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Jason Crombie is a writer and the Editor in Chief for Monster Children.

I’ve been reading Monster Children for years whether it was for skateboarding, art, music, cars, girls, not porn, travel, design, photography, the list goes on.

I have a stack of Monster Children in my USM Haller. No flex. Not porn.

In 2003, Jason created the magazine Wooooo that featured Thurston Moore, Mark Gonzales, Zach Galifianakis, James Dean’s roommate, and Michelle Williams, among other lesser-known individuals which would probably feature me at some point.

Wooooo established Jason as someone able to conduct interviews and cobble sentences together, which resulted in real writing work. Then more work.

My favorite part of his bio is:

Jason mentions that he was able to quit his job at the dildo factory and begin living the frightening and unpredictable life of a freelance scribe.

So that means I no longer work at the dildo factory as well.

Jason  contributed features and interviews to publications such as ID, Vice, Saturdays, Fantastic Man, V Magazine, and more.

Jason also provided creative direction and copy for many brands, including Nike, Adidas, Canon, Vans, Burton, and Budweiser.

In 2012, Jason became Editor in Chief of Monster Children magazine. Turns out he has been working on a non-fiction novel since 2017.

This is one of the moments where I’ve known about Jason’s work for years but never really mentioned it to anybody because nobody asks.

I used to steal Monster Children’s at Barnes and Noble but now I can afford them. Not a flex. Not porn.

Please welcome Jason Crombie to Wear Many Hats.

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Rich Tu is a first generation Filipino American  and I am not.

Well I am first generation though. Malaysian American, which is kind of the first time I’ve ever said that.

Rich is a Creative Director, Designer, Illustrator, and artist who has held roles at MTV, ViacomCBS and Nike.

Rich has a podcast called First Generation Burden which focuses on diversity within the creative industry.

I first met Rich when he showed up to our Dahsar release in collaboration with type foundry, Commercial Type held in Soho, when I sold him a T-Shirt from that collection. Little did I know we had legends in the building.

Rich sported the Dahsar T-Shirt in the Uniqlo campaign and it’s there is also a photo of him rocking it on the bio of his website.

Rich does talks all over the world, has artist representation with Sunday Afternoon agency, and has won many awards as a designer.

This is the First Generation Burden podcast offshoot.

Please welcome Rich Tu to Wear Many Hats.

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Saeed Ferguson is a designer, photographer, and is heavily rooted in the streetwear community.

You may know him as the face of All Caps Studio. But I know him as the smiling face I loved to see every time I walked into Abakus Takeout, now Ps and Qs.

Even though me and Saeed would chat it up when I saw him at the shops he worked at respectfully, we would never talk about streetwear. We would talk about things that actually mattered.

Topics such as living in our new space, studios, design, coffee, music, social justice and community.

Saeed’s voice matches his face. It’s friendly, I could never see him mad. Everyone gets mad but I’ve never seen Saeed mad or angry. I don’t even know what that’s like. He’s such a great dude. If I make him laugh I know I’m cut out to be a comedian.

As long as the grass grows and the water flows.

Please welcome Saeed Ferguson to Wear Many Hats.

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Emily Burtner is a freelance print designer, photographer, clothing designer, and custom embroiderer..

I’ve been running  into Emily everywhere whether it’s in Philly or NYC but honestly I could have ran into her everywhere. I never went to MICA but who knows I could have ran into her there.

Ran into Emily at Yowie, a lifestyle shop & design studio in Philly run by friend Shannon Maldonado.

The last time I went to PhillyMOCA was to see Emily’s band Marge play and they were so sick.

We’re on an Island, Thousand Island, the best salad dressing of all time.

Please welcome Emily Burtner to Wear Many Hats.

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Olivia Reid Cooper is a Creative Director and/or Art Director, pick your poison.

Based in New York City, Olivia worked for Barbarian, Laundry Service, and Annex88.

Olivia loves dogs. Hot dog joint.

Please welcome Olivia Reid Cooper to Wear Many Hats.

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Hassan Ayub is a Brand Manager who he says does a lot of other things. That includes being a stylist for shoots, account management, event coordination, overall client experience, troubleshooting, and product placement.

This is all going down at Yony. A brand that I discovered through a friend and guest of the show, comedian Nick Thune.

I met Hassan at the Yony store in LA cruising down La Brea. Me and friend and guest of the show, Harry Gassel took the day off and were bopping to stores checking out what LA had to offer.

Me and Hassan immediately hit it off where he was talking to me about plans on how he wanted to start a brand and podcast. Well guess what Hassan, it starts here. Right on WMH.

Please welcome Hassan Ayub to Wear Many Hats.

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Talk Magazine Issue 4 is available now featuring a ton of amazing creatives, designers, with the best ads with all your favorite brands. Created and edited by our guest today, Harry Gassel.

You can buy it now at talk-is.cheap

Check out the Food Issue that Commercial Type released. The Kuih Cafe segment is one of favorite reads. Illustrations by Derrick Schultz and written by mutual friend, Christian Schwartz along with Veronica Gan and Barnny Lim.

More typefaces from the Commercial Type Vault at Vault.CommercialType.com

Wear Many Hats has released a new wheatpaste poster campaign by friend and guest of the show, Ryan Evans featuring characters that suit the podcast in hats. Dahsar Hats. Now pasted all over Philly. We’ve also made stickers that are blasted all over New York, Philly, and LA.

As always be sure to check out more of what we’re doing at dahsar.com and wearmanyhats.com

Hey everyone it’s Rashad and this is Wear Many Hats presented by Dahsar where we talk about your main gig then we talk about your side hustle.

Abigail West not related to

Also known as Crab, also known as abby.

Abby is a music manager that works in the music industry. Currently she is a senior manager in Digital Partnerships at AEG.

Abby’s got famous friends, weird friends, but not friends like us. Has lived in LA for quite sometime but can actually have a real conversation, and from the big state of Texas.

Harry Gassel is a Design Director, focused on editorial, branding and creative strategy. He is the founding editor and creative director of Talk Magazine. Currently an Art Director at Apple.

I am staying with Harry in Hollywood. Yes, we are doing this podcast live in Hollywood.

The two were blasting Taylor Swift together. Coming down from Beachwood Canyon straight from Beachwood Cafe. Doesn’t get more LA than that with the Hollywood sign behind us.

Spicy is what the theme of this trip is about. Spicy from the hand tattoo I just got from Leweelyn. Spicy from all the walks we did every morning.

We’ve got Max “Baby Gooby baby dog bubble gum shrimp.” Crab’s Cute dog.

Harry broke his rule again on coming on podcasts. No I didn’t pay him $10,000.

Please welcome Abigail West and Harry Gassel to Wear Many Hats.

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Marisa Kalil-Barrino is a journalist who has written for Office Magazine, Eater, Brooklyn Magazine and many more.

I only know Marisa through her string of the new online Brooklyn Magazine stories. Her stories are honestly the only thing that resonates with me.

I still feel the youth ringing through me when I know at least 4 out of the 12 DJs in her list of Brooklyn DJs I need to know.

Marisa’s niches include fashion, music, art, culture, and of course the news.

So many words, so little time. I have a way with words. Do I? We shall see on this episode. Marisa, I already know she’s going to teach me a new word or two.

Please welcome Marisa Kalil-Barrino to Wear Many Hats.

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coolstuff.nyc is a weekly design-forward newsletter by Anna Brettschneider & Garrett Albury dedicated to sharing cool stuff in New York City and beyond.

That’s it, that’s the Tweet but it’s not on Twitter it’s in your Inbox, a newsletter every Friday and dropping gems on Instagram.

We’ve been to the same art shows and crossed paths maybe at Kathleen Ryan’s Giant Daisy Chain and can’t forget about that giant pumpkin suitable for this time. Do Ho Suh’s exhibition in Chelsea. Hilma Af Klint at Guggenheim a few years back. Who knows?

Cool Stuff has bopped to our favorites such as Leisure Centre, Thai Diner, Land to Sea, Edy’s Grocer, Beverly’s and of course our favorite, Homecoming.

Cool Stuff has cool people they interview but I’m not dropping names to single anyone out but they’re cool.

Cool Stuff has all the Best stuff you’ve been looking for such as Best Places to Shop, Best Brooklyn Music Venues, Best Fries in NYC, Best Places to Watch Live Music, Best Bakeries, Best Diners, Best Plant Shops, Best Places to Work on a Side Project … that sounds perfect for this podcast.

There’s not one cool thing that Cool Stuff hasn’t mentioned except for Blank Street but they’ve got all your favorite coffee,  bars, restaurants, groceries, produce, book stores, you name it, they got it.

Please welcome Anna Brettschneider & Garrett Albury of coolstuff.nyc to Wear Many Hats.

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Paolo Del Castillo is a photographer, illustrator, and a bespoke patchwork designer, and known for his sick colorful patterns for his pants, workshirts and shoes.

Paolo uses select materials, then uses his hand for skiving, distressing, painting, screenprinting, blowdrying, carving, sewing.

Paolo is not the one who makes your shoes from scratch you racists but his Air Force 1s and 85 Bred ones, 85 Chicagos, Jordan 1s look like the real deal, honestly even better.

Paolo is one of the co-founders of friends and guests of the pod, Barangay Bois.

Paolo needs to recreate me in my portrait photos with his illustrations because they would make me a lot cooler than I am.

Please welcome Paolo Del Castillo to Wear Many Hats.

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