Bike makes right

The cross-California cycling race known as Amgen Tour of California ended in Los Angeles this morning. Those bikers were hella speedy...

Bottled Kobe

New sign that was installed last night on Los Angeles Street. Does it refer to Kobe, Japan or Kobe, Los Angeles?

Here yesterday, gone yesterday

These folks spent their Sunday afternoon working on this (northeast corner of 3rd & Main) only to have it painted over. I wanted to tell them that history wasn't on their side, but they seemed to be having so much fun.

Adam Yauch tribute

Today was the last day of Transmission LA at MOCA, which was put together by Mike D from the Beastie Boys.

The last hour of Peanut Butter Wolf's 3-hour DJ/VJ set was dedicated to Adam Yauch. I looked around and saw a range of emotions...folks dancing, hugging, crying. Some were clearly personally close to Yauch, most weren't, but you could tell he touched the lives of many.

Yauch tribute

Paintover

I hope you said farewell to the Swoon, Shepard Fairy, and Becca art on the brick building at the northeast corner of 4th and Hewitt. They've been painted over. I first noticed the new black paint when I went by on Tuesday night, and the color detailing popped up today.

Here's the work in progress from this evening...

And here's some of the collateral damage...