Last week I left you Bloglin readers with the Nightline Episode featuring an interview with Insane Clown Posse. The feature on Nightline ran about 10 minutes long and maybe 4 minutes of that was actual interview questions with Shaggy and Violent J. Well  it turns out that ICP had a cameraman of their own filming the whole interview which runs some 30+ minutes long.

After watching this I’m pretty impressed on how Violent J handled himself on Martin Basheer’s questions and just his general demeanor during the interview as a whole. I’ll leave you with this video though so you can make your own call on how much Nightline skewed the feature for their own means. You can now go back to stabbing people and doing gang related shit in the name of Juggalos… Woop! Woop!

Juggalos make headline again on national television, this time on ABC’s Nightline. The topic up for discussion was involving Juggalos and the association of the music linked to the recent rash of brutal crimes and murders across the country where all of the suspects called themselves “Juggalos”. This time ABC’s Martin Bashir sat down with Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope to get to the bottom of things.

I personally think this was a pretty shitty interview and was heavily edited in favor of the network’s angle. It’s really the same report every news station runs on ICPs and Juggalos ever since the whole culture hit the mainstream about 13 years ago. But I didn’t care because of all the HD concert and backstage footage that ABC aired along with the interview.

Violent J even chimed in a little bit about his thoughts on the interview after airing via his twitter.

10 million a year? What the fuck? Who the fuck makes 10 million a year? In my experiance 90% of the media is fake bullshit. Its scarry. 10 million a year? Who the fuck makes 10 million a year? Martin Bashier maybe. Not us.

I’ll just leave you with the Nightline episode for now. I’ll be back soon with more news from the underground and even a juggalo spin on a favorite Bloglin segment. So keep your eyes peeled and your faygo chilled ’til then…

Alexander Binder is a German photographer I discovered a year or so ago when he emailed our info line. I instantly fell in love with his work and had him contribute some photos for upcoming Мишка designs. His work is absolutely haunting and runs the gamut of creepy by echoing 70s occultism through to 90s nordic Black Metal.

Revel in New York conducted an interview with Alexander earlier this year that covered everything from his technical method, inspiration and influences all the way to his video projects. It’s a great read with a great talent that you should all get on to your personal radars.

Style Section L.A. did an interview with me at the end of the night last Saturday night, and turned in this very in-depth and great little piece about the new Мишка LA Store. Here’s there take on the decor:

Wedged in a row of famed storefronts on Echo Park Avenue (just north of Sunset Boulevard), Mishka’s environs sport an industrial-meets-Pee-Wee’s-Playhouse vibe. Whitewashed walls, black shelving units and concrete floors provide a warehouse feel — and are the perfect canvas to showcase Mishka’s graphic designs as well as graffiti, anime-inspired art and an oddball toy collection befitting any boy.

I think the whole industrial meets Pee-wee thing is my favorite quote from thearticle. Not to sure about the “anime” and “graffiti” though, I think they meant “Kaiju” and “Outsider Art” there. I guess we still have some educating to do! :)

It’s a nice read and goes into heavy detail on the buildout, decor, what we stock, the staff and even parking!

Our pal Royce Bannon, did an interview with our other pal and collaborator Lamour Supreme for The Source. were he shed some light on his many artistic pursuits including toy making.

That innocence where all things are possible and creativity isn’t stifled by every day monotony. I always collected toys and wanted to a do a toy of my own, so I started designing and that eventually led me to start painting as well.

I am glad Lamour’s work is getting out there, we are really working on trying to make him famous so he can stop designing marble columns for ex-mobsters.

Ollie Magazine came by 350 Broadway a couple of weeks ago to do a little photo shoot of the crew. A great photo of myself, Lamour Supreme, John Prolly and Mike Jones.

Tak is an amazing photographer and does a great job in getting the cool shots and the best lighting. Check out his website of bike photography, New York Bike Dreams.

A few weeks back during the Styles P & DJ Green Lantern album release rapper Stalley was seen sporting our Sweet Leaf sweater as he rocked a packed house at the Highline Ballroom.

On this historic night of Hip Hop, the stage was graced by performances by Sean Price, D-Block (of The Lox), Pharoahe Monch, Consequence and more, Stalley and his band stop second to take it all in.

Dame Dash showing Stalley some love after tearing down his set and holding his own amongst a sick line up layered with Hip-Hop veterans.

Jungle Gym Magazine also took this opportunity to film Stalley’s performance as part of an interview with him about his influences and what makes the hot young emcee tick.

I did a little digging into the good ol’ video vault and found this great interview with Megadeth on Much Music from 1987.

This was taken while the guys were supporting Ronnie James Dio and some highlights include: Megadeth chilling in there tour bus watching Annie Hall, Dave Mustaine talking about challenging peoples minds with his metal and lyrics, why Megadeth ownz over all other Thrash bands and just general shreddin’ shop talk! FUCK YEAH!

Dave please come back to Satan, Ok bud? Pretty please? Megadeth > Metallica 4 Life!

Our pal Ricky “Velocitron” Wilson just did a cool interview for a Japanese online magazine by the name of Metropolis. It’s a good read for anyone interested in Kaiju.

I like how they referred to Kaiju as a “subculture within a subculture” and later went to compare the runs of Kaiju to “low-run punk and hardcore records.” For everyone that knows, well…  you know why that has significance.

I also found it pretty funny that the article barely mentions Kaiju anywhere in it. They instead focus mostly on “designer vinyl.” I think that’s a good reason why Kaiju will never get as big as urban vinyl has. I think Kaiju and the fervor it creates just goes over most people’s heads. It will always have a place though in the toy collecting scene and continue to fuel its own underground movement, regardless of the trends.

Thanks to the sleuths over on the Hypebeast forums I (re)discovered a long forgotten interview we did back in March of 2007 for France’s Clark Magazine. Actually reading it back now, I totally remember answering all of these questions and it’s hard to believe this was that long ago. Despite a few typos (not sure if that was us, or the translations From English to French back to English) it’s still a good read for those interested in the history of the brand.

But the main reason I’m posting this up is because one of the final questions they asked us was “How do you see Mishka in 3 years?” and well it’s been about 3 years since we first answered all of these questions and it’s interesting looking back on it all. I will say that in the 3 years since the interview and picture we’re all (Greg, Mike Jones & I) thankfully not still dressing like a hot mess!