Swimming on Land, Go Vertical on CLMBR, Invested by Jay-Z, and Novak Djokovic.

 By Laura Medina

Forget treadmill or the exercise bike that become impromptu clothes hanger.

Desire the benefits of swimming but don't have access to a swimming pool or just can't swim or have a fear of water?

You live in a typical New York City shoe box apartment doesn't and never had a pool.

CLMBR is here to the rescue. They took the humble vertical climber then elevated with Peleton-like intense workouts, that's a space saver in the corner.

CLMBR is the vertical climber version of SoulCycle, a vertical climber studio.

Avrum Elmakis, CLMBR's founder, always had his foot in fitness.

He took ballroom dancing as a kid then grew up doing triathlons.

That's where it hits him.  Here he is doing extreme fitness and having the luxury of doing them, whereas the average person doesn't have the time, the access, or the space to do them.

Then, he discovered the Vertical Climber, that mimics swimming movements but on land and it's a space saver.

Since people already did Peleton and SoulCycle, why not apply to vertical climbers?

That's how CLMBR Fitness Studios came about.

Avrum says it's always okay to be different and when you do something different, you discover something new, like he did with CLMBR.

CLMBR, is a vertical exercise machine that works on your upper and lower body, "...the best kind of primal movements that a person can do," says founder Avrum Elmakis. CLMBR was founded in 2019 and involves investors such as Jay Z, Lebron James, Pitbull, Ryan Seacrest, Oliver Trevena and Novak Djokovic.

Grammy Award-winning artist and Co-Founder of Marcy Venture Partners, Jay-Z, and Novak Djokovic, the No.1 men's tennis player in the world, have joined the CLMBR investment team to support the 2021 launch of CLMBR Connected and CLMBR Pure vertical climbing machines. Their participation continues to build on CLMBR's reputation as an innovator in the fitness and lifestyle industries.

 

"Vertical climbing has been known to be an incredibly efficient total body workout without impact. In addition, it puts your body in a neutral spine alignment, which is important for me as an athlete. The on-demand classes and programmatic workouts are a huge bonus! I'm excited to be part of this team and look forward to sharing this fun and powerful workout with the world," said Novak Djokovic.

 

CLMBR is an ergonomic and innovative vertical climbing machine. It's the first vertical climber to feature a large-format touch display with on-demand, instructor-led classes. The patent-pending design has a high-quality build, minimal level of required maintenance, and features an integrated audio system that can fill an entire room with sound, enhancing excitement for the user. It also offers a state-of-the-art companion app to display key metrics, including vertical feet climbed and workout targets reached. 

 

"We are excited to work with JAY-Z and Novak to bring the best modality in fitness to consumers," said Avrum Elmakis, founder and CEO of CLMBR. "Unlike bikes, treadmills, and rowers, CLMBR has less impact on the joints while providing the most efficient calorie burn per minute of any machine in the marketplace. CLMBR disrupts the way that people work out and offers something new in a segment that has not seen a lot of meaningful innovation, and I'm excited to share the machine with consumers around the world as we become the leader in the connected fitness market." 

 

Jay-Z and Novak Djokovic join venture capital and private equity firm KBW-Ventures; exercise physiologist and CEO and Founder of 22 Days Nutrition, Marco Borges and co-founder and former CEO of YouTube, Chad Hurley, as key members of CLMBR's investment team.

You can jump then climb at CLMBR at 8599 Santa Monica Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Woke Before Woke, Showtime's Sinead O' Conner Documentary, "Nothing Compares" Streaming September 30th then Airing Sunday, October 2nd at 10pm.

 By Laura Medina

                                       https://www.sho.com/titles/3516714/nothing-compares

Sinead O' Connor was "woke" before the term existed.  She follows the long tradition of musicians and singers as activists, challenging norms while righting wrongs.  She was non-binary when it was unheard of and fluid was shamed underground.  She was a forerunner to what is socially norm right now. Sinead is s brave woman and mom who marched to her own beat.

For die-hard fans who wonder what happened to her, director Kathryn Ferguson saved the best for last.

There's Sinead as who she is now. In her fifties but still proudly shaven and still politically rocking.

She has a rocker son following her footsteps, with three children of his own. Sinead is a grandma.

Stick thru from beginning thru the middle, which explains everything in the end.

Sinead is just simply Sinead.

Want Adult Gulps During Heat Waves? Easy Guzzle Alcohol-Free Spirits, Wines & Champagnes at Boisson in NYC & Brentwood and Venice's The New Bar

 By Laura Medina

https://thenewbar.com/

Want adult, grown-up, and mature cocktails that you can easily gulp and guzzle without the after-taste and the stinging hangover?

Want to refresh freely with the bartender cutting you off because you're definitely drunk.

Need to re-socialize with friends because you got a DUI?

Hooking up with a hot hunk or hottie but there's a catch, he or she is alcoholic or a recovering one and y'all need some fun!

Or, you're simply tired of being restricted to unhealthy diet sodas or overtly sugared sodas meant for children with kids' taste, when you want a grown-up drink that won't get you hammered with a hang-ovcr and a DUI?

Are you a frustrated parent trying to teach your tween kids how to properly sip wine in a wine glass, that doesn't involve milk or soda or water?

Thank goodness for maturing Millennials leading the charge in non-alcoholic spirits, wines, and champagnes that are only alcohol-free but healthy to begin with, fully charged with antioxidants that aging Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers can fully need while imbibing safe and healthy.

Following in mature Millennials' footsteps, are the newly legal Gen-Zers who want something just as mature as it is fun to drink, without worries of the baggage of DUIs, hangovers, and drunken toxic relationships, that a many Gen-X, Millennials, and Gen-Z growing up in broken homes and multiple divorces from their parents and themselves.

The "Silicone Beach" Venice on Lincoln Blvd., The New Bar, https://thenewbar.com/ 1821 S Lincoln Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291 on the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Marco Place in Venice, California, is a cozy nook of alcohol-free spirited spirits fun.

It's like a quicky convenience shop for drinks, not sodas, but alcohol-free mixers, wines, and bubblies.

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If guzzling freely among Venice's techies intimidate you, you can guzzle freely in Boisson's Brentwood and Beverly Hills locations where the atmosphere is more elevated. 

Boisson's free sommeliers can calmly direct you to wines and alcohol-free spirits and beers.

Guzzle freely.

Using Your Sweat as Glow with Casa Gaga All Over Powder Rouge.

 By Laura Medina

Frustrated that a many multi-purpose makeup for a speedy lipstick, a blush, and a quickie swipe of an eyeshadow tend to be oily, heavy cream-based cosmetics?

Here's a rare alternative, always the innovator, Lady Gaga released a limited-edition gel-powder multi-use rouge that can be used on lips, as blush, and as eyeshadow that works well with sweaty on sultry heat waves.

Light yet use to swipe and blend sans oil or grease, all in an easy mirrored compact.

Be you.

Start Fall at Desert Daze

https://desertdaze.org/

Desert Daze announces their 2022 artist transmission in celebration of their tenth installment of art and music in Southern California. This year will feature a return set from Tame Impala who had to cut off their 2018 headline set when a massive storm rolled in. Four years later, they will perform their groundbreaking second album, Lonerism, in its entirety on the weekend of the album’s 10th anniversary. The “oasis among American festivals (Stereogum)" and “America’s most aesthetically pleasing (Rolling Stone)” will take place from September 30 - October 2, 2022 in Lake Perris, CA and also feature return sets from headliners Iggy Pop, who will perform his only U.S. show this year, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

Additional artists joining the headliners over the course of the three days and nights include: Chicano Batman, The Marías, Sky Ferreira, Cortex, BADBADNOTGOOD, Boy Pablo, Perfume Genius, Reggie Watts, Aldous Harding, Men I Trust, Mild High Club, Viagra Boys, Cymande, Shannon and the Clams, Nation Of Language, Duster, Nilüfer Yanya, Show Me The Body, Daniel Rossen Of Grizzly Bear, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Surfbort, L.A. Witch, Automatic, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, The Paranoyds, JJUUJJUU, ZO, Surprise Chef, Lady Wray, and many more. See full artist transmission below.

The grounds will be illuminated by an array of video artists and art installations including work by Tarik Barri, Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show, Slim Reaper, and more. Multidisciplinary artist Cristopher Cichocki also returns to the beach, curating this year’s installment of The Sanctuary featuring clipping., Silent Servant, Kid 606, and more, as well as Cichocki’s own Circular Dimensions Immersive Sound Installation and DJ sets from Nosaj Thing and Telefon Tel Aviv.

In addition to the music, the weekend will feature screenings and talks including a screening of Hamilton's Pharmacopeia followed by a Q&A with host Hamilton Morris, a conversation on Mysticism in the Music Industry with artist and occultist Micki Pellerano, with additional very special guests to be announced.

Upon opening the campgrounds, Desert Daze invites passengers with camping passes to explore The Outer Space, which will feature morning yoga, sound baths and late night sets all weekend, including an extra night of entertainment on Thursday, September 29 for campers who check in early. The Outer Space will also feature performances by Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Meatbodies, Mauskovic Dance Band, Acid Dad, and many more including the Desert Daze Closing Ceremonies ft. JJUUJJUU & Friends during the early hours of Monday, October 3.

Desert Daze is produced by Moon Block and Knitting Factory Entertainment (KFE). Weekend passes, parking and camping passes will be available this Thursday, June 16th at 10am PT, with ticket prices starting at $299 for weekend passes, with payment plans available. For the first time this year, Desert Daze has also partnered with FUSE to help concertgoers put together hotel packages in a variety of budgets. Also look for additional lineup additions coming soon.

For ticketing and additional information on Desert Daze 2022, visit: https://desertdaze.org.

DESERT DAZE 2021 LINEUP
TAME IMPALA performing LONERISM • IGGY POP • KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD

CHICANO BATMAN • THE MARIAS • SKY FERREIRA • BADBADNOTGOOD • JPEGMAFIA • MILD HIGH CLUB • MEN I TRUST • CORTEX • FUZZ • POND • PERFUME GENIUS • ALDOUS HARDING • SLEAFORD MODS • DAKHABRAKHA • BOY PABLO • CYMANDE • SHANNON AND THE CLAMS • DUSTER • VIAGRA BOYS • REGGIE WATTS • INNER WAVE • LOS RETROS • NATION OF LANGUAGE • NILUFER YANYA • SHOW ME THE BODY • BABE RAINBOW • PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS • THE ARMED • LADY WRAY • DANIEL ROSSEN of Grizzly Bear • BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD • SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 • MARIACHI REYNA DE LOS ANGELES • THE SPACE LADY • GUM (DJ set) • L.A. WITCH • AUTOMATIC • SURFBORT • SMALL BLACK • MILDLIFE • SURPRISE CHEF • JOHN CARROLL KIRBY • BUCK MEEK • CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY & BOLIS PUPUL • STRAWBERRY GUY • VANISHING TWIN • SLOPPY JANE • SOUL GLO • THE PARANOYDS • PANTHER MODERN • JJUUJJUU • ZO • SLIFT • BRAINSTORY • IMARHAN • WORKING MEN'S CLUB • SNAPPED ANKLES • MOLLY LEWIS • L'ECLAIR • ELKKA • NOURA MINT SEYMALI • DIVIDE & DISSOLVE • AL LOVER • CHULITA VINYL CLUB • HEADS ARE HEAVY

THE SANCTUARY
Curated by Cristopher Cichocki
NOSAJ THING (DJ SET) • CLIPPING. • TELEFON TEL AVIV (DJ SET) • SILENT SERVANT • KID 606 • CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI (CIRCULAR DIMENSIONS IMMERSIVE SOUND INSTALLATION)

TALKS + SCREENINGS
HAMILTON'S PHARMACOPEIA SCREENING + HAMILTON MORRIS Q&A,
MYSTICISM IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WITH MICKI PELLERANO,
TARIK BARRI AV WORKSHOP - EXPLORATIONS WITH VIDEOSYNC, AND MORE TBA

VISUAL ARTISTS
TARIK BARRI • MAD ALCHEMY LIQUID LIGHT SHOW • SLIM REAPER • ASTRAL VIOLET • FEVERDREAM INTERACTIVE • BILLGAZER • WARPED VISIONS • ZACHARY RODELL

THE OUTER SPACE
MODULAR SOUNDBATH & YOGA EACH MORNING • FRANKIE & THE WITCH FINGERS • LEVITATION ROOM • MAUSKOVIC DANCE BAND • ACID DAD • VINYL WILLIAMS • GRAVE FLOWERS BONGO BAND • LEAH SENIOR • RADIOJED • CLOSING CEREMONIES W/ JJUUJJUU & FRIENDS

THURSDAY NIGHT WELCOMING COMMITTEE
MEATBODIES • SHANNON LAY • HOOVERIII • QUITAPENAS • BAPTIZM • HOTT MT - ‘ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN’ W/ THE BOB BAKER MARIONETTES

LARGE SCALE ART INSTALLATIONS
NON PLUS ULTRA • BRAD HANSEN • BEZ MARTINEN • AND MORE

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After Getting Down & Dirty While Getting Hot, Sultry, & Sweaty with NFL Kick-Off Beach Party, Beach Ranch Life, & Duran Duran Firework Finale, Clean Up Then Refresh with Molton Brown Samphire Body Wash.

 By Laura Medina

Sweating out among the crowds during NFL Kick-Off Beach Party with J. Blavin concert then Duran Duran's sold-out Firework Finale, you are going to be sticky and dirty and nasty when others sweat on you then the cooling ocean breezes blow on you, coating you in sand.

Once "did it, done it," while celebrating the end of Summer, during an Indian Summer Heat Wave, you'll love nothing more than scrub all that sweat and sand off with Molton Brown's summery, ocean tinted and ocean refreshing Samphire Body Wash.

Instead of reeking summer festivals and concerts, you'll smell like the ocean supposed to be, scented with marine flora and cleansed with sea salt.

What a way to scrub away sweaty Summer.

Brody Jenner as a Surprise Labor Day Party Guest, Thanks to Flying Embers Drinks.

 By Laura Medina

                                                      https://www.flyingembers.com/

There isn't a Labor Day party like a sponsored Labor Day at Aviation Nation Dreamland.  The Dreamland half of the Aviation Nation clothing store used to be Neil Young's  “Crazy Horse Saloon”

Thanks to Flying Embers' Labor Day concert party with Brody Jenner, Dreamland is continuing the musical tradition.

Yes, Dreamland has a fully stocked bar and kitchen, sending out endless rounds of tacos and steady supply of Flying Embers canned cocktails and seltzer, from Ojai, Ventura, just up the Pacific Coast Highway.

Don't feel bad if you all miss out, that Labor Day's concert band, was at the Malibu Chili Cook-Off Carnival earlier, where the majority of guests got their invitations.

You'll never what or/and whom you'll pick up at the Boys and Girls Club Malibu Chili Cook-Off Carnival.

KIND Frozen Treat Bars & Frozen Smoothie Bowls for Breakfast on a Hot Labor Day Weekend? Why Not!

 By Laura Medina

https://www.kindsnacks.com/frozen.html

https://www.kindsnacks.com/frozen-smoothie-bowls/

While sweating first thing in the morning, have you ever dreamt of having ice cream for breakfast. but you crave something more nutritious?

With KIND Frozen Treat Bars and KIND Smoothie Bowls, you can keep your cool on nutrition while chilling during a heat wave.

KIND Frozen Treat Bars are the frozen vegan ice cream version of the original KIND bar but frozen as they are healthy and delicious.

KIND Frozen Smoothie Bowls are what they say they are, a bowl for frozen smoothies for anytime during a heat wave.

Now, you can keep your cool with refreshing healthy treats.

Eighties' Baby, Joss Gomez's Spoofing Cop Buddy Comedy Genre in "Team of Two" with Help from Friends, Eric Roberts, Lorenzo Lamas, & "Dr. 90210," Dr. Robert Rey

 By Laura Medina

Asking how Joss Gomez got established actors, Eric Roberts and Lorenzo Lamas and E! "Dr. 90210," Dr. Robert Rey to star in his cop buddy spoof, Joss simply said they're his friends that he built through- out the years, working and co-starring with them.

Joss Gomez

Eric Roberts

Lorenzo Lamas stars as Joss' Mexican-American dad while Eric Roberts' wife, Eliza, stars as Joss' Italian-American mom.

Where every time, Joss' character, Marc Valentine, always have a spaghetti dinner with Mexican-American pop and Italian-American mom.

Despite being a "player cop," his dad still talks and treats Detective Marc Valentine in an infantile way, out of fatherly concern, care, and love.

E! Dr. 90210, Dr. Robert Rey showcases his martial art skills as the baddie,  Professor Malevolent.

Joss Gomez produced, directed, and acted in "Team of Two" out of love for the Eighties (his character is an Eighties Michael Jackson and Miami Vice fan) and the buddy cop movies, that came out from that era.  Don't worry, everybody is in on the joke and having fun.

What's really interesting, is that Joss, naturally, casted and developed today's contemporary mixed ethnicity cast and characters, without giving away the ending, leads to a dad and son mentor-relationship.

"Team of Two" is another leap forward in buddy cop comedy.

Joss Gomez Interview