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      MUSIC FOR RELIEF X LINKIN PARK X MARK

      Music for Relief was founded by the band Linkin Park in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Since inception in 2005, Music for Relief has raised over $7 million for survivors of natural disasters across four continents including Hurricane Katrina, China’s Wenchuan earthquake, a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, earthquakes in Haiti and Japan in 2010, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

      MFR has organized benefit concerts, online auctions, and events with multi-platinum musicians and celebrities to help rebuild and donate supplies to people in need. Music for Relief has also planted over 1 million trees to help reduce climate change.

      MFR’s 10th anniversary celebration, Relief LIVE, featured special performances by Linkin Park & friends, and since it was last Saturday we can now reveal who those friends were. Our very own Mark Hoppus offered his talents as the evening's MC, as well as taking part in a special performance with Linkin Park and No Doubt's Adrian Young. To add to the incredible list of talent, Helmet's Page Hamilton performed with Linkin Park and the night's honoree, Steve Aoki did a very cool exclusive performance that was certainly a must-see.

       

      All Photos by Robert Ortiz @robertnoise

      Videos by Skye Hoppus

      To learn more, and get involved with Music for Relief click HERE. 

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      PUMPKIN CARVE CONTEST WINNERS

      here is a better bigger look at our Pumpkin carving winners.

      SCARIEST

      MOST ORIGINAL 

      FUNNIEST

      WORST ENTRY 



      BEST OCTOPUS

       

      Honorable Mentions:

      Hi My Name is...Sina

      We spent the morning at the Dinosaur Coffee shop in Silver Lake with cartoonist Sina Grace. Now before we jump into all things Sina, let's give a shout out to Dinosaur Coffee who were gracious enough to let us take up a couple seats, for more than a couple hours. A beautifully designed store, not as many dinosaurs as we would have thought. Truth be told was expecting something out of Land of the Lost with a name like Dinosaur Coffee but the coffee was not disappointing so they are forgiven. A couple cups of coffee and a cinnamon bun and we were chatting like a couple of old hens.

      Now we could give you the whole back story on Sina, where he grew up, how he got his start, his artistic influences, but that can be found in any one of his interviews. (Check out Daniel Barron's interview) And honestly is any of that info going to make you go buy his new book? no, why would it? What is going to convince you is seeing some of his work. 

      A metaphor for relationships:

       

      Sina drawing in a coffee shop is a common occurrence 

      For all of you that are emo fans, there is his work on  Lil' Depressed Boy

      A personal favorite if you've ever worked retail is, Not My Bag. To crudely sum up this book would be to say an artist who is forced to take a job he doesn't really want in order to pay the bills, and who can't relate to that. 

      And Sina's latest release Self Obsessed published by Image Comics. A collection of personal stories, ideas, musings, thoughts, you get the idea. 

       

       

      3 Facts about Sina that he wished you knew about him:

       

      1- for a time, I told my friends in high school that my name was short for Sinatra, and that I was so embarrassed by it I decided to go by Sina. Two years into college, an old classmate still thought the joke was true. 
      2- I build my outfits off of pictures I see of Sarah Jessica Parker walking on the street.
      3- while I don't give a fig what kind of paper I use to draw, I still to this day use the same brand of pens I did from when I was getting started in high school: micron and pentel brush pens. 

      You can find more of Sina's talent in a story in November's Ninja Turtles Amazing Adventures comic. Is there anything this guy can't do? 

       

       

      HMNIM PODCAST - episode 7: Call Me Crum

      Lucky episode number seven. We go deep with artist Greg "Craola" Simkins, from the gritty back streets of LA to fine art galleries. He tells you how he did it, spoiler alert, it wasn't easy. Midway through the podcast, we surprise Mark with a one-of-a-kind gift that will blow your mind. We nerd out in great detail on how one of Mark's guitars gets built from the ground up.

      For those of you who have no idea what a "POG" is: 

      The company that shall not be named, named. JNCO jeans:

      Greg's painting that lives in Mark's home office referenced in the podcast:

      The BIG surprise:

      Robert Ortiz @robertnoise discusses the intricacies of building a custom bass for Mark:

      Behind-the-scenes photography. Greg's beloved sketch book:

      Mark explains the differences between a normal bass and his custom set-up: 

      You're welcome, once again....

      PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST

      We are giving away five $100 gift cards this month in our annual Pumpkin carving contest. There is a category for everyone so don't be put off if your carving skills are non existent. 
      • Scariest
      • Most Original
      • Funniest
      • Worst Entry
      • Best Octopus

      Be sure to tag your entry with #HMNIM and #PUMPKIN so we can find your Pumpkins.

      FREE CHOCOLATES

      For the month of October we are giving away Free Dark Chocolate coins with all online orders. These delicious chocolates are stamped with the Octopus logo and individually wrapped in Orange foil.