September 23, 2006
Banksy exhibit in LA
I attended Banksy’s Barely Legal exhibit in LA. Banksy is an underground graffit artist and prankster, based in the UK. He is so stealth that he didn’t even attend his exhibit and nobody knows what he looks like.
The highlight was clearly the painted elephant in the living room. In addition to looking quite fashionable (though blending in with the wallpaper), the elephant seemed happy, eating gummy bears and hay through the afternoon.
(Animal protesters were unhappy about this, so the security around the elephant was high).
Another highlight was Banksy’s practical joke where he replaced his own mock copies of Paris Hilton’s new album in the stores.
The exhibit was well attended by people in the know in Hollywood. We saw McCauley Caulken and Christina Aguilerra at the event. Apparently Angelina Jolie was there the night before.
Sean Bonner wrote a blog entry about the Banksy event, revealing the location which up until then was a secret.
Posted by barney on September 23, 2006 at 2:07 pm | No Comments
July 16, 2006
Powerset Summer Party 2006
We had a party at the home of Steve and Lucinda Newcomb to celebrate Powerset developments (including angel funding) . We invited 700 of our closest friends and family, and it seems like 400 of them came. Fortunately, Steve completed work on his new deck just in time to hold all the guests. We thought about having a contest for people to guess what Powerset is up to, since it’s unusual to throw a party while a company is still “semi-stealth”, but then we decided it might be getting too easy by now and there was no need to tempt fate. Fortnately we did have NDAs and job applications available, in classic silicon valley party style.
Posted by barney on July 16, 2006 at 3:06 am | 2 Comments
April 1, 2006
Barney’s birthday bash 2006, with fashion apparel
I had a really fun party last weekend to celebrate my birthday. As usual, the party started around 4pm and continued until about 3:30am. The best birthday gift I received was from my friend Cheryl Smith, who hired in models (Christina and Hana) to serve as hostesses for the event. She even made custom tank tops saying “Barney Rocks” for them to wear. A few friends later inquired how they could order shirts of their own. If the volume of orders keeps growing, we might distribute the shirts through my friend Mike Ross’s lingerie company, Figleaves!
Posted by barney on April 1, 2006 at 6:32 pm | No Comments