Cinepsace. LAX. Anyone who regularly reads celebrity gossip magazines know these two terms by heart. They also know that one person has been tagged as responsible for bridging the invisible gap between Hollywood and hipsters, dance music lovers with punk rockers.
DJ
Steve Aoki has managed to become yet another tastemaker in this, the first decade of the big-business-of-music destroying century. Harkening back to the days before the Beatles, and the early days of rock n roll, Aokis built a small empire (kind of an oxymoron isnt it?) by grouping people together who wouldnt normally associate with each other. Obviously both groups party hard and involve themselves in all sorts of debauchery. Lindsay Lohans friends with Aoki. Paris Hilton has made an appearance or eight at his functions. With all of the excess around him, Aoki has to provide a soundtrack that fits the vibe. That appears to be the basis for
Pillowface & His Airplane Chronicles (possibly an allusion to his constant travel around the world to DJ various festivities).
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