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Los Angeles’ (via Austarlia) up and coming painting/graf power duo Dabs Myla continue their quest for world dominance with their Japanese inspired show Tokyo Deluxe at Culver City’s Thinkspace Gallery.

Check a preview of Dabs Myla’s Tokyo Deluxe here as well as their recent Juxtapoz interview here.

Also…showing in Thinkspace’s main gallery is Sarah Joncas’ with her latest solo show Siren.

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I know I said I wasn’t going to do any sort of year end lists the other day, but there’s just something about lists that I just can’t resist. And when I can cherry pick from all the “best of” lists that suckers esteemed writers have diligently compiled on the interwebs, well it pretty much makes this list the list to look at. I mean, where else can you peruse a list that includes street art, Quentin Tarantino, NSFW music and viral videos, Manny Pacquiao, conservative conspiracies, repurposing tricks, National Geographic photos and iPhone apps all from one webpage?

So without further ado, and in no particular order other than alphabetical, I present to you my humble list of the best “best of” lists for the year 2009.

Click headers or corresponding images to see complete lists.

• Cool Hunting’s Top Five Street Art Shows of 2009

• The Huffington Post’s 12 Weirdest Right-Wing Conspiracies Of 2009

• Juxtapoz’s Top 100 Moments of 2009 (art shows from around the world)

• Lifehacker’s Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of 2009

• National Geographic’s International Photography Contest 2009

• Quentin Tarantino’s Top 8 Movies of 2009

• Roger Ebert’s Best Films of 2009 (Mainstream and Independent lists)

• Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2009, Top 100 Tracks of 2009 and Top Music Videos of 2009 (click here to see full list of music videos)

• Time Magazine’s Top 10 Everything of 2009

• Sports Illustrated’s 2009 Boxing Awards

• Stereogum’s 10 Most NSFW Music Videos Of 2009 (click here to see full list of videos)

• Videogum’s Best Viral Videos of 2009 (click here to see full list of videos)

• Vimeo’s 25 Favorite Videos of 2009 (click here to see full list of videos)

• Wired’s 20 Favorite iPhone Apps of 2009

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Dancing, fighting, opening, auctioning, speaking, signing, arting. Many a great things happening this weekend, but for me and my Friday the 13th birthday weekend, the best present I can receive would be an exciting Manny Pacquiao victory. Hope you have a fun filled Filipino weekend!

• The weekend begins with a Friday the 13th full of Wonder as New York’s DJ Spinna and Bobbito bring their traveling Stevie Wonder tribute to Hollywood with Wonder-Full LA4 at The Vanguard.

• Giant Robot boldly follows Deth P. Sun’s lead as his melancholy cat-like characters come to LA in his new solo show Please Be Brave at GR2 on Sawtelle.

• Juxtapoz celebrates their 15th year of existence by throwing The Big Payback, a group art show and charity auction held in conjunction with Upper Playground and Power House Project of Detroit at the Factory Place Arts Complex in downtown LA. Proceeds from the auction will support the goal of purchasing five homes and employing local Detroit contractors, electricians, plumbers, and carpenters to perform the renovations. See the pieces by some of the urban art world’s best being auctioned off on Juxtapoz.com and bid on them at Charitybuzz.com.

• The main event of the weekend for fight fans and Filipinos everywhere: Manny Pacquiao fights Miguel Cotto for the Welterweight championship and a record setting seventh title. Nike Sportswear graciously hosts the fight at the Montalbán Theater in Hollywood. RSVP required.

• Spend Sunday with Family, the extraordinarily eclectic bookstore on Fairfax that is, as they host a very special speaking and signing engagement with Spike Jonze to celebrate the release of Heads On & We Shoot a “unique collaboration behind Where the Wild Things Are-the combined work of Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, and all the cast and crew.”

• And finally a weeks worth of free admission to the MOCA and the Geffen Contemporary as they both open their doors to bring their acclaimed collection of postwar art to the community with complimentary admission during the opening week of Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years.

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The father and mother Fluxers known as Jonathan and Meg Wells continue to spread the messages of creative filmmakers as their Flux Screening Series delivers yet another stellar line up tonight at the Hammer. Featuring the Los Angeles premiere of Logorama, a spectacular animated action movie created entirely with corporate logos from renowned French design studio H5, the evenings’ program also includes new work from Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, Chris Cairns, Shynola and much more.

From Juxtapoz:

“They say the average American is exposed to thousands of corporate logos every day. If that’s the case, then the new film Logorama directed by H5 has tons of content, as the animated action movie has been created entirely with corporate logos.

David Fincher does a cameo voice as the Pringles man/logo. The LA premiere will debut tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 15, 2009 from 7-11pm as part of the FLUX Screening Series at the Hammer Museum.

The surreal Spike Jonze short film We Were Once A Fairytale that he made with Kanye West will also be shown as well as Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. directed by Chris Cairns; Grizzly Bear “While You Wait For The Others” directed by Sean Pecknold; Dead Weather “Treat Me Like Your Mother” directed by Jonathan Glazer; Coldplay “Strawberry Swing” directed by Shynola; and Dix (ten) directed by BIF.”

Visit Flux.net for more information.

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