Last week, I had the opportunity to be part of a movie. A movement, in which imagination was set free, and just about every other good asset that comes along with the human spirit.

MEGA – part of the Konogo Mix collective who’s art was featured in our Kafe King event at the shop back in May, was here for the THUG.LIFE. Series Movie Night Event. At the end of the night he handed me a plastic card, one that I will now forever hold onto. The card had a #, and when you called that # you were given some clues and a password on how to take part or check out what SVN: hi fi, was all about.

If I went into detail, I would just be blogging. All I will say is that it was magical, and hopefully from some of the photos below you’ll be able to imagine your own vibe to the wonders that took place.

Thank you again to Mega and friends for the memorable experience!

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A smorgasbord of photos…a small one though. Haven’t documented too much as of late…but here’s a few to share.

CMartyMar came through with some goody goodies….thank you fam!

Saw Terri at Cinema Arts Centre. Mostly wanted to see it because I liked Cyrus so much which we saw recently. This wasn’t as funny, but had much more feeling…much to enjoy.

Reebok threw quite the jam – Reethym of Life…and Swizz was inspiring to say the least! I said it before, I know…but a BIG year for Reebok!

Then I saw this 1978 gem for the first time. Magic, starring a young Anthony Hopkins…

About to watch Fracture on some newer Mr. Hopkins ish…have a good week!

-Cinematic

This past Thursday the Extra Butter family and friends went to the Theophilus London concert (again!) at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Shout out to Elmo DaMan (album coming soon!) and our B-more 2-step!!

-Karin

On Friday the 13th we showed a free screening of “The Howling”, a 1981 werewolf thriller in honor of the new “Wolf Grey” 5s.  After the movie, at midnight, we released the  Air Jordan Retro 5s.

Thank you to everyone that came down Friday night – From Clark Kent to the kids who camped out. We appreciate the support and making the evening a fun one!

Our friend Gabby made us these yummy red velvet cake-pop treats that look like wolves !

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- Karin

Me and my friend Stephanie went to see Lupe Fiasco at Power 105.1 building. It might sound like a strange place to have a concert but this allowed Mr. Fiasco to get more personal with the audience. This man was literally having a conversation with the crowd asking questions like “how many Lupe shows have you been to?”. Even though it was my first Lupe show I was  definitely impressed and it was worth every cent. And on a side note BUY HIS ALBUM!!!

-Rodney $tarks

Last Wednesday Karin went to the Kid Cudi show at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC. Lucky for us, she took some photos and share with us below. I imagine this was a pretty rad show, and I’m feeling the “Chip Tha Ripper” graphic – I will have to give him a listen as Karin said he was quite good.

What Karin doesn’t know is Cudi used to be on heavy rotation over here. In particularly “Maui Wowie”, which was the soundtrack to many a red carpet runway catwalks…I sort of miss that – should it make a comeback?? Anyway, peep the photos below – let us know if you were there too…

-Cinematic

My sister insisted I post this…and good for her, because I’m crying over here.

Tomorrow is “hump day”, here’s a good way to break up a busy week….and something to think about before you go to bed!

-Cinematic

This show was chaotic, evil, surreal, and just spectacular. Alice did it all with a broken ankle confined to a boot and cane. We took some snaps for you to see, but experiencing first-hand cannot be described.

For those that don’t know check out Crystal Castles albums – both self-titled, one from 2008 and one from 2010….

-Cinematic

So 2 weeks ago your New York Islanders had a home game vs. the Crosby/Malkin-less Penguins on a fight-filled, 9-3 slaughter that has been dubbed “Ferocious Friday”, as the Islanders had to exact revenge on some recent dealing with the Pens, not to mention send a message to the rest of the league. Here’s some shots we took at an Isles-Penguins game in Pittsburgh in late January.

Just wanted to share some of the spirit, but to see what went down on “Ferocious Friday” click here to see the coverage from our friends at Islanders Point Blank.

It’s been a rough season without a doubt, but there have been a few bright spots with even more since that evening. This Saturday, the Islanders take on Alexander Ovechkin and his Washington Capitals. There’s no looming score to settle that I know about, but with the way the team has been playing we’re looking at an exciting game for sure…possible a “Savage Saturday”?! We’ll be there (celebrating my pisces birthday!) and also taking part in the “WHITE OUT” (check the #WhiteOutTheRed topic on twitter and on facebook), which means our group will join the rest of the fans in wearing white to outshine those sorry Caps fans that will be wearing red in our territory! Some die hards are even making “White Out” t-shirts for the event so look out for those, or you could always wear our own ’95-throwback Islanders inspired “Fish Sticks” tee of course!

Might have a few extra tickets available so hit us up if you’re interested!

-Cinematic

As it should be crystal clear by now, we at Extra Butter loveeee the movies! Not neccessarily movie-buffs, film-geeks, etc., but we have our own unique passion for the cinema and love to share it with you (some movie night’s will be announced shortly by the way)!

One aspect of movie culture that is gaining some much deserved and long overdue exposure is the special effects artistry that takes place behind the scenes. The SyFy channel’s new show “Face Off”, is only 2 shows in and generating lots of buzz with it’s reality-tv format show where special effects make up artists take on various challenges to showcase their craft.

I know our loyal following here have been exposed to it a bit. Remember when we created our own lookbook for Mishka’s Fall 2010 delivery? Our friend Jacqueline Valega used her skills to zombie us up and featured her hand-crafted, “Thriller”-inspired Were-cat mask. Well now she’s graduated from the Douglas Education Center’s “Special Effects Make Up” Program (click here to see a short commercial for the program), and I had the pleasure of attending the event and snapping some pics of the work.

One of Jacquie’s main works took some more inspiration from our friends at Mishka, as she created an actual sculpture of the “Irreversible Binomial” that L’amour Supreme designed for Mishka. The t-shirt ranks amongst our favorites of all-time, and you can only imagine the paramount excitement I had in seeing the design basically come to life…BRAVO!!

I also had the honor of listening to the program’s president and special-effects legend, Tom Savini speak to the students on advancing their careers to the next level. I then had the pleasure of seeing the other graduating students’ works and portfolio’s up close in a room full of amazing sights. Hard-work and creativity personified, lucky for you I had my camera to share some of the views. Congrats to everyone on their success! I don’t know everyone to have linked and give proper credit, but if anyone is interested or would like to make notes please feel free to use the comments section. Also be sure to click the “read more” at the bottom of the post to see more of the work…

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