Yohji Yamamoto's Adidas Y-3 Spring Summer '09 Collection

It looks like Yohji Yamamoto's Y-3 Collection for Adidas continues to flourish. All of these footwear pieces come from the line's Spring/Summer '09 collection and feature simple updates on classic trainer design. These shoes all seem to follow a k.i.s.s. aesthetic while maintaining a unique feel. Take a look at a few samples from the collection and keep in mind I only picked a few of my favorites to showcase- you can checkout the rest of the collection, here:

Love the embossed take on the classic Adidas 3 stripes on these ones:

These bad boys should make up for the lack of the Adidas "Country" model in recent years. The offset lace hole is a cool touch:

What would this patent leather colorway be called?... marble/cabernet? Whatever it is they're awesome:

Can't go wrong with the classic sprint model:

Awesome job on the fading flannel like pattern on these ones:

Source- Hypebeast

Movie Trailer Mondays - Less than a month until Watchmen...

Was driving by Melrose and Fairfax to meet my Brooklyn buddies Jamie (aka DJ BFF) and Missy (aka Garden Designer Extraordinaire) when I saw this dope new billboard for Watchmen. The movie debuts in less than a month and looks to be a banger, albeit a dark one. Checkout these two new spots to manage your cravings until March 6th:

Radiohead x USC Marching band live @ the Grammy's

As usual a few performances actually managed to impress at this year's Grammy show. One of the two best performances was this collaboration between Radiohead and USC's marching band (which continues a long tradition of the 'SC band backing up major performers at the show). The drums are dope!:



AND, the other cool performance from the night was a tight new live arrangement of "Swagga Like Us" featuring Jay-Z, Kanye, Lil Wayne and a VERY preggers M.I.A. :

Weekly Events Calendar : Found in LA (Feb. 9th-15th)

Monday February 9th
Le Switch, Vaudeville, Blank Blue, Les Blanks @ Spaceland (FREE)
The Mae Shi, Hungry Ghost, Sad Horse, Residual Echoes @ The Smell
Local Natives, Meeting Places, Dusty Rhodes and The River Band, & Marvelous Toy @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)
The Devil and Daniel Johnson (2005) @ Space 15 Twenty

Tuesday February 10th
KCRW Presents Cat Power & the Dirty Delta Blues @ Avalon
Miranda Lee Richards, Lower Heaven, Whispering Pines, Nick Jago @ Spaceland
Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan, Happy Chichester @ Troubadour
Mad Planet, The Strange Familiar, The Surrender @ Silverlake Lounge
Acid Girls, Classixx @ Cinespace (Dim Mak Tuesdays)

Wednesday February 11th
Illa J @ Amoeba (FREE)
KCRW Presents Cat Power & the Dirty Delta Blues @ Avalon
Tim Sweeney (Beats in Space), Cosmic Kids, Guns N Bombs, Miss Toats @ Echo (No Culture)
Om feat. Aaron Byrd, Itai Shapiro and Adrian Govind @ Zanzibar
Whispertown 2000, Orenda Fink (of Azure Ray), Stephanie Drootin, Deep Sea Diver @ Bordello (FOLD)
Free Moral Agents, Blank Blue @ Silverlake Lounge
Aushua, Tommy & The High Pilots @ Knitting Factory
Whitest Kids You Know @ El Rey
Nightfur, Karabal Nightlife, C-Horse @ 3 of Clubs
Marco Benevento, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey @ Largo
Oren Lavie @ Largo (Little room)
NME Presents Sweethead @ Spaceland (CLUB NME)
Malcolm Jamal Warner @ Catalina Jazz Club
Styx @ House of Blues
Clueless (1995) @ Space 15 Twenty

Thursday February 12th
FoundTrack Presents V3 feat. DJ KnewJack and Special Guest DJ Valida @ Bar Lubitsch
The Binges @ Amoeba (FREE)
The Airborne Toxic Event, The Henry Clay People, Rademacher @ Henry Fonda Theatre
Lemon Sun, Rumspringa, Voxhaul Broadcast, Restavrant @ Troubadour
Anya Marina (Record Release), Lissie @ Hotel Cafe
As Tall As Lions @ Space 15 Twenty
LA RECORD and KXLU Presents Happy Hollows, Crooked Cowboy and the Freshwater Indians, The Movies, Anni Rossi , Jilian Hankleigh, Whitman plus special guests @ Echo

Friday February 13th
Don Caballero, sBACH, DD/MM/YYYY @ Spaceland
KXLU Presents The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims), Tijuana Panthers @ Echoplex
Stones Throw Records Presents Peanut Butter Wolf, Prince Paul, Egyptian Lover, Dam Funk, Mayer Hawthorne @ Echoplex
Aceyalone @ Dakota Lounge
Jon Brion and Friends @ Largo
Terry Reid @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)/ Roman Holiday (1953) @ Aero Theatre
LL Cool J @ Club Nokia
Seven (1995) @ Nuart (Midnight Screening)
Dub Frequency Presents Beestings & Nosebleeds @ Standard (Purple Lounge) - FREE w/RSVP

Saturday February 14th
Golden Boots, Eagle Winged Palace @ Knitting Factory
Yo Majesty, Natalie Stewart @ Echoplex
Sparks @ Royce Hall
Stones Throw/Beat Junkies Presents Dil Withers Tribute: Songs in the Key of D feat.The Beat Junkies, J.Rocc, Babu, Rhettmatic, and Mr. Choc @ Echoplex
Lucent L'amour 2009 with Z-Trip, Adam Freeland, Marques Wyatt, J-Boogie, more @ Downtown LA
Rickie Lee Jones and the Vaudvillains @ Largo
James Lavelle, Steve Porter, Sammy Dee @ Avalon
From Here to Eternity (1953) /Casablanca (1942) @ Aero Theatre
Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge (2001)/Romeo and Juiet (1996)@ Egyptian Theatre

Sunday February 15th
Under Covered feat. Radars to the Sky, Marvelous Toy, Death to Anders, The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra @ All Star Lanes
Dublab Presents Give Up @ Hyperion Tavern
Smiths/Morissey Night @ Echo (Part-Time Punks)
Teena Marie with special guests Morris Day & The Time @ Nokia Theatre
The Never-Ending Story (1984) @ Aero Theatre
Peryton, Din Caliber and Mac Winston @ Space 15 Twenty (Sundays in the Courtyard)

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

"Warner Brothers" responds to Bale Flipping out (and he apologizes)

This is too hilarious. "Warner Brothers" responds regarding Christian Bale's recent leaked tape of him flipping out on the set of Terminator Salvation:



Oh yeah, and Bale called in to KROQ today and apologized. Was this whole thing a planned promotional stunt for Terminator 4? hmmm...:

Louis Vuitton x Kanye West Sneaker - Sneak Peak

"Everybody's got an addiction, mine is shoes. It started with my very first pair of Kangaroos. And to L it see, made for tennis I play none of it, but I owned em' in brown and black and suede, but that was hardly the beginnin of my obscene spendin" - Lexicon "Nikehead".

The tennis shoe fetish has long been a part of the hip hop community - whether we're talking about Run-DMC or Lexicon - tennis shoes have been an obsession of many rap artist. My obsession had me running home everyday after school, reaching for my sneaker kit - a shoe box in pristine condition containing a bottle of 1. Rubbing Alcohol 2. Windex 3. A hand towel 4. Clean Shoe Laces - Keeping the sneaks clean was a must.

Louis Vuitton has teamed up with the "Imelda Marcos" of the tennis shoe game - The Louie Vuitton Don himself, Mr. Kanye West. Kanye designed a line of 5 shoes for the French fashion house, with oversight from their chief designer Marc Jacobs. The red shoe design below was the only one that made the cut for the show.

“The inspiration came from a jacket with a huge collar in the movie ‘Dune,’ ” West says. “Most sneakers focus on the tongue, so I wanted to do something different.” West knows whereof he speaks: he says he has no idea how many shoes he owns, but he does know that he routinely needs to send shipments off to storage.

Be on the look out for the LV-KW shoe which is reported to hit stores in June. Start saving now - these bad boys will put you back 5-hundo ($500). Checkout the rest of the colorways below...

(Mister West w the man himself, Marc Jacobs)

Source: The Moment

Special Event: FoundTrack & DJ KnewJack present "V3": V's Bday & Pre-V-day party featuring special guest DJ Valida

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Stay tuned to www.FoundTrack.com/events for updates

Please RSVP ASAP, to "events @ foundtrack dot com"

* ATTIRE: Wear some purple if you've got any! Let's turn Bar Lubitsch's crimson decor into violet!

* WHAT: FoundTrack & Jack present "V3" featuring special guest DJ Valida
* WHEN: Thursday, February 12th, 9:00-1:30am
* WHERE: Bar Lubitsch (7702 Santa Monica Blvd, WeHo)
* WHY: V(iranda)'s birthday and pre-Valentine's day Fiesta
* WHO: DJ Valida, DJ KnewJack, V & All You Hot Party People!

* UPDATE!: Complimentary treats courtesy of our friends at Popcakes (the perfect combination of the cupcake and lollipop!):

Classy Tunes by:

Special Guest
DJ Valida

and FoundTrack Resident
DJ KnewJack

Try and land a Birthday punch on V!:

February '09 Events @ Space 15 Twenty

FoundTrack's friends over at Space 15 Twenty have a bunch of cool events coming up in February if you happen to be in the LA area. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Space 15 Twenty is an experimental mixed used space by Urban Outfitters that showcases fashion, art, and related tenants. A full list of current stores (including Alife and Hennessey + Ingalls) and pop-up shops can be found at their official site. I've managed to get out there a few times now and the constantly evolving space always has something rad going on in terms of art, live music, film screenings and most importantly fashion. Here's what's coming up this month:

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Jini's Pick of the Week - Kidrobot x Selfridges

The first time I heard about Kidrobot was when I lived back in LA and my friends had set up a myspace page for a smoking rabbit! So, now I'm glad that London is giving the bunnies some high-profile love now too! One of my favourite department stores in the whole world, Selfridges has teamed up with the Kidrobot guys to create a Kidrobot universe in Selfridges' Wonder Room concept store, complete with a store gallery and shop showcasing the brands toys, tees, hoodies and a collection of original print bags. If you want some exclusive dunnys and munnys, check it out now (or just admire the giant pink bunny in the store window as I do every night on my way home from work!)
The Kidrobot x Selfridges Store-gallery will be located at 400 Oxford Street and will operate from January 22 through February 21.



Kidrobot x Selfridges - Ye Olde English Dunny Launch Party from Kidrobot on Vimeo.

Source: hypebeast