On August 26 I ventured to Shaadi Studio to see British designer Saran Kohli’s debut his musically inspired urban collection of bespoke menswear.

Check the video:

The line consists of a full-range of menswear including trousers, shirts, ties, hoodies and shoes. However, the Saran Kohli brand is most recognized for its distinctive style of jackets that can best be described as a fusion of impeccable English silhouettes with an urban vibe.

In 2009, Saran worked with Jay Sean to develop a personalized line for the singer which also resulted in a collaborative photoshoot between the two artists

It was great meeting Saran,  he’s  cool dude, and great designer-

The Saran Kohli Collection gathers inspiration from all aspects of the young designer’s life from music, to dance and his extensive global travels. The line is geared towards the man who prefers a distinctive, more personalized style that blends elements of global culture and music while remaining true to the principles of traditional English tailoring and cut.

Currently the line is being carried through Khubsoorat Collection’s retail stores in London, New York and New Jersey and is the featured menswear collection within the 25-year-old family brand.

Also look out for the collection in the upcoming British action flick London Town (working title) directed by Michael De’Soiye, and set for release in summer 2011.

Thanx to BiBiPr for the invitation and the awesome gift

Cigar Films-Episode 9-John Starks Legends Cigar
This episode was shot on location at :
Madison Cigar Lounge- Harlem NYC

This event features:

* NBA Legend/ NY Knick John Starks

* Santos Ramano

* Tony McFadden of Madison Cigar Lounge
* E. Zarzuela Cigars

www.ezarzuelacigars.com

Snapped in a grocery store in the Bronx

AOL Blogger event drink-BLOG IT TO ME!

vision vodka, liimoncello, fresh basil, fresh muddled lemons, a hint of sugar

Used Jailbreakme.com to free my Iphone 3GS

Diesel Kick Ass Party

Last weekend I attended The Next Hope (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference, held at the Hotel Pennsylvania in NYC. It is held every 2 years and this is the 4th time I attended since 1998.

This is the badge-

this is the schematic for the badge designed by Travis Goodspeed-

“These badges are active RFID tags which beacon the position of each attendee a few times a second, so that the god damned devil army of lies–by which I mean the Next HOPE badge committee–can track each attendee around the Hotel Pennsylvania.”

There were alot of other cool things to check out such as this USB Typewriter setup and a working EASY button

Here are some topics to some of the talks I attended-

• Circuitbending
• Keeping Your Job While Being a Hacker
• Examining Costs, Benefits, and Economics in Malware and Carding Markets
• Arse Elektronika: Sex, Tech, and the Future of Screw-It-Yourself
• How Hacking is Both the Death and Future of Traditional and Interactive Publishing, Journalism, and the Media
• Reach Out And Touch Face: A Rant About Failing
• Sita Sings the Blues: A Free Culture Success Story

A keynote was scheduled to be given by Julian Assange of Wikileaks , he did not show for obvious reasons, but his partner Jacob Appelbaum and developer of TOR gave a great talk,cover past, present and future developments of the project and showed the much talked about a videotape showing a U.S. Army Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed a dozen people, including two Reuters news staff. for more information check out CollateralMurder.com

I got to ride a Segway (video on that later) and got put on to Etherape!-is a packet sniffer/network traffic monitoring tool, developed for Unix (thank you AngelXIII!)

I met threat analyst and journalist, known as a former grey hat hacker, Adrian Lamo  (we now follow each other on foursquare)

He also informed the authorities of the identity of a US Army Intelligence Specialist who is alleged to be the source of the July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike video leak to Wikileaks.

Which shows guts and balls and I am in his corner no matter what his reputation may now be in the hacker community.

I also enjoyed 2 greats talk and got a pic with Johannes Grenzfurthner

(No-I do not work for @cafebustelo)

He is the founder of monochrom, an internationally acting art and theory group.

I shot an interview with a teacher from The Hacktory, a Philidelphia-based group that promotes the use of technolog in the arts.

(look for that video to be posted soon)

Overall, it was a good time of learning and unlearning.

Note: Most of the videos of the talks can be downloaded at Hattorents.com

Young Members Party at the Metropolitan Museum

Wizard of Oz Screening at Pier 46

French Connection screening at Bryant Park

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On Saturday I attended Creators Project at MILK Studios in NYC, it’s  is a joint venture between Vice and  Intel.

The purpose is to launch a new network dedicated to the celebration of creativity and culture across media all around the world.

xx: A Sculpture of the Album -a unique audio-visual collaboration with video director Saam Farahmand, creates “a 3D physical interpretation” of the band’s debut album, xx,

The sculpture utilises film, light and sound via three specially created audio-visual units (each unit representing one member of the band with a mix of exclusively filmed footage and mixed sound), and every visitor  enjoys  a totally unique experience of xx.

On Monday June 21, 2010 I did yoga practice in Times Square-It was held by Times Square Alliance as a search for peace and tranquility in the midst of the urban energy of the world’s most frenetic place.

The exact location was held on Duffy Square at the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue at 46th Street.

The is my view when everything concluded-Namaste!

After that I sttod in line for the Key to the City Project-

Its a citywide public art project that allows every New Yorker and visitor to open spaces in all five boroughs.

There is even a pretty cool free Iphone App that contains information about the project and artist, an interactive list of lock sites with photos and descriptions of what your key will unlock, and a location-based map to help guide you on an exploration of public and private space across all five boroughs.

Download it for free from the App store.

Presented by Creative Time in cooperation with the City of New York.

Kiosk open June 3 to 27, 2010
Times Square, Broadway
Between 43rd & 44th Sts
Open M–F 2p–8p; Sa–Su 12p–8p

Here is a video of the Key Exchange ceremony with the project creator/artist Paul Ramirez Jonas

Later that night I screened GOLDFINGER in Bryant Park as part of HBO’s summer film festival

After the film-I used my Key to the City to unlock a lamp in Bryant Park

Last week I stopped by the Comixology HQ and met  creators Steve Ellis and David Gallaher, Jake and Taylor from comiXology’s  to celebrate the release of the Red 5 Comics’ graphic novel!
Refreshments were  served, including Dan Holiday’s favorite drink!

(Vodka, Cran and Ginger Ale)

Overall a pretty good time, I even met comic book legend Jim Lee!

I downloaded the digital version of the comic on my Iphone and enjoyed the story and artwork-it is loosely based on 1947 radio show of the same name.

Click here to download the first chapter on Iphone

There were some surprises as you can see from the pic-Stay tuned!

If you don’t have an Iphone-you can check out the entire first chapter online here-

http://www.comixology.com/digital/561/Box-13-1

The complete 124 page Graphic Novel is in stores now!