Halloween, the only holiday that makes me wish I was still in college.

It’s funny how this can even be considered as “going to far”. He painted the flag on the wall and created a sick piece, with a dope sound track. Its not as if he ripped a flag off a pole and wrote on it, even if he did who gives a fuck, its a political campaign, listen!

It has gotten to the point where you cant even believe the talking heads bull shit. We all know you have to pick a side and stick with it, no matter what the topic is you have to support your political party. WWF is more believable than this crap, this is also why we are on the Internet all day trying to absorb our wisdom rather than watching network news.

Mr Cartoon must have put a lot of asses in seats with the art promo he did for Fast and Furious, because the artist is at it again. Toons  and SA Studios have teamed up to create an armored car for the movie Armored. I love the shots taken on the downtown bridge, very cool. Gotta respect the Latino audience, this demo is the future of marketing and advertising.

This movie is BANANAS!

“Five interwoven stories that occur on the same block, on the same night. A couple finds what happens when they blow a jack o’ lantern out before midnight, a high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer, a college virgin might have met the right guy for her, a group of mean teens play a prank that they take too far, and a hermit is visited by a special trick or treater”

These shoes are dope! They did a solid job on providing designs and models that cover all tastes, this was a well rounded package.

Check it….

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Food Inc.
10.26.09

“For every tool they lend us…
A loss of independence…”
- ‘Grievance’ Pearl Jam (2000)

FOOD, Inc. is a desperately needed film meant to educate the public and assist us in making informed choices as to what foods to put into our bodies.

The filmmakers have courageously pulled the mask off of giant corporations who treat the human consumer in ways very similar to the animals they send off to slaughter.

It’s terrifying to us to think that the health of our population and future of our country’s farmers seem to get no consideration in the quest for ever increasing profits; and that the very fabric of nature, meaning the seeds for growing our crops, are being mutated then copy-written and privately owned from here to eternity?!

We are compelled to ask where is the regulation? Who is protecting us?

Please watch this film and decide for yourself. We are proud to help in disseminating this information and are grateful to those who made this most enlightening film.

“We pledge our grievance,”

Pearl Jam
October, 2009

“There’s no more important documentary than this. The phrase ‘you are what you eat’ has never been so dangerous as it is today. Never has a documentary exposed how insidious corporate greed is, to the point of poisoning us. This is a film you have to get to your friends and they have to get to their friends as soon as possible. It will alter your choices. It has ours, anyway.”

- Ben Harper and Laura Dern

About FOOD, Inc.:
“Bracing, compassionate, witty and compelling,” (TIME) FOOD, Inc. exposes the highly mechanized substructure that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of the government’s regulatory agencies, the USDA and FDA. Using animation and graphics, Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner (The American Experience) lifts the veil on the nation’s food industry to reveal the shocking truth behind corporate ‘factory farms,’ which churn out genetically modified produce and meat from overcrowded animals, detrimentally impacting the lives of millions.

http://www.foodincmovie.com

DVD Information

* FOOD, Inc. will be available on Blu-ray and DVD November 3 from Magnolia Home Entertainment. Purchase here.
* Bonus Features include: deleted scenes – 40minutes of footage/segments not shown in theatre and Nightline’s interview with Chipotle’s CEO

“I gave up the thought of ‘reviewing’ the film and decided to exhort you:

SEE IT. BRING YOUR KIDS IF YOU HAVE THEM. BRING SOMEONE ELSE’S IF YOU DON’T.

The sheer scale of the movie is mind-blowing. It touches on every aspect of modern life. It’s the documentary equivalent of The Matrix.”

- NPR

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Sometimes, it seems like Ed Soares is nothing more than the voice of fighters embroiled in controversy.

He faced an angry press at the side of Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight king Anderson Silva in April, defending Silva’s performance at UFC 97 in a victory over Thales Leites.

He delivered light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida’s version of events on Saturday at UFC 104 to media that largely believed Machida was given a victory at UFC 104 that belonged to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

Soares, though, is not only the interpreter for mixed martial arts superstars like Silva, Machida and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. He’s also one of the industry’s most influential managers with a deep and talent-laden roster and an uncanny ability to make deals.

Whenever you have a portfolio that includes two of the four best fighters in the world, as Soares and partner Jorge Guimaraes do, you instantly command respect.

It’s been a long road for the 37-year-old native of Redondo Beach, Calif., who got his start in business as a ski instructor, nightclub promoter, hip-hop band manager and apparel salesman.

His parents are native Brazilians and, though he was born in Southern California, Soares spoke only Portuguese until he entered kindergarten. Fate, though, might have brought him into mixed martial arts long before he even realized it.

Soares’ mother, Sonia, babysat for Guimaraes’ daughter, Gabrielle, in Redondo Beach, so the two got to know each other and become friends. Soares said Guimaraes has “always been like a big brother to me.”

Guimaraes, a Brazil native, was a close friend of Rorion Gracie, who initially conceived the idea of the UFC as a way of proving the superiority of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu over other fighting forms.

Soares and Guimaraes drifted apart but reconnected in 2003, when they met in Japan at a PRIDE Fighting Championship event. Soares owned Sinister Clothing by then and attended the event with UFC star Chuck Liddell, for whom he designed his now-familiar fight shorts. Guimaraes was producing an MMA television show at the time, and Soares offered to help. He began frequently interviewing fighters for the show and helped Guimaraes find an affiliate in Los Angeles.

But Soares had been on the fringes of the MMA industry for years prior to reconnecting with Guimaraes. When his soon-to-be wife became pregnant with his first child, Soares decided that being a nightclub promoter didn’t jive with his idea of what a family man should be. So he made the move to the apparel industry.

Guimaraes brought him fully into the business after their 2003 meeting in Japan. Guimaraes had so many connections with MMA fighters in Brazil that they began thinking about changing businesses.

They both believed the sport was going to erupt and felt they could impact the industry as managers. They’d developed relationships with fighters and promoters while doing their television show, which at the time was one of the few – if not only – MMA show on U.S. television.

Their production company, Tough Media, eventually became the name of their managerial firm.

“It was a natural evolution,” Soares said.

And while Soares concedes he was a neophyte when it came to the nuances of the MMA business, he actually was well prepared for it.

He knew how to structure contracts and cater to clients from his days as a band manager. Guimaraes, who had managed fighters in Brazil, had a pipeline to elite talent that would fill the client list.

“There’s not that much difference from managing a hip-hop group or managing a band and managing [MMA fighters],” Soares said. “Yeah, there are a few differences, but at the end of the day, it’s about putting asses in seats and getting these guys well known. It’s pretty much the same formula with a few different variables.”

Soares and Guimaraes are very top-heavy with elite talent, but don’t have a deep stable. He likes to keep only 10 or 15 fighters under contract in order to provide the personal attention he thinks the fighters deserve. As a result, his company is one of the industry’s smaller firms, but there are few that are more influential.

Start with Silva, who is No. 1 in the monthly Yahoo! Sports rankings, and add Machida, the only major undefeated champion, and it’s a good start. Nogueira has been a star and an elite fighter for years, but Soares and Guimaraes also manage Junior dos Santos, a heavy-fisted Brazilian who figures to be in the heavyweight title picture by mid-to-late 2010.

“We don’t have a tremendous amount of guys in comparison to some who are out there,” Soares said. “I’ve seen some management companies with 60, 70 guys that they’re representing. I kind of look at it as a car dealership. When you look at the car dealership, well, thank God there are Toyota dealers. There’s nothing wrong with Toyotas. They’re great cars, reliable cars, but there are 3,000 of them on the lot. Walk into a Bentley dealership, though, and there are only 12, 15 cars in the place.

“There are two things about that: The guy’s walking in to buy the car, and you know they’re not going to be negotiating price when they’re buying a Bentley. And that’s how I feel about our fighters. You want one of our fighters, you’re going to get a high-performance fighter. I like to keep it that way.”

It’s hard not to like it when your top-end clients are on just about everyone’s short list of the world’s best fighters.

But perhaps the reason for Soares’ success, in addition to his intensity and preparedness, is the passion and respect he has for his clients. He clearly is in love with his fighters and is willing to go to just about any length to protect them or advance their causes.

“We have what I consider our ‘Three Kings,’ ” Soares said. “Anderson Silva is the pound-for-pound king. Lyoto is the king of karate, and we have Nogueira, who is the king of heart because he has so much heart. Those are our three big cards.

“In a card game, if I were playing poker and I had three kings, I’d think I had a pretty good hand.”

Add Soares and Guimaraes to the three kings and it becomes an MMA Royal Flush.

WE LOVE ROBBIE CONAL AND YOU SHOULD TOO. GO VISIT HIS SITE AT ROBBIECONAL.COM

To coincide with the book release of ‘SMASH 137- smash proof’ from the On The Run book series, From Here To Fame and friends proudly present an exhibition and European Book Release / Signing tour with one of Europe’s finest contemporary style writers, SMASH 137.

The SMASH 137- smash proof European tour kicks off with a book release party | exhibition | book signing event in Common Ground Gallery, Berlin on Friday the 13th of November 2009. For updates on tour information please check www.fromheretofame.com .

The on the run book series is no joke, these books are loaded with info and a must have for art book collectors and graffiti enthusiasts. The paper stock and photo quality of the series has been my favorite part thus far.

What is 350?

“350 is the estimated safe level of CO2 (in parts per million) for our atmosphere, a level first announced by Nasa scientist Jim Hanson in 2007 and most recently endorsed by Rajenda Pachauri, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The problem? We are already at 390, way over the 350 mark that some scientists believe is even too high.”

By Green Grown and Sexy

A few weeks back we we showed you a preview of the Obey Levi’s collection, and now it appears they are going to have a live art installation. If you live in NY I would jump on this opportunity to see one of the greats doing work.

Peep a piece from the collection

Obey x Levi’s Live Installation by Shepard Fairey
Thursday, October 29, 2009
7:00 pm – 12:00 am
The Levi’s® Store, Times Square
1501 Broadway (between W. 44th and 43rd Street)
New York, NY 10036

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FAMOUS

LOS ANGELES – Lyoto Machida, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s unbeaten light heavyweight champion, had the look of a loser in the waning moments of Saturday.

His lip was split, bruises dotted his face and he walked very gingerly on his right leg. More telling, a frown creased his face throughout the entire postfight news conference, 45 minutes after his bout with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua had ended at the Staples Center.

UFC president Dana White, who promised a rematch as soon as he could make it, felt Rua had won. Undercard fighters Joe Stevenson and Anthony Johnson agreed. The majority of the media scored it for Rua.

And though Machida’s body language said he felt the same way, the three men who were paid to render the decision disagreed.

Judges Nelson “Doc” Hamilton, Cecil Peoples and Marcos Rosales each scored the fight 48-47 for Machida, who improved to 16-0 in the most difficult bout of his career. Hamilton gave Machida Rounds 2, 3 and 4. Peoples and Rosales each gave Machida the first three rounds.

That was all he needed to become the first man since Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in 2007 to successfully defend the UFC’s light heavyweight belt.

“I would have liked to have performed better,” Machida said glumly, “but it’s not always possible.”

But while the majority opinion seemed to be that Rua deserved to win the title – Yahoo! Sports also had it 48-47 for Rua, giving him Rounds 1, 4 and 5 – this verdict was hardly an outrage.

Many in the crowd of around 16,000 let Hamilton, Rosales and Peoples know how they felt. Internet message boards lit up immediately with howls of protests.

The men who should be facing the wrath of those who felt Rua had won should not be Hamilton, Peoples and Rosales, who rendered their opinions in a very technical, taut affair. Rather, Rua supporters should be angry at his corner men, who continually told him he was well ahead.

Rua said he didn’t press the action in the final two rounds because his corner had told him he was in control. If that’s true, it’s that advice that cost him the fight. And it’s always the worst kind of advice to give a fighter in any match, but particularly a technical fight like Machida-Rua.

And while many disagree with the judges, their decision is at least defensible. White blasted them for their scoring, but he and many of the angry fans didn’t take time to consider that the judges weren’t drinking beer and eating popcorn and slapping five with their friends or doing any of the things that fans do as they watch a bout. Their concentration was on the cage and the action inside it for all five minutes of every round.

Fans, who are distracted by other things, tend to look away from the action for a split second or two several times in a fight, whether it be to talk to a friend, grab a snack or gesticulate after a big blow. When a bout is as close as Machida-Rua was, that’s often the difference between scoring the round correctly and getting it wrong.

“It was a matter of each round being won on maybe one or two little things,” Hamilton said following the fight. “There was no sustained action by anybody in that fight. There were no combinations thrown. It was always one punch, one kick. So you look at it and say, ‘What was effective in that fight? What was effective in that round?’ Based on that, somebody wins the round.”

Those advocating a Rua victory point to the fact that Machida appeared to take far more damage in the bout. Rua’s kicks were tenderizing Machida’s leg and the welts on his face gave away, perhaps for the first time, what he does for a living.

Hamilton, though, said it’s hard to judge a fight on damage sustained in a bout like Machida-Rua.

“They’re assuming he’s hurt,” Hamilton said. “You don’t really know, though, do you?”

This was a fight that was there for Rua to win and he simply didn’t win it. Had the decision gone Rua’s way, Machida couldn’t have complained, because there was little to choose from in many of the rounds. It was a very close fight and a case could be made for either man in most of the rounds.

Rua (18-4) was hurting Machida with kicks – Machida said the large welt on the left side of his midsection wasn’t causing him pain, but he conceded at the postfight news conference his right leg was giving him problems – and he seemed to control the tempo.

Machida said after the bout he hadn’t been busted up as badly since his sixth professional mixed martial arts bout. But Rua, who was trailing on all three scorecards after three rounds, didn’t pick up the pace because he was told he was in command of the bout.

“I feel I was able to use my strategy well in the fight to do a good fight,” Rua said. “My corner was telling me I was winning the fight and that is why I didn’t press the action so much in the final rounds. I felt I was winning. Everyone who has spoken to me has told me they felt I won the fight.”

He could have won the fight. And he probably should have won the fight.

But he only has himself and his own people to blame. Had they sent him out with a sense of urgency for the fourth and fifth rounds, history might have been different on Saturday. Rua managed to shatter some of the Machida Myth with his performance, but he didn’t leave with the belt around his waist.

As outraged as many are at the call, the culprits aren’t Messrs. Hamilton, Peoples and Rosales.

Rather, the bad guys in this scenario are Rua’s friends, partners and coaches who were all too willing to pat him on the back and cheerlead rather than to encourage him and go and finish a fight he had within his grasp.

“Sanrio rejected my piece saying it was too “violent and disturbing”. Haha! Oh yea, and Hello Kitty doesn’t have a mouth, either. So I rocked a second piece for them in two hours…no sketching, pre-planning or penciling…just straight ink and paint on board. Booyah. Fuck it, she still has samurai swords and nunchucks.”-JM

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