Honestly, I don’t remember the last time I read a book. The not-so-sad truth is most mooks don’t read. When we do, it’s usually on the Internet. A meme, perhaps a tweet, maybe a short news story or cool science article at best. For most of you readers, a Mook Life post is the most you’ve read outside of forced school work. Half the visitors probably never read the articles and just scroll through the photos anyway… This is why our new installment about books will focus on photo books and ‘zines. If you love our website and enjoy our photographic content, I strongly suggest the following literary gems… The first book is called Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera. It’…
Wherever The BROXE Takes Me
The origins of the word Broxe can be traced back to Tommy’s house, where many magical things happen when we’re broxing on the blue couch. If you’re from Quebec and you were smart enough to learn French, you are probably familiar with the term une brosse. “J’ai passer une criss de grosse brosse hier” which pretty much means “I got really hammered last night”. If you know Tommy even just a little, you know he likes to get hammered and fucked-up and he often does it in his boxers. So like most of our bastardized language, he smashed the word brosse with boxers to make BROXE, which is an indicator that you’re getting…
Big Ces Rocked The Tuff City Yard 2013
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The Brazilian pelican. Great art by Mateus Bailon from Brazil…
The Brazilian pelican. Great art by Mateus Bailon from Brazil (http://globalstreetart.com/bailon).
That’s freaking amazing! This is Smates in Belgium…
That’s freaking amazing! This is Smates in Belgium (http://globalstreetart.com/smates). We salute you sir!
Gilf Covers Gentrification in NYC
Here's a great piece by Gilf, tackling the concept of gentrification rapidly happening in New York City