5.24.2010
NOMAG Digital Issue #2 – Geza X
For our second installment of digitizing the legendary publication, Reserve LA offers a glimpse into one of the more unique issues of NOMAG. This issue has a feature article on Geza X, a crucial part of the 80’s punk scene, and includes an extremely rare flexi vinyl of Geza X’s “Mean Mr. Mommy Man”. The cover features Rick Wilder of the Mau Maus, photographed by Frank Gargani.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Geza X – Mean Mr. Mommy Man
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Stay tuned, as we will be providing digitized editions of NOMAG on our blog weekly leading up to the exhibit ...
5.23.2010
Plane Crashes
You may think, why make a book about plane crashes? What’s the point? However, upon first glance into Plane Crashes you begin to realize the purpose of Beryl Frank’s work. Detailing some of the most horrific aviation disasters of the 20th century, Frank captures the destruction of devastating plane crashes from around the world. In a way, the images within provide a context by which to understand the experience of a plane crash.
Excerpt from the book:
“Over 100 illustrations as well as clearly written text an accurate statistics show the awesome horror to plane crashes, whether the plane be the large ...
5.19.2010
Reserve Store Archive: Fucking Awesome Blowout
The Reserve Store Archive presents the Fucking Awesome blowout sale. Goods as low as $10.
Free shipping with $100 purchase.
Shop Fucking Awesome products now: http://www.reservestorearchive.com/fuckingawesome
5.18.2010
Reserve LA Presents: NOMAG by Bruce Kalberg
Reserve LA offers a glimpse into LA’s early 80s, punk rock scene via NOMAG.
Edited and published by LA’s punk rock cultural anthropologist Bruce Kalberg, NOMAG featured content against the popular media grain. Filled with controversial contributions from some of LA’s most noted punk icons including Black Flag and Social Distortion, NOMAG blazed a trail for later alternative publications and serves as a time capsule of one of the great pop culture shifts of the early 1980s.
Now for the first time, NOMAG will exist digitally. We will be providing digitized editions of NOMAG on our blog weekly leading up ...
5.18.2010
Warriors Of Radness Spring 2010, Part 3
The Warriors of Radness summer line has just arrived at Reserve. You can also shop Warriors Of Radness through our online shop here. View the full collection on the Warriors Of Radness website here. Phone orders available, call the shop at (323) 651-0131.
Our buddy Moses Berkson photographed the guys from Gantez Warrior for this collection. Gantez Warrior consists of 3 extremely talented 18 year old surfers from Costa Mesa. They’ve also been in the recording studio working on a record to be coming out this year on WOR records.
Designed out of Los Angeles, California, Warriors of Radness (WOR) embodies a ...
5.17.2010
Contraband of War
Detailing the remarkable journey of William Henry Singleton, Contraband of War tells the story of Singleton’s life and upbringing. Born into slavery and later escaping, Singleton’s story paints an accurate portrayal of African American life in the 1800’s. Told from the perspective of Singleton, the book provides a glimpse into the life of Singleton, allowing readers to empathize with his experiences, while relating the plight of slavery.
Excerpt from the Book:
“William Henry Singleton (1834-1938) was born a slave in New Bern, North Carolina. Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, he ran away from the Singleton plantations and became the ...
5.10.2010
Candid Little Rock
In the 80’s, people were out, and people were living. No matter where you were at, or what you were doing, whether in Hollywood, California, or Little Rock, Arkansas it seemed as though folks were out and living for the moment. Compiling a collection of iconic black and white photographs, six photographers set out to capture the essence of Little Rock, Arkansas through the people that inhabited the city. Shooting everything from architecture and design, to police men and civilians, Candid Little Rock honestly portrays Arkansas living in the 80’s.
Exerpt from the Preface:
August House compiled a book of black-and-white ...
5.3.2010
Pop Art: Movements of Modern Art
Rising to prominence in the mid 50’s in Britain and the late 50’s in the United States, Pop Art emerged as a cultural movement geared towards the celebration of art and popular culture. Challenging traditional concepts of elitist art, Pop Art redefined the concept of “high art” by juxtaposing popular artifacts of mass media to redefine and reconsider their meaning and purpose. Michael Compton’s Pop Art chronicles the development of the movement, highlighting the work of popular artists from the time. Full of rare images and insight, Pop Art is a history lesson and a dose of inspiration rolled into ...
4.28.2010
The Photography Of Bruce Kalberg / Bruce Caen
Freshjive presents the Bruce Kalberg / Bruce Caen photography exhibit at Reserve.
Thursday June 3rd, 7:00-11:00 PM
Reserve Store
420 N. Fairfax
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Bruce Kalberg
From 1979-1984 Bruce Kalberg photographed virtually every band and personality against the backdrop of the first rush of Punk Rock in Los Angeles and Hollywood. As publisher and chief creative force behind NO MAGAZINE (NOMAG) Bruce photographed both the music and art scene nightly in his studio in Echo Park creating a portrait of fashion and underground culture like no one else. This was the real culture made up of outsiders, losers, immigrants, Punk Rockers from generation ...
4.26.2010
Memphis: Objects, Furniture, and Patterns
The Memphis Group was an Italian design and architecture movement of the 1980s, more specifically a group composed of Italian designers and architects who created a series of products in 1981. Named after the Bob Dylan song Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, the movement was a reaction against the post-Bauhaus “black box” designs of the 1970s and had a sense of humor that was lacking at the time in design.
They disagreed with the approach of the time and challenged the idea that products had to follow conventional shapes and colours and textures and patterns. It was conceived by the group to be a ...
4.19.2010
A Closer Look: Grant Rohloff at Reserve LA
Currently displaying at the store are all prints from the Grant Rohloff photography exhibit, which will remain on display through May 20th. Small prints are available now in our online shop HERE.
For inquiries on all large framed prints, please call the shop at (323) 651-0131.
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