Le Grand Cru

Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon LAPV 6.X Concept

NO THEFT — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:15:32 +0000

Read the official press release of the G-Wagon HERE

The Head and The Heart

NO THEFT — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:45:35 +0000

The Head and The Heart have just released their first LP. They are building some great steam, KEXP summer series concert, touring with Fences, playing at some of the best venues up here in Seatown. Proud to see quality tunes coming out of Seatown. Distinct 3 part harmonies, old classic melody lines, with a back bone of percussive playing from the drums through the piano & guitar contributions. They are the liveliest shows you can go to, you won’t be able to resist clapping and stopping your feet with them. Hear more and see if they are coming to your town on their fall tour HERE

(Their Self titled release)

Whale Lands On Sailboat

Mdot — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:27:01 +0000

You might have seen this already, but this version shows the whale swimming at the boat.

Lightning Slowed Down 300X

Mdot — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:23:06 +0000

Social Experiment by POWA

Mdot — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:39:56 +0000

Tarp Surfing

Mdot — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:14:05 +0000

If you’re like me, and hate murky waters, then here’s something that you could maybe pick up. I like how they put this together.

Thanks for sending this to me Trav!

Josh Evans

Mdot — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:43:38 +0000

Josh Evans is an illustrator our of Los Angeles, CA. He hit us up and said his friend showed him our blog! Here are some of his works.

He also created a short zine called Rankle Jones, which is based off an actual scam email that his friend forwarded to him. Click here to see what I’m talking about.

Thanks for contacting us Josh!

Due Date

Mdot — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:30:37 +0000

What do you all think?

The Fling

NO THEFT — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:49:49 +0000

I got to see these chaps play live up in Seattle last year. Had a blast and they rocked it true. They just released this trailer as a teaser for their first official full length record coming out Aug. 27. If you are in LA on that date, show up at Spaceland for their release show. If you are down with Delta Spirit & Dawes, you’ll deff. like these kids. Listen to more HERE

Crossing The US

Mdot — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:53:44 +0000

Several weeks ago, I was visiting my sister in Central CA and found out that her and her husband were hosting 2 boys from Germany. I thought to myself, “Wow, what are they doing here, and how did they link up with my sister?” When I finally get there and meet them, I find out that they (Jan and Chris) had just finished their army service and had some time before college started. So they decided to bike across the US. No, not on motorcycles, but on bikes!

Chris and Jan
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So they started their trip on April 15th, landing in Miami, not knowing anyone. Their plan was to stay at campgrounds along the way, but when they arrived to the first one, they were shocked at how expensive it was. So they crossed the street to a truck stop, and tried to plan an alternative. A trucker asked if they needed help, and after explaining their situation, he offered them his cab because he didn’t need it for that night. The next day they came across a pastor who set them up for their next 5 nights, and from then on, each person they stayed with, connected them to someone at each one of their stops for them to stay with!

I can’t list every city they stopped in, but here are the states they traveled through:
Florida—>Alabama—>Mississippi—>Arkansas—>Texas—>New Mexico—>Arizona—>California and flying back to Germany from San Francisco, CA.

I asked them to give me one of their best/strangest parts of the trip thus far, and this is what they had to say:
I think one of our strangest experiences was definitely on the 101. Where the police stopped us. with the hand at the gun and that we should go away from our cycles. The problem was that we were on this part of the 101 (near to Thousand Oaks) prohibited, but we ignored the sign at first because on the Interstate 40 it was also no problem. At the end the officers gave us a guard down from the 101 over the next exit. They stopped the whole exit t lead us down. I think this was a nice picture we two in front of the two police cars and all the traffic behind them. But the officers were really nice people, they gave us no ticket or any other fine. In the opposite way they gave us directions how we were able to arrive Thousand Oaks without using the 101. Other really cool adventures were as we were in the desert of Arizona for shooting or with Josh Surfing…but all in all its nearly impossible to count all the fantastic memories and to tell them. Because such amazing things like these happened all over the States and I think the best memories are all the people which we met on this journey…..

Their other stories are amazing and these are some of the nicest guys I’ve met. They also told us to be sure and look them up if we’re ever in Germany! I hope we will be able to one day.

I believe they made good time so they were able to spend extra days in cities they really loved. I think their plane back to Germany leaves this Thursday. Jan and Chris, it was a pleasure meeting you and good luck in all your future endeavors. I hope we will be able to cross paths again.