Keith Richards has single-handedly made getting old cool. His defiant swagger and cockroach-like resilience have made him the ultimate rock & roll icon. Like a seasoned blues veteran, time has only honed his musical abilities to a razor-sharp edge. When you look up “rhythm guitarist” in the rock dictionary, it’s just a big picture of Keith.

He’s also sure to have rocketed up the High Times “Pot 40” after telling the UK Daily Mail “I smoke my head off. I smoke weed all the damn time. That's all I take, that's all I do. But I do smoke, and I've got some really good hash.” Party at Keith’s house!

Which could make the Rolling Stone’s new classic concert documentary “Shine A Light” captured by cinema great Martin Scorcese, somewhat educational in the art of growing old, um, rockfully? Opening on the biggest number of IMAX screens ever (like the one at Universal Citywalk), their elegantly wasted timelessness in such relentless detail sounds like the perfect excuse to gorge on popcorn and Diet Coke to me.

It’s pretty amazing that at the center of that legendary brand bordering on it's own culture is a guy like Keith Richards, someone who only stopped doing coke after he famously fell out of a tree in Fiji and smacked his head, drinks Ketel One by the Big Gulp and brags about attending the funerals of more than one doctor that told him he’d be dead in six months. Nice work, if you can get it. See you at the movies...

—Scott T. Sterling 

 
It was a sad day in January when I learned that Cahuenga's Tokio would be closing at the end of March. It'd long lost its original identity as a chic "Lost in Translation"-style restaurant and lounge where sightings of Mischa Barton and Heather Graham were as sweet as the Japanese cocktails. And I definitely wasn't crazy about how it'd become a promoter-driven free-for-all. But the nevertheless, it was my first favorite bar when I moved to L.A. and I didn’t want it going anywhere.

It was an even sadder day when I learned that the venue was getting transformed into a gun-inspired club called Revolver. I love an all-black motif, but seriously: No. Lame.

Well, wouldn’t you know it? The end of March rolled around and Tokio is still going. I'm told the owners have made a 360. The new plan of action is to close Tokio at the end of April and reopen it this summer as an "Eco" club with a "green" theme. Details are still on the DL, but I'm having visions of a lounge that's operated with natural energy and only serves VeeV cocktails—with fresh, organic mixers, of course. Whatever happens, I'm at least glad that the gun theme was shot down.

UPDATE: I just heard back from someone at Tokio who says plans are still influx and that nothing is set in stone. 

—Alexandra Le Tellier

Some designers and labels just go together; Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton, Karl Lagerfeld and Chanel, Tom Ford and Gucci. It's not surprising that H&M would attempt to tap Comme des Garcons designer Rei Kawakubo to design a one-off collection for the Swedish fashion label. What is surprising is that she agreed.  

 

A look from Comme de Garcons Fall/Winter 2008 collection 

"I have always been interested in the balance between creation and business," Kawakubo said in a statement. "It is a dilemma, although for me creation has always been the first priority. It is a fascinating challenge to work with H&M since it is a chance to take the dilemma to its extreme, and try to solve it."

Following in the steps of Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Viktor & Rolf and—most recently—Roberto Cavalli, Kawakubo's line will consist of womenswear, menswear, childrenswear and a unisex fragrance. The clothes will be available for purchase come November, scheduled to coincide with the opening of Japan's second H&M store (the first will open a mere month earlier) to be located in the shopping district of Harajuku—a Gwen Stefani favorite. I'm not sure why I'm so shocked, for it was bound to happen eventually—when you're as avant-garde as Kawakubo, sometimes there's nowhere else to go but mainstream.  

 —Marcos Luevanos