Everyday Distractions

I wish I could make the opening of this show tomorrow... sounds really, really dope and the subject is one of my favorite places, SF! ... and features the author of one of the best web sites on the internet... Plug1 of www.whatimseeing.com

If you happen to go tomorrow, let me know how it is!

7:00pm - 10:00pm
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Public Barber Salon
571 Geary Street (at Jones) SF, Ca. 94102
415.441.8599

A group photography show featuring works focused on the places and people of San Francisco and the Bay Area as well as other selected photographs.

Featuring:
Sam Brown
Tracy Bugni
John Curley
Alan Dejecacion
Zachary Lara
Troy Myatt
Shilpa Naik
Andrew Van Wart

www.publicbarbersalon.com
www.myspace.com/publicbarberingsalon

Additional links below:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=33483483994
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1323269/?ps=7
http://www.fecalface.com/calendar/calendar.php?mode=view&id=24489

The SCOjourners with AnNa performing this Thursday, October 2!!

Thursday, October 2 at 9:00pm
Boom Boom Room
1601 Fillmore St @ Geary
San Francisco
$5 cover at the door

Come out and support these local artists!! They're definitely dope and they're holdin' it down for the SFC, the 415, The City, THE 4FIFTEEN!! See y'all there!!

Cinema Under the Stars "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"

Join 4fifteen clothing and The Center for Asian American Media for a free outdoor screening of

THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME

When 17-year-old Makoto gains the ability to leap backwards through time, she sets about preventing personal mishaps. Yet she soon realizes that changing the past isn’t so simple! Can she use her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends? From production company Madhouse, THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME is an absorbing, beautifully crafted anime. Featuring a talented crew who worked on such classics as Princess Mononoke and The Grave of the Fireflies, this film is destined for modern classic status.

Preceded by:
Screening of the Toyota’s Free Your Story Contest winner!

THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
98 minutes | Japanese with English subtitles

Friday, September 19, 2008
8PM – 10PM

FREE FOR EVERYONE!
Peace Plaza in Japantown
Post Street at Buchanan Street
San Francisco, CA

Early arrival highly suggested. Seating is first-come, first-served.

Promotional Partners:
4fifteen Clothing
Angry Asian Man
HapiHour.org
Hyphen
Japan Society

Street Fairs in Japantown are Being Threatened!

This past weekend, we were in Japantown, for the Nihonmachi Street Fair. We set up a booth at this fair every year and it's always a great time!! Big ups tp everyone who came by to say what's up, picked up some gear and just came by to kick it!!

We also learned that the Homeowners Association and the owners of the Condo building at the corner of Post and Webster, where the Japantown Bowl once stood, are threatening to try to put a halt both the Nihonmachi Street Fair AND the Cherry Blossom Festival... and even the Fillmore Street Fair!! What the heck??

When I heard about this, it really saddened me. Not because, they insulted me, as a vendor, by referring to the vendors as "purveyors of schlocky souvenirs", but because of the following reasons, which really don't sit well with me...

1. As newcomers to the Japantown neighborhood... you would think they'd embrace the neighborhood, its culture, and the cultural events that have been taking place in the neighborhood for decades.

2. The Japantown Bowl, a Japantown icon, was torn down to build the condos. So I feel it's almost like that building is stripping the life out of Jtown. No more bowling alley, no cultural shops on the ground-floor of the building... and now they want to do away with the street fairs??

3. As a kid, growing up in The City, the Nihonmachi Street Fair and the Cherry Blossom Festival, were and still are an annual tradition.

4. These festivals are in NO WAY dirty. 4fifteen clothing participates in three street fairs annually... the Cherry Blossom Festival, the Haight Street Fair and the Nihonmachi Street Fair... I can tell you that the two street fairs held in J-Town are so clean and well organized. Hands-down.

I wanted to write about this to help bring awareness to this issue. I will do whatever I can to help out in the fight to keep the street fairs in J-Town!!

Read more about this on
Curbed SF
Yelp Talk
Akit's Complaint Dept

Meet the CEO of 4fifteen design co

Meet the CEO of 4fifteen design co, Izzie! She Hella Hearts SF, just like her parents and is repping the 4fifteen already... even in her sleep!!

Workin' for The Man...

I'm constantly weighin the pros and cons of working for The Man vs grindin it out on my own. This is something that is ALWAYS on my mind. I've been workin a 9 to 5 and doin the 4fifteen clothing/freelance thing on the side, for some time now. How do you know when it's the right time to quit your full-time job and chase the American Dream full-time? or... is there ever a right time? or... maybe you've gotta suck it up and JUST DO IT? I give BIG PROPS to all those who have made the jump and are doin it!! Anyways... HAPPY FRIDAY!

FLASHING LIGHTS... this Thursday at Poleng Lounge

Join us, as we celebrate APA Heritage Month with CAAM at Poleng Lounge!

CAAM and Poleng Lounge proudly present the latest installment of the Social Club, at Poleng Lounge in San Francisco.

Thursday, May 22, 2008
10PM-2AM, Poleng Lounge
1751 Fulton Street @ Masonic
San Francisco, CA
21+
$10 General Admission

PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS:
4Fifteen Clothing
Angry Asian Man
hapihour.org
Hyphen
Massive Selector
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Suutra

Hope to see y'all there!

FRESH FRIDAYS at Straits SF

Start your weekend off FRESH... at FRESH FRIDAYS!! Every first and third Friday of the month at Straits SF in the SF Centre, Downtown. DJ Haylow, of Distortion2Static, spinnin' all that Hip Hop and R&B goodness. $10 cover, ladies free all nite long!

SPRING 2008 LINE is up!

I just posted the new 4fifteen designs for Spring 2008 on the site. Peep em at www.4fifteenclothing.com Get 'em while they're hot!!

(front)
(back)
The San Francisco Treat. Inspired by Rice a Roni and Jerry Rice. Two of San Francisco's favorites. Thanks for the memories!!

Gold foil print on the front and classic white on red, a la 49ers throwback jersey style, on the back.

(womens)
(mens)
san franciscan. enough said? rep where your from! san francisco aka the 4fifteen! we don't call it frisco. outline of the 49 sq mile city in the background.

(front)
(back)
wires outside my house. i went outside one morning, took a pic of the telephone wires, denise held up a pair of my shoes and i took another pic of that... put the two together and made it into a hot, new 4fifteen design. it's kinda abstract looking with the silver on black print. came out pretty dope, if you ask me.

(mens)
(womens)
fourfifteen cablecar. the spring 2008 remix on a classic 4fifteen design. brought some fresh new colorways for the spring this year.