Go to any LA-based Hell&Lula gig, and you’ll likely run into FW staff in the crowd. Aside from loving their music and solid live performances, we are big fans for many reasons. The musicians behind Hell&Lula are rad, and undeniably talented. They also are longtime supporters of Falling Whistles, and talk passionately about the work… //ReadMore

Today, Skrillex, was featured on page 1 of the New York Times’ Arts Section. Aside from an almost unheard of explosive rise to fame, his theory and integrity behind the art he creates is something we’re honored to get behind. Check out James McKinley Jr’s article “Manic Peter Pan Rules Dance Clubs“. Photo Credit: Chad… //ReadMore

Educate. We’ve dedicated an entire department to it at FW, because we work toward peace in Congo by elevating and illuminating. Illuminating the deadliest war of our time. Elevating Congolese voices. And there’s you. As of yesterday, the coalition is 50,000 strong. What do we ask of you? Make their weapon your voice and be… //ReadMore

Over the weekend we went into the hills of Ojai to plan our vision for 2012. In a small cottage that overlooked a rain-soaked valley cut through with the white rocks of a dry riverbed, a room of some of the bravest thinkers I’ve met stormed and struggled to find clarity in what our work… //ReadMore

Two summers ago, back in our Venice garage/office, I met a girl named Paula. She came from a town called Muncie, Indiana, her journey to us by way of TOMS. She made color-coordinated charts in her free time, talked about communication strategies as if it was the American Dream, and truly believed she would be… //ReadMore

For the past couple weeks, I was consumed by the full-on abyss that is life’s unanswered questions. Ahh, existential angst, it’s been a while. Do I dare say I’ve missed you? I mean, life is CRAZY. Seriously, think about it. Maybe don’t think about it. Oh, also? The size of the galaxy? The advanced ingenuity… //ReadMore

It’s an election year. The primaries are under way. The polls and newspapers are making predictions. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are having field days with the chatter. Mudslinging ads are circulating. People have actually started watching SNL again. Take it all in: the absurdity, the fear, the potential. Pay attention. We are. It matters…. //ReadMore

We’re making it back to Los Angeles. Trickling into the Hub. We have been across the Pacific, through the blue lanes of America’s highways. We have visited our friends, seen our families. We have been out of touch. Estranged from the usual everyday. Disconnected from each other. We are a group that goes all in…. //ReadMore