Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Old Spice x Superman Deodarant @ SDCC

We've pleaded with deodorant companies to sponsor us, a booth or just give out free samples at Anime Expo to no avail. We're glad Old Spice had the courage...maybe because we only asked Unilever based companies.

If anyone brings some to AX next year, bring a truck full. 

Monday, July 28, 2025

Tesla Diner Opened To Mixed Views

The Tesla Diner opened last Monday at 4:20 pm (bad joke intended) to many people's surprise. No formal Grand Opening invites sent out to local media or really any media. It just opened and then people waited to try it out. It serves to the general public, but if you own a Tesla you seem to get faster service. That seemed especially true its launch week with all the hiccups and problems the restaurant is having as it just starts out. People really want to see a robot give them popcorn it seems.

It has more problems than a malfunctioning popcorn robot as protestors find it to be the ideal location to mock Musk. 

You can read about it's problems and fans trying to get a bite over the last week from these two articles on it.

Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out

 ‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters have a new target: Elon Musk’s Tesla Diner



 

Sunday, July 27, 2025

The Devil's Lettuce: A 90s Anti-Drug PSA Kickstarter

 
 
We highly recommend putting your money behind SkyCorp's latest vid speaking about the troubles of "The Devil's Lettuce."
 
You only have a few days left to give here, but the goal has already been reached. 

Friday, July 25, 2025

Chillax With Criterion

If you ain't at Comic-Con chillax at the movies this weekend or with your Criterion Collection/ Channel. We are such a movie people city. 

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Battle Royale Screening July 30th

 

Before your Hunger Games and Squid Games the Japanese had already made Battle Royale. Setting up the genre of teenagers who have to kill each other at the amusement for others in a dystopian future. It doesn't pull it's punches, it's just a brutal as any modern revision-ing of forcing people to battle to the death.

You can see it back on the big screen thanks to the Asian World Film Festival, which is not a film festival going on right now, it just doesn't have an orginzation formally behind it. It's like when BeyondFest sponsors movie showings when the festival isn't going on.

Anyway, here's the link to tickets

Wed, Jul 30, 7:30 PM
The Culver Theater
9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
$15.49
 
 

Cole's French Dip Closing Aug 2nd

 

Cole's, a classic LA restaurant is closing after 117 years. You have 'til August 2nd to try their very well know French Dip, which they say they invented, but it's up for debate.
 
118 East 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90014
 

 more info over at DTNewsLA

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Mmmm, What's That Smell? Fresh Corpse? The Corpse Flower "Green Boy" Is About To Bloom

 

 It's that special time in a young man or woman's life when their parent or some other family member drags them to a giant flower that smells awful. Yes, The Corpse Flower dubbed "Green Boy" is about to open up and reek of human death at the Huntington. Check out their website for when it is in full bloom and if and older relative drag a child or teenager to it as the defy you or or horrified over the concept.

We love the shirts for the event. Designed by UK artist, Candy Joyce, this graphic tee celebrates the Corpse Flower blooms at The Huntington.