#20 Drinkin' Smokin' & West Coastin' – A Love/Hate Letter to Los Angeles

We've mentioned the trip that manifested DS&WC at Think Tank Gallery, the show that brought our gallery back into our old venue, but we haven't discussed the process of putting on our most complicated show to date. Literally hundreds of people were involved in producing this massive arts and events series, and four of them sit down after breakfast to smoke a few bowls and talk about it. If you came to the show you'll love hearing what went into it, and if you didn't you'll love hearing our host's best friends ruthlessly mocking him for a couple hours. Long one but good one. 

 

5:40- Intro

https://www.instagram.com/drinkinsmokinwestcoastin/

https://drinkinsmokinwestcoastin.com

 

6:08- Dino Art Director of DSWC

https://www.instagram.com/nunquamdormio

 

Danny Heidner Experience Designer of DSWC:

https://www.instagram.com/dannyheidner

 

Andrew Production Lead of DSWC:

https://www.instagram.com/abars

 

Jacob Bitch of DSWC:

https://www.instagram.com/jmjpatterson

 

8:51- What do you guys recall form that crazy month?

 

10:19- Dino gives a recap of Drinkin Smoking West Coastin

 

11:46- A group love hate letter to LA

 

11:58- What is this city?

 

12:06-Ghost Ship fire in Oakland

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/oakland-ghost-ship-warehouse-deadly-fire-gallery-1.2901036

 

http://www.laweekly.com/arts/in-the-wake-of-oaklands-ghost-ship-fire-popular-downtown-gallery-think-tank-has-been-forced-to-close-8043495

 

12:59- Listen to Season 2 Episode 0 of A.R.T Artist Real Talk “WTF happened to Think Tank Gallery”

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000401286128

 

19:16- Stephen Linsley

http://stephenlinsley.com/

 

19:26- Ray Young Chu of Ray Mart

http://www.rayyoungchu.com/

 

20:06- Whitney Bell

https://www.instagram.com/kidd.bell

https://kiddbell.com/

http://www.laweekly.com/arts/dick-pic-art-show-i-didnt-ask-for-this-has-a-powerful-anti-harassment-and-sex-positive-message-8714873

 

21:06- Danny talks about the biggest challenge of the show

 

21:39- Watch the video of Jacob and Danny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Ki14G6sKY

 

24:14- Check out more of Ray Mart:

https://www.instagram.com/StartYourCartwithRayMart

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDsBapD-1Ss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxgfGykxXDY

 

27:15- Andrew goes into detail on the original idea of Ray Mart

 

27:46- Bloody Gums

https://www.instagram.com/bloodygums

 

28:06- INPUT Nano leafs installation

 

30:16- Andrew talks about his time and setting up his instillation for Blood Gums

 

30:38- LA is still trying to kill me being a smaller version of the bigger show in Chinatown “LA Is Trying to Kill me at Lei Min space.

 

http://www.lataco.com/preview-la-trying-kill-bloody-gums-pop-show-lei-min-space-april-1st/

 

33:30- Jacob goes over the two things they didn't use in the show

 

39:16- Watch the Think Tank x Weed Maps video with Ray Young Chu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_9GUwVv1nM

other video?

 

https://weedmaps.com/

 

42:46- http://www.laweekly.com/arts/drinkin-smokin-and-west-coastin-is-a-love-hate-letter-to-la-8511955

45:36- Barfly written by Charles Bukowski

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092618/

 

47:01- Jacob talks about all the good and bad of LA “love hate letter to LA”

 

47:40- Andrew talks about his part of the show for Bloody Gums

 

48:24- www.eboy.com

https://www.instagram.com/eboyarts

 

48:31- https://www.instagram.com/gangsterdoodles

https://gangsterdoodles.myshopify.com/

 

48:52- Larsen Sotelo

https://www.instagram.com/larsen_sotelo

http://www.larsensotelo.com

 

49:21- Jacob talks about not being from LA

 

49:53- Sinzi

https://www.sinzianavelicescu.com/

https://www.instagram.com/casualtimetravel

 

Tune into A.R.T Artists Real Talk episode 6 with Sinzi Velicescu:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000378456518

 

50:26- The truth about LA

 

53:20- Dino goes into detail about the colors he chose for DSWC

 

56:56- http://ecosetconsulting.com

 

1:03:10- https://www.instagram.com/homelesscop

http://homelesscop.com

Commissions: jason@HomelessCop.com

 

1:08:03- Dino talks about the retail side of DSWC

 

1:14:25- Jacob talks about not sleeping and the pressure that came along with the show

 

1:19:36- Jacob forgetting to put Danny on the list

 

1:20:25- Elsa Monroe

https://www.instagram.com/hellsuh/

https://www.etsy.com/listing/517809363/knowledge-is-a-weapon-patch

 

1:22:26- Graffiti book release party

 

1:28:16- Stephen Linsley

http://stephenlinsley.com

 

1:34:58- People thinking the vans shoes in the show were “free.”

 

1:43:39- Little Face Events

https://www.instagram.com/littleface_events/

http://www.littleface.events

 

1:47:04- Dino talks about the making the DMV promo tickets and leaving them on random cars

 

1:54:26- Jacob talks about being sponsored by Playboy and the hidden arcade

 

1:59:34- What was your favorite event?

 

More coming