The Australian company, T-World Is releasing the 4th Issue of their celebrated Tee Shirt Bible at Boundless NY.

Come through and party Brooklyn Style at Boundless NY in Williamsburg Brooklyn.

So Many FREE GIVE-A-WAYS!!! Get fresh for the Summer at the best shop in NYC.

Open Vodka Bar and Whiskey Bar with Sounds from Pete Leonard and Teddy King.

RSVP to Party@boundlessny.com

PARTY STARTS AT 6PM…

The Official After Party is at Hope Lounge right around the corner….

Boundless NY and King Stampede. They do things right.

Boundless NY
143 Roebling Street ( Between Metropolitan Ave and Hope Street )
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718.821.9690

Attention Montreal heads and all peeps interested in seeing awesome photography. Here is something for you folks to look out for. Montreal based photographer Ben Pobjoy will be having his latest solo exhibition entitled Land of America. This latest series of photos are the outcome of Pobjoy’s 7000 mile trek across America and Mexico which he did on nonstop bus rides from Montreal to Los Angeles and back in June 2007. Featuring over 150 photographs and supplemented by a memoir of the same name, Land of America is a candid examination of both bus travel and America itself.

The opening will take place on Friday, July 4th 2008 from 7PM to 11PM at the Emporium Gallery ( 3035 St. Antoine Ouest, studio #74). It can also be viewed during regular gallery hours from 12PM to 6PM on Saturday, July 5th 2008 and Sunday, July 6th 2008. Land of America can be viewed thereafter until Friday, July 11th 2008 by appointment only.

If you haven’t checked out StaggStreet.com yet, what are you waiting for! Ellen Stagg gives us the best boner shorts almost on a daily basis. Today, she posted some unreleased photos from our Summer 2008 Lookbook! Enjoy! NSFW!

So, once again, Chris Habib came out to document our trickery with his HVX camera. So clean… ALL HAND HELD. Shot by a pro. Chris has shot and directed a majority of the Sonic Youth videos and is the man in all respects.

Check out the Summer 2008 Lookbook shot by Ellen Stagg! (NSFW!)

Appropriately named A Summer In Abandon, Our newest seasonal collection consists of solid array of pieces perfect for the dog days of summer. Buyers can expect to find some new pieces certain to become instant classics beyond just the summer months.

One of the highlights of the summer collection, pulled from our cut & sew offerings, are shorts in a variety of light and comfortable materials. Available in a traditional chino cut, there are two main styles of cotton shorts including a modern take on seersucker and madras patterns. For a sportier look, buyers can pick up the Gnash Tech Shorts, made from breathable, quick-dry poly micro-fiber material with adjustable waist and leg openings.

For the never nudes out there looking for some extra coverage, Don’t forget our summer appropriate pants options including the Alexei Raw Japanese Selvage Denim available in slate and indigo, and the Sergei Washed Denim in grey.

From classy button ups to wildly graphic tees, the summer collection delivers short-sleeved shirts for everyone. Topping the contemporary men’s trend for this season, buyers can bare their arms with the Dutchie Gingham Shirt, a seersucker cotton piece available in green or black, with snap buttons down the front. For a more casual look, pair up the summer kit with any one of our Summer ‘08 T-shirts guaranteed to crack a smile where you go. And don’t forget about our collection of Richard Kern T-shirts… How could you!?

For summer accessories, we’ve got 6 new varieties of New Era caps from the traditional Bear Mop logo to the Mutiny hat in both black and blue seersucker material. Make sure to also keep an eye out for the Brooklyn Keeps On Taking It New Era cap, destined to be an instant favorite among heads.

The Mishka Summer 2008 collection is currently shipping to select retailers and is now available on our online store in limited quantities. It will also be available at the Mishka Pop Up shop (located at 218 Bedford, Williamsburg) and other select retailers shortly!

Also a big thanks to the Models: Justine Joli, Ariel & Nicole

Our friends over at EastWest are having a Trunk Show this weekend! I am not sure exactly what that means, but there will be Live Dj’s, Drinks and Food!

The EastWest Trunk show is located at 463 Old Country Road in Westbury, NY! 12pm-8pm. The Trunk Show features product from LRG, Reason, Mighty Healthy, and Mishka of course!

Also, just added, FRESH Art Long Island. Featuring art from emerging Long Island Artists. You don’t want to miss this!

One of our all time favorite comic book artists, Johnny Ryan, will be in Brooklyn tomorrow signing copies of his newest Fantagraphics Books release of Angry Youth Comix #14! If you have ever read any previous issues of AYC, and you are a fan of Mishka, then you know why we like him so much!

WHO: JOHNNY RYAN

WHAT: ANGRY YOUTH COMIX #14 release party!

WHERE: Desert Island Comics
540 Metropolitan, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

WHEN: Friday, June 13, 6PM - 9PM

I’ve always been interested in behind the scenes style photography or creative portraits of persons who have odd jobs or funny stories, and of course perversion. So this definitely caught my attention.

Phone Sex, the most recent book by Phil Toledano , shows an inside look at the women and men who answer your 900 number phone calls. I spotted this over at Coolhunting and found more info over at Pipeline.

Make sure to check out Phil Toledano’s website. His other art work is amazing as well.

This past week I had the pleasure to meet one of my favorite artists, Carlos Enriquez. Carlos is a Venezuelan artist whose hand-painted fiberglass figures are the perfect mix of fine art sculpture and sick twisted Kaiju.

I was introduced to Carlos by my friend (and Mishka collaborator) Lamour Supreme. We met him and his wife Daniella at Toy Tokyo and then went over to Kenka for some drinks and dinner. I tried to get our friend Henrik to eat the Bull Penis from the menu but unfortunately it didn’t come in a child’s portion.

After dinner and getting to know one another, we went back to the apartment where Carlos & his wife were staying at so we could see a few of his newer pieces that he had brought with him. I had seen a couple of his pieces online, and when I saw them in person the Kaiju Invades NYC show last month, I was blown away and I couldn’t wait to see more!

Needless to say I was floored again! Getting to see The Mushroom Carousel in person was truly amazing! The details, the colors, the weirdness, it was great! The colors of the paint totally reflect differently depending on the kind of light hitting it. If I had $3500 I would have bought it from him in a nanosecond. Another of my favorites was The Vagina Brain. Check out the video below of Lamour Supreme asking Carlos about the meaning and inspiration behind The Vagina Brain.

Carlos later showed us a DVD with some of his up and coming work. One of the photos was of a 14 foot Kaiju that he carved out of wood, and then used the carving to make a mold of a just finished a 1/1 fourteen foot fiberglass Kaiju. You can check out some photos of him making the mold in his myspace gallery. He told us it was going to take him 1 month to paint it. I guess that was going to be his next project as soon as he got back to Venezuela. I am sure he will send us some pictures as soon as he is finished with it.

Enjoy some more photos of Carlos’ work!

For all you peeps who are in Toronto or will be in Toronto, come to Never Alone art show put on by Red Bull 381 Projects.The show runs from Jun 7th - June 20th featuring work by:
- HVW8
- Paul 107
- Dennis Chow
- Marco Cibola
- Tracy Maurice

About a year or two ago, popular author/nerd Jonathon Lethem and well-liked illustrator/comicker Farel Dalrymple teamed up to do a comic for Marvel called Omega the Unknown. Based on a series that reached ten issues before cancellation from 1977, Lethem and Dalrymple’s Omega is now on it’s seventh issue which features an amazing cover and some interior art by Gary Panter.

That is awesome to me. Three cheers for Marvel Comics for letting this happen. I probably don’t have to rattle off Gary’s resume but here goes anyway. He designed the sets and puppets for Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, did three Zappa album covers, was part of Art Spiegelman’s Raw Magazine, created many amazing comics and makes psychedelic music and light shows. A big expensive two volume book of his work was just published and he is fucking awesome.

Kittiwat Unarrom is an artist from Thailand who has recently turned heads with his ‘BODY BAKERY’ Exhibition, which features dismembered human anatomy in a  torture chamber/gallery.

These very realistic sculptures are actually crafted from baked goods and are fully edible. Morbid and also amazing. His exhibition reminds me of Cannibal Corpse album covers brought to life!

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

This is so very sick!

Richard Kern for Mishka Summer 2008 T-Shirt Collection Lookbook

I was first introduced to Richard Kern’s work when I was 16 or 17. After finding out that the cover to Sonic Youth’s EVOL was a still from Kern’s Submit To Me, A friend had a video containing it, You Killed Me First and a few of his other short films from Kim’s Video. We spent the afternoon in my living room watching what at the time were the weirdest, most fucked up and transfixing piece of cinema we had ever seen in our young lives. It was the my first introduction to any sort of avante-garde film and was a defining moment in my creative direction. Kern became a favorite of mine after that point and I and my friends would regularly rent his films over and over again. We would dub them and have them play on endless loops at parties. Unfortunately after a while there were no more new Kern films for us to see, he had moved on to photography and I became an avid fan of his unique and erotic photographs. While some may look at his photos and see the obvious, naked girls any in depth study will discover he’s not just a master with camera but a genius at perversion, Kern is and remains one of a kind and it was a real honor for me to get to do this small T-shirt capsule collection. You don’t often get to work with people you idolized when you were younger but Mishka has afforded me the opportunity a few times now and words can’t really express how happy I am for these opportunities in life.

Anyway, now that I got my personal association with doing this collection out of the way take a look at the Kern Lookbook here and on to the press release below! Please be warned the lookbook is most definitely not safe for work!

I also wanted to thank the super awesome and talanted Ellen Stagg who did the lookbook shoot as well as the lovely Justine Joli, Ariel & Nicole who modeled in it.

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Today we are unveiling a special capsule with internationally recognized photographer and culturally provocative filmmaker & video director Richard Kern. Composed of 4 striking portraits, the collection will offer buyers an intimate glimpse into some of Kern’s most infamous and adored female subjects.

Born in 1954, Richard Kern is a widely acclaimed portrait artist who first came to prominence as a part of the underground cultural explosion in NYC’s East Village during the 1980s. Through his erotic films, featuring underground rock icons such as Lydia Lunch, Kembra Pfahler and Henry Rollins, Kern explored a deep interest in the aesthetics of extreme sex, violence and perversion. Often referred to as one of the fathers of Cinema of Transgression, Kern’s genius behind the lens led to further work with artists like Sonic Youth, King Missile and Marilyn Manson.

In the 1990s, Kern’s focus turned almost exclusively to still photography revolving around glamour, bondage and fetish models. He has since published 9 books of his unique photography including New York City Girls and is a regular contributor to a variety of international publications. Most recently, he also stars in Shot by Kern, a VBS. TV series for VICE Magazine that accompanies him on shoots at his Manhattan Studio.

Printed on 4 colors, the Kern for Mishka capsule illuminates the story of some of his most intriguing models including Lung Leg, a prominent scenster of the 1980s akin to Edie Sedgwick, that Kern can be accredited with discovering. To properly capture the collection, Mishka invited renowned erotic photographer Ellen Stagg – also a former Kern model – to shoot the special Look Book. Very much a disciple of Richard Kern, Ellen’s portfolio includes clients like VHI Publicity, I-D, Life, Mass Appeal, The Fader, MTV, Vogue, Interview and VICE Magazine to name a few.

To this day, Kern remains a quintessential element of what makes NYC’s art, film and music scenes so influential, inspiring and truly timeless. The collection featuring his work will be available at the Mishka Pop-Up Shop in Williamsburg and other select stockists starting mid May. For a full list of retailers and upcoming details about the Summer ’08 Collection, please visit our website.

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I’ve also updated the DoomBox with a compilation I call New York Shitty, Scum & Sludge! It’s my own little soundtrack inspired by the films of Richard Kern, NYC and a sticky uncomfortable Summer!

Uhhhh count me in! Who’s gonna go to this with me?

TRUE NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL
By Peter Beste

Exhibition May 9–June 7, 2008
Opening Reception: May 9, 6:00–8:00 pm
Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
521 W. 23rd Street, New York
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11am to 6pm

Exhibitions in London, Stockholm, Oslo, Berlin, Los Angeles to follow

In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called Black Metal has emerged in Norway. It has its roots in a heady blend of splatter movies, heavy metal music, Satanism, Pagan mythology and adolescent angst. In the early-mid 1990’s, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. What started as juvenile frenzy came to symbolize the start of a war against Christianity, a return to the worship of the ancient Norse gods, and the complete rejection of mainstream society.

American documentary photographer Peter Beste has spent the last eight years working in the milieu of this insulated and secretive community. Beste’s access and insight has been absolutely without precedent, resulting in an amazing photographic journey. Beste has earned the respect and trust of this impenetrable, suspicious and often elitist community. With each visit Beste saw more, photographed more and eventually accumulated enough material for this book. True Norwegian Black Metal is a visual testimonial to this subculture. Peter Beste and editor Johan Kugelberg have created a unique photographic narrative that explores black metal from a truly visceral perspective.

With extensive contributions from the personal archive of Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen, publisher of the original Norwegian black metal publication Slayer Magazine, a unique opportunity is here presented to see original artifacts and ephemera from this secluded rock community, and to read accounts of these events in the words of the people who were actually there at the time.

True Norwegian Black Metal offers confrontational live performance photographs of a savage subculture set alongside the stark beauty and natural allure of a landscape often shrouded in darkness.

The book is comprised of 160 pages of photographs of the following bands/individuals: Nocturno Culto and Fenriz of Darkthrone, Necrobutcher, Hellhammer, Blasphemer, and Maniac of Mayhem, Samoth of Emperor, Frost of Satryicon, Enslaved, Abbath of Immortal, Gaahl, Infernus, King, and Kvitrafn of Gorgoroth, Nattefrost of Carpathian Forest, 1349, Dimmu Borgir, Ildjarn, Aura Noir, and many more. Interviews/Quotes from Frost (1349), Abbath (Immortal), Fenriz (Darkthrone), Gaahl (Gorgoroth). Essay by authors and Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen.

32 Pages from the personal archive of Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen. also includes original artifacts, photographs, ephemera, and personal accounts by Black Metal’s key figures.

VICE Books is pleased to release this incredible document in America on May 15th 2008. VICE Books is distributed by powerHouse Books.

Just caught wind of this. If you live in NYC in the summer, one thing you always avoid are the subway grates. Nothing like having shorts on with your genitalia sticking to the inside of your legs and getting blasted with 100 degree air from the subway tunnels. It seems Joshua Allen Harris has taken it upon himself to construct a garbage bag monster on 21st in Manhattan.

Pretty cool hot idea.

This Saturday, April 19th We proudly invite you to the opening reception for Kaiju Invades NYC. Hosted at Toy Tokyo’s The Showroom NYC Gallery and orchestrated by Don ‘Datadub’ Kratzer from Fig Lab and Lorne ‘m3kcomp’ Colon, this exhibition will feature custom pieces from top Japanese and American toy designers who have been influenced by the Kaiju culture of strange beasts.

Attendees should expect to see exclusive toys from artists like Blobpus, Real X Head, Gargamel, Tim Biskup, David Horvath, Bwana Spoons, Pushead and LeMerde.

We will also be collaborating with friend & artist Lamour Supreme on a custom piece and limited edition shirt for the show. Definitely the place to check out after the New York Comic Con.

Kaiju for those unfamiliar is a Japanese word that means “strange beast,” but often is translated into English as “monster.” Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu, one of the most popular forms of Japanese entertainment, which utilized special effects and puppetry. The most famous kaiju is Godzilla. Other well-known kaiju characters include Mothra, Anguirus, Rodan, King Kong, Gamera and King Ghidorah.

Hmmmm… I wonder what this could be that’s ready to say hello to the world? Come to the show and say hello to Cyco Simon!

Toy Tokyo Showroom Gallery
Saturday, April 19th
8pm-11pm
117 2nd Ave. 2nd Floor
East Village, NYC

I’m a total Ducktales fan boy, even though it’s been two decades since the show first aired. I suppose at this point that I really don’t have a choice about liking it since Uncle Scrooge indelibly spans the length of my forearm, but that’s not really the point of this post. Apparently someone constructed this scale model of Scrooge’s vault back in ‘02/’03, using blueprints created by Don Rosa and Dan Shane, and now you can see the fruits of his labors on Flickr. This model is really pretty fucking sick in my opinion, and I kind of wish we had it here at the office.

Check it out in detail here.

BTW, who else thinks the music on the moon stage from Ducktales (NES) is the fucking jam?

So Luke sent me this link to Boy of Blue Industries this morning. Wayne Martin Belger has made two cameras out of human skulls. The first, entitled “3rd Eye” uses a 150 year old skull of a 13 year old girl.

The light enters the third eye and is exposed within the skull cavity. It’s shit like this that you’d see in some movie and think to yourself “no one is demented enough to actually do that”.

Well, he did it and it’s pretty gnarly. Just look at the pictures it took!