Some of the BP_TOW fam is heading over to the historic Montalban  in Los Angeles tomorrow to check out what Nike and the Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao have to offer before his fight against Miguel Cotto next weekend.

Nike Sportswear is giving a behind the scenes look at the P4P and his training in the city of angels. Manny, his trainer Freddy Roach, plenty of celebs and a whole bunch of fans will be out there in the California sunshine. So will me and Beans!!

We want to give a special shout out to Jacie over at Nike for the love, the heads up, and the invite.

You will be able to stream it live right on the Nike Sportwear site. Just go and check out the link to get set up … Hollar at your homeboys!!!

from LA Times:

U2’s concert at the Rose Bowl shattered attendance records at the venue as more than 100,000 people, including Rose Bowl staff, took in the band’s Southern California stop on its 360 Tour, according to the venue’s general manager, Darryl Dunn. Yet the number of fans who watched the concert online probably dwarfs that tally.

Final figures aren’t in yet from Google-owned YouTube, which streamed the concert live, but the page housing the concert has received close to 7 million “channel views.”

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from freshnessmag

Marilyn Minter is courageous on the art scene. Since the 80s, the artist had been working with sexually charged images that had developed into something with a high-fashion, high-glam and hyperrealistic consciousness. While some of her work had been in the center of controversy, especially with feminist groups, the artist’s achievements in the field is undeniable. This year, Marilyn Minter’s short film, Green Pink Caviar explores the boundaries between fine and commercial art…. (more…)

If you aren’t hip to the Hundreds yet, you should be. Definitely a hot independent label out of SoCal that we are big fans of and we want to give them some shine here. G4s AOTS hooked them up with a feature worth seeing. aaaand oh yeah Olivia Munn

It has been punishingly hot these past few days in LA. This time of year, with this kind of heat brings the inevitable wildfires. These fires have been popping up around the city the last few days forcing people out of their homes and testing the fire departments. The side effect of these fires is often incredible sunsets. As I was driving tonight the sky was filled with pretty remarkable colors, so I had to pull over and take some pictures.

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Becks meets Vitali Klitschko following the recent Galaxy-Sounders match at Home Depot Center.

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That’s what is racing around the interwebs right now.  If you can read Italian, check it out here.  I assume this would begin following the Galaxy season.

Image via Daylife