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We hope into a tiny restaurant in Ebisu and there's 4 cats inside. The cat pictured above is 23 years old. It's the oldest cat I've ever seen or maybe heard of. When it walks down the main walkway in this tiny restaurant, it's meowing, I suppose sort of gaining as much attention as she can, literally defining what a "Catwalk" is all about. This restaurant was quite good, and I wonder if the cat's...
We hope into a tiny restaurant in Ebisu and there’s 4 cats inside. The cat pictured above is 23 years old. It’s the oldest cat I’ve ever seen or maybe heard of. When it walks down the main walkway in this tiny restaurant, it’s meowing, I suppose sort of gaining as much attention as she can, literally defining what a “Catwalk” is all about. This restaurant was quite good, and I wonder if the cat’s been getting fed special food. This wouldn’t happen in LA, or in many other places in America, yet, the food was still good, and seemed quite safe and clean. Things like this make Tokyo, Tokyo. The cat does look for attention when walking down the aisle. It’s funny to see how people react to the cats. I love seeing Japanese restaurants do this. They have these bowls of their small veggie dishes out ready to serve. Definitely not proud of this one: but I ate horse. It ends up being pretty good, but in the end, I’m way over it. What’s the difference between eating horse, cat, a cow or a pig? Nothing. We’re all in the same gang – mammals. But I still won’t eat this again. Then it’s back to gyoza. This was amazing and who knows what was in it.
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We hope into a tiny restaurant in Ebisu and there’s 4 cats inside. The cat pictured above is 23 years old. It’s the oldest cat I’ve ever seen or maybe heard of. When it walks down the main walkway in this tiny restaurant, it’s meowing, I suppose sort of gaining as much attention as she can, literally defining what a “Catwalk” is all about. This restaurant was quite good, and I wonder if the cat’s been getting fed special food. This wouldn’t happen in LA, or in many other places in America, yet, the food was still good, and seemed quite safe and clean. Things like this make Tokyo, Tokyo. The cat does look for attention when walking down the aisle. It’s funny to see how people react to the cats. I love seeing Japanese restaurants do this. They have these bowls of their small veggie dishes out ready to serve. Definitely not proud of this one: but I ate horse. It ends up being pretty good, but in the end, I’m way over it. What’s the difference between eating horse, cat, a cow or a pig? Nothing. We’re all in the same gang – mammals. But I still won’t eat this again. Then it’s back to gyoza. This was amazing and who knows what was in it. ——-
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[nggallery id=45] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group Art Show Matt Furie, Le Merde, and Johnny Ryan at GRSF, April 17, 2010 – May 12, 2010 Reception: Saturday, April 17, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Giant Robot is proud to present The Boys Are Back in Town, a group art show featuring new works by Matt Furie, Le Merde, and Johnny Ryan. Matt Furie creates richly detailed and hyper colored illustrations and paintings that reflect the creative cross breeding of The Neverending Story and the unrestrained imagination of The Muppet Show. For this show, he is leaning less on the eye-straining detail of Bernie Wrightson and more on the simplicity and tweaked humor of the ALF Saturday morning cartoon series. For this show, he is contributing 50 pieces (including minis, floating heads, and POGs) related to his self-published Boy’s Club comic, as well as “riffs on the characters of Johnny and Le Merde.” Le Merde has gained a rabid following in the limited-edition figure scene with his molten and oozing but cute style. Often lost in the shadows of his sculptural work are the Portland artist’s equally colorful paintings, which also reference a loving appreciation of underground comix, Japanese horror manga, and rock ‘n’ roll. He is preparing 50 pieces of cel and ink on watercolor paper, focusing on the “three Gs”: ghosts, ghouls, and gods. Johnny Ryan is best known for his self-published title Angry Youth Comix, which was picked up by Fantagraphics Books in 2000. His crude yet totally polished and undeniably funny illustrations reveal both a ruthless-but-loving knowledge of the topics that he slays (superhero comics, science fiction, Ernie Bushmiller, the Holocaust) and a seemingly effortless mastery of linework and energy. He promises 50 pieces of “awesome shit.” Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent. A reception featuring many of the artists will be held from 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, April 17. For more information about the artists, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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That’s me next to a Mold A Rama machine. You don’t see many of these, but when you do, rejoice in it. A rare beast, you won’t see any on the westcoast, hardly any on the east coast, and there you have it. It’s something special. The Field Museum has 4 of them and they spit out dinosaurs! A lot of you kids won’t even know what I’m talking about. $2 gives you a cool replica made of wax! I’m holding on in the photo. That’s a stegasaurus in pretty orange. I seriously want one of these machines. Have one for me? It’s amazing how nice they look especially when they have to be something like 30 or 40 years old. These masks are amazing, aren’t they? They’re as creative as the work by the kids who do art today.
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