Luxe Skulls

While everyone else is buzzing about Supercross and this weekend's race, I was unable to attend and therefore am blogging about something totally unrelated. Although I'm pumped Dungey continues to prove what an awesome rider he is, you can catch highlights and interviews on every other site so without further ado I'm mixing it up and bringing you a lifestyle post.

I'm obsessed with skulls. I'm not talking about Hot Topic "punk" skulls. I'm not talking about Skullcandy, I'm not even talking about the Metal Mulisha skull (although I got nothing but love for the little guy). I'm talking breaking the bank, over the top, luxe skulls. Don't believe me... let's start from the top.

This look familiar to anyone?

If it does, you've been keeping up with the art scene, or perhaps you've seen a similar skull in Jay-Z's "On To The Next One" video (below. Which I'm also OBSESSED with right now, hence the black and white color scheme on this post, not the usual pink) Anyway, this diamond encrusted skull aka "For The Love of God" was done by artist Damien Hirst and will cost you a cool $100 million dollars. That's right, ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. You know, incase you have nothing better to spend your money on...

So moving on since that's not in my budget and (I hope) not in yours... (if it is hit me up, let's be friends!)

Now I wear rings, lots of rings. And bracelets, lots of bracelets. So it's no surprise that any sort of hand jewelry catches my eye. Check out this skeletal beauty.

Ugh. Sooo cool! Now this boney piece by Delfina Delettrez will cost you a mere $30, 420... a bargain compared to my last skull. You can order it here if you have 30 grand to spend, you can even order one for each hand if you like.

Still not in your price range? Me neither, I just have expensive taste...

Alexander McQueen has been selling his luxe skulls for a few seasons now...

I LOVE his red Knuckle Duster clutch and have wanted it for sometime now, but it's no longer available :( however, the Knuckle Dusters without the clutch can be purchased for $550

The single skull clutch though is available in tons of colors still for about $1000 over at McQueen's website. The single skulls also come in rings and come in as my cheapest skull yet at $320.

Okay, time to get a little more realistic... well let's be honest there is nothing practical or realistic about "luxe skulls" to begin with but any way...

I have loved DL & Co since they came out with their 7 Deadly Sins line back in '08 that inspired a whole 7 deadly sins series of posts over on my other blog Raining Hats and Clogs. Any way, their Memento Mori collection is full of luxe skull items. I love hand writing letters and love the class and edge the stationary set combines. The set of dice with skulls and number 13s is titled Rotten Luck and is just so cool. The dice set is $195 and the stationary is $175

Pulling us into double digits at a slightly more reasonable price is my last skull which holds... vodka!

Now apparently there is a whole story and sorta mysticism that goes along with Crystal Head Vodka but if you just want it as a bar decoration (which would look soooo tight) you can purchase it here and at other liquor stores for $50.

I bet you had no idea skulls could be so high class...

until next time...

peace, love & overpriced skulls

"Party In The USA"

I've never been a fancy headset person, I just use the cheapy earbuds the iPods come with... I also break and lose said earbuds more often than I can count... and let me tell you, those aren't so cheap anymore when you're on your 5th replacement pack. That being said, Troy Lee Designs came to my rescue with these bad boys...

That's right, your eyes do not deceive you, TLD teamed up with Skullcandy to create these sick headphones (that are def not as easy to loose... woot!) The clean white color is super fresh and any moto fan would be silly to rock anything else.

Whether I'm rocking out to metal, putting my hands up for Miley or let's face it listening to my forever favorites Blink-182 the sound quality is PERFECT. Also, I'm not sure if you're supposed to do this with them but they get loud enough that they make pretty good speakers as well... I never understood music-snobs' obsession with big headphones but now I see, they make A WORLD of difference.

To get your own moto and music hybrid Skullcandy headsets head over to Skullcandy's site

I think it's safe to say they get my stamp of approval!

peace, love & rock

p.s.

for those of you looking for something to listen too and are longing for the good ole' days of '09 check DJ Earworms remix of the year. It's uh-mazing... and I've been listening to it on constant replay for the last 2 weeks... it makes me want to party... with sunglasses on...

A bit late..

I know A2 is a mere few days away and I'm totally slacking but incase you haven't seen it yet here is the coverage I did of A1 for FUEL TV with Jenna Siriani and Joseph Valencia. Check it!

http://www.fuel.tv/FUELTVED/blogs/view/77653

http://www.fuel.tv/FUELTVED/blogs/view/77740

Ringing in 2010 with Troy Lee Designs!

Happy 2010 everyone! Hope your holidays were a blast! I always love new years and the false sense of fresh starts and the need for resolutions and change. I can't lie, I fall victim to all that too, but I just love it and embrace it, everyone needs to start over from time to time. I've been cleaning, organizing and scheduling like a mad lady and now it's time for the first blog post of the year!

I was lucky enough back in 2009, the second to last day of 2009 to be exact, to get a behind the scenes peak at Troy Lee Designs Headquarters. Let me tell you, soooooo cool!! It is a little slice of moto heaven. And with Supercross season starting up in a mere 5 days I thought a look inside TLD couldn't be more perfect!

Mark Sperling, who co-founded group Y with Liz Randall (check them out here and their fb fanpage too!) whom I intern for, let me come down for the day to check out his new office, which was awesome.

So without further ado, I present to you my second "Behind the Scenes" post.

Their show room is amazing, impressive and beauuuuutiful! Look at those bikes!

Check out those helmets and Travis Pastrana's bar spin bike!

The garage!

Me with Troy Lee himself!

Their wall of collab projects! Sooo cool! Troy Lee Designs has everything from Hot Wheels cars to sneakers, goggles with Oakley and even killer Skullcandy headsets (which I was lucky enough to get my hands on so check back to read all about them!)

As always, more pictures are available on my FB fan page so don't forget to go check it out! Don't forget to come back here and check out even more TLD goodies later this week and visit their website at troyleedesigns.com until then!

Bling Bling!

As the holiday gift giving season comes to a close, you no doubt have a check or two from a great Aunt you're looking to spend. Mine will all no doubt be going towards feeding my addiction to Erica Anenberg jewelry. Check out her work and you too may be finding yourself with more rings than you have fingers.

For those of you who know me you have no doubt seen my Erica pieces. The obsession began when one of my good friends Baha Danesh, who works for Erica, wore the above PEACE ring. This double finger ring was my first purchase and has been worn on numerous occasions. The second purchase for my collection came shortly after the PEACE ring and was ironically my brass knuckles necklace. If you've met me (and are observant towards things like jewelry), you've seen this necklace, I wear it pretty much everyday. But for those of you who want knux like me you're outta luck, these babies have been discontinued. However with fresh cash in my pocket this collection is about to rapidly expand and there is plenty more for us to pick from!

While Erica makes tons of fun, cute, and sweet rings, necklaces and earrings, I'm more of a ring girl and can't get over her doubles.

They're just so baller! I looooove them all and actually have one of the rhinestone bands on hold for me that I can't wait to get my hands on!

Now while visiting her website for more potential purchases, I stumbled across this double ring and MUST MUST MUST get it asap! It's my bow! I NEEEEED this!

So be sure to pick up some bling to ring in the New Year with and visit ericaanenberg.com!

Be sure to also check out her facebook fan page (and mine too while you're at it!) and follow her on twitter at twitter.com/ericaanenberg

peace, love & double rings

A Very Sullen Xmas

New episode up!!! The Jens are back! Check it out as Jenna Siriani and I head over to Blaq Ink Gallery in Huntington Beach to catch up with the Sullen team including Destin Cantrell and team manager Jon Cantrell.

Also, after YouTube destroyed the quality of our last video, we are now on Vimeo, so let's see how this goes! Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Special thanks to Joseph Valencia and Nick Mitzenmacher for filming and editing this episode for us!! You guys are the best!

I'll be back with some more stuff after the holidays, I swear, December got away from me this year.

Peace, Love & Jingle Bells

Lil Miss Moto- Sullen Clothing Christmas Party from Jen Kalban on Vimeo.

I Wanna Be A Cowboy Babyyyy

So Tuesday night I was lucky enough to attend a sneak peek of the new FMX show Nuclear Cowboyz at the LA Sports Arena. Now there have been mumblings about the show for quite sometime now but if you haven't heard of it, it's the best of the best, on tour, doing shows across the country. So who's all on this impressive roster? The show stars Nate Adams and Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg as leaders of opposing tribes, to round out their tribes Adam Jones, Mike Mason, Ronnie Faisst, Todd Potter, Beau Bamburg, Nixey Danielson, Jim McNeil, Dustin Miller, Matt Buyten, Brian Foster, Jimmie McGuire and Jackson Strong join the cast.

Now before I get onto the press conference, the show and all that other stuff, let me get some

exciting news out first. This was the first event I covered solely for Lil Miss Moto! That's right, check those credentials, whhhaaat! So legit.

Any way, back to what you came to read about. The panel consisted of Nate Adams, Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg, Kenneth Feld (owner of Feld Entertainment and producer of Nuclear Cowboyz), Barry Lather (Director/ Choreographer) , Mickey Dymond (Famed motocross racer and stunt coordinator for Nuclear Cowboyz) and Todd Jendro (Senior director of operations).

They broke down their visions for the show and how it all came together. Feld who acquired Live Nation Motorsports about a year ago said that he felt FMX had "a lot more potential" and described the show as "performance art on motorcycles."

Twitch and Nate were pumped on their upcoming tour, talking about how doing a choreographed show for fun was a nice change of pace from the competition world. "This is what's fun for us," said Twitch, "You get to go out and ride with your buddies." And with a lineup like that,there are definitely no shortage of buddies around. However, they both admitted that their competitive drive was still strong and despite no trophies or prize money up for grabs they are constantly trying to one up each other, but that's what makes the show so good, no one is slacking off.

I asked how this would be affecting their training schedules, being on tour for the first four months in 2010. Twitch said that the tour was like being paid to practice, where Nate, who has been training for another attempt at Supercross this year, looks at the tour as a break from his rigorous schedule after he's done with the first two supercross stops.

With that, the boys had to get ready for that evening's performance and we were taken around to look at the set which was far from a usual competition set up. The setting of this story was in a "post-apocalyptic after world" and ramps that were made to look like dilapidated buildings and junk piles set the scene perfectly.

One of my partners-in-crime, Bita Masjedi, and I took the opportunity to play around a bit because, let's face it, when there's an opportunity to take fun pictures we never pass it up!

Then it was show time! The show had everything an FMX show promises, fire, half-naked girls, hard rock music and killer synchronized riding. Understanding the actual story was a bit of a stretch but the riding was gnar and that's all that matters! The two "tribes" I mentioned earlier one lead by Nate Adams and the other by Twitch represented a sort of good vs. evil struggle (Twitch's Mulisha riders being the evil "We're always gonna be the bad guys") which created interesting dynamics as the two sides crossed each other and battled it out in mid-air.

For more of my pics check out the Lil Miss Moto Facebook page! And for even more photos and behind the scene videos (and more information) be sure to check out www.nuclearcowboyz.com

The show is fun and with such amazing riding it's def worth seeing. But don't take my word for it, go check em out at a stop near you!

My interview with Twitch and Deegan up on FUEL.TV!

New article up everyone! Be sure to head over to fuel.tv to check out the full article and interviews with Brian Deegan and Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg from Ross Rides Day. And if you haven't already make sure to check out our behind the scenes video!

Enjoy!

Busy weekend/ week ahead! TONS of cool new content headed your way! Stay tuned!

Also, become a Lil Miss Moto fan on facebook! CLICK HERE!

Bottoms Up!

It's that time of year! Santa is going through his list, checkin it twice and finding out who's been naughty and who's been nice! If your year was questionable at best, you might want to cover your bases and send your wish list to someone less judgmental than good ole' Saint Nick. But regardless of who you send your list too, there is no argument about what should be on it. For the next few weeks I'll be sharing with you some of the coolest stuff out there that I'm most definitely asking for this holiday season.

First up is the one, the only, Ethika undies. With so many action sport stars sporting the Ethika name around their hips, why would you wear anything else!

To say their athlete roster is impressive is an understatement. No matter what sport you're into, they have a killer athlete sagging their pants and showing off their Ethikas. But don't take my word for it, check out their Facebook fan page (oh and while you're at, Lil Miss Moto has one too now so check itt!!) to see everyone and read their testimonials. If it's good enough for X Games gold medalists it's sure as hell good enough for me!

Check out FMX kings, Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg and Nate Adams rockin theirs.

Ethika golden boy Ryan Sheckler flashes the band...

The Staple...

And thankfully this week Ethika released a line for us girls! Hurray! Now we don't have to be jealous of this previously boys-only brand. You can bet your bottom I'll be rushing to get my hands on a pair of these babies...

So with that. Add a pair of Ethikas to the top of your list or go buy some to give as gifts. In a recession time you can never be too practical and what's more practical than asking for undies, especially ones this cool. Order yours at ethika.com

Until Next time.. Peace, Love & Undies

Photos belong to Ethika

Episode One!

Ahhh! Alright drum roll please..... I present to you the first episode of The Intern Chronicles! Along with my fellow FUEL TV intern Jenna Siriani, we decided to video all the fun stuff we get to do. Now this is our first time out, we're using a tiny little digital camera and i have NEVER until yesterday so much as opened iMovie. But after hours of hard labor, this is the result! And we're pretty pumped on it. We promise the quality and editing will get better in the future, but for now please enjoy some behind the scene antics of the life of a FUEL TV intern! This episode also has an interview with Brian Deegan and footage from the Mulisha Demo at Ross Rides Day! And check back next week for Episode 2 when we take you to the opening of the new Sullen store in HB!

peace, love & moto

Jen and Jenna

aka "The Jens"