I got an email about a new site and and the description had me curios-

“Loudvine.com was started for a very simple reason. OK, three reasons:

Discovering new music and artists
Discovering hard to find gigs around town
Discovering new friends, through great music”

Now if you’ve ever been in a band, you know this is good. Once you register, you have access to an incredible LA directory. That awesome, hole in the wall, genuine music lover, hang out venue that you don’t know about? Yep, it’s listed there. Amongst other things the site also has a list of all current/upcoming gigs in the area. It’s built like a social networking site so there’s plenty of opps to meet other bands and plan a show together.

Check out the site at: loudvine.com

Freakin hilarious!

A great contest that the San Diego Asian FIlm Foundation is sponsoring. For all you aspiring film makers or politicians or …regular people check it out!

If you have access to a video camera and a great idea, here’s your chance to take action in 30 seconds! The San Diego Asian Film Foundation is challenging YOU to submit a 30-second public service announcement that promotes civic responsibility and democratic participation in the electoral and public policy processes. In other words, your PSA should help encourage voter registration and participation in the APIA community. Be creative!

We will choose a winner to receive $1000 and a Sony HDF-FX1 HDV Camcorder (worth $3700), plus bragging rights - the winning PSA will be screened before all film programs at the film festival.

Entries must be postmarked by July 31, and no more than 30 seconds in length.

Go to SDAFF.org for more info

Recently, dancing has been a phenomenon in United States.

But 2 years ago, Matt Harding took it to another level.
He took a 6 month trip through 39 countries on all 7 continents,
since becoming “That guy who dances on the internet around the world”.

Where the Hell was Matt? (2006)

Since then, no one really know what happened to Matt.

Well, Matt is back.
Documenting for 14 months from 42 different countries.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)

Seeing that the Presidential Elections are quickly approaching, I’ll take this time for a quick Public Service Announcement.

Register to vote at Rock the Vote

Rock the Vote was founded in 1990 by the music industry to represent the youth in what was becoming a firebranded movement to censor music. By the 1992 Elections, Rock the Vote was in full swing with celebrity endorsements to Register and Rock the Vote, as well as a nationally covered media campaign fueled by MTV. Since then, Rock the Vote has registered millions of youth in America, and has driven over 50 million to the polls.

While Rock the Vote doesn’t have the media power they once did back in the 90’s, their grassroots operations and interactivity with the youth has jumped leaps and bounds.

Whether hitting Sundance, the primaries or SXSW this year, Rock the Vote is making sure the youth are paying attention.

Check out this clip from SXSW.

Head on over to Rock the Vote and register to vote now.
It’s your present and future with a click of a button.

Just received an email from artist David Choe about Harry Kim’s documentary on him. It’s about to hit the festivals after almost a decade in the making. If you know anything about David Choe (from his art or from VBS.TV)… then you know this is going to be one very interesting hour and a half of your life. The World Premiere will be taking place at the LA Film Fest on June 21st.

Here’s a sneak peek at what David calls his “bullshit life” (which I’ll have to disagree with):

 
Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe
Documentary Competition
(USA, 2008, 92 mins)
World Premiere
Directed By: Harry Kim

Los Angeles artist David Choe’s kaleidoscopic work can be playful, confrontational and sexually frank. His personal life is no less complicated, as revealed by close friend Harry Kim, who documented Choe’s life and crimes from 2000 to 2007. From the manic highs of commercial success and dinosaur hunting in the Congo to the self-destructive lows of Japanese jail sentences and bouts of self-doubt and depression, what begins as a gleeful portrait of a bad-boy artist slowly becomes a poignant celebration of one man’s journey, both artistically and spiritually, toward his own uncertain salvation.

Saturday, June 21st 9:45pm (World Premiere)
Majestic Crest Theatre $12.00

Sunday, June 22nd 4:00pm
Mann Festival Theatre $12.00

Thursday, June 26th 4:30pm
Mann Festival Theatre $12.00

Buy tickets: http://www.lafilmfest.com/tixSYS/2008/filmguide/eventnote.php?notepg=1&EventNumber=6845

Dirty Hands Website: http://www.dirtyhandsmovie.com
David Choe’s Art: http://www.davidchoe.com
David Choe’s Blog: http://davechoe.blogspot.com

They did it with U2 in 2005 with “Vertigo”

U2 x Apple iPod (2005)

Now they are back with Coldplay featuring “Viva La Vida”!

Coldplay x Apple iTunes (2008)

Now thats what I call collaborative branding.