This just in from billionaire diamond dealer and developer dj Lev Leviev:

“Okay! This is not my radio show — that’s gonna be a lot more subtle w each episode reflecting a mood or flavor and of course on whfr — but consider this to be like a soft opening of the Lev Leviev show!
It’s exactly what you could hear at any party in the world right now. I did this set live at Merran’s a few weeks ago and then I wanted it for the gym, so I made this mix — I thought you might enjoy it too. I mean, is there any reason not to post something on the internet?
duh,
LL”

There are no good reasons not to post something on the internet.

Lev Leviev 00: Bikini Season Opener

D0ct0r Pabl0 - Man 0f Mystxry
St1ll Fly1n - Thx Art 0f Jamm1ng
Ashlxx S1mps0n - B0yfr1xnd
Fxrg1x w Ludacr1s - Glam0r0us
K1d S1stxr w Kanyx Wxst - Pr0 Na1ls
Kxl1s w Andrx 3000 - M1ll10na1rx
Dxxx-l1tx - Gr00vx 1s 1n thx Hxart
L1l Mama w Chr1s Br0wn & T Pa1n - Shawty Gxt L00sx
Br1tnxy Spxars - Brxak Thx 1cx
xstxllx w Kanyx Wxst - Amxr1can B0y
R1hanna - Plxasx D0n’t St0p thx Mus1c
Cxrr0nx - Jx Su1s Mus1c (Armand Van Hxldxn rxm1x)
Bxnny Bxnass1 - Sat1sfact10n
L1l Waynx - L0ll1p0p
S1m1an M0b1lx D1sc0 - 1 Bxl1xvx
Frxaknasty - Da D1p
1N0J & Thr1ll da Playa - T1mx Aftxr T1mx (L1l’ J0n rxm1x)

ps. Really good mixes

Whit and I made a list (soon to be reflected on the official site) of projects we’re researching/developing. It’s in sorta chronological order, starting w stuff that’ll be happening soon and finishing with stuff that we might not be ready to do for 30 years or so:

Lev Leviev Radio Show
Blondes in the Jungle
Peripheral Visions
Lazyhan.dz
Untitled Peru Surf Project
Untitled Christian Bale Fanfic
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Video Game
Untitled adaptation of C. Shoop’s California dissertation
L for Leisure
Professional Visions
21 Yump Street
Miami Weiss
Ethereal Visions
2 Plains and a Fancy
Ephemeral Visions

Electra - The Future; Happy Mondays - W.F.L. (Think About the Future); Heaven 17 - We’re Going to Live For a Very Long Time.

L

Followup: Add to HAPPENING SOON: Untitled Aa Beach Instamovie!

Besides that it’s plain-on-the-face awesome, I’m into this video clip bexuz:

1. Last summer in Honduras, Whit, Coogan and I shared our cabin wall with a group of British teens who were there doing charity construction. One afternoon it was raining crazy. And over the terrible drumming of storm on our tin roof, we heard through the wall an unforgettable sound: 5 English boys slowly chanting a capella, “When the sunshine shines we shine together…gonna be you and me forever…you can stand under my umbrella…brella…eh…eh…eh…under my umbrella…” It was choir-like, ethereal and hilarious.
2. Heavy guitar distortion and darkDAYGLOdark color scheme is very WALCOTT (newgaze remix) - yes/no? Like, it’s newgaze defined. Like, it’s newgaze divine.

3. Not to be a total lameass, but isn’t it cinematically exhilarating when the shot pans to the jumbotron? AW DAMN WHIT, I wanna pan to closeup sometime.
4. The U2b comment “She looks like she’s falling out of a tree when she dances…” hahahaHahaHah

But the point of this post is if watching this on youtube makes me feel blissed out about being alive right now, imagine how I’d feel if I went?? What are tickets to MSG? $100? I gotta start budgeting for this kinda thing. Dag I shoulda learned my lesson last time.

BTW (and maybe the real real point of this post is) remember less than a year ago Kanye West was a fairly annoying / sometimes defendable pop rapper? Then he does one song with Daft Punk, and all of a sudden he looks like Gary Numan and is cooler than Walt Disney and James Bond put together?! How’d this happen ??

(image and proof via Fader)

Followup: Goin’ to Summer Jam! Yes - maybe its a case of closing the barn door after the horse runs off. But maybe, as Chris C suggests, Kanye will actually have to step up his game to stand out from the competition!

NOTE: Hey if you’re not into John From Cincinnati, whatev. That’s cool. But if you’re even a little curious…Episode Six: I’m seeding!

Attention John From Cincinnati fans - did you know - cuz we didn’t - that Greyson Fletcher is not just The Natural Actor of Our Time, he is also, The Real Life Basis of The Series?!

I don’t know how Whitney found this 2002 ESPN Magazine article, but it is required reading. For example, ever wonder what exactly people meant when they said Butchie Yost (’Christian Fletcher’ IRL) “Revolutionized the Sport”? Well:

“Christian was a step behind pals like Dogtown skater Jay Adams and rising pro Christian Hosoi in talent, but his imagination was limitless. The Dogtown crew may be credited with creating the lip-popping moves that evolved into vert skating, but Christian took those moves to the sea. […]

“[Surf pros] didn’t just belittle Christian’s surfing,” Dibi says. “They attacked him. The surf industry was afraid for its profits. The image was still the aloha shirt and the ukulele. Were they going to change and sell heavy metal? ‘Cause that was Christian.”

At a Bud Surf Tour event in 1990, Christian exploded. “The day before the contest, I asked how they’d score a board-slide-to-fakie, fakie-shove-it-switchstance,” Christian says. “The guy running the event was all, ‘Huh?’ So I did some standard stuff, then I did the trick, which nobody’d seen before. As I rode in, I threw up double birds.“

It’s all there: Christian’s drug habit, his hippy old-school surfer father, his ball-busting mom…Greyson is even described as a “shapeshifter!” (a term fans will recognize) And Jesus God, isn’t Rebecca De Mornay a better choice than Meg Ryan (like…always)? And Julian F. Schnabel???????? !!! !!! woosah…

After you finish, you can also check out this adorable vid with 12-year old Greyson and the groms. Or Christian explaining how to bust big airs.

We’re making a surf movie.
L

1. Kylie Minogue got French-knighted! (And speaking of getting cultural pleasure: this is the sound of my Summer daydreams)
2. Also via the L.A. Times - comforting lifestyle moods with Pau Gasol.
3. Somebody had the good idea of making an Andre 3000 mixtape. Please download and listen. Remember when I was 17 and Adia played me The Horn Song in my car and we dreamed of joining Outkast. And when I was 21 and ran across campus from WBAR to Morningside to play Whitney and Andy Hey Ya (”Holy Shit! Outkast’s made the best Junior Senior song!”) And oh man, last summer: IIIIIiiiiiii IIIIIiiiiii I Choose Yoooooooo nonstop. Wow, never voicing doubts about that guy has been a really good policy.

L