Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Baseman is a joker. Wherever he is, he’ll tell jokes. A lot of them. I met with MOCA folks, Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, and Simone Legno in downtown this evening. The idea was to lay the groundwork for the panel and live painting evening of Pervasive Persuasion, an event in 2008. It’s going to also feature Oguri, a butoh dancer. I think that threw everyone off into a what the fuck is going on again? mode. Oguri is going to do a slow butoh move during the event. Strange for sure, and people are going to trip out hard. Butoh is a weird modern dance “thing.” Simone said the first thing he did when he landed in LA the first time from his native Italy was to go to Giant Robot. That’s quite an honor. Literally from LAX to GR. I responded with figuring out the trick the car game he had on his site from years ago that got me the first place spot that stood for ages. Tim and Gary get into lively art discussions. These two are like water and oil when it comes to art. “I disagree” is often said by Baseman. I learned a lot about these two, and a little tiny bit about the importance of art. Tim chows down on a shrimp udon. This shot catches him in mid-shrimp at East restaurant. Denise and Raul chill and listen to Gary go at it. Jokes and all.
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This ad dude from Yelp writes:
Eric,
Hope you are having a Happy Holidays? I have been thinking about you lately and how you just can't afford to be involved in Yelp. I ask myself, how can he not afford to be working with Yelp. Your Los Angeles would be a huge magnet to people who are looking for you in the area. Plus, with over 300 people coming to your page every month to decide to spend money in...
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Eric,
Hope you are having a Happy Holidays? I have been thinking about you lately and how you just can't afford to be involved in Yelp. I ask myself, how can he not afford to be working with Yelp. Your Los Angeles would be a huge magnet to people who are looking for you in the area. Plus, with over 300 people coming to your page every month to decide to spend money in...
This ad dude from Yelp writes: Eric, Hope you are having a Happy Holidays? I have been thinking about you lately and how you just can’t afford to be involved in Yelp. I ask myself, how can he not afford to be working with Yelp. Your Los Angeles would be a huge magnet to people who are looking for you in the area. Plus, with over 300 people coming to your page every month to decide to spend money in your store, there is a huge opportunity here. I have to ask, what matters most, price or profit? Eric, which would you rather have? Price only lasts for a moment and profit lasts for a lifetime. I am very confident that Giant Robot would b a huge success on the site. Plus, your success is directly tied to mine, and I wouldn’t have made contact with you if I didn’t think I could help bring you more profit. Let me know what I can do to make this work, I know you will have extreme success, we just got to get you involved. What are your thoughts? -Best Brent Isn’t this a fucked up email? It’s one of the rudest, condescending emails I’ve seen in a while, and it came from Yelp. 1) has this guy Brent really been thinking about me?2) can I really afford to work without Yelp? I’ve done it so far.3) “Your Los Angeles” Yes, “My” Los Angeles.4) I get 300 people looking at my page? That’s it?5) Price or profit and he inserts my name there? There’s some fucked up shit. What’s more important? Neither, it’s doing things right. There’s more to it, and if this dude had any business experience, he’d be cooler. 6) Giant Robot would “b”? Pretty uncool Yelp.
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This is what I get to do, wear a GR shirt that I just made. It's a brown and orange prototype. It was just going to be a logo-t, but at the last minute, I put a robot in it. Not rocket science, but it works.
This is what I get to do, wear a GR shirt that I just made. It’s a brown and orange prototype. It was just going to be a logo-t, but at the last minute, I put a robot in it. Not rocket science, but it works.
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