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“We’ll pay you when we get paid.”
I hate hearing this from clients — especially when it goes against a signed contract.
Die Antwoord
Die Antwoord is a South African rap-rave trio that borders on parody. The third member in the group, DJ Hi-Tek Solarize (Leon Botha), is one of the oldest living sufferers of progeria syndrome. All in all, it’s a bizarro blend of shit that sounds pretty decent.
Warning: video has mild boner swanging (sort of not safe for work).
Edit: Thanks for the clarification, Jermaine.
Ramen in Tokyo
The NY Times takes a peek into the craze of ramen noodles.
For many of the ramen obsessives — myself included — it was all, I suspected, about the hunt. Whether they were scouring the Japanese media for leads or wandering around, nose in the air, eyes alert to suspicious lines, finding gems among Tokyo’s 4,137 ramen shops (a conservative estimate, by the way) was a laborious process that made the final first slurp that much sweeter.
Be warned: if you read this on an empty stomach, you will crave a heaping bowl of shoyu ramen.
NYC salt reduction initiative
Bloomberg just passed a salt reduction initiative that would look to better manage the use of sodium in restaurants. Here’s how some of the most popular venues fared against the daily recommended value of sodium:
At Shake Shack, a Double ShackBurger, fries and a peanut butter shake pack 1,980 milligrams — a lot of sodium, yes, but goodness, a lot of food.
That’s a lot of sodium—but not so bad considering it’s a burger, fries, and shake. The real kicker is Katz’s Deli:
Katz’s justifiably famous corned beef sandwich, with mustard but only two of the six pickles the counter guy gave me (along with his number), came to a truly remarkable 4,490 milligrams of sodium. That’s about two whole days’ worth in one sandwich, nearly the equivalent of 10 McDonald’s hamburgers.
I feel guilty for slamming down so many of those sandwiches while I was in college.
I have a sign
Your favorite gay-hating baptist church protested Twitter this weekend and got re-protested.
SE x IH 07 Black Year – 1 month
To follow the entire collection of posts about my SExIH07 overdye jeans, just look through ‘theblackyear’ category.
“Fuck selvedge — that’s hand-dyed indigo from a left-handed weave.”
HBO’s How To Make It In America is the new Entourage repackaged with pseudo-LES scenesters; a lingering scent of yesteryear’s BAPE clothing cameos, skater kids, and limited edition sneakers; and the discovery of — yes, you guessed it — Japanese selvedge denim. The pilot is mildly entertaining save for the formulaic gang of characters. (Of course, the main protagonist is the wimpy white guy who misses his ex.)
It’s the title, however, that bothers me. It almost seems cruel to send the streetwear crowd of millennial kids foaming at the mouth with this new television series. And if we were ever speculating about when Japanese selvedge denim got up and jumped the shark, this might be it. I’m going to spoil this show for you: This is the new shit. It’s from a mythical place called “Japan.” They used to make rare sneakers, but now suddenly it’s this blue stuff that’s really special. $3000 for a roll. Let’s hustle and be the new denim empire of the Lower East Side. Damien Hirst! Or something like that.
Via @eugene
kimkan.