April Wednesdays

"It Never rains in Southern California; maybe we should move there..."

From time to time, we will come across music that offers particular perspectives and allows us to fall into certain emotions. This record "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson is the record for today. this song is a mellow offering of acoustic genius that (in my mind) has been be carefully tailored to depict desire in life: to be accepted as we are.
Listen/Watch here. Then check out more from this artist here and here.



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Creative visionaries whose passions have transformed our culture: Iconoclast is such a joy to watch as Sundance and Grey Goose Entertainment pair 2 icons to spend the day together and embrace the creative genius of one another. Some of our favorite parings have been: Alicia Keys x Ruby Dee, Maya Angelou x Dave Chappelle, and Venus Williams x Wyclef Jean.

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Nooka recently hooked up with SpongeBob and his crew to create 3 commemorative time pieces that are kinda fresh. How do you like these? Would you like it more on my wrist? or yours?.... I think the yellow one would an awesome compliment to my Complection! lol

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Dirt Candles; made from 100% natural soy wax. The aroma blends are meticulously crafted with no fillers or dilutions oils, providing a solid blend that is not only clean and pure, but extremely intricate! This combines for an ever so slight but distinguishable difference when burning and throughout the life of the candle.

Dirt Candles utilize organic ingredients and environmentally sound business practices whenever possible. They are dedicated to making a difference in the world by donating a portion of each candle to charity and by involvement with other important social contributions.

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The Opposites Attract Bag is created with 2 rich upholstery fabrics with contrasting colors are used for this shoulder/hand bag. Cut outs from one of the fabrics, that is also used for the lining, are applied in positive/negative on the front of the bag.
The bag has a hard bottom, an interior pocket and closes with an internal hexagonal frame, what permits you open and securely close the bag in a simple movement. It stands on brass feet.



This has recently became 1 of our favorite record and bands!! Big Thank You's to my friends over @ WATER-N-OXYGEN



For some of us, watching Sportscenter around this time of year can be especially trying due to the basketball coverage being relegated to contract negotiation and off-court mishaps, but that same destitution means little things like Kevin Durant with parts shaved in his head and Kinte Cloth pants do that much more to inflame our basketball jones. Make no mistake about it, this is a commercial. But it’s a commercial where NBA players ride bikes, cook shoes on a grill, lay down tracks in the studio, jump in pools fully clothed, eat fried chicken, give people ice cream, dunk on punks, ride ATV’s, tattoo people, or do pretty much everything we’ve wanted to do this whole wash of a summer. Fresh off the incredible BlaQKout album with Kurupt, DJ Quik seems to have had more than enough G-funk (and rhymes) left over to carry some cotton-mouthed ballers. We could, however, be convinced to check out what he and Rashard Lewis could do with more time together, considering Lewis will soon be looking to fill up extra time off. [Via: the Fader]

From Wood-Wheels to Handcrafted Wooden Handlebars!!
Now I have to go buy a bike... Just so I can have "wood-handle_bars." Check out more at Workerman and buy them on Etsy. (They make some dope t-shirts too. Catch me in your favorite one befor you'll even have a chance to score your own!!!


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Spotted @ JoshSpear.com

It's been long hasn't it?? Apologies for the lapse in bloggunication, (hollup), but our time has recently been otherwise consumed by projects that we wouldn't necessarily categorize as being more important, but ... requires the utmost attention. [was that good enough?... Yeah I thing they bought it! move on!!!]

Anyway... We Luv Nikki Jean. Do you know who Nikki Jean is? well... You should. Get hip to her video blogging and her music... and she really is one of the prettiest girls in music. {FOR THE RECORD}



This will Be an amazing Body of Work!!

1st: Check out this dope commercial from BLKCollection.com. These clothes are cool and we definitely support this brand out of Washington D.C.

BLACK Collection S/S '09 from Reggie Black on Vimeo.

I am proud to say that I have known the lead singer of the Royalettes, Sheila (Ross) Burnett, all my life. This is history. This is awesome!



The Royalettes (also credited as Sheila Ross and her Royalettes) were a girl group of the 1960s from Baltimore, Maryland. They were originally signed with Chancellor Records and later Warner Bros. Records, but had their biggest hits under MGM. They were associated with producers Teddy Randazzo of Little Anthony & The Imperials and Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers. They were a quartet that exemplified the "sweet soul" style of the early 60s girl-groups. - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mos Def made his way across Japan in March with two Current Music producers in tow. In the streets of Osaka, he busted out an a capella version of “Casa Bey,” the first single off his much anticipated album, The Ecstatic, out June 9 from Downtown Records.

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From time to time, we will throw a few sites/blogs out there... just to keep you posted on some of the things we stumbled into 2day.. These sites/blogs will obviously be interesting and tasteful (based on our interest and taste)!

Ok. So, we surf, we blog, we Luv hip-hop, & we hate day jobs... Anyway, we stopped pass one of our usual visits, JoshSpears.com, and we were introduced to teh idea of the sadi launch of the REED PAGES. So, we decided to dig and learn more: Visited http://www.todarrinhudson.com/ and found more info pertaining to the launch of the new publication and began reading about Staples Design and ... Well you can read all about tha o your own time.... But back to our point; Reed Pages is awesome/dope/cool!!!


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It may be one of our favorite publications since The Fader and Rolling Stone (a few other publications, but... whatever)!!! Check It!

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You have to insert your email address to proceed and review the new issue!!

Meet Michael Ignatieff. {According to http://www.stephentaylor.ca/}; whom which launched the new mini-political site IggyFacts.ca, says "The site is meant to be a humourous take on the definition campaign of the Leader of the Opposition and of the Liberal Party, Michael Ignatieff.
The site is meant to be integrated with, but does not require, Twitter. Random facts about Michael Ignatieff are presented and with a single click of a button, they can be “re-tweeted” (repeated) via a person’s twitter account. You can even submit your own facts.
Twitter + Politics + Crowdsourcing = IggyFacts.ca

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Spielberg helped introduce a new prototype camera yesterday that allows you to play the Xbox 360 with NO hands. The camera tracks your body’s movement and responds to commands, directions and a shift of emotion in voice without the need for a controller.

Spotted @ TheLifeFiles.com

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Meet The Mute Chair. The Mute chair is designed to inspire serenity and calm. The simple, uninterrupted lines flow gently around the fully upholstered seat; the simple base is made of powder-coated steel. Seats, upholstered in 100% wool fabric, come in Charcoal, White, Blue and Red.

Available @ councildesign.com
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So.. I was on GQ-Mag's Blog earlier, and I stumbled into a post where This Guy (below) looked as if he was trashing a Maryland state flag. So I say to the laptop.. "Woah bro!! not my MD Flag!!!!..?
So I continued to read and learned about this guy's photography and modeling; some of which I was completely disinterested in.. but needless to say his "art" was featured on Gentleman's' Quarterly and it seems he's from Maryland.. and That's what's dope/cool/awesome... You check it out.


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This new 20th-Century Design Gallery at Milwaukee Art Museum is now open to the public. A permanent exhibition, the instillation highlights the Museum’s fine collection and offers a general course of 20th-century design.


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This is so interesting. The only thing I was remotely aware of in Milwaukee was The Brewers and Pimpin' ("Church")... This Art gallery really makes me want to take a trip to Wisconsin.

Spotted @ http://www.curatedmag.com/

I recently sent an email out to someone where I abbreviated some words and substituted some vowels and a few variations of spelling… I am not the first person to spell Love; L-U-V. I do it because 1. Its Fun, 2. Because I want to, and 3. the U in my Luv stands for Universal and the Luv is directed towards U, The people!!! [Awwww that’s so sweet… (hope it’s not too corny)]. Luv yall!

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"It Never rains in Southern California; maybe we should move there..."

Luv World,
... Good Wishes and welcome. April Wednesdays is a blog and atmosphere
with its primary interest being those things that just happen to make us, (Luvers of Life), smile. Speaking on behalf of April Wednesdays’ founding team, we look forward to sharing ideas and perspectives with each of you, our friends.

Being from the east-side of the States, we experience some similar things as the rest of the world:: We experience a lot of different things as well. Like Weather... Where I am, today (Maryland [home 4 now]), it isn't the same as say California or Arizona. I've been to Phoenix, Scottsdale... Haven't been to California yet unfortunately... but in Maryland, it rains, snows, and sometimes it cries outside… really it cries. April Wednesdays is devoted to smiles, light, life, new, and ... flowers :-)So, with these words being shared, we invite and encourage you to live, inspire, and share luv with the next person you see.
Our appreciation is showed through open perspective and our current facial expression!!

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