Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

The new king of pop? I interviewed Rain this morning. It’s always tough with interpreters, especially ones in Korean. Why is that? I think we’ve had issues with translators in Korean since day one. Either way, Rain seems like a good guy, on a good track, and we’ll see in which direction he’s going rather quickly.
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Top Ten that's not in GR. The first one will be in GR 53 which is at the print shop.
What will I be doing? Will I be able to cross any of these off? Maybe so, maybe not.

1. Top secret video projects. One long term and one short term. Can either be done? I'll tell you more about it.
2. Multiple print projects, both large and small. Not art prints by the way.
3. Sculpey. Yes it was fun while I was doing...
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Top Ten that’s not in GR. The first one will be in GR 53 which is at the print shop.What will I be doing? Will I be able to cross any of these off? Maybe so, maybe not. 1. Top secret video projects. One long term and one short term. Can either be done? I’ll tell you more about it.2. Multiple print projects, both large and small. Not art prints by the way.3. Sculpey. Yes it was fun while I was doing it. It’s time to get that back in order, even just a few times.4. Prepare for the talks. There’s a few coming up and even more that I didn’t even mention before, including one in front of the Board of Governors. wtf?!5. Catch up and forge strong on the graphics that are being worked on.6. Web projects that have been lingering.7. Store orders! We have a lot, but there’s always more.8. Mid 2008 and later 2009 art related projects.9. Try gocco printing again.10. Strategize. Measure twice cut once. The caveat is that I gotta work on all this if the mag is at the print shop or not. The sun never sets.
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At Fred Segal in Santa Monica is the debuting of the Damien Hirst $ Warhol $ Levi's collab gear. I wouldn't normally jump at seeing this, but I get a different perspective riding with Dr Romanelli, since he's involved in apparel, sometimes hardcore designer style and sometimes artistic. See that box on the left, when you buy some denim, it comes in the box.

These are the special jeans, one of two....
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At Fred Segal in Santa Monica is the debuting of the Damien Hirst $ Warhol $ Levi’s collab gear. I wouldn’t normally jump at seeing this, but I get a different perspective riding with Dr Romanelli, since he’s involved in apparel, sometimes hardcore designer style and sometimes artistic. See that box on the left, when you buy some denim, it comes in the box. These are the special jeans, one of two. $80k. The other one is below. DR is about get one. Yosi Evolutionary eating dessert that looked good. A whole line of gear. The Levi’s jacket in gloss, and the denim to the right. See the Warhol tag on the jacket? T shirts. Two of them, they are stitched together, thankfully. “Extra…” say it like the prime time celebrity TV half hour show… Here’s some of Hirst’s art. You can see how it was used with the Warhol and the Levi’s.
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