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Risk and Retna Secretly Paint a Santa Monica House for Heal the Bay

Shannon Cottrell

In 2008, a deco-style fortress built in the '50s and originally belonging to a prominent family in Santa Monica fell into foreclosure in the middle of an extensive renovation. Until three months ago it stood vacant, an eerie house on a bluff with a homeless woman squatting the top floor. The terraced gardens in back had overgrown and were infested with rats. The neighbors on this otherwise upscale block wondered and complained. Then came Adam Corlin, with a cause, a dare, and an endless supply of tarps. Corlin, a successful builder and a fourth generation Santa Monica resident, had his eye on this property, and when the price dropped to 50 percent of its original asking price, he jumped at the opportunity to own it. But this was no ordinary flip -- Corlin had some time in his hacienda rehab schedule and wanted to raise awareness for his favorite charity, Heal the Bay, the environmental group working to restore Santa Monica Bay. In speaking to the organization, he knew it had to be different than the usual donation or doing volunteer work. He had a blank house in Santa Monica, he had resources to do something big, and he had just met a graf artist appropriately named Risk. ...
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What Linkin Park Might Pick Up At Weenie Roast’s Gift Lounge

Linkin Park at KROQ Weenie Roast 2007

In the vivid realms of our imagination, the hip-hop gifting suite is full of Cristal and private jet flights. The country music gifting suite includes a lifetime supply of Miller Lite and a cleaning service run by scantily clad cowgirls. The gifting suite for the rock world is edgier and more casual–booze, items to play your beats through and cool threads. At the KROQ Weenie Roast this year, the Farmer John VIP backstage gift lounge curated by Hype Circle will definitely meet the hardcore demands of our fantasies, although we’ll just have to watch from the sidelines while rock stars and their friends swag it up. In an effort to thank the hardworking musicians who support charities like The Surfrider Foundation, Heal the Bay, and Music for Relief by playing for Weenie Roast, the bands will have a chance to grab a plethora of goodies....
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