Interview with cartoonist Roz Chast

newyorkerorzchastOkay, so I’m not the typical target audience for The New Yorker magazine, but I have at times picked a few issues at the dentist office or used articles in the magazine for research material for my college papers.  The New Yorker also is known for it’s high-brow political satire comics and The New Yorker profiles one of their cartoonist Roz Chast.

https://vimeo.com/122363463

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PRIVILEGE x Steezy Emily Collection

emilysearsteeIf you’re online hunting for gifts and if that person is into streetwear, then this will do the trick.  Available online @ PRIVILEGE NYC for a limited time only, fans of model Emily Sears collabing with Stezzy will enjoy this graphic tee and pullover hoodie.

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Food: The Unique Irish Food Truck in the Bronx

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I’m just hungry watching this clip in my cubicle.  Here is the husband and wife team of Valentino and Alice and their Irish-mix-mash food truck in Woodland, New York.  It’s all about late-night comfort food.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs3A8nK32xA

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Turn My Hat into a Artful Face Mask

nycyankeesmaskLet’s see, take my baseball cap and my old raggy sweatshirt and turn it into a face-mask, so I look like a bank robber.  Not really, this is art and wearable for the icy cold weather.  Artist Shin Murayama latest project is:  Yankees Extreme Cold Weather Face Mask Unissued 2014.

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Only 8 of 8 produced and sold in Japan!

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New York Comic Con 2013 Teaser!

nycc-logo-2013-hiI’m still jet lag after 3 days, our Ramen and a Half team had a great time in New York City and checking out New York Comic Con 2013 which took place this past weekend – October 10-13, 2013.  Stay tuned to our Retrenders.com and our YouTube Channel for videos from NYCC 2013!

FILA x Nooka

NYC fashion design firm Nooka founded by artist/designer Matthew Waldman teams up with apparel brand FILA to bring a fresh mini-capsule shoe collection to the Chinese market.  Please FILA, bring these shoes here to the US market!  The orange sneaks would go well with my SF Giants gear!

For more info, go to:  Nooka x FILA.

 

 

Mishka NYC x Harvey Comics

These days, everyone knows the two big comic book publishing giants – DC Comics and Marvel Comics.  In the 1940s, there was another big comic book publisher, Harvey Comics, and one of it’s better known characters is Casper the Friendly Ghost.  Harvey Comics has been defunct since 1994, but it’s back in this collab with apparel company Mishka NYC.

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The Reign of Supreme

Business of Fashion (BoF) has put out an in-depth 2-part article on the rise NYC street brand Supreme.  Over the years, there have been many urban clothing labels trend in and then fade out, but Supreme has stood over the test of time as a leader in the street scene and fashion world.

Check out the 2-part article @ BoF – Supreme – Part 1; BoF – Supreme – Part 2.

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