D.J. Dave C + La Calavera = Malina Love @ Aces and Eights

DATE AND TIME: Saturday, February 16th, 7 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.
EVENT: Malina Love's photography exhibit.
AREA: Downtown Riverside, Mission District
LOCATION: Ace's and Eights Bail bonds.
ARTIST: Malina Love

The Big Bang that the I.E. is goin' through has brought a few more stars into view. . .in the strangest of locations. La Calavera will begin with,

Artist Spot Light: Who is Malina Love?


Malina Love (photos by: La Calavera)

Malina Love is a student, a photographer, an artist, a traveler. She fell in love with photography 3 years ago while living on a luxuary train. Her passion revolves around photographing the simple things in life, things that one wouldn't think twice about. But once she captures that object with her camera, she gives it a life of it's own; The details on a newspaper and simple everyday objects that surround it like a coffee mug hold new meaning. The reflection of buildings from a city on a window displaying a model Galleon ship brings about a dichotomy between what one desires and reality (thanks hermano Anthony).


D.J Dave C. and Malina Love (photos by: La Calavera)

This is Malina Love's 10th Exhibit. She has shown her work up and down the West Coast; from Cali, to Oregon, to Denver, to Washington, among many other areas. This boehemian has also lived in many interesting places: onboard a luxuray train, at sea while working on a cruise ship. Keep a look out for future exhibits from this very attractive and talented photographer. To check out more of her photo's visit: www.flickr.com/photos/love_inc

Now the Location, Dave C., and tu amigo. . . La Calavera,


Setting up and getting ready for the night (photo by: La Calavera)

D.J's and artists have been known to hold event's anywhere from abandoned warehouses to parking lots in the middle of the night to the bottom of a bridge. The Location D.J. Dave C and La Calavera were invited to perform at and photograph on Saturday night has to be a first.

When one thinks of a bail bonds office the first image that comes to mind is a small stank room, flickering florecent lighting, a wooden desk with circle coffee mug stains, ash trays, and magazines on a little table in the corner next to a chair. This place was nothin' like that.

Industrial beams reaching from the floor to the ceiling, an exposed brick wall where photo's from the beautiful Malina Love hung, lighting that belonged in an indie art gallery, decorations ranging from an old Gasoline pump to a 3 and a half foot tall 1940's radio reciever with a matching desk lamp, and an old barbershop chair with the chrome catching the light being used to display one of Love's many photographs. This was truly an eclectic joint and so were the sets Dave C began spinnin'.


D.J. Dave C (photo's by: La Calvera)

The set began with the soul from a 50's cigarette smoke filled jazz club followed by the sounds of guitar rifts from the rock of the same era. Around 1a.m. things really began jumpin' when the crowd started a massive karaoke session to NIRVANA and WEEZER. Dave C. knows how to get the crowd hyped (the alcohol doesn't hurt either), finally ending the night (or morning) with favorites from the 80's with the likes of THE CURE and NEW ORDER. After many glasses of wine and Vodka pineapple mixes our minds were set ablaze on our next event.


Nuestros Amigos! (our friends) (photo by: La Calavera)

Quien Es La Calavera? (Who is La Calavera). . . find out at the next event. For now, here is a teaser.

La Calavera

Hasta La Proxima,

D.J. Dave C and La Calavera #42