Archive for March, 2008
Limited edition WOOOOO T’s by Carlos Valencia!
Read the rest of this entryShot the cover of Wooooo #6 over the weekend.
Here’s Nocito doing what he does best- The Nocito Shuffle.
Then we went off and made some Guinness vaginas.
The only one caught on camera was average at best…
T-shirts! T-shirst! T-sthirts! It’s Spring!
Coming…
Dear Jason,
Wooooo #5 just arrived in my mailbox, and I am downright disgusted…
by how great it is! It is by far the best thing that I have read all day, and let me tell you that my opinion matters! Until today, the word “interview” made me cringe– in other magazines the pieces on these fantastic artist-people seem to revel in their accomplishments while casually discussing how exciting and fabulous their lives are. I’m like “wow!” and “that’s terrific!” while reading that shit, but am secretly bored and depressed and feeling guilty about how badly I SUCK by comparison. The contrast is just too intense for my frail ego. The stuff in Wooooo, however, is such relief! That Jerry Hsu interview? Hello! Too good! It’s real, it’s funny, it’s a rare treat! It’s like… It’s so good that I just wanna… It’s better than… WOOOOO IS SO FUCKING AWESOME!!!
I noticed that on the last page there is an ad for work– is this a joke? Do you really hire help? Man, I would work for free. I’m just graduating from college next month and already have a job lined up in Tokyo for the fall, but I really, really want to work on something like Wooooo really bad. For serious. Isn’t there a job for me? Isn’t there ANY thing I could do? I’ll even work your day-job while you do the magazine. No, wait, not that. But anything else! Let me know if you want me to send in some naked photos or whatever. You’re the best!
Sincerely,
Sam Metteer
That was nice.
Today is a sucky day here at the WOOOOO HQ. It’s raining, the cover shoot got rescheduled, we ran out of tea… could be worse-
We could be ‘Ricky’, the most bummed out kid who ever lived.
Here’s another excellent example of how to approach people you don’t know with a request-
Hi Mr. Crombie,
Do you need an intern at Wooooo for the summer?I go to film school at Bard College and
would like to work at Wooooo. I tried to work at Index Magazine as an intern last
summer, but they didn’t have anything for me to do since they stopped printing the
magazine. I work on weekends now, but I will be available
to work during the week starting in May or June. My cell phone number is (XXX) XXX-XXXXX. My
name is Sam Hayes. thanks
The ‘Mr.’ bit was an excellent touch.
We do reply to letters by the way. We don’t just post our favorites on the site.
The best thing about doing Wooooo is all the cool stuff we get in the mail. Mostly we get Zines like the one below by Alexandra Witjas. So awesome.
She did this one too…
And this one from Kate Moss! The Vancouver Kate Moss.
Just as hot, twice as creative.
Radical-balls. keep ‘em coming!
Dear Wooooo,
Montreal is a third world nation when it comes to fast food. We got our first Taco Bell last year. We have McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s but seriously, I want TGIFriday’s, Chili’s et al. I have to drive to Vermont to get that shit, although Burlington, VT is hard. True story. If I liked kids I’d have some and raise them there. But I hate kids. They’re always leaking clear goo. Not jokes. Next time you’re near a baby look at its nose and mouth. $50 says there’s a substance oozing out. Filth. Yeah, yeah I was once a baby and I probably leaked clear crap too but now I’m 26 and can control my drool and boogers. I might have Ryan Adams’ baby if he asked. I love his music. That’d be one fucked up child though. I should call my therapist.
I’m a horrible person but I’m guessing you caught all that already. I also suffer from OCD but not like wash your hands every 5 minutes OCD the other kind where I hate everyone and want to not touch things. Oh and I cry a lot, especially during NFL games. And plus I’m a pessimist. Not like one of those piece of shit hipsters who are all like “I’m so cynical and jaded because I’m 27 and an artist and I listen to Leonard Cohen on vinyl in my loft that my parents pay for.” FYmotherfuckingI, if you can openly classify yourself as cynical and jaded you are not cynical and jaded; you’re a pretentious prick.
When I was twelve the self-hatred began. I still hate myself now, the only difference is I have a University degree and my own car. It could be creative Jew thing. It is my understanding that all creative Jews hate themselves which makes us great writers, actors, directors and…accountants. Am I right, Seth Rogan?
We’re having this meteorological apocalypse. The problem with Montreal is when it snows it’s like not a big deal. Everywhere else in North America with the exception of Buffalo and maybe Green Bay (Brett Favre thank you for retiring. You annoy me.) Places shut down when there’s even one fleury. No, not in Mount Real. I’m stupid pissed because they, whoever the fuck they are, are projecting snow for the next 7 days. I’m already suffering from the winter of my discontent but I feel like I’m stuck in a halfway house for the year 1997 but 1997′s been on heroin since 1996 and keeps stealing money out of your purse to score junk. And you’re all like “Come on 1997, it’s time to get clean already”. And 1997′s all like “Fuck you, you don’t own me. I don’t see no rings on these fingers. I’m a be where I’m at!” (Eddie Murphyism) So you wrestle 1997 to the floor and yell “This is for your own good 1997!” You hold 1997 down and call the authorities. They come and take 1997 to Le Cirque lodge in Utah where the Lohan faux rehabbed but 1997 ends up escaping and comes back acting like nothing happened and steals money from your purse again.
Uh yeah, I’m a writer* and want to write for Wooooo. You’ll probably just post this email on your website and with the heading “Look what this crazy bitch from Montreal has to say” but it’s worth a shot.
Sincerely,
Elisabeth Galina
Whoa!
This book is awesome. You should read it! It’s all about this dude riding his trumpet around the world. Amazing stuff.
DOUCHE BAGS!
When I was a kid there was this church on the corner and it had a massive sign out the front that they would write christiany stuff on. One time the sign said ‘Guess who’s coming?’ They were talking about Jesus. Jesus was coming.
But someone spray painted ‘Pearl Jam’ at the bottom… which was true.
So good…
And the award for ‘most wrongest shit we’ve seen this week’ goes to…
The dudes at Ink Floyd saw the Rue fest last week and sent over this, the greatest t-shirt ever! And it just gave me the greatest idea of my life! Porn mags made out of fabric! Actually, that’s convenience gone mad.
Ink Floyd are awesome anyway, they’ll print your t-shirts real good.
Check the site.
New favorite place on the interwebster-
Right. Now get the bike.
So we’re trying to scan number one so youse can read it, its not available anymore, we only printed about 2000 and we gave them all away, there’s like six left here at the office, which is pretty stupid…
We might just run text and pics on a separate page, but then you wont see Andre’s layouts…
Do you guys even care? I mean it’s pretty crappy… Let me know.
In the mean time, please keep sending stuff like this-
This shit is k-razy! sorry if you saw it before, we’re a little behind on what’s cool… mainly because we’re too busy doing cool stuff.
Have a look at Jaimie’s pics if you haven’t already… oh, you have? jeeez, excuse me mr.cool-penis!
Here’s a real letter we received today! Very, very, amazing.
Dear Dominique,
For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to work in fashion. I have completed a BTEC in Fashion and Textile design with a Distinction, and am currently in my second year studying Fashion Design at Nottingham Trent University.
I am writing to you because I am hoping to gain some work experience within the fashion world and I feel that a placement at Wooooo Magazine would greatly help me one day achieve my dream of one day working in fashion. I have attatched a copy of my CV.
I would love for the opportunity to discuss any opportunities you may have with you further. Please do not hesitate to contact me on… etc…
Who the hell is Dominique?
Jeff from Choke Motorcycles keeps sending us pictures of these insane looking kids. Really hope they can’t read.
Johnny Misheff has finally released a book of his photography! There’s only 30 copies so if your a collector of rare stuff…
We’re in the process of scanning issue #1 to post up on the site. You can’t buy it anymore so you can check it out here soon. Until then- look at this dude!
Now look at this guy!!
Now look at Rue McClanahan!
If you ever saw Wooooo #1 you would have read the interview with Blonde Redhead drummer Simone Pace. Here he is with his bikes and drums in a little video we found on coolhunting.com… we covered all this about four years ago but it’s still interesting… hhahahhahahaha! Scooped! Just kidding Ami. X