Mishka presents Royal Flush Festival Afterparty Series

The Royal Flush Festival, formerly known as the Evil City Film Fest, is a series of independent films, music videos, live music performances, and underground art openings taking place October 15-18 at Anthology Film Archives and other venues throughout New York.

Named after Royal Flush Magazine, a nationally-distributed killer rag that celebrates underground music, art, video games, pop-culture and indie movies with a strict, no-fluff stance, the Royal Flush Festival has more value than any other film festival in New York while doing so at a fraction of the cost. During the festival, Royal Flush Magazine will reveal its 2009 issue featuring on its two covers, Playboy founder and legend Hugh Hefner and rock goddess Joan Jett, respectively.

Make sure to check out “American Artifact Rock Poster Art Show”, October 15th at The Showroom gallery (17 2nd Ave., 2nd Fl.) featuring artists: Leia Bell, Art Chantry, Emek, Justin Hampton,
 Hatch Show Print, Derek Hess, Lindsey Kuhn, Tara McPherson, Jermaine Rogers, Jay Ryan, Scrojo,
 Chris Shaw, Chuck Sperry, Stainboy.

For more details check out the RFF event page.

Image via National Geographic

Ye olde Pearl River Mart. I’m in this place at least once a month. My primary reason for visiting is tea. I aint on no bagged tea bullcaca either, so I tell you this because this is the best place to buy tea in New York. Is it the best tea? Nope, but it’s great loose leaf tea at ridiculously cheap prices. They also offer ample amounts of tea paraphernalia, and kitchen goods in general. Their selection of tea cups is pretty fuckin awesome, and my favorite tea cup is from there. They also have this weird downstairs version of their street level shop where everything is cheaper–both in construction and price. I ignore the glaringly kitschy offerings such as silk kung fu suits, and kimonos.

The main thing to recognize is that this is a great place to buy tea.

Thank you to all that came out on a Wednesday to support! We proved that mid week bass can be huge!

Thanks to Caspa and Rod Azlan for the massive bass-quake, Star Eyes for being the grimiest lady in the game and Konkrete Jungle/ Code of Arms for their heavy support.

Check out some pics from Hi-Fi Cartel

and then some from The Culture of Me site

HUGE!

Name: Purl
Location: 147 Sullivan Street, Between Houston and Prince
What’s here: Fabric

I’m no tailor. Not even close. I’m not a seamster either, although I’m pretty sure they’re the same thing. However like many other people who aren’t tailors or seamstresses some of my clothing rips and it needs to be repaired, and sometimes I want to sew an eccentric dust sleeve for my MPD32. So, when I am faced with the need to buy fabric I don’t want to resort to using something that’s not aesthetically pleasing. I don’t wanna just walk into some dinky place, that orders fabrics from the same supplier that every other fabric supplier uses. I want to walk into a space that overwhelms me with it’s well-curated selection of fabrics all bundled up and placid, and I want to walk through a turqoise door. Well hey, that’s what Purl is. You can buy by the yard or the by the ‘fat quarter’, which is quilt-maker slang for exactly what I need.

Even if you don’t want or need fabric, the allure of the design, and the careful attention to detail is worth the trip.

New York is full of three things: people, places, and things. I’ve been here three years soaking them up, categorizing, classifying, collecting, rating, searching, finding, tasting, et cetera. Am I the atypical New York City scout? No. Am I a curious dude with good taste trying to get my fill (pause)? Yes. With that said, “Places I go in New York,” is how I share the results with all of you. As a disclaimer, I spend very little time above 14th Street, so most of my spots are downtown.

McNally Jackson is by all means a treasure. It’s located at 52 Prince Street, between Lafayette and Mulberry. It’s close to the Spring Street stop on the 6, Broadway Lafayette on the FV, and the Prince Street stop on the RW. It’s one of SoHo’s redeeming establishments. It’s not flashy, it’s not fleeting, and you don’t have to be a baller to spend money here.

I think Strand is a pretty common stop for folks visiting New York, and in a lot of ways it’s a great bookstore. But, when I go spend money at Strand it’s equivocal to spending money at Wal-Mart. However, when I have to buy a book I always feel good about spending my money at McNally Jackson. Why? Because it’s a thoroughly considered, carefully curated, and crisply designed space. When they profit from me I know my money is going towards an aesthetic that I’d like to see proliferate. The window displays and employee picks are always plentiful, and constantly changing. The magazine section doesn’t have every magazine, but it has every one that I would have any interest in buying. In fact, McNally Jackson is where I found out about Uovo (no link, sorry).

In addition to the books, they also have a cafe, which is held down by one of my favorite people in New York. The cafe has all kinds of bottled beverages–not alcoholic ones though–great loose leaf tea, coffee, sanwiches, salads, and a nice selection of local baked goods. The cafe area is small with only about twenty or twenty-five seats. For the most part it’s a pretty quiet space, which makes it a nice escape from the sense-straining surroundings of SoHo.

McNally Jackson also has a jam-packed calendar of events that draws luminary figures as stellar as Werner Herzog. So, don’t sleep on the events if that’s your thing. Last, but not least, the staff is awesome–lots of smiles, and great dispositions ensure that you will always feel invited.