the neumann project.

Imagine the City of Los Angeles without freeways. A city where pedestrians actually use the side walk for walking, and rail cars buzzing around town like fireflies. Flashback to the golden era of Hollywood during the 30's and 40's when this was a reality. This was when a small group of delinquents decided to "soupe" up their old Ford model T's and raced them down towards Hollywood and Highland (the original quarter mile). This of course was a huge issue with the local tabloids, and was considered a menace to society. Of course any form of rebellion is considered a box office hit which eventually landed the act in major motion pictures forever immortalizing it history. Bill Neumann a small town east coast boy was fascinated by these new machinery. He loved these cars so much that he decided to relocate to Burbank C.A. to pursue his dream of motorsports. He first started writing columns for the Petersen Publishing company then eventully opening his own aftermarket parts company specifically for the volkswagen vehicle. Witha strong precence of the Import car market in the 90's he decided to produce aftermarket products for Honda's. This was one of the first few companies to produce quality aftermarket products for sport compact cars which substantially was a hit in the southern california youth market. This eventually lead to Neuspeed sponsoring  a BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) Race team campainging the european version of the Honda Accord.

gaijin period.

Street art has many definitions. Mostly defined as graffiti, a modern rebellious method of art with an extensive history based in Brooklyn and the other boroughs of NYC. Today's street artist are now exposed to modern day art galleries. What was once considered a crime are now collected by art enthusiast much like it was a painting of Vincent van Gogh. Enter Gaijin Fujita of Los Angeles. A new breed of street artist blending Los Angeles lifestyle of graffiti on walls, and old school Japanese woodblock style art. The art fonts are typical of modern style of catching fame on the streets. The battle scenes are what makes these pieces seem like they have an epic battle cry feeling. Check out his other works and make sure you hit up his gallery whenever its near your town.

website: www.lalouver.com/

show'in off.

NISEI WEEK SHOWOFF CAR SHOW  

DATE: Saturday, August 13th 2011

The nation’s premiere import car show hits Southern California on the 12th Annual Nisei Week Showoff Car Show, where the import car show meets cultural experience in Downtown Los Angeles. Mainstream Productions presents the Nisei Week Showoff Car Show to be held at Little Tokyo on Saturday, August 13th, 2011.

This is the place where the top-notch show cars come out to compete and show.

 

This year the all day event features:

SHOWOFF CAR SHOW – West coast’s top show cars compete for cash prizes and trophies. This is the place where function, quality, and form counts. Overall Winner wins $1000.00 and 6ft trophy with all bragging rights. Custom Showoff (runner up) receives $500 and 5 ft trophy. We have over 350 of the finest show cars so don’t miss out!