Over the past weekend Mr. Magic aka Andy The Jew, Alessio The D.I. and I have worked diligently to get Jim Mahfood aka FOOD ONE into our new pop-up gallery location and finally I can say that FOOD ONE is on display at ENVE Salon & Gallery located at 121 Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It’s the perfect marriage of art and beauty in a unique space dedicated to such. Stop by, see/buy some art and/or get your hair did.

Please pardon the picture quality; I took it with my dirty iPhone.
- KAGE

On 02/06/09 nerds, geeks, dorks and freaks from all walks of life convened at Jacob Javits Center for a weekend of straight dweebishness; ourselves included. SPL showed up on the last day of the Comicon to check out the aftermath. Unfortunately, it was kid’s day so there weren’t that many scantily clad women about dressed as anime vixens, super-heroine harlots, or dragonslaying jezzebelles, but there we’re still plenty of fanboys with their fan-families in attendance and everyone was in high spirits in spite of the heavy aroma of acne cream.
We even met up with our pal Jim Mahfood and chatted with the Nerdcore dudes and the Mammal Magazine heads. I’m not that into comics anymore, but I had a blast just kicking it and reminiscing of the good old days when I would rather play Chrono Trigger on SNES than even look at a girl. Oh how the times have changed.

The highlight of everything (for me) was seeing all the video games coming out later this year such as “The Ghostbusters” game, “TMNT“, “Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2” and my personal favorite “Tenchu Shadow Assassin“. Seems like 2009 is going to be the year for gamers, especially since no one can afford to go outside any more.

Check out some pics HERE:

Props to Chris and the rest of the heads at TenBills for hooking us up and being real down dudes. We’ll most definitely VOLTRON on that collaboration.

Excelsior!!!
- KAGE

The FOOD ONE art show was out of the park. Mad heads and fans came out to show their love and mingle with the main man after Saturday night’s festivities at The New York Comic Con. The cats from Nerdcore rolled out and represented too. All in all it was a good day. P.S. Jeff, I didn’t forget about that loot I owe you for the pizza.

View the pics HERE.

The FOOD abides. . .
- blogmaster X

Now at first thought one would thing that mixing alcohol, heavy machinery, and loud, hard dance music in a gym with a bunch of party seekers on a Monday night would be ill advised or at least a bad idea. On the contrary, it’s the BEST GOSH DARN IDEA EVER!!!
SPL soldiers The Italians (Head&Hand and Alessio) and KAGE rolled up into CRUNCH Under The Gymfluence party and got wasted around some really beautiful and fit people; made me want to do more exercise than just lifting a pint glass to my mouth and clicking a remote. These are just some of the pics from this monster. There was circus s#it, a crazy dance floor, exotic dancers, and I almost made out with a cute ass photographer (Damn you whiskey lips!!!).

Peep the pics HERE.

Props to Shelly at CRUNCH for the pics and SKIMKIM for holding down the bar and the grub.
- KAGE

Finally got around to posting the pictures from EYD ONE’s gallery opening presented by The Brooklyn Tee Party. We had a blast and shouts go out to all of those that came through, showed love and shared props. And just so you know, EYD is about to seriously take over the streets. Be on the lookout for that lil Japanese so and so.

View more pics HERE.

Make sure to email bktp [at] thebrooklynteeparty.com for viewing details/schedule and viewing appointments.
- blogmaster X

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce to you the latest project from The ShadowPlastic Label in conjunction with YUME BK. Allow me to introduce to you: THE BROOKLYN TEE PARTY!

The Brooklyn Tee Party is a collaborative project between Shadow Plastic x YUME. The “Tee Party” *is a purveyor of fine apparel and accessories. As a brand it acts as an umbrella for collaborative projects with respected individuals, artists, brands, boutiques, and major corporations and companies. As a business it gives a platform for the customer to take part in creating and purchasing truly limited and exclusive tees, sweats, remixed clothing, and other great goods. We provide gallery space for our collaborators to exhibit their work in a pop-up gallery format and the opportunity to have their artwork reach seen in a wider context by printing limited edition, tea-dyed, hand-printed tee shirts.

More Info after the jump.

The Brooklyn Tee Party Presents: EYD ONE: The Black Panther Party

September 14th – October 12th, 2008
Opening Reception Sunday, Sept. 14th, 7 pm to 11 pm
at YUME Gallery, 925 Bergen St, #406, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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EYD ONE (born 1985 in Komaki City, Japan) is an ever elusive graff writer, illustrator, tattoo artist and mural master known as dark and brooding with a mysterious glimmer to his smile. His work has appeared all over the streets of Japan (legally and illegally) and in several group shows in Tokyo and Osaka. In 2005, he moved to New York to make his mark in the New York street and fine art and fashion scene. You can see his murals in NY’s East Village boutique Bobby as well as on the walls of YUME itself.

Described as a mixture of dream and nightmare, EYD ONE’s work evokes a dichotomy of beauty and abject. It comments on the dual natures of humanity as a whole: our value structures, belief systems and personal feelings of fear and lonliness. Beneath these themes, there is a hint of hope and strength in that within the grotesque exists a true beauty that often goes unappreciated or ignored.

The Brooklyn Tee Party is proud to host EYD ONE’s first ever gallery show in America. We worked hard to convince him to come out of his realm of privacy and secrecy, which he guards even closer than his artwork, and we succeeded. His work will be available for purchase along with limited edition hand-printed, tea-dyed original tee-shirts with his signature artwork on it that you will only be able to purchase at YUME through The Brooklyn Tee Party. The artist will also be at the opening reception with his translator on hand for Q&A.

Please join us to help celebrate great artwork and the coming of the EYD ONE phenomenon. This may be the only chance you get to see this amazing artist’s work in person this side of the Atlantic. Email bktp [at] thebrooklynteeparty [dot] com for more information and viewing appointment schedule.

- The Brooklyn Tee Party

Directions:
C Train to Franklin Avenue stop in Brooklyn. Continue south down Franklin Ave. to Bergen Street. Make a right on Bergen St.

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I think I’m gonna cry. Nah, it was just gas.
- blogmaster X

To celebrate the evolution of The ShadowPlastic Label, your boys (and 1 girl) are hooking up w/ YUME and the Tea Lounge of Park Slope, Brooklyn (my old stomping grounds) to have an all ages night of art and music. Word has it there is even gonna be a special blend of tea to help commemorate the occasion and you know that any thing consumed by us has to have some karate kick to it.

On the ticket:
DJs Charlie Browne and Skim & G Masters
Performance by Adam’s Castle
Throw in a sprinkle of live art and you’ve got the best place to be in Brooklyn on a Tuesday night.

The Tea Lounge is located at 837 Union St. b/w 6th & 7th Aves. Festivities pop off at 7 p.m.

See you there if you’re not a square.
- blogmaster X

If you weren’t one of the few cool people that attended Rock The BlocK this past weekend, then you seriously missed out. It was absolutely bananas. There was live art, spoken word and DJ Spinna killed it at Frank White with the B.I.G. & Jay-Z tribute.
We held it down at YUME where we spotted the infamous and ever elusive “Brooklyn Stabber”:

Word is The Brooklyn Stabber has been spotted in other neighborhoods all over Brooklyn. If you’ve seen anything or have any further information regarding this rogue, please contact the authorities at The ShadowPlastic Label immediately.

Brooklyn Beware!
- blogmaster X