Mental Pick

Fab Food, Massive Music, and Drivel

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Paste-up by Basquiat’s studio… #graffiti #stencilart #streetart #wallporn #wall #pasteup #mural #urbanwalls #street #stickerart #urbanart #sprayart #tag #graffitiporn #publicspacetakeover #nycgraffiti #boxtruck #artinnyc #streetscenes #streetstyle #streetartnyc #graffitinyc #urbanstyle #urbanexploration #urbanstreetart #streetartanarchy #urbanvisionaries #hypebeast #nyc (at Basquiat World) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5iBwSpKqs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Razor Crest is a beast! At over 6100 pieces, the build weighs a good 20 or 25 pounds…took me about a week to complete, and one of the biggest and best builds I’ve done, thanks to my amazing wife… #lego #legophotography #madalorian #starwars (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5hp7NpaOR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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So the project was a Japanese Braised Pork…Kakuni. First I started with an amazing piece of Mugifuji pork belly from Canada, from the amazing guys @japanpremiumbeef Then the process was first searing then simmering for 3 hours. Then a second simmer with homemade dashi, saki, mirin, soy, sugar and ginger…another hour there…and the result, these beautiful nuggets. Slapped them inside some rice buns…BAM! Nearly 5 hours to prepare…eaten down in 10 minutes… #kakuni #porkbelly #foodporn #japanesecuisine (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CostuUbp_tQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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RIP Trugoy…painful. What of my all time favorite albums. My sophomore year of college when this was released…it’s one of those rare albums where there isn’t a single bad track on the album… #rip #delasoul https://www.instagram.com/p/ColTHmANd3M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Mission accomplished! Don’t think I left work as fast as I did to make it to Target before it closed…let’s see what all the hype is about. One serving, on cookie… #oreo (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoYoGX_NOnl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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One of the most amazing Lego builds I’ve done! Took me about a week to complete at about 2 hours a day. A total of 6,187 pieces, definitely the largest set I’ve built. It’s huge and weight probably over 20 pounds…now, where to display it… #lego #legostarwars #starwars #mandalorian #legophotography (at Harlem) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoP7MyOpzhZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Made it to the halfway point with the Razor Crest build… #lego #legostarwars #starwars #mandolorian (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn70yaas3Hv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dope pixel art mural at the 2nd Avenue F Stop #graffiti #stencilart #streetart #wallporn #wall #pasteup #mural #urbanwalls #street #stickerart #urbanart #sprayart #tag #graffitiporn #publicspacetakeover #nycgraffiti #boxtruck #artinnyc #streetscenes #streetstyle #streetartnyc #graffitinyc #urbanstyle #urbanexploration #urbanstreetart #streetartanarchy #urbanvisionaries #hypebeast #nyc (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7XvyCpZOe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dope pixel art mural at the 2nd Avenue F Stop #graffiti #stencilart #streetart #wallporn #wall #pasteup #mural #urbanwalls #street #stickerart #urbanart #sprayart #tag #graffitiporn #publicspacetakeover #nycgraffiti #boxtruck #artinnyc #streetscenes #streetstyle #streetartnyc #graffitinyc #urbanstyle #urbanexploration #urbanstreetart #streetartanarchy #urbanvisionaries #hypebeast #nyc https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7XZPepxWg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Razor Crest is coming right along…day 3 of build, and almost half way there… #lego #razorcrest #mandalorian #starwars #legostarwars (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2uqhmpEFL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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First day of The Razor Crest build…this is definitely a fun one…a couple of thousand more pieces to go… #lego #legostarwars #starwars #mandalorian (at Harlem) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnyLopJNXTt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Paste-up in Meatpacking… #graffiti #stencilart #streetart #wallporn #wall #pasteup #mural #urbanwalls #street #stickerart #urbanart #sprayart #tag #graffitiporn #publicspacetakeover #nycgraffiti #boxtruck #artinnyc #streetscenes #streetstyle #streetartnyc #graffitinyc #urbanstyle #urbanexploration #urbanstreetart #streetartanarchy #urbanvisionaries #hypebeast #nyc (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnmvm4ap-nq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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And my birthday surprise from my Small One…not too small of a Lego project…biggest set I will be doing to date! #lego #mandalorian #starwars #legophotography (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnj7ehGuR2L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Me and my pops…yes, I was born in an era where sepia tone photographs were still kinda normal, and not a smartphone camera effect… (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnhrs8BJGJu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Yup… #nyc https://www.instagram.com/p/CnhnimIJHWC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A little Lower East Side action… #graffiti #stencilart #streetart #wallporn #wall #pasteup #mural #urbanwalls #street #stickerart #urbanart #sprayart #tag #graffitiporn #publicspacetakeover #nycgraffiti #boxtruck #artinnyc #streetscenes #streetstyle #streetartnyc #graffitinyc #urbanstyle #urbanexploration #urbanstreetart #streetartanarchy #urbanvisionaries #hypebeast #nyc (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnchKufJLD1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It was 40 years ago last month that the legendary band Bad Brains performed at the iconic CBGBs in downtown Manhattan. This mural is across the street from the now defunct venue. Which made me think…a club like CBGBs probably could not survive in the current music world. Firstly, there’s really no such thing as a musical movement, or a genre defining band. Doesn’t exist really. CBGBs was a venue that existed in the right moment in time. Yeah, sure there are “underground” bands that are not a part of the mainstream, but are they going to break out and coin the next musical movement, like for example Nirvana? I don’t think so…but that’s my humble opinion. Pretty much all music is commercialized and disposable in the digital world…but again, that’s my opinion… #graffiti #stencilart #streetart #wallporn #wall #pasteup #mural #urbanwalls #street #stickerart #urbanart #sprayart #tag #graffitiporn #publicspacetakeover #nycgraffiti #obey #artinnyc #streetscenes #streetstyle #streetartnyc #graffitinyc #urbanstyle #shepardfairey #urbanstreetart #streetartanarchy #urbanvisionaries #hypebeast #nyc (at CBGB & OMFUG) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnCu__-pmXH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=