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He’s signing soccerballs, and perhaps other ephemera. The artist behind Tokidoki will be in the house from 6-8pm following his Comic Con insane signing endeavors. Good with the fans and friends, Simone is a very giving and nice guy. Meet him if you have the time.
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I met with Mr Revelli of Upper Playground at a studio in downtown. It's not anything ordinary, it's the studio of artist / tattoo artist Mr Cartoon and photographer Estevan Oriol. Conventional wisdom says that it's dangerous there, but no, Estevan is the nicest guy around, and didn't hesitate to show me a cross section of his work including some folks who are no longer with us. He even...
I met with Mr Revelli of Upper Playground at a studio in downtown. It’s not anything ordinary, it’s the studio of artist / tattoo artist Mr Cartoon and photographer Estevan Oriol. Conventional wisdom says that it’s dangerous there, but no, Estevan is the nicest guy around, and didn’t hesitate to show me a cross section of his work including some folks who are no longer with us. He even photographed the portrait for the poster. I’m sure he freaked out the two big stars, since Estevan isn’t an ordinary photographer. Part of what you get is his raw style and eye. The weird thing is that a part of his youth was spent very close to my house. His day lived 4 or 5 blocks up, while he lived in Santa Monica. He said, the kids of the old school gangs are back. See his site and his works. Here, he shows me what camera he likes to use. It’s a simple Canon. He was showing me other cameras too. His first one that he liked using was an old Polaroid. That’s a Mr Cartoon thing. Yeah he hates being photographed. The more you hate it, the better it is. This is what a CEO looks like. The cars… a bunch of them. The studio is like a car shop. Evidently, Mr Cartoon was in their shop tattooing Amare Stoudemire of the Phoenix Suns. The high profile may happen in their new shop on Skid Row. There’s an Upper Playground there too.
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Money Mark at the Goodwill. Yeah, that's not the best sounding thing ever, meeting at a Goodwill. Me looking for weird crap, Mark looking at an old piano he wants for a special sound. He took a seat and caught up on what was going on amidst junk. Mark was funny showing me how cool this piano was with ivory keys (yeah, that's bad), and ebony keys. Does ivory sound better? 
The piano shuts down like...
Money Mark at the Goodwill. Yeah, that’s not the best sounding thing ever, meeting at a Goodwill. Me looking for weird crap, Mark looking at an old piano he wants for a special sound. He took a seat and caught up on what was going on amidst junk. Mark was funny showing me how cool this piano was with ivory keys (yeah, that’s bad), and ebony keys. Does ivory sound better? The piano shuts down like a box. Mark’s been on tour with Jack Johnson. He just got back and is now going to produce some music – for which this piano will work well. If you don’t know mark use Google. He keyboarded for the Beastie Boys, wrote many of their best songs with them too, has solo albums, and some cool music videos. This is neat, he’s recording the sound with his cell phone to find out if the tuning is okay. He also said that if you punch in 123456789 – it’s a C scale. Is that true? Yeah, it’s his now. After seeing him, we vowed to keep in better touch.
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