Arrivals: Vanishing Elephant + Operations + Corpus

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The third incarnation of VTech & Mochilla's four-part Timeless series, an homage to seminal arranger/composers and their influence on hip-hop,  brings us Arthur Verocai accompanied by a  30 piece orchestra, conducted by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and  featuring Airto Moreira, Ivan “Mamao” Conti, Jose Bertrami, Carlos Dafe +Special Guests.  Opening DJ sets by Madlib and DJ Nuts.

Sunday, March 15th, 2009
7-11pm / All Ages
$22.50 Limited Presale / $32.50 After

Harriet & Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex/Cal State University Los Angeles

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“Arthur Verocai is a genius, one of the finest“ -Quantic, DJ and Producer

“I could listen to the (Arthur Verocai) album everyday for the rest of my life” - Madlib, hip hop producer

“Em 1972 falaram que ele estava maluco… sua musica é agora.” - DJ Nuts

“Arthur Verocai is living proof that soul transcends generations, races, and creeds. If you are a producer and don’t know who this guy is……. then you don’t know soul music at its best….. Welcome to Brazillian Soul……………. meet Arthur Verocai” -9th Wonder, hip hop producer

“Of all the Brazilian music I have encountered, this is my favourite record” -Yoshihiro Okino, Kyoto Jazz Massive

Arrivals: Nunsongyi

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After just having celebrated its second anniversary last week, Monocle is feting 2009 by opening its first US retail store in Los Angeles on April 6th! According to FWD:

The Brentwood location of The Monocle Shop at 225 26th Street, Suite 19b, will feature new collaborations between the brand and designers, like the Comme des Garçons' Hinoki candle, a unique sweatshirt from Tomorrowland, and a high-tech running kit created with John Smedley. "Monocle is opening a shop in L.A. for a variety of reasons," said Brule. "One is the location. We were offered a great space in a high traffic area which possesses a similar demographic and 'community feel' to our Marylebone store in London. Two, we think L.A. provides a great opportunity for us--it's a pop culture hub and evidence from our subscriber base suggests we have a ready-made market out there. Also, our online Monocle shop is already popular on the West Coast, particularly the Orlebar Brown Swimming Trunks and the Porter Bags."

At long last, a reason to visit Brentwood.

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If there is a term more ubiquitous than "hybrid" in the national automotive lexicon I don't know it. Alright, maybe "bailout". I digress. Fuel economy aside, what's disappointingly absent in many of the more fuel efficient modes of transportation [read: Prius] is style. It seems that function is forever fated to trump form in the design of gas-electric hybrid vehicles. World-reknowned industrial designer Adrian Van Anz, however, happens to disagree, and Derringer Cycles is his rebuttal.

Modeled after a 1920's era board track racing motorcycle, Van Anz's neo-classical interpretation of the moto-hybrid (gas-kinetic) clocks an astonishing fuel economy in excess of 150 mpg! The cycle can be pedaled with or without assistance from the motor, or propelled solely by the Honda-built overhead 4-stroke 49cc engine at speeds of up to 40mph.