12ozProphet

Glad to be back in New York. Tank you Big Apple to keep me always uplifted. I will post some Puerto Rican flicks when I’ll decide if I have to post the nice stuff I have seen; rain forest, local sea food bars, beaches,etc… or the ugly stuff like oversized fat red neck drinking Coors light in the pool.

I got contacted last week by a talented writer (he writes for such magazine as Juxtapoze, Swindle,etc… ) to answer some questions…. Matthew took it to another level with a nice presentation and was kind enough to fix my shitty english to make me sound better… If you want to learn couple of thing about El Groteskito, check his made you look. Thanks again Matthew. More about him:
Matthew Newton enjoys telling tales tales and using curse words. He is a writer by trade but often wonders why, as he is fairly convinced people don’t read anymore and are, indeed, becoming stupider. He owns a stockpile of cassettes from the 90s that he refuses to throw away for sentimental reasons. He also thinks about death more than the average person. Mr. Newton lives in the Pennsylvania wilderness in a tiny house. His wife Michelle and his son Ethan keep him in check.

I have seen really lame advertisement and marketing in my life but this one reached a pick…
Order your shit pizza at Dominos and get some bootleg Brooklyn accent…
Mister Kaves from The Lords is going to be happy about this one…
What’s next? Fake Nuyorican accent?

My friend Dj Lindsey invited me to design every week the flyer for the The Hump. Join us every Wednesday at the Blue Owl in the East Village. Lindsey and her resident crew Dj Myles and DJ Camp Gabby will bring the noise and flavors. The Hump 88-98 will bring you back to the basic. Expect great guest as well all year long. Come and support.

Iron Maiden’s private plane “Ed Force One” for their 2008 world tour… Brilliant

Michael Jackson is more real than the real one….

Ralph should thanks the Lo Life crew that pretty much increase his sales by 40% circa the early 90’s and still running

Thanks a lot Scott !

I have a growing number of tees in my closet that drive my wife crazy… I have hard time to throw them away. This morning I was trying to clean a little bit and I bumped into this lovable tee shirt. Since I have 2 kids, I am not wearing it too often but today I had to rock it to match my kicks… Classic Reas-Supreme collaboration from few years ago!

If hipsters think they came out with an amazing fashion revolution by rocking tight clothing, sarcastic moustache and bright baseball hat reppin’ their native city, they should think twice and say sorry to their parents for knocking off their style. At least your parents were not sarcastic about it…

Here is another great cartoon from my country of birth. Scacciapensieri (Stripy in English) was created for the swiss italian TV channel in the 70’s. I was watching this cartoon in family every Saturday evenings. Pretty psychedelic and masochist for a kid show. I guess I have to thanks my hippie parents for sharing this one with me.

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