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Happy Holidays

the hippo — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:50:30 +0000

Come celebrate the holidays with our friends from this summers No Shirt/No Shoes party.

Tuneage by the Pool Party Legends ; Surf Ambassador Hendo, Bixel Boys, Tropicool, & Junkyard
Golden Gopher DTLA 10-2.
No Cover

The Barefoot Party Monster

the hippo — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:49:41 +0000

We’re back with what might be the last No Shirt / No Shoes of the summer. The beast that is NS/NS has emerged from the shallow end of the pool, mindtai in hand, and grabbed the bleached out, high waisted Guess wearing babe that is High Tide to create a sweaty hybrid in honor of summer.

RSVP Here and come early

In honor of Saturday here’s a few of the many amazing Guess “girls” from my youth.

A seemingly untarnished Anna

Claudia

Bridget

On 2 Very Unrelated Notes

the hippo — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:51:50 +0000

As nerdy as this may sound, I’m pretty excited about our new hangtags. Look for them on the new FW collection.

Hard Fest was pretty amazing. After dealing with one of the most hectic lines ever, I found myself up on stage next to Dave1 of Chromeo watching his brother and AVH join forces as Ducksauce to play one of the funnest sets I’ve ever seen.

Agenda X US Open + N.S/N.S!!!

the hippo — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:31:43 +0000

We’re bring that No Shirt / No Shoes troppo beach flare down to Huntington next week for the ultimate beach blanket binder. Your favorite No Shirt team is combining forces with Billabong, da crew from AFENDS and the original dj shred duo BAREBACK DJs for the ultimate US Open and Agenda afterparty.

We’ll be previewing a few of our new FW hats and BLOW UP will be showing all night -

RSVP here and come enjoy some fun in the sun and beautiful company.

ALSO!! We’ll be posted up at the Afends booth at Agenda, showing our colab hat and maybe a peak at the next collection.

Full Summer Stride

the hippo — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:12:20 +0000

We’re bringing you another dose of NO SHIRT / NO SHOES at the Standard DTLA Rooftop Pool. Big ups to da homies at DF for creating such an epic summer party series and Perrier for supplying our favorite bubbly French aqua to keep up the fun in the sun.

RSVP HERE and get there early!!! We even had to wait in line last time!

Ampal resident Party Tuuuuuner Surf Ambassador Hendo banged out this mix to you in the spirit. Enjoy…

WHALE TALES FROM THE DEEP END (No Shirt No Shoes Mixtape) by SURF AMBASSADOR HENDO
“If you like Daytime Disco, Boobs, Beer, and The Beach, you’ll pretty much never wanna leave Dub Frequency’s Summer Party Series entitled “No Shirt / No Shoes”! Poseidon himself even called it “The Greatest Frothfest since Noah’s Arc”. Anyways, I got drunk yesterday, sat on the beach, and hammered out this mix featuring a few of the tracks I like to play at the NS / NS parries. Get weird!”

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Shit?!

the hippo — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:49:07 +0000

We’re back again on the 25th. Ampal and the N.S./N.S. franchise is bringing you another helping of tropo summer fun. The last 2 have been defining the summer vibes and this edition will prove to be extra frothy. Forecasted perfect 78 degree late June heat + Black Lips spreading their drunken flower punk and our favorite westside party gods GUNS in the SUN mean this is one you’ll wish you remembered, so make sure and RSVP here.

We’ll be getting the fun started with the Black Lips @ Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa on the 23rd. Its a rad tiny venue that will pretty much explode with the first distorted guitar rip.

UPDATE: Rumor has it that the GUNS will be bringing their extensive collection of 80s-early 90s punk vinyl.

Waves ≠ Raves vol. 11

the hippo — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:28:54 +0000

Volume 11 of our synth filled tropo mix tape courtesy of our friends over Gotta Dance Dirty.

“Foamy and frothy jams for those who get bloated easily. Another installment for that epic beach day or sensual shag session. Peace and Love.” – Tropicool aka Dr. Schlongo G.D.D.

Waves ≠ Raves Vol. 11

Adele – Set Fire to the Rain (Plastic Plates Remix)
Baby Monster – The Fear of Charlie Sunrise
The Chemical Brothers – Swoon (Mjolnir Bootleg Remix)
Das Pop – The Game (Villa Remix)
Holy Ghost! – Wait & See (Moby Remix)
Jamaica – Jericho (Tepr Remix)
Kolombo – Waiting For
Leopold – Sublime (She Said Disco Remix)
The Miracles Club – Light of Love (Cut Copy Re-Vision)
Mitzi – India (Joakim Remix)
The New Wine – Crescendo
Penguin Prison – Multi-Millionaire (Prince Language Instrumental Mix)
Steve Miller Band – Like a Beagle (Bottin Remix M1)
Tiger Love – Pussy Cocaine
Tyson – Love’s On The Line

All Files Zipped —-> HERE <—–

N.S/N.S Hollyweird Night Edition

the hippo — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:35:24 +0000

RSVP HERE

Pool Party II

the hippo — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:39:20 +0000

Pool Party @ The Standard Downtown LA Rooftop Pool with our friends at Dub Frequency.
Time to get Tropo Round 2!!!

Not to be missed – Get there early.

RSVP HERE

Hello Summer

the hippo — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:28:03 +0000

!!! FIRST POOL PARTY of the SUMMER + POOLSIDE + ALOHA HAT GIVEAWAYS !!!

Lets welcome summer with open arms, beer in hand.

POOLSIDE‘s first LA set. If you like our WAVES ≠ RAVES mixes (new one coming soon) you’ll froth on these guys.
“Studio project from Los Angeles based musician – producer – DJ- friends: crafting music in their pool house turned recording studio that captures the sound of a perfect afternoon. Honing their many musical passions down to a few simple yet innovative concepts, communicated as “day time disco.”

RSVP HERE