Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Survivors Part II: After The Pandemic
SURVIVORS PART II: After The Pandemic
Now Available in Kindle
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It’s 2014 in Roughton, Iowa, and the small rural town is barely surviving after The Mexican Flu Pandemic devastated the world two years before. The rule of law has ceased to exist in The United States of America and Christopher Leary and his family, along with other survivors of Roughton, try to gather food and fight off raiders.
As if the challenges of surviving are not enough, Christopher finds himself falling for his childhood friend Crisa McMiller who, together with her family - the Agridors, has escaped the pandemic from Malibu, California to seek shelter in the great McMiller Clan Estate in the outskirts of town.
To increase their chances of survival, Christopher’s family joins forces with the McMillers and Agridors. Together, they must defend the town from sporadic raider attacks and defeat the petty tyrant Mayor Himlar and his goons who are jealous of the McMillers’ influence with the townsfolk.
Christopher must use all the tactical field-knowledge he learned from the ex-soldier Ric McMiller to do battle with the raiders. Unfortunately, he has no such mentor when it comes to figuring out love.
It’s 2014 in Roughton, Iowa, and the small rural town is barely surviving after The Mexican Flu Pandemic devastated the world two years before. The rule of law has ceased to exist in The United States of America and Christopher Leary and his family, along with other survivors of Roughton, try to gather food and fight off raiders.
As if the challenges of surviving are not enough, Christopher finds himself falling for his childhood friend Crisa McMiller who, together with her family - the Agridors, has escaped the pandemic from Malibu, California to seek shelter in the great McMiller Clan Estate in the outskirts of town.
To increase their chances of survival, Christopher’s family joins forces with the McMillers and Agridors. Together, they must defend the town from sporadic raider attacks and defeat the petty tyrant Mayor Himlar and his goons who are jealous of the McMillers’ influence with the townsfolk.
Christopher must use all the tactical field-knowledge he learned from the ex-soldier Ric McMiller to do battle with the raiders. Unfortunately, he has no such mentor when it comes to figuring out love.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
RG Los Angeles Stories at the Metropolitan Fashion Week 2014 Toy Drive
'Tis the season of giving! RG Los Angeles Stories and www.NxupMag.com are happy to be at the Metropolitan Fashion Week 2014 Toy Drive!
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Monday, November 3, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Check out: "Cloud City" by Lost In Los Angeles (Official Video)
Official Music Video of "Cloud City"
Re visit my interview with the band in the archives!
Monday, October 6, 2014
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
RAWartists Hollywood Presents: Allure on 8/8/14
Covered
RAWartists Hollywood Presents: Allure on 8/8/14.
for Nxup Magazine
Check out the next show RAWartists Hollywood Presents Axis on 10/3/2014
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Monday, September 29, 2014
Metropolitan Fashion Week LA Press Conference
Visit www.MetropolitanFashionWeek.net for
more info about the up and coming
event on Oct. 26, 2014
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
ZupaNova "Killin It" Single Release Party
RG Los Angeles Stories at the ZupaNova "Killin It" Single Release Party at Supper Club in Hollywood.
http://www.zupanovamusic.com
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Check out the photos at THREE R PHOTOGRAPHY
Friday, July 4, 2014
RAW Artists Hollywood JUNE 2014
Published on Jun 9, 2014
RG Los Angeles Stories and NXUP Magazine at RAW Artists Hollywood.
RAW Hollywood Fashion Show Segment at Boulevard3.
Soundtrack By
DAFOP
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RAW Hollywood Fashion Show Segment at Boulevard3.
Soundtrack By
DAFOP
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https://RAWartists.org/hollywood/pano...
Friday, June 13, 2014
DOrichTHINGS Launch Party VIDEO (Unsuitable for Minors)
RG Los Angeles Stories at DO RICH THINGS Launch Party VIDEO (Unsuitable for Minors)
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
ZupaNova
ZUPANOVA
Lance Jones, Davy Brown, Kimala and Rawcel
ZupaNova
Lance Jones, Kimala, Davy Brown and RawCel
ZupaNova
or Super Nova, a stellar explosion in the heavens, connotes birth of stars; In
Latin Nova means “New”. So however you want to use the word, literally “Super
New” or metaphorically “birth of stars and natural talent” I think it’s safe to
say that this group’s name is very suitable since they bring fresh and stellar performance
and music.
At
first glance ZupaNova’s style and music was reminiscent of the super pop stars
The Black Eyed Peas. In fact, some members of ZupaNova had been hanging out
with the latter in their early careers. Group member Rawcel and DJ Poet, the
CEO of Listen Deep Records where ZupaNova worked on their music, were collaborating
with members of The Black Eyed Peas during their early years. ZupaNova member
Lance Jones is the chief vocal producer in Listen Deep. The recording studio
collaborated with Apl.de.ap in many projects; the artist and studio still
maintain a close relationship. Even though there’s a lot of influence—ZupaNova
is ZupaNova—and not a shadow of The Black Eyed Peas.
Lance
Jones brought in a lot of the R&B “let’s-get-ready-to-make-love-vocals”,
Kimala was the sultry female voice that brings down men to their knees, RawCel
contributed the Hip Hop influence and rendered some crazy rhymes and Davy Brown
added jazz flavor with his out-of-this-world guitar line. Just check out their
song “Need Your Love” from “First Contact” and you’ll understand what I mean.
There’s
a lot of love in this group, they spouted mottos like “Team Work Makes the
Dream Work”, “Zupa Positive”, “Share, Create and Collaborate”, that even the
group’s manager Mike Bajrami told me “I like these people a lot, I don’t work
with people I don’t get along with because you can’t maintain the relationship
if you dislike your group…there’s something really special about this
group”.
What’s so
special about them? Besides their great talent they were genuinely kind and
humble people, I saw those attributes during the interview, and they put a lot
of tenderness into their music in “First Contact”. RawCel a Los Angeles native
with an easy smile gave a lot of the hip hop street flavor remove the real
nasty and gritty language. Lance Jones must be one of the most welcoming and
humble artist I’ve met. His voice could easily fit in a boy band such as The
BackStreet Boys or a seductive R&B group like Boys II Men but I’ve never
heard him brag of his talent. I actually met him a month before while working
on another story in Listen Deep Records before my interview with ZupaNova. Kimala,
who rendered her sensual voice and scorching presence during recordings and
video shoots, was a caring and really friendly person. “I’m like their sister
and mother put together” she said about being the only female member of the
group. “She cooks for us” Lance Jones chimed in happily. Kimala has a special
place in my heart since she’s my “Kababayan”, my fellow Filipino from the
Philippines, and “Pinays” (Filipino Women) are known for their sweetness. Davy
Brown was a laid-back and happy person so like how he played his jazzy guitar
or bass lines in their songs. He worked with one of the Masters of Jazz like
Bunny Brunel and Baba Elefante, that kind of cred could easily get into the
head of shallow musicians, but not Davy Brown.
Their goal is to
perform all-over-the-world. Lance Jones wants to hit Japan, Davy Brown wants
to see Brazil, Kimala wants to perform in the Philippines, especially in the
province of Pampanga, and RawCel’s personal goal is to do a concert in Staples
Center in LA. This group has the heart, talent and the charisma and they are
ready to take on the world. Watch out for fresh—and ZupaFabulous—music of
ZupaNova.
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2014
RG Los Angeles Stories / Three R Photography
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2014
RG Los Angeles Stories / Three R Photography
Monday, May 19, 2014
Forward (SHORT FILM) by RAY SALAZAR
It's barely three minutes long...but its powerful.
You can also see this at:
http://rglosangelesstories.wix.com/rglosangelesstories
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Monday, May 12, 2014
Anthony Garcia Fine Arts Photographer
Anthony Garcia
Fine Arts Photographer
There are photographers and there
are imaginative photographers. Anthony falls in that latter category. There’s
just no way for me to accurately describe his works. I could type forever and
it wouldn’t come close to give it justice. For me, Anthony Garcia’s photos were
so dream-like, it almost felt like seeing the opening logo of “Dreamworks”
movies or SyFy Channel’s commercials, every time I looked at it. One of my
ultimate favorite was a photo of himself creating a “pop-up” paper castle and
dragon that comes alive with the stroke of his pen; I asked him what’s the
story behind it and Anthony threw the question back at me “What do you think? I
create my photos so that people could fill-in the stories not the other way
around”. This kid have such great talent for a 19 year old that I could’ve
easily hated him. But I admired his work, and his awesome personality, so much
there’s no room in my heart to be jealous of him.
“I took photography classes in
high school but I really didn’t thought to make something out of it…I really
wanted to be a drummer”, he said jovially “I just got interested in it so much
that I took Photoshop classes but I really learned more from playing with the
(photo editing) software”. I think that really is the key in gaining a creative
process. One could take only so much classes but one has to experience it to
achieve something. It took me fifteen years to figure that out but Anthony got
it in one. “I started photography with my Iphone when I was 18…I get the ideas
from everywhere…I do a quick sketch and note when I wake up from a dream and
start a concept from there…or I pick up an object like a light bulb and I
imagine stills with it”.
Anthony’s photos were so
thought-provoking that I started asking really deep and stupid questions like:
“Was there a deeper experience or thought and feelings about this work or
that”, “Do you tap into your emotions”, etc. But what I really wanted to ask
him was “Were his creations a form of escapism?” to run away from something.
His first attempt of fine arts photography was of him being flown away by a
blue balloon up into the sky, and it won a contest and got displayed by an
online group from Berlin, Germany. Good thing I didn’t ask Anthony that question
because I really didn’t care where his ideas were coming from. I just wanted to
go on a ride with him and be taken away by his visions.
In the end, I think that’s really
what art is, something that would take us to places that we could only dream
of. Dream away Anthony, keep creating your great work and take us along for a
ride.
To see more of his works please
visit:
ADDENDUM:
Anthony's goal is to combine his
creativity with his wedding photography services. If you choose him to be your
wedding photographer I will tell you now, he's worth more than any other
wedding photographers who charges thousands of dollars.
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2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Laura Yazdi of www.LauraLily.net
Laura Yazdi
Fashion & Beauty Blogger/Stylist
This post is part of The Passion Behind L.A. Fashion series. A celebration of the talents behind L.A.'s fashion industry.
It had taken a while for the movers and shakers of the fashion industry to pay heed to these daring breed of trendsetters, writers and media personalities, but Fashion Bloggers have earned the right of becoming an influential, and even an integral part, of the industry. The most dedicated and serious of these Fashion Bloggers could do their own writing, photography, videography, editing, web design, etc. Most reputable Online Fashion Magazines would need a highly-paid team to do what a seasoned Fashion Blogger could do single-handedly. Fashion Bloggers are fashion correspondents and you’d often see them attend a fashion show in New York, Los Angeles, Paris or London. They have a critical eye and most Fashion Bloggers moonlight as stylists, they aren’t just fashion critics, so they know what they are talking about. I have the privilege to know one of the most dedicated Fashion Bloggers here in Los Angeles and she was kind enough to answer a Q&A and share her story:
Laura, when did you figure out your creative talent?
Family and friends would tell me I had a talent for dressing well for little money. My grandmother never believed me when I told her how much I paid for an outfit. Still to this day she doesn't believe me. I had friends and family members asking where I bought items I was wearing and asking me to teach them how to shop and dress like I do.
How did you train for it?
As far as my training to become a professional shopper: Hours and hours of shopping. LOL. But seriously, I worked in retail through college and on my breaks would walk around the mall checking out the clearance racks for steals. I refused to pay full price for anything. I loved the thrill of the hunt. As far as styling, I started styling myself, then my mom, then my sister, then friends. They were asking me fashion advice and literally to teach them how to shop. From there it just evolved into a wonderful world of styling.
How do you describe your work?
Never ending, but I love it that way. There is always a new idea popping into my head. I carry a note book to write them all down. 7am every morning I wake up, and still in bed, I check my emails. That is how I know I love what I do- who checks there emails that early?! I'll answer emails when I am fully awake and cognizant. Most of my time as a blogger were spend on the computer setting up future blog posts, emailing with companies and brands on collaborations. Rarely am I actually in front of the camera for a photo shoot. That is what makes those days extra special, the days when the outfit I styled finally comes together on camera. The preparation for an hour photo-shoot can take hours. People don't relaize this when they see a fashion blog. Hair, make-up, camera set-up, location scouting, styling, prepping clothes... it's a process. But a beautiful one at that.
editor: Paul Remy www.instagram.com/nxupmagazine
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