Newsies
We're in da paper...
As a life-long flyer grabber, sticker horder and physical media psycho, it’s always nice to be a part of something tactile.
Check your boy (and cover star Kerin) in the new issue of Trade Magazine, an oversized newsprint joint from Mike Smalls and Mike Sarpy — two gents who I have known since the Savalas days, now capturing creative New Yorkers serving looks and hand-writing Q&As for their free, independent publication.
I’m biased ofc but it came out looking great.
Loved the motion collage of all their contributors that played on screens at last week’s launch party, which was also a nice catch-up with homies old and new (including my guy Ferris Bueller, responsible for the promotional Clipse Hell Hath No Fury aprons among other cultural moments).
These are the people in your neighborhood!
Look out for a copy near you…
Scarlet Rae On The Radar — was not expecting Ella Emhoff jawn in the thumbnail where French Montana goes… OTR’s ubiquitous presence has morphed from unsigned drill showcase to mainstream rap promo tour mainstay to what can only be described as full-on talent show (complimentary). Elliot Smith I wish u were alive to strum in front of Monster Energy logo.
billy woods & August Fanon feat. Fatboi Sharif, “Funny Games”
Various Artists, Naive Melodies (indie / electro R&B Talking Heads covers)
Koyo “Irreversible” (great merch, also where is this house)
Automelodi, Cavallo + Futuro, Accidenti (neo-retro Italo slaps, right on time)
We Are So Cooked - now this is how you sell me a co-op video game. “You and your friends are in trouble. Big trouble. You’ve accidentally killed someone, and now you have to get rid of the evidence...”
canek zapata, “the equation for value is…” (mans is bugged!)
How One Olympian Fought for the Right to Skate Like a Minion
Old TapeOp Chris Ballew Q&A (nothing but respect for my President)
Daft Punk / Roulé / Crydamoure promo sticker auction (“lot de goodies”)
Heated Rivalry cinematography deep dive (for the
bianamorphic curious)Annapurna Sriram Wrote the Slutty, Liberated Brown Girl Ingenue She Wanted To Play Herself
Batman Forever Bruce Wayne to Heat Chris Shiherlis DIY action figure conversion (u feel me)
Playlists updated…