Set FMLY Fest on Random from Mick LeGrande on Vimeo.Over the past 8 months a beautiful man named Mick LeGrande has been documenting FMLY in Los Angeles with the intention of producing a full length called We Are FMLY. We have talked for a while about the importance of seeing what FMLY looks like across [...]
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Midnight Ridazz founder Roadblock has started writing very informative and somewhat cheeky articles for KCET’s online blog. He recently posted this one to help cyclist and motorist understand how eachother work and can co-exist more safely.Los Angeles is a bike town in waiting. All the elements are there: year-round fair weather, relative flatness, big wide [...]
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We thought it would be sweet to hold out a week before posting any of our own words regarding this stellar video that our buds at Tiny Waves put together, and that sweetness has totally settled like a blanket and touched all of our hearts. Just before parting ways in early January a few of [...]
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Two of my best friends in the world mailed me a handmade tape from across the continent and it has seriously added to my long term happiness. Posted it here on bandcamp for them. Now it is possible to share it with people without having to force them to listen to my walkman(although I’ll still [...]
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[via tiny waves]words by Steve HeadMagical Mistakes – Running WaterSpecial Friends EP by Magical MistakesI was lucky enough to catch Magical Mistakes a few weeks back in the chillout tent at FMLY FEST. I had been frantically running around Chuco’s trying to catch allthe performances I could, but Magical Mistakes’ music commanded my attention with [...]
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It’s obvious that more is better than less in some cases. Sometimes all it takes is one person or entity to make something amazing and it always makes me ecstatic to just talk about out of “the norm” ideas. My friend Geoff Morgan used to fling his paint brush at a blank piece of sheet [...]
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Whether you have been to LA or not, we are all affected by the idea and preconceptions of Los Angeles that are perpetuated by popular culture. LA is arguably the most popular character in Hollywood movies and has been portrayed in almost every way possible. Thom Anderson’s documentary “Los Angeles Plays Itself” covers a lot [...]
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Evan Voytas – You Don’t Even Know Where It’s AtOur boy Evan Voytas has been busy living it up touring the world with prolific soulster beat heads Gonjasufi and Flying Lotus, but he has never stopped creating weirdo dance classics in a high pitched climaxing manner. His early shows are still clear in my mind [...]
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dear summer of 2k12,on june 22 & 23 we invite you to participate in our open gathering: a two day celebration of fmly and frnds representing a global community of makers, prosumers, visual/auditory/spatial artists, activists/hacktivists, theorists, writers, cyclists, environmentally conscious foodies, and like minded social do-gooders. over the last three years our festival has carried [...]
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I Am Genko – It’s All Yours (Yohuna cover)One year ago, Lima Peru’s sweetheart and beatsoulmachine i am genko was working on his first LP when he was robbed blind. Everything was stolen. Now he is trying to recover all of his gear so he can give us an amazing new LP but he needs [...]
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dustin wong – sweetest pleasures while we liveBack in April of last year I posted about the Do Lectures that take place annually in Wales, and recently I became pretty infatuated with one of their talks from photographer, musician, surfer Mickey Smith. With great humility Mickey presents his zest for life that too often goes [...]
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Magical Mistakes – FetishizationJacob Holdt externalizes a bold gift of sincerity, and his approach to photography offers the most genuine and diverse portrayal of American life that I have ever witnessed. Beginning in Denmark in 1970, Holdt – 23 years old, fueled by idealism, and fed up with Danish support for US foreign policy in [...]
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Oh Fortuna – Might MountainEmily Reo – I’ll Never Live By the CoastYohuna – It’s All YoursMichael Parallax – Growing SplendidBefore our buds take off back to their respective homes we believe it would be best to nurture this spiritual hangover with a fine mix of sensual aromas. Tonight – rsvp here – Caleb Johannes [...]
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VerBS – Feelings Getting in The WayVerBS is the Homie. I wish that James Brown was still alive, because I’d love to set up a challenge between the two of them to find the true “hardest working man in show business.” The last time I saw VerBS was at Home Room. He was closing out [...]
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MJ MJ’s dank new tape is up and ready for grabs! This Gracie / Esta Vivo split cassette is the perfect soundtrack to any weekend hang n bangs you might have comin up. The tape is made up of two of our favorite digital only EP’s of 2011 – Gracie’s “For Summer EP” [...]
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POWERAXE – Liberia“Spiritual metal” instrumentalists POWERAXE, made up of brothers Ryan and Brian Randall, have been melting faces all year. They’ve become fixtures of FMLY Rides – watch them slay in this video from July – and a spinoff of the band, BROHAMMER, stole the show at the LA Lottery League this past February. If [...]
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For the natural life of our environment, which recedes into hibernation at this time of year, we blossom. FMLY FEST is just ten days off, so before we cross the single digit barrier it seems about time to announce these set times. Since the lineup was collaboratively booked via volunteer meetings and email threads we [...]
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Magick Orchids – Bad AcidFMLY friends and scene stalwarts Magick Orchids have a reputation for free-form, trance-inducing psychedelic live shows that utilize improvisation and group collaboration. The duo’s upcoming album, Origins of Grinding, finds Rhea Tepplim and FMLY Fest poster artist Champoy Hate combining their penchant for being etherial and experimental with somewhat more “pop” [...]
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Kid Infinity – the Big WhyKid Infinity is the most banging electro party rap group in Los Angeles. While they’re known for their envelope-pushing 3-D light shows, exceptional videos, and clever product presentations, the duo’s music is anthemic and pounding enough that it doesn’t need any of that stuff to grab audiences — anyone who [...]
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Ghibli – Aubrey de Grey (Jessica Jalbert remixed)Nelson Mandela once shared that, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart”. As long as I’ve been aware of Tom Mike’s prolific consumption of ‘internet presence’, [...]
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