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WOWCHSPIRATION

If you haven't noticed, taking pics of my TV is my new fav hobby.  (I mixed some mp3s in there as well....click on the divshare logo to download)

THE DISHRAGS - Can't Wait

HUBBLE BUBBLE - I Wanna Die (But Not Right Now)

FURTHER - Watery Moonlight

WET WHISPERS

OKEE DOKEE

WOWCH's dumb new year's resolution is to make every Wednesday a BLOG DAY!!
So here's my first entry of 2010 - - -  a crappy creepy flyer for a crappy DJ nite at a creepy bar!
A weak start I know, but its all about diving in there and getting into the routine folks.  My guest DJ this week is my ol pal Vito from that ol awesome band THE RAPTURE.  They just got done tracking a shit ton of new recordings. Only took em about 4 years. Thats progress for ya. I'm not one to judge cos I know sometimes quality tunes sometimes takes a sloths pace to create. Just ask Axel Rose.   

FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT
a few tunes that make me feel paranoid and anxious. 
CYBOTRON - Industrial Lies


VIRNA LINDT - Under The Stars


WEEN - Cruise Control (Sky Cruiser Remix)

NOTICE how on that Ween song its sounds like they're doing a top notch ARIEL PINK imitation, except only 15 years ahead of him!!!

PARTY ANIMAL

The WOWCH/COLT 45/VICE MAGAZINE Collaborative TSHIRT has finally arrived!
You can purchase one here for only $18!

WOWCH SIDEWALK SALE

SATURDAY JULY 25th ------->11AM til we are bored!

WOWCH & FRIENDS SIDEWALK SALE

The corner of N6th & Bedford (in the lot right next to the Shoe Market!)

Ok seriously folks. If you're actually in town this weekend you got no excuse not stopping by. You can squeeze us in right after your overpriced brunchies and right before u go to that macho soccer tournament. Eat a hotdog, chug a beverage out of a brown bag, headbang to the sweet tunes coming outta my grandma's cherry red boombox, and if u feel like it------ BUY SOME SHIT.

HERE's THE DEAL

We're having the straightest gayest sidewalk sale in the history of Bedford Ave.

And just so u can't complain about another stupid wowch sale full of ugly t-shirts,

I invited a bunch of pals to join me in this celebration of stinky street commerce.

SO besides super duper deals on wowch tshirts, tanktops, and totebags ($10 - $30)

u will also be able to buy

JEWISH ROSARIES™ (by carlen altman) $15 - $100

Used records for sale from both WHATS YOUR RUPTURE? Kevin Pedersen & Nature Boy Jim Kelly.

And helping out with the BBQ, Grillmaster J PENRY will be onsite doing his famous caricature drawings and pet portraits.

lets have a balllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

SALE OF THE CENTURY

OK BY NOW eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeverybody knows I HEART is dead and dying. Its a darn shame. 
But lets not bow our heads and sulk.....lets close her out the only way we know how------by partying til you puke! (but not on the clothes please)

THIS WEDNESDAY
MAY 20th
4-8pm


FINAL WOWCH DAY SALE at I HEART. (I know now I'm gonna be stuck peddlin' at one of those awkward group sample/holiday sales)
FINAL CHANCE TO HAVE FUN AND GET RIPPED AT I HEART. (shes closing permanently after this weekend).

STOP BY AFTER WORK AND EXPECT THE FOLLOWING:
-boozin'
-tomfoolery
-wowch stuff on supersale ranging from $10 to 30 dollars, including kinda never before seen FALL/WINTER 2009 designs and one of a kind gems....
-DJ appearance by the remaining members of THe RaPTURE
-low priced on the spot caricature drawings provided by famous NYC artist J PENRY 
-hot chicks


Its your final chance to descend down that awkward stairwell entrance.........your final chance risking your life going thru that creepy hallway to the bathroom chambers.

AND While you're there why don't you buy a ticket for the DIE HEART WITH A VENGEANCE closing party on May 30th?

SPRING LINKS

Yeah Wowch had some mild internet buzz the other week cos of our latest Spring 09 lookbook.  check out some cool blurbs over at NY Magazine, Nylon, and Refinery 29.  To see the rest of the new images head over to www.wowch.com-----

Here's some tunes from one of my favorite genres.  AOR dance tracks.

Foreigner - Urgent

Golden Earring- Twilight Zone

Loverboy - Turn Me Loose

Styx - Too mUch Time On My Hands

DIE HEART

Bummer before the summer.   NOLITA has turned into a shoppers graveyard.  All this lousy economy talk has finally hit close to home.  WOWCH's favorite NY store I HEART is closing at the end of the month.   Lucky for us, they're going out with a bang.  On May 30th there's gonna be a a huge closing party with bands (CHILDREN and LOVE OR PERISH), DJs (J Penry, Max Pask, and yours truly), and free booze all nite.  You can buy a ticket at I HEART or try your luck at the door.  

AHHHHHH THE FRENCH (in the drunk orson welles voice)

So there's this Vans ad thats been up around NYC and in a few magazine featuring Sarah from the fancy Parisian store Colette. And yeah she's wearing the classic ST. BIRDNARD Wowch t-shirt. I'm no advertising wiz, but if I was paying top dollar I would make an attempt to feature the company's product somewhere in there. Unfortunately, I'm an idiot t-shirt designer who's just happy to get more free publicity. THANKS VANs.

I'm gonna assume that the photographer just showed up randomly at the store and Sarah just happened to being wearing WOWCH. And yes, Wowch has been fortunate enough to be stocked in Colette for a few years now too. We stillllllllllllllllllllll got it.

it's been awhile since I posted some tunes. Here ya go frenchy....

Franc Gall - Der Computer Nr 3
Serge Gainsbourg - Cannabis
Jean-Claude Vannier - Mort Du Roi Des Mouches

SIMPLE SAMPLE

ZANY OAK PHOToSHOOT

That wonderful store OAK asked me to do an editorial photo shoot for them a few months ago. I personally love coming up with ideas for this kinda stuff, but am always restrained to focus on t-shirts. Of course once given a lil bit of freedom I forgo including any shirts whatsoever! Anyway I have yet to see the nice peeps over at Oak post the pics on their website which is kind of bummer cos they look pretty sweet. I don't wanna see them waste away on my desktop so I'm gonna share some with y'all.












photography by Laura Helms
styling by Charlotte Greville
jackets provided by OAK
models - CoCo & Owen

OH CRAP ITS HALLOWEEN

Yeah kinda my favorite holiday....even though October seems to notoriously shit on me. I won't grudge u Halloween. Ok so let me cut n paste some details on this junk.

THURSDAY OCT 30th PIZZA PARTY AT HEATHERS (7pm-?)
HALLOWEEN PREVIEW --- Lets celebrate without the gay/hetero costumes

we are going to sacrifice 3 of my favourite virgins for the fall pizza harvest this evening.We don't want to upset the Pizza Godz now do we?

Come say goodbye to the purest of pure ----
Justine D, Cara F, & Vivan T as they play some cool tunes while u stuff your fat face full of gourmet thin crust pizza !!

All the usual rules apply
MAx & KEv host
Happy Hour is 6-9 well drinks, wine, and tap beers are buy1 get 1, while Tecates are $2. Oh yeah and pizza shows up between 7 and 8 so good luck with that, chubby!

Friday
ENIDS HALLOWEENER PARTY TIME

If you're only gonna stop by 4 or 5 events on friday make sure ENIDS is atleast on your fall back list!

-Spooky fun time tunes brought to you by Max Wowch & J Penry.
-Horrific hosting provided by Jill RADshaw from I HEART.
-Creepy cocktails concocted by TOKO.
-Terrifyingly trippy treats for sale from Jason's new undertaking---LET THEM EAT CAKE.
-I'm pretty sure I'll have a smoke machine on sight for extra eeriness.
-As a lame bonus I'm gonna bring a buttload of shirts to toss out from the the DJ platform.


AND OF COURSE SOME HALLOWEENISH TUNES

France Gall - FRANKENSTEIN
The Vamps - Oba Oba Macumba
Mercyful Fate - Devil Eyes

WOWCH CHINATOWN BOOTLEG SHIRT. ONLY $12. Mens Sizes Small thru XL!!!

Mens Sizes Only

small medium large XLarge

Plenty of Hoopla but STILL NO FREEBIES!

OK So apparently the NY DAILY NEWS picked up on our story and confronted Mr Franco yesterday---

"What? That's ridiculous," Franco exclaimed. "We completely created that shirt and that shark. David wanted me to wear a purple Monterey Bay T-shirt with a whale on it. I said I wasn't into the whale shirt, so he came up with his own design, which was the shark."


Pretty quick on your toes Mr Franco, but I gotta admit it's the rest of the article that paints your real picture.........

Girl: You look familiar.

Franco: I dunno. Have we met?

Girl: I saw you on screen an hour ago.

Franco: On the street?

Girl: No! On the movie screen! You were in the movie we just saw!

Girl 2: I loved it. I'm [Name redacted].

Girl: I'm [Name redacted]. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Franco: Hi. I'm James.

Girl 2: Where are you from?

Franco: Well I'm moving here to New York City very soon ...

Publicist (interrupting): You know girls, this is the Daily News right here ...

Daily News: Give me two seconds, and then you can tell him everything that you ever wanted to.

Girl (grinning widely): Like all my favorite sexual positions?

Franco (turns to the Daily News and smirks): I'll borrow your tape recorder for that!

I've got to admit I didn't expect you to be so cunning, Mr Franco. Way to win over the nerd from the Daily News with some poon. I guess if I had submitted my original pic of the shark-cat shirt on a some hot half naked chick then everybody would jump to my defense a lot quicker.

ANYHOOCH

Still no word of my free passes. Plenty of bloggers jumping in on this potboiler though and we appreciate it . Thanks for all the sharp comments too.


OH And as you can see in the above photo the original shark-cat shirt is now avail in that cool dark heather grey all u kids seem to love. buy one here!!!!

WOWCH DEMANDS SATISFACTION

(click on any of these photos for a larger view)

YEAH We've boiling over this one for awhile now. The makers of Pineapple Express ripped off WOWCH bigtime. In 2005 we made 500+ of those Cat-In-A-Shark shirts for Urban Outfitters
that were heavily distributed in their larger markets like LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK. Here it is 3 years later and drug dealer bro in pothead movie supreme is wearing a faded grey tshirt with the exact same concept on the shirt.......only there's a catch. WOWCH DID NOT MAKE IT.

Here's what Mr James Franco had to say in a recent interview with Hollywood.com--

HW: Can you describe your shirt to our readers?
JF: This is actually a David Gordon Green design. There is a I think it’s supposed to be a Great White shark although it’s a bit shaded so it’s black. There’s a kitten in it that looks serene. It’s almost like it’s sleeping. I think the shark is not eating it, but carrying it to safety. The kitten was left out in the ocean and this shark decided to put it in it’s mouth and carry it to shore.


WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG. That cat's dead dude. Eaten Alive. Franco is crediting the director of the film, David Gordon Green, with designing the shirt. Man how'd Mr Green do that? Oh I see....he faded and darkened the grey, flipped the design, and change the cat from white to yellow. But hey ya know maybe James Franco got it wrong, like about 90% of his career choices since Freaks & Geeks. He kinda lucked out with his reoccurring, albeit cardboard- like performance in the Spiderman movies , cos most of his roles seem like the script landed on his desk after it was turned down by Ryan Gosling, Colin Farrell, That 70s Show cast, Paul Walker, Johnny Knoxville, Shia LaBOOF, Stiffler, and Cuba Gooding Jr.

Does a JUDD APATOW production think they can rip us off? Well according to some lawyers we chatted with, yeah kinda. Regardless, WOWCH is above financial demands and outrageous court costs. Cosmic retribution is heading your way ya funny movie guys and we've only got ONE DEMAND.

GIVE US FREE PASSES AND POPCORN. AND MAYBE A LARGE SODA THAT WE WILL PUT 2 STRAWS IN.

Fair is Fair. I want everyone who reads this to pass it on. Repost it. Link it. Hyperlink it. Evite your co-workers. Read it to the blind. Use the word VIRAL. Lets put the internet to use for once and get me some freebees! Somebody out there has to have a cousin or a pal in the industry that could easily forward this to somebody else that knows Mr Green or Mr Apatow (don't bother sending it to Mr Franco, I don't think he has much pull). I know for a fact that several of my friends claim they're 'down' with Spike Jonze, well prove it dudes cos everyone in Hollywood would listen up if they got an email or a text from him. WOWCH DEMANDS SATISFACTION. WE WANT TO SEE THE MOVIE. Matinee discounts won't cut it this time.

OH BY THE WAY. We're bringing that shirt outta retirement. $25 each.
Wanna buy one????? click here!!!


******UPDATE******
GAWKER picked up on this. Check it out -----> here.



BIGGGGGGER UPDATE

so many people are linked to my one dumb blog post I feel like my updated voice has not been heard so sadly I have to repost my new blog post within my old blog. These are the times we live in.................







OK So apparently the NY DAILY NEWS picked up on our story and confronted Mr Franco yesterday---

"What? That's ridiculous," Franco exclaimed. "We completely created that shirt and that shark. David wanted me to wear a purple Monterey Bay T-shirt with a whale on it. I said I wasn't into the whale shirt, so he came up with his own design, which was the shark."


Pretty quick on your toes Mr Franco, but I gotta admit it's the rest of the article that paints your real picture.........

Girl: You look familiar.

Franco: I dunno. Have we met?

Girl: I saw you on screen an hour ago.

Franco: On the street?

Girl: No! On the movie screen! You were in the movie we just saw!

Girl 2: I loved it. I'm [Name redacted].

Girl: I'm [Name redacted]. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Franco: Hi. I'm James.

Girl 2: Where are you from?

Franco: Well I'm moving here to New York City very soon ...

Publicist (interrupting): You know girls, this is the Daily News right here ...

Daily News: Give me two seconds, and then you can tell him everything that you ever wanted to.

Girl (grinning widely): Like all my favorite sexual positions?

Franco (turns to the Daily News and smirks): I'll borrow your tape recorder for that!

I've got to admit I didn't expect you to be so cunning, Mr Franco. Way to win over the nerd from the Daily News with some poon. I guess if I had submitted my original pic of the shark-cat shirt on a some hot half naked chick then everybody would jump to my defense a lot quicker.

ANYHOOCH

Still no word of my free passes. Plenty of bloggers jumping in on this potboiler though and we appreciate it . Thanks for all the sharp comments too.


OH And as you can see in the above photo the original shark-cat shirt is now avail in that cool dark heather grey all u kids seem to love. buy one here!!!!

also CELEBRITIES.COM posted some serious proof on our behalf....an employee that actually bought the shirt from Urban Outfitters back in the day gladly posing in his original shark/cat WOWCH shirt. check it out!!!!!!

YACHT ROCK IS STILL COOL

NEXT TUESDAY
I'm playing smooth records on a boat. Others will be too. Who doesn't wanna get ripped on a boat while I play dad music? Its only 5 bucks ya cheapskate! Here's the official press release info:

Metromix.com and amNewYork's Artist Now
Present:
YACHT ROCK!
[a boat-centric boat party]

featuring DJs
MAX WOWCH
LAUREN FLAX
ROBOT BLAIR + DAVID BRUNO
Boatin' attire strongly suggested.
On board the *Jewel* boarding at 7 pm promptly departing at 8:00, back in the dock by 11:00 pm.
Tickets $5 advance (all proceeds going to The Food Bank) - $10 at the dock
** Go GET EM:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=286555 **
**NOTE: You can only buy one ticket per email address**
*This party is 18+*

God only knows why I have top billing.

HERE ARE 2 OF MY CURRENT FAV SMOOTHIES

paul davis - COOL NIGHT
starbuck - MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT


oh and BTW----they're still making Yacht Rock videos now with celebrity cameos! check it out

BLIP ON THE RADAR

Yeah for some reason Tokion did a lil summer tshirt photoshoot for their website/blog. I'm not sure why either. I'm gonna assume Uniqlo paid for it cos their shirts are all up in it, as well as Tonite, Built By Wendy, and Lead Derby. Regardless there's no such thing as lousy press, plus the pics are kind of pleasant in a real harmless, breezy fashion. So enjoy some summer jams while gazing at the youthful blissful tshirt scene.

Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
Gary Wilson - Groovy Girls Make Love at The Beach
Danzig - Dirty Black Summer

TODD IN 2H

SO Yeah as you may have noticed from the above photos my neighbor surfer dude Todd in 2H is kind of a big deal. I've spent so many sleepless nights contemplating how such a nice dude has so many celebrity bigshot friends. Finally it hit me. He's a stalker! Or maybe a really successful grifter. No silly he's a NYC artist! When I first was introduced I was told he's the guy who paints bands live while they're performing....Dinosaur Jr and Guided By Voices to name a few. Young Hip bands too I just don't remember which ones. He told me he was hired by Nylon to paint the Misshapes DJ at art basel the other year and that afterwards they awkwardly asked him if they could have the painting. His answer was like yeah if you give me 20 grand.

He's having a big party on Tuesday at Santa's. I get to DJ with that 70s show guy and I promised Todd I wouldn't be snarky to him. I swear guys I'll be on my best behavior.

here are some of of my fav jams right now. enjoy!

Jet - Antler
Television Personalities - How I Larned to Love The Bomb
Simple Minds - I Travel (extended 12)
Cheap Trick - Everything Works If You Let It

I WENT MAD And Hit ROCKBOTTOM.

Jeez Louize I have not been a faithful blogger lately. whats my problem????

I blame the following 2 videos along with Mr Michael Schenker.Yeah he was a sweet guitar player and by the time he was 17 had already been in the Scorpions and UFO. Eat shit Conor Oberst.



crap. UFO performing Rock Bottom live on German TV is even better, but the jerkwad who posted it disabled the embedding. Anyway if u wanna see some guy in a suit on acid take his clothes off and dance on stage click on this link here


So yeah these vids back2back must of tapped into some bizarro wasted alter ego of mine cos my brain has been operating on a different frequency ever since. Lets just hope I don't start wearing a denim vest with no shirt this summer.

hey while we're at it why don't u DOWNLOAD these jams in MP3 form and lose your shit walking to the subway every morning?

I'm Going Mad
ROCK BOTTOM

oh BTWs Pizza Party Happy Hour Returns next week.....I'll post a flyer soon!

BOOKS & BEERS & BUDDIES

this aint centered right. click on it for full details!

LONGEST GOODEST FRIDAY

hey what can I say. I'm a bad friend. I want my blog to be so gosh darn good that if i can't focus all love towards it I just completely ignore it like one of my future stepchildren. but anyway.....



got a full page in the current issue of NYLON (the kills are on the cover----man they are so cool smoking cigarettes on stage and wearing all black and leather. how original) . Its some article on American fashion in England? or English fashion interpreted by americans? I dunno man to be honest I got bored 2 paragraphs into the silly thing. All I know is that UK shops and showrooms have always been snooty to us so sorry guys aint gonna see WOWCH on that side of the pond anytime soon. Regardless I think we all can agree that the pic is topnotch one of the best I've ever seen any wowch in. word.



Yeah I guess not many people know my animosity for most museums and galleries in general.
But man the new $64 million NEW MUSEUM on Bowery is right by my JMZ stop so I have the displeasure of having to 'Logan's Run' by it every other day of the week. The future is soooo awesome......and clean! Anyway the worst part is that its set up right next to a couple of homeless shelters so I get the unfortunate juxtopostion of tourists and art students waiting in line to buy crap from the gift shop a few yards away from haggard street people waiting in line for a meal and shelter. UP YOURS New Museum. Ya looked more the part when you were on Broadway next to Victoria Secret.



its my old friend Cara's bday tonite. J Penry are gonna play goth and synth tunes ala OUTLAND back in the college days. here are some tunes for your troubles....they cover all todays subject matters and a lil bit more. whoopie!

The Long Good Friday

Slip It To The Android

Jolene (goth version)

Funky Punk

GET WOWCH TO DO IT FOR YOU

Holidays are dunzo so expect some more posts sooooooon......

but in the meantime watch this

Death to Wowch

Earlier this year we got solicited to participate in a 'DEATH' themed group art show. FYI-- Wowch is always more than happy to contribute any high school stoner misfit imagery for any occasions. The curator was nice enough to give us 4 or 5 months notice and of course I waited til the last week to do it. What the curator forgot to do was provide us with any invitations or information about the opening. WHOOPS. So yeah I really can't tell you a gosh darn thing on how it went. Wasn't there. I have no idea what other stuff was in the show or even where it was. No biggie. I recall life being kinda hectic at the time anyway.

Atleast I know one person liked it , cos when I picked the piece up from the currator a few months later she had it hanging above her faux-fireplace. Did I mention its 30" x 40" and framed? pretty cool....... It's currently hanging above our garbage can and is for sale.


I'm bored to death, so here are some deathly tunes.

the walker bros - death of romance (sweet sexxxy sax)
the wipers - better off dead (from their first 7". makes me think of the movie)
goblin - death dies (sounds like the perfect scary movie chase scene)
pagan altar - judgement of the dead (sabbath wannabes with creeper analog keyboards)

Backstage Ass

Hey Buddies. ENON is on tour for the next year. If you're cool enough to go see them u can purchase a Wowch designed shirt that might look like this. A few things about Enon....

- John used to be in a rad band from Ohio called Brainiac. As a teen I had a tumultuous relationship with their music. I loved the records, but every time I went to see them I always got pissed off. I confronted John on this recently, pointing out the fact that he once kicked a row of empty beer bottles on the front of the stage into the crowd, directly into my knees. His defense was that the bar (Staches) was lousy at busing empties and that the stage was too high. Gotta love that response. Here's a jam from their 2nd album.

braniac - hot metal dobermans

- Toko used to be in a buncha bands, most notably BLONDE REDHEAD. She has funny stories about how awkward it was touring with them. They kinda frowned upon her drinking. They scolded her for taking showers after 'bedtime.' I think she mentioned they even had to go to a band psychiatrist, although I could be making that one up. Anyway when she aint making music, she's the funnest bartender around over at that bar Enids in Williamsburg. Don't ask me which came first...Enids or Enon. My brain can't handle it. This track is my favourite from their new album....

enon - those who don't blink

yesssssirrreeeeee

Jacques & Justin downstairs
Max & Martin upstairs.
oh what a night.

another awesomely awful attempt at making a flyer in 5 minutes. Space is the place I tell ya. I LUV all the blogs that drop all the dreamy 70s science fiction tunes. Everyone always forgets about Hawkwind for some reason. Not me!

HAWKWIND - Nuclear Toy

ok I'll be back later today with something more wowchish I promise!!!