Comic Books Featured Kevin Smith’s Filthy Dirty Happy Hour and Smodcast: Comic-Con 2010

July 25, 2010 - 2:46 pm

Smith and Mewes

If anything, Kevin Smith’s happy hour and Smodcast was a thankful reassurance that he, Jason Mewes and Scott Mosier are really just replicants of their on-screen counterparts — so if you’re easily offended by any dialogue or language from his movies, stop here. Then again, one might ask: why the f**k would you be reading this?

But I actually didn’t even find out about the live podcast until the last minute — getting into it was a bit cloak-and-dagger, but made it seem more worth it just because it was a bit of a challenge.  To get your ticket you had to:

1)check the Smodcast Facebook page at certain times of the day,
2)get to a certain divulged location within 5 minutes, and
3)say a password to one of Kevin’s pals at ETNIES who were sponsoring the project. It was being held at the SE Hotel downtown, a mile or two from the convention center — so after getting the password (“Silent Bob”) I grabbed my sh*t and hauled ass down to the SE.

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New York City July 4th in New York: Red White and Brews

July 9, 2010 - 4:41 pm

NYC 4th of July

Dorks on one side of the line.  Cool kids on the other.  This high school dichotomy holds fast for much of New York nightlife, and it’s something that Seen Magazine is trying to change.  Starting with their launch party.

On July 4th, Seen Magazine, the street wear brand Mishka, and the Comic Books Legal Defense Fund threw an epic party at Water Taxi Beach, artificial patch of sand and neon palm trees on the East River. Music by Beach Fossils and the Death Set blasted as the sun set over Manhattan.

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