Lady Liberty and Francisco de Miranda. Francisco de Miranda was a freemason.

Nineteenth Century. The Century of War.

The fight for the precious Black Gold that we still see today.

The dictarorship of Perez Jimenez and his National Police.  A tough time for everyone. Many were kidnap and never seen again by the National Police.

The Guaicaipuro Indians are original natives of these parts.

Check out Queen Elizabeth and King Ferdinand.

This is the rising of the “Pueblo”; the people rose against the Conquistadores. I’ll post the best part of this mural later… Stay tuned for part 3.

 Here is a stencil of an eagle, a symbol of the United States, with a prohibited circle and the words ‘YANKEE GO HOME”.  These are up all around what is left of what used to be the HILTON HOTEL. Author unknown.

We are a few weeks away from the new Drake album although I am sure that you have already heard every track. I wasn’t a fan of the Canadian child star at first but picked up the So Far Gone mixtape anyways. It turned out to be pretty good. Here are a couple tracks from his new album….

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This ones not on the album but here is the Fed Up video…

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You can thank me later.

Here is more of the XX which I mentioned in a previous post…

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Great for hangovers!

I just started listening to this one. I’m either really early on artists or really late. Cooler than me by Mike Posner…

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Cudder is BACK! This is a dope video because it looks like Cudi was just messing around when he made it.

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And just for fun here is a Crank That cover by I Set My Friends On Fire…

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Not so great for hangovers.

This past April many Latin American countries are celebrating their 200 years of Independence. Venezuela is one of them. To celebrate the BICENTENARIO (2 centuries) portraits of SIMON BOLIVAR are being painted everywhere. Some with brushes and others with aerosol. This one in particular is spray-painted on.

The portraits are mostly of EL LIBERTADOR Simon Bolivar along with a silhouette of him on his horse, a symbol of freedom for many Latin countries.

The Tucan, a bird that’s abundant in the thick of the Venezuelan amazon is considered to be a national bird. This peace is great.

From Tucacas, Venezuela we head out to Aruuuuuba! Aruba is a Dutch island located just about 15 miles from Falcon, Venezuela. Back in the colinazation days, Venezuelans fled to Aruba to escape the Spaniards, Portugues, and many other invaders that during that era where trying to conquer everything they could. The locals speak English, Spanish, Papiamento (mix of dutch, spanish, english, and God knows what else) and Dutch.

Aruba’s slogan is: ONE HAPPY ISLAND… They are not lying about that!!! Everyone here is actually very happy. The community here is a mixture of everything from Argentinians, Dutch, Americans, Venezuelans, Uruguayans, Mexicans, Dominicans, Colombians. I saw people from everywhere… It was amazing!!!! NO BORDERS HERE!!!

We were preparing to go out scuba diving. The locals love their ocean and nature. They enforce the laws and rules to keep it clean. One of the pier workers said it best: “We don’t own the ocean… The ocean owns us. She was here first.”

NO THIS IS NOT A POST CARD!!!. This is real!!! That’s a sunset on the beach in Aruba.

After spending a day in San Diego we headed up to LA. I am always amazed by the LA traffic. There are 18 lanes, they are all packed, and everyone is going 70 mph.

As soon as we got into the city it started to pour. Californian’s hate the rain. I watched people run for cover and look up at the sky in disgust. I’d love to see what would happen with a foot of snow in SoCal.

We headed over to Melrose and Fairfax because that’s where all of the cool kids hang out. There was a pretty awesome spot called Canter’s Deli that has been there forever. If you are in the area, check this place out.

We checked out the Bape store, Kid Robot, The Hundreds, Johnny Cupcakes, Supreme, Diamond, and RVCA while we were on the block. Each one has it’s own feel, music, and look. You can get an idea of what each is about based on the vibe.

Another part of LA that I love is the graffiti. Although I didn’t see as much as I would have liked too, I did see a bunch along the freeway. It looks like these kids just stand out on the highway not worrying about a thing. Also I noticed that kids will climb up pretty high just to catch a tag.

Oh yeah and did I mention we have free shipping on all orders for a limited time?

The Milwaukee Film Festival starts today. An old friend Frankie Latina will be in the house showing off some of his hard work. We’ve known Frankie for a long time. As a matter of fact I did some of my first graffiti artwork in his grandma’s garage. I’m excited to see something that he has been working so hard on for so long pay some serious dividends. The film was already selected and shown at CineVegas.

The Movie, Modus Operandi, revolves around a washed up CIA agent being forced to hunt down some brief cases for the government. The classic set up for a good old school flick. So last night Moct threw a little bash for Frankie to celebrate his work.

I’ve always been a fan of Moct. It’s a pretty chill set up built out of what looks like an old garage. I love the new school open concept design. Plus, they were previewing the film on the million inch big screens all night which was dope.

Frankie and ADone have been involved in the local movie scene for quite some time. Although they butt heads from time to time (which is like watching an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasum with both of them playing Larry) its always good to catch up with these guys.

So go check out Frankie’s new flick at the Oriental Theatre on Friday, September 25th at 7:15 pm. I hear there are some “grown up” scenes!

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Welcome to Monday morning. I hate Mondays. But atleast I have a new Kid Cudi song to listen to called “Higher”. You can download it free Here and Here.

If you haven’t read my last post yet, we got our logo tees in last week. Ill keep you posted on the goings on with new tees on there way in the next two weeks.

All prints will be limited supply, printed in LOW numbers, and will go out of print. Once they are gone thats it. You can order prints here or by going to the online shop.

I just realized its 4/20. No wonder my mom is ducking out of work early!

So for those of you who don’t know, FM is a lifestyle line. We are taking you from the inception on. We have been waiting patiently for our first drop of “the quality product”. The day started with me getting cut off by this dick.

The UPS man and the Cable man have the best jobs. Get there whenever you damn well please!

Finally a bundle of joy showed up on my doorstep.

I removed my picture because I would hate for my beauty to distract from the T shirt’s beauty.

30 Squirels. Available in Blue and Black. Extremely limited supply.

Send orders to CT24@FMgetsup.com