Monday, March 01, 2010

February 26: Blends SD Five Year Function @ El Dorado

My weekend was so awesome that I almost forgot about the 3-hour drive down to San Diego (inert grenade found on the 5 Freeway) and the $45.00 parking ticket for parking in the loading zone in front of 5&A Dime (my designated parking spot for the past 3 years).

Blends San Diego was celebrating it's 5th anniversary. It can be tough to stay up in the economy these days, but Blends shows longevity by remaining true to its simple, clean, and creative aesthetic. Congratulations to the entire Blends crew and a special birthday shoutout to Edwin Negado! The turnout was awesome dude.

Props to Brand-EZ for some of these pictures and also birthday boy Guil for snapping some aerial shots. Screw the captions. All you need to know is the following:
-edROC, Julz, and Mark Marcelo providing the jams, TK on the mic
-Mules, Red Stripe, Henn/Jack shots, champagne, and tall Natty Ices
-Shot glasses, pins, and sneaker giveaways courtesy of Blends and Converse
-White buffalo head
-Blends SD/CM x 5&A Dime x Mindzalike x Wildboyz x EOC x FYS x TAA x Outsiders BMX
-DIPSET! DIPSET! DIPSET! WHAT?! (OWWWW!)










































































San Diego, home of La Fachada and good times.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Formosa Betrayed Opening in Theaters in LA/OC

This weekend marks the opening of the movie Formosa Betrayed in the greater Southern California area. My friends Jon and Evita are part of the production team and have put a lot of work into it. I'm gonna try to check this out on Saturday.



Wait, wait, WAIT!! Is that BRYAN LIU?!


And here's a little write-up from rufuku (who is Taiwanese, not Filipino, despite his skin tone):
“Formosa Betrayed” is a movie created, based on actual events that happened during the infamous 228 massacre in Taiwan. With strong tensions still in the air between China and Taiwan, this movie hopes to bring the mildly ignored issue of Taiwanese independence to a national light. With Obama’s recent arms sale to Taiwan as well as the buzz about the option of “Taiwanese” be included in the US Census 2010, we need to spread knowledge of our fight for freedom.

Whether you are Filipino, Japanese, African-American, Caucasian, or Mexican, the story of freedom has never gotten old.

Showtimes
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Los Angeles
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Beverly Center Cinemas
8522 Beverly Blvd #835
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 652-7760
http://www.fandango.com/beverlycentercinemas_aavpr/theaterpage?date=2/26/2010

AMC Puente Hills 20 (Mandarin Subtitles)
1560 S. Azusa Ave.
City Of Industry, CA 91748
(626) 810-5566
http://www.fandango.com/amcpuentehills20_aacwy/theaterpage?date=2/26/2010

AMC Rolling Hills 20 (Mandarin Subtitles)
2591 Airport Drive
Torrance, CA 90505
(310) 289-4262
http://www.fandango.com/amcrollinghills20_aaapi/theaterpage?date=2/26/2010

Edwards Atlantic Palace 10 (Mandarin Subtitles)
700 W. Main St.
Alhambra, CA 91801
(626) 458-9748
http://www.fandango.com/edwardsatlanticpalace10_aaedc/theaterpage?date=2/26/2010

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Orange County
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Regal Garden Grove 16
9741 West Chapman Avenue
Garden Grove, CA 92841
Tel: (714) 530-9864
http://www.fandango.com/regalgardengrove16_aankw/theaterpage?date=2/26/2010

Edwards Westpark 8
3755 Alton Parkway
Irvine, CA 92606
Tel: (949) 622-8609
http://www.fandango.com/edwardswestpark8_aabhq/theaterpage?date=2/26/2010