
Asking the question: After 10 years of the Global War on Terror, where do we now stand as a nation? Top street artists answered.
From April 10-13, in the old Firehouse in downtown Los Angeles’ budding warehouse district, top artists from LA gathered in a landmark event focusing all artwork on the travesty of this senseless war in Iraq now entering it’s 6th year. In an exercise of freedom of speech and art, the 4-day event, produced by John Carr, a top political poster artist and the curator of the international show Yo! What Happened to Peace? brought together artists from diverse communities of screenprinting, visual arts, sculpture, photography, DJs, postering, and film in a free event that had the city buzzing about the importance of protest and promoting peace through art.
As the first festival of the summer circuit, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival produced by Goldenvoice, which took place last weekend April 25-27, is where you’ll see a good chunk of the bands that will be doing the festival circuit this summer. It’s also the place where new up-and-coming bands, particularly in the indie rock genre, electronica, rave, and synth are showcasing for the first time in front of larger audiences, particularly internationally as a lot of these bands will hit up the European festival circuit later in the summer.
Since September 11, 2001, Label Networks has been tracking youth culture markets of 13-25-year-olds across North America (and later, Europe, Japan, and China) about top future concerns to get a sense of the mindframe of the marketplace. Released today in our Fall Study 2008, results reveal the greatest changes in 7 years, indicating a cultural shift under way.
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