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YEAR IN REVIEW December 31 2009
Inauguration of Barack Obama. Miracle on the Hudson. Pirates! Iranian Election. MICHAEL JACKSON. Cash for Clunkers. American hostages in North Korea. Ted Kennedy dies. Farrah Fawcett. Patrick Swayze. Natasha Richardson. DJ AM. Billy Mays. David Carradine. Brittany Murphy. Walter Cronkite. John Hughes. Brazil 2016. Star Trek. The Hangover. Fort Hood. Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize. Transformers. New Moon. Harry Potter. Susan Boyle. Adam Lambert. Avatar. Watchmen. The Gosselins. Octomom. Balloon Boy. Swine flu. Tiger Woods. Google Wave. Windows 7. Snow Leopard. Jay Leno off the air. The end of analog TV. True Blood. Glee. Brüno. Kanye and Taylor Swift. Oprah quits. Pittsburgh Steelers. Brett Favre. New York Yankees. LOS ANGELES LAKERS.
I think I got everything…Happy new year to all of you. To the ENTIRE CA family, we want to thank you for everything you’ve done in 2009. Here’s to many more.
OWNER PICKS December 30 2009
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For this best of entry (and probably our last, considering year end is tomorrow), Kim and I picked our favorite release of the year. We had Peeking Pig, Dirty Dogs, Be a Change CA Change, Recycle, CA Baseball, CA & Sons, People Power, CA Crew 09, and Peeking Pig Hoodie. They were photographed by Sam Dawes (Studio Artistre), then Gerard Bello, then Alex Rapada, then David Sambilay (Oh Snap Photography), and then by yours truly. They were modeled by Kim, Christine, Jon, Boj, David, and Danny. Some succeeded in sales, others didn’t. Overall, there were two that stood out for us.
KIM: Live and Die in CA. This is my favorite release since it’s based on a line from my favorite rapper. The Old English font brings a little gangster into it, and the “CA” instead of “LA” is both an ode to our home state and to the brand. After all, we are in the market for expansion.
TRICIA: The Los Angeleno. This tee is so simple, yet so loaded with meaning. We were challenged to convey a typical Angeleno by means of a t-shirt. So we decided to use the price on the magazine (the font is from the New Yorker magazine) to help us out. The price one pays as a Los Angeleno is cultural immersion. cultural immersion implies adapting. In a city so diverse, we adapt to and absorb the different people, values, traditions, places. I want to see this on a crewneck. Or on a purple/gold colorway. Thoughts?
FAM BAM December 29 2009
Flannel. Gift exchange. Socks only. Planned Parenthood. Old E. Pink Vans. Alex “Soy” Rapada. USC victory. Lakers victory. If you can’t guess your secret Santa, take a shot of goose. Super producer Asi and family. RevGlennWisdom. Sign your name in sharpie, and not in pen.
Thank you to the Rhythm Natives for inviting us to their annual holiday party, and thank you to Jenn K and Timmy for the hospitality. We had a great time.
LEAKED! December 28 2009
Check out Bambu’s new single “The Queen is Dead” produced by Fatgums. HEAT!
You can download it HERE.
