPM Magazine, and De La Barracuda are hosting a party this coming Tuesday 8pm at Barracuda Melrose (7769 Melrose Ave). ShitDisco will be performing a special set and DJ Blu Jemz will be spinnin' some hot tunes. Best Part?- Open Belvedere and Asahi bar for all you lushes...

** Don't forget to RSVP HERE !**

Checkout Links to Photos from BPM/55DSL's last crazy event, the Smurf House, at FoundTrack's Coachella Coverage

Adidas Consortium's Nizza

The last time we featured something from Adidas' Consortium division, the post ended up getting a lot of good feedback. Therefore, what else could we do but bring you some more goodness? One of the most recent classic editions to get the Consoritum treatment is the "Nizza Hi" - the Nizza is basically kinda like Adidas' version of the Converse's classic canvas shoes, the All Stars.

The Nizzas are definitely another awesomely successful experiment from the Adidas Laboratories. The models featured here come in an awesome blue/gold colorway and an orange/silver colorway. Both versions are limited to 390 pairs worldwide and you can pickup a pair for $130 at the Kix-Files online store. Kix-Files is pretty awesome and even has the Consortium Superskate Street Radiant Stripes we featured a few weeks ago available for $165 (380 pairs worldwide). For an even better deal on the Nizzas, you can always try a quick google search for them.

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