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Can’t wait to see Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch, Joey Lawrence, and the Spin Doctors at Coachella this year!

j/k! Here’s the ACTUAL line up:

More info on Coachella’s official website

Fake poster via Hipster Runoff

Friday the Thirteenth is more than just a silly horror film; it is also a numbered that we’ve been taught to revere since childhood. Kind of silly if you ask me. However, here are some examples of how society’s fear of the numeral thirteen has taken over:

• Tarot Card number 13 is the Death Card and pictures the Grim Reaper
• Hospitals and Hotels typically omit room number 13
• Many cities opt out of having a 13th Street
• 13 letters in your name signifies the Devil’s luck (i.e. Charles Manson)
• Airports tend to skip the thirteenth gate
• More than 80% of high rises lack a 13th floor
• Italians omit the number 13 from their lottery
• Some streets in Florence, Italy omit house number 13, and instead mark homes 12 1/2

Superstitions via Huffington Post

There are many incidents throughout history that are possible origins for the day. The two most common are as follows.

1. The Knights of Templar (you may recall this from The DaVinci Code):

The Knights Templar were a monastic military order founded in Jerusalem in 1118 C.E., whose mission was to protect Christian pilgrims during the Crusades. Over the next two centuries, the Knights Templar became extraordinarily powerful and wealthy. Threatened by that power and eager to acquire their wealth, King Philip secretly ordered the mass arrest of all the Knights Templar in France on Friday, October 13, 1307 – Friday the 13th (wiki)

2. Ancient Myth:

Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and fertility. When Norse and Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, Frigga was banished in shame to a mountaintop and labeled a witch. It was believed that every Friday, the spiteful goddess convened a meeting with eleven other witches, plus the devil – a gathering of thirteen – and plotted ill turns of fate for the coming week. For many centuries in Scandinavia, Friday was known as “Witches’ Sabbath.” (wiki)

Whatever you chose to believe the fear is all in your head. While we’re at it does anyone really think black cats signify bad luck?

The crew over at TrendHunter.tv nailed the unisex fashion trend with their latest video “Mainstream Cross-Dressing.”  With top models like Agyness Deyn being portrayed in a more masculine sense and males swapping for more glam, metro, or fem looks the gender lines are blurred more than ever before.

So lets have some laughs along with it!

You’re probably thinking they’re in Sunset Junction, but no the hilarity over at SecretSauce.tv made a parody Where The Wild Things Are trailer featuring LA hipsters. What’s funny is there is no park on Sunset & La Brea and I remember being at the Bigfoot Lodge and telling my friend that they filmed Yes Man and The Hills there. Oh and if you’re not familiar with hipster speak, PBR = Pabst Blue Ribbon. Enjoy!

So Halloween may have just ended and those jack-o-laterns are morphing into Thanksgiving decorations, but is it time to bust out the red and green just yet? It happens earlier and earlier every year where retailers get into the holiday spirit with gaudy window displays and overwhelmingly scented candles. If there is a color combination I detest most in the world it is undoubtedly red and green. Big box retailers have ruined these colors and what they should represent. I can’t stand going into a shop and being bombarded with ridiculous Christmas gifts that I nor my friends and family want.

It’s like each fall we skip from Halloween to Christmas – what about Thanksgiving? The opportunity to celebrate rich autumn colors and comfy fall textures – apparently overlooked. I remember as a kid I would see creative window displays with leaves and turkeys; alas those days are gone. Why not dress mannequins as pilgrims? However I may be speaking too soon and that could be considered offensive since we are such a litigious society.  You get my drift, lets not leave out Thanksgiving and turkey’s or tofur-keys if you’re vegetarian.

If you celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanza, please don’t feel left out as your colors are yet to be ruined. Although, in LA there can be lots of blue and silver/white, but those hues are great and have yet to monopolized by greedy retailers, cheesy ornaments, and the like.

Apparently some of these companies didn’t get the memo about the importance of your business name and how it may translate into another culture. Although, they probably get more attention with their eye-catching signs.

you can see more via oddee