We also have a special ticket deal:

The first 25 RSVPs get $5 off the door price (normally $10). We’ll also be picking people at Random to get Free Passes so if you’re not one of the first 25 you can still win!

RSVP HERE

****************
Saturday June 15th LAMP is moving to the Bootleg Bar Downtown.
***************
We have had an amazing year so far but it is time to move forward and we hope that all of you who have helped support us at the Central will come out and enjoy more good times with us at the Bootleg Bar.

This month we have our good friends Romy Ancona and ADj Named Gal holding things down along with our resident Josh Brooks – PZB. We will also have visuals being performed by UZI.
******************
We’ve partnered with Side Car. Free Rides* will be available to attendees!
Download the app here: http://www.side.cr/

- FREE RIDES -
*Arrive at Bootleg Bar using SideCar and your ride is FREE. Put address 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, Ca,90057 as your drop-off destination. Make sure to donate to your driver – your credit will cover $25. Get the app at www.side.cr

We’ve also partnered with WeSawIt
WeSawIt is an exciting app that empowers users to share and see events happening around them, in real-time. WeSawIt is based on visuals, allowing users to upload photos, videos and soon broadcast live video directly from their mobile phone, onto a single event page. WeSawIt lets you experience events as if you were there, no matter how close or far away the event takes place. WeSawIt also learns what you like and delivers content that is most relevant to you. The best part of WeSawIt is that you get a powerful local discovery tool that’s easy to use from day one.

Download the app here: http://wesawit.com/

The post PUZL x PZB Present: LAMP w/ Romy Ancona appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.

FREE BEFORE 10:30PM w/ RSVP

MUST RSVP HERE: http://bit.ly/LAMP-530

[ $5 AFTER 10:30PM with RSVP ]
[ $10 without RSVP ]
———
Doors 8:30PM
———

|Main Room|

Justin Jay (Dirtybird):

Justin Cornwall:

Modus:

Das Tapes:

http://dastapes.com/

http://www.facebook.com/dastapes

Josh Brooks:
www.djpzb.com

|Bar Room|

LAMP Residents & Special Guests & More

The post PUZL x PZB Present: LAMP feat. Justin Jay appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.

Here are details from the press release:

The post Fundraiser Benefitting Urmi Basu and New Light India appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.

The Great Googa Mooga -Brooklyn’s answer to a true music festival, served up by the team that brings us Bonnaroo each year-is upon us.  The music and munchies kicks off tonight in Prospect Park with headlining act the Yeah Yeah Yeahs as well as The Darkness and The Flaming Lips.  DJ sets include Chairlift and Sam Spiegel of N.A.S.A and the foodie-approved stands are too numerous to name.  Googa Mooga “experiences” include trips to the beer-tasting pavillion (frequent trips) and Hamageddon: a pig roast in “Bacon Land.”  All this set to a background of exceptional tunes in the warm summer air.

The post The Great Googa Mooga appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.

This issue focuses on a phenomenal array of creators in a variety of industries. New York style trendsetters Dee & Ricky (also on our cover!) and LA tastemakers Black Banditz hip hop guru Keith Shocklee, and Overthrow maestro Alexis Mincolla are just a few of the interviews we have in store for you.

View all of our editoin HERE.

Contributors:

Publisher, Designer
Alex Slater

Editor In Chief
Sarah Whitmore

New York Managing Editor
Anna J. Martinez

Contributing Editors
Jessica Johnson
Laura O’Reilly

Cover Art by Kevin Banks

SEAN BAPTISTE is a poet, Los Angeles native, and recent Brooklyn transplant by way of Austin, Texas.

ANNA J. MARTINEZ is a Brooklyn-based fashionista who writes, dances, and tirelessly pursues the world’s best hand-mixed margarita.

LAURA O’REILLY is a culture curator from New York, adjunct director at The Hole NYC, principal at The City Firm, and artist. Tag along @TheArtofOR

Credits:

Photograph of Keith Shocklee can be found on artist’s website.

Photographs of Roxie Darling by LAURA JUNE KIRSCH in Brooklyn, 2012.

Photographs of Dee & Ricky by LVRS TRACY (@CosmoBailey) in New York, 2012. Photograph on page 18 provided by author, 2013.

Photographs of Black Banditz by CAMERON McCOOL in Downtown Los Angeles, 2013.

Photographs of Alexis Mincolla by DIANA DALSASSO in West Hollywood, 2013.

Pages 35-42, CAITLIN CORCORAN in clothing by NATHALIE KRAYNINA photographed by KYNA MARIE with makeup and hair by MARIA BAEZ and jewelry by ENFANTS PERDUS.

Photograph of Modi Oyewole in Austin, 2013. Provided by subject.

The post PUZL Magazine – 4th Edition appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.

Anne-Lise Coste “You Text Too Much” 2013

As most people have figured out by now, this past weekend in New York was chock-full of art fairs.  From Pulse to NADA, from Cutlog to Frieze, they all have half-sassy and opaque one word names that each compete to seem more important than the next in the ever-competitive art world.

Frieze, the largest of them all, was like the Martha Stewart of art fairs; it was on point for its audience, well thought out, and you begrudgingly loved the food.  This year it offered a selection of food straight out of every “trendiest food” lists, from Roberta’s pizza to the Fat Radish and Mission Chinese.  There was even a “speakeasy” hidden within the fair, and like flies to rotten fruit, New Yorkers can’t get enough of that stuff.

However, the gargantuan white tent on Randall’s Island ultimately stood as a beacon for the big money, big names art world.  For most, Frieze served as the perfect opportunity to walk the 5 football fields of art and bulk up on their Instagramming material.  There were more people Instagramming photos of their art than actual pieces of art, and the only people speaking to the gallerists about the art were the press and the 10% of attendees there to purchase it.

That being said, hidden in the shadows of the British Big Mamma Frieze were the many other smaller but still one word named fairs that happened simultaneously.  Most notable of the bunch was the second edition of NADA, the fair hosted by the New Art Dealers Alliance.  Held on a pier on the outskirts of Chinatown, NADA offered a fresh and unique perspective on the state of contemporary art.  It featured small galleries from around the world who showed work of contemporary and often relatively unknown artists. Overall the works exhibited showed a clear intention to foster the next generation of artists whose conversation invites observers beyond the realm of the art elite.

NADA is just one of the many smaller shows to keep on your radar for when the next fair season begins.  Frieze is certainly not a spectacle to be missed, but at the end of the day it remains just that for most people: a spectacle.  Go to Frieze to enjoy the food and to see some famous works you hadn’t seen before, but if you want a pulse on what’s coming next, take a gander at the alternatives.  You won’t be disappointed.

The post Martha Stewart and the Art Fair appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.

With the surge of interest over the past month leading up to the release of the long anticipated Daft Punk album, “Get Lucky” has been serenading us over the airwaves. This single is already a huge hit, and is perpetuating the insatiable appetite for more from the French duo. Releasing interviews with all of the album’s collaborators on YouTube (partnership with the Creators Project) is genius, and is a perfect diversion for the masses awaiting this release.

The Fold is excited to team up with Sony Music and LAMP to present the Los Angeles ‘Random Access Memories’ listening party the day of the official U.S. release, Tuesday, May 21st at the Bootleg Gallery.

LAMP will be providing DJs, the bar will be stocked with the finest Hard Ciders and I.P.A’s and our house sound system is all too thrilled to be used.

Facebook Event

Fold Event Page

Also check out this rare interview with Sky Ferriera about the release.

The post Daft Punk – ‘Random Access Memories’ Listening Party appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.

Today kicks off 4 days of art–installations, sound scapes, collaborations, etc– in the 180 galleries of the Frieze Art Fair.  The New York event in 2013 promises to be the biggest yet with attractions so attractive that the monsoon rains won’t keep us away.  Foodies rejoice in Frieze’s restaurant partners: Blue Bottle Coffee, Frankie’s Spuntino and The Fat Raddish, to name a few.  The sculpture park features Paul McCarthy’s 80-foot inflatable piece named Balloon Dog (shout out to the West Coast) and Frieze Fair Talks abound throughout the long weekend.  If you’re on the market for art (or just looking for an excuse to ride a ferry boat this weekend) details on the exhibitors and the talks can be found at Frieze New York’s website.

How to get to Randall’s Island from Frieze New york on Vimeo.

The post Frieze Frame appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.

2013 is an exciting time for Liveright (a W. W. Norton & Company entity). This iconic 20th century imprint was revived a few years ago with it’s original mission in mind; to publish books that “make a heavy impression”.

Enter Adam Fitzgerald. A poet and editor at Maggy who lives in the East Village and also teaches at Rutgers and the New School. This June, Liveright will publish Fitzgerald’s first poetry book The Late Parade (their first debut poet). Fitzgerald says he is heavily influenced by french autoher Arthur Rimbaud, Hart Crane and John Ashbery. Crane himself was also published by the imprint in the early 20th century so it only seems fitting that the relaunch showcase Fitzgerald’s work.

In an interview with Barbara Claire Freeman, Fitzgerald opens up about his recent work:
“The Late Parade marks certain romantic relationships, that is, failed ones—as well as things I don’t think necessary for the reader to know as such, for example, something like the affirmation of antidepressants shadows the poem’s conclusion. I think as a poet, I’ve always seen the poem as this potential space that’s “all” but not “everything”; the strained schizogenic disparities of mental and physical experience melt into a relationship (dysfunctional maybe, but jubilantly so) of word, sound, line and image.”

Read the full interview here

Be sure to leave room in your calendars this summer as Fitzgerald begins his tour. West Coast stops are planned for late July and early August and in particular. Fitzgerald and a “band of crazy poets” are working on LA stops as we speak.

BUY THE BOOK HERE ON AMAZON!!

The post The Late Parade by Adam Fitzgerald appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.

Gold Fields, one of my favorite new Aussie imports, has just released a new track from their full length Black Sun called ‘You’re Still Gone.’ If you’re in NYC check them out tomorrow, Thursday night, May 9th @ Irving Plaza.

And watch the video for Watch “Dark Again” right here. right now.

The post SONG PREMIERE: Gold Fields – ‘You’re Still Gone’ appeared first on PUZL - Apparel, Design, Magazine & Art Collective.