Venice Skate Park with Ivey

Relaxing at the beach with Ivey and Victoria this weekend.

98 dayzzzz mothafuckazzzz (via iveyindian)

You know the scene in Rules Of Attraction where Victor recounts his European adventure like a lab rat on crystal? Every time Ivey and I meet it’s like that, slaying sentence fragments of imagery with our own exotic language, finishing each others thoughts and descriptions even if they’re of places we’ve never been to and things we’ve never seen, shouting simultaneously but understand each other completely.

Last night was like that, as we recounted our misadventures of the past few weeks a small crowd formed around us (and as many people distanced themselves from us)… the exchange ended typically as I broke mid-syallable into a, “—Wait! Lets get the fuck out of here! Oh shit, wait! Coachella!” It really is the last thing kids in LA can get excited about, something you can be too cool for if you want, but you’re only fooling yourself. Then this morning Ivey posted this photo from last year… I’m pretty excited.

gpoy - 80s Rock™ edition

A few days ago I got a text at 6pm saying, “Yo, come to this crazy Metallica concert in an airplane hangar. It starts in an hour.” I’ve said it before, but I don’t plan anything, if I tried I would miss out on a lot of living along the way. I called Ivey and told her I was picking her up in 30 minutes… she’s as DFW as I am which is why I love her.

That it was Metallica and that it was for some video game I had never heard of didn’t matter, we had such a good time. Metallica has been a joke since the Black album but they rocked the fuck out of the party… Shaun White, Taylor Momsen, Audrina Patridge (sans mom, sadly!), Zach Braff and Kobe Bryant were all enjoying the show. If you can’t tell, I’m leaning on 100,000 watts of speakers blasting Enter Sandman.

Behind the scenes shot of Ivey preparing for a photoshoot yesterday.

gpoyw - The Polaroid Scene™

Coachella, Day 1 - Smile Friday

Coachella, Day 3 - Relaxing in the shade while Devandra deejays

Coachella, Day 2 - Polaroids of festival outfits

Coachella, Day 1 - Ivey rocking my Jeremy Scott, on our way to a party

Coachella, Day 1 - Guys & Dolls at the Merv Griffin Estate with Ivey

Coachella, Day 1 - Ivey & Victoria preparing for the concert

ESCAPE FROM LA! (photo by me)

If you’ve been to Coachella before, you know the concert is really just what you to to kill time before the parties every night. Sure, there’s an Urban Outfitters mixtape worth of amazing music, but after four hours of parking and security just to get in the front door, I can’t imagine standing half a mile from the stage and getting excited about seeing an a few singles from even my favorite band (VIP passes are about as exclusive as a Costco membership, and even if you’ve got the real hookup, everyone with an artist badge is totally over it). I might show up to kick it with some friends who are performing, but this year I’m probably skipping the concert completely.

Instead of Jay-Z and Gorillaz, here’s my personal lineup:

OASIS at Merv Griffin’s estate friday night (Guys & Dolls party)

Alexa Chung’s Lacoste Party (with Chris Holmes and Devendra Banhart)

Brent Bolthouse’s Neon Carnival with 944 and A|X

Jeremy Scott TOGA PARTY (can’t wait for this!!!)

1OAK/Don’t Tell My Booker Shiny Toy Guns party

BPM x Music Loves Fashion at the Riviera Palm Springs

ANTHEM Magazine Lagoon

Desert Gold at the Ace

and a secret show by Phoenix at….

Hope everyone has an amazing weekend, hit me up if you’ll be in Indio.