Anna Shoemaker is a musician based in Brooklyn. Anna has great pop singles out now such as “It’s Depression, Sick!, and Call Me. Three song titles that really go together when you are feeling sick, depressed and want someone to call you. Her music has been featured in Earmilk, Nylon, WXPN. Anna Shoemaker looks phenomenal in a cowboy hat, so it’s great to have her on Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/annashoemaker_ instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh instagram.com/rashadrastam rashadrastam.com wearmanyhats...
Dec 15, 2021•43 min
Adam Carpenter & Jason Bennett is the two that make up Baseball Game, a band from Nashville, Tennessee. I discovered Baseball Game through my A and R vision of how I like to discover new music and bam it was the Baseball Game EP featuring 4 tracks that will have everyone bopping their head too. Guitars are not over. Baseball still sucks. Just playing but go sports. This isn’t Modern Baseball thank god, please welcome Baseball Game. instagram.com/baseballgame__ instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh i...
Dec 13, 2021•35 min
Dwight Pendleton is a Composer, Producer, and Artist. He has composed music for High Snob, Hypebeast, Coach, Calvin Klein, Foo and Foo, Jaguar, and Flaunt. Although he makes music for commercials and fashion, he also makes music under the moniker, Kai Neptune. Now let me tell you about Kai Neptune. Back on my A&R tip, and discovering new music on the fly. Kai Neptune was on my radar that is just astonishing and atmospheric. This is the music I’ve been wanting to hear that’s for the future of...
Dec 07, 2021•46 min
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. Jonathan Richetts is a model, musician, artist, visionary, philanthropist. He can make any genre, make any sounds tangible. He has modeled for Advisry, Freemans Sporting Club, Off White, Carhartt WIP, Rowing Blazers He has a production company and label called “Vanilla.” In order to get Jonathan on the podcast I had to go thru his manager and his manager ...
Nov 25, 2021•44 min
Paul Tao works across the music, art and marketing worlds through IAMSOUND a hub of music, art, culture and marketing, a hybrid creative studio, record label and visual artist management firm — a new model for a new hybrid era. IAMSOUND launched in 2007 as a record label, known for releases with artists such as Florence and the Machine, Charli XCX, Lord Huron, Banks and Salem, before expanding into visual artist management and its studio. Paul is down with the NFTs and Crypto with Friends With B...
Nov 22, 2021•45 min
Eunice Chang is a model, skateboarder, actor. She puts videos on YouTube but I wouldn’t call her a YouTuber she got videos like 30 day skate challenge, skating downtown Los Angeles. She has modeled for Hot Lava, RVCA, Crap Eyewear, Dickies, Colgate. She skates for Worble, flow for New Balance. She used to be a coder in The Matrix. The “I Used to Skate Tees” are genius because that is perfect for me. Please welcome Eunice on to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/notcheetos instagram.com/wearmanyhatswm...
Nov 17, 2021•48 min
Jamier Burden is a DJ, karate instructor, self defense guru. He’s DJ’d at all your favorite clubs in Philly, all up in NYC. He’s been bopping around DJing for Manual, Same Friends, Masquerade, Grave Rave, Blood Rave, anyone else got a rave he’s on it. His videos be hot on Triller no Tik Tok. Did you work out today? Boy next door with the symmetrical face! Boy with the dragon tattoo. Dj 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 Mier Mier Mier Mier //Mier 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 Please welcome Mier on to Wear Many Hats instagram.com/leavemi...
Nov 14, 2021•52 min
Chris Kontos is a Photographer, DJ, and Editor in Chief of Kennedy Magazine Chris puts out lovely photos of his journey, his friends and family, work and curated campaigns almost daily and its always a treat to see. His stills are beautiful, his music taste from The Breeders to Jeff Buckley are in lined with ours. Chris has shot series for Berthelotti, ASPESI and a bunch of publications such as Lula, Twin, Kennedy Magazine has also put out a recipe book called “Eating With Friends” Biannual Jour...
Nov 10, 2021•45 min
Perry Shall is an Art Director, Designer, and Vintage T king! He has designed album art for Green Day, Kurt Vile, Yola, The Black Keys, Ted Leo, Mannequin Pussy and Diarrhea Planet. Yes, Mannequin Pussy and Diarrhea Planet. He’s designed T-Shirts for Questlove, Gilbert Gottfried, Ceremony, Kurt Vile, Hop Along, Tigers Jaw, Pup, Dan Auerbach, Best Coast, Soul Glo, Spirit of the Beehive and the 3 main staples of Philly such as Reanimator, Pizza Brain, Union Transfer. Tons of Posters for Screaming ...
Oct 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Frederico “Kiko” Casanova, head honcho over at Soft Wax Record Pressing, many know him of playing in bands, directing music videos, throwing shows all around the country but mostly Philly, worked in the coffee world but now founding Soft Wax. Kiko is a first generation American growing up in the Dominican Republic . Soft Wax Record Pressing, a home in the Bond Bread building is America’s only POC owned record pressing plant. The People’s people when it comes to anything music but anything in gen...
Oct 26, 2021•59 min
Sydney Gore is a writer and a Digital Design Editor. She believes in writing something worth reading about and doing something worth writing about. Sydney is the Digital Design Editor for Architectural Digest. She has also written articles for Byrdie, Highsnob, VOX, Atmos, W Magazine, The Strategist, Teen Vogue, Vogue, The New York Times She has a newsletter called Bloated by Thoughts. Her intent is to hold space for discourse that shifts the culture forward. She has a moodboard which she calls ...
Oct 23, 2021•59 min
Josh Madden is a Creative Director, Chief Creative, stylist, DJ, hiker, and lives at the intersection of art, music, and fashion. The 2 brands is the creative director of is X-Girl and X-Large, two legendary streetwear brands that have been around since the nineties. Now Josh is the CEO + Chief Creative over at Alternative Press. Josh started MDDN Co. with his two brothers Benji and Joel Madden of good Charlotte. MDDN Co was created by artists for artists to share their knowledge, experience and...
Oct 21, 2021•31 min
Yavez Anthonio is a Photographer, Director, and Creative born and raised in Amsterdam. Yavez aims to create contemporary ideas and stories through his interests in music, fashion and the cultures and communities around him. Yavez past clients include Nike, Adidas, Filling Pieces, and Gap. His work has been featured on Nowness, ItsNiceThat, I-D, Kodak, and The Fader. Yavez works with streetwear brands but are we living in a streetwear world anymore? Yeah unfortunately we still are. Please welcome...
Oct 18, 2021•36 min
Diane Chang is a food writer, recipe stylist, and content strategist. Chef and owner of Po-Po's, a catering company based in NYC. Po-Po's, a culinary project about her Grandmother, has been featured in Vogue, T-Mag, and Eater. Po-Po's has catered for New York Times, Pioneer Works, Spotify the list goes on. Diane is a wordsmith and a foodsmith. She has written for Architectural Digest, Grub Street, Bon Appetite, NY Mag. Diane’s gram is filled with many amazing dishes that makes you want to break ...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Aaron Ramey is a multidisciplinary artist, creative director, visual artist, and costume designer. He and Gianni Lee have a clothing brand called Babylon Cartel that puts out prints way before our time on t-shirts, jerseys, denim jackets, camo jackets, that are worn by Rihanna and Young Thug. Aaron worked on the costume team for the films See You Yesterday and Judas and the Black Messiah. Also as a photographer, he’s also been commissioned by brands such as Nike, Adidas, and Red Bull to produce ...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Andrew Herzog is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist and designer and is the Partner and Director for School, a creative design studio founded by two designer-engineer-types. His artworks have occupied museums, galleries, and city streets. School’s select works include The New Yorker, Haus, Publik Library, and one of my favorite brands, Entireworld. I first heard of Andrew through his previous design studio HAWRAF and just kept following their journey after that. Andrew has also led projects a...
Sep 27, 2021•45 min
Eric Kenney is a t-shirt and poster designer, illustrator and screenprinter. He’s printed on cups, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, vintage, chorecoats, dice boxes, record sleeves, flags, shower curtains, camo jackets, calendars, totebags, hats, beanies, flasks, slides, enamel camp mugs, lighters, jerseys, and aprons. No thongs. He has done collaborations with brands such as Poler, Lakai, Revival, and Tired Hands Brewing. He has done murals of his illustrations at bars such as Attaboy. His goods ...
Sep 23, 2021•40 min
Gab Bonghi is a photographer and visual artist based out of Philadelphia. She’s dabbed in design and marketing. Her work has been featured in EATER, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine, Eating Well Magazine, NYLON, Saveur Magazine, The Outline, and Thrillist. Some of her clientele include Universal Music Group, Philadelphia Distilling Co., Vernick, Starr Restaurants, DiBruno Brothers, and WTSO. Gab went to UArts like most of my good friends. This is starting to feel like a UArts podcast...
Sep 20, 2021•47 min
Scott Turner is a Photographer and a Meme connoisseur. I found him through stories of stories of stories of friends like Hassan Rahim storying his stories of the memes he finds and the tweets that people post are so hilarious and true. But back to photography, his clients include my boy H33M, The Divinities, The Hundreds, One of these Days Co and a bunch of streetwear brands that you’ve definitely heard of. Scott is also sometimes a model but aren’t we all? We’re gonna be doing a switch up from ...
Sep 06, 2021•40 min
Malachi Shockley is the co-owner and operations manager for the brand Know Nothing and Merchandiser at NTWRK. Previously the Associate Buyer at Urban Outfitters. I’ve heard of Malachi through our friends who have brands to hit up Malachi back when he was at Urban but followed his journey when he moved to NTWRK. I don’t know anything about Know Nothings so I guess that makes me a fan. Let’s know something with Malachi Shockley. Please welcome Malachi Shockley to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/mala...
Sep 02, 2021•42 min
Seanella Abraham is the Editor In Chief at Artsy Magazine. I first ran into her when I was working at the Canal Street Market and she told me to come check out the Kid Super booth where designer Colm Dillane was selling a few pieces of his line there and to check it out. As a kid with no money I was like yeah yeah maybe but having Seanella come up to me was a memorable moment that I will never forget. She was the glue that connected all of us. Artsy Magazine spills attention exclusively on emerg...
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Allister Ann is a photographer that started her documenting career shooting The Civil Wars and then was the personal photographer for Kenny Chesney. Two musicians I’m not into but she has shot my favorites, Dolly Parton, Butch Walker, Chelsea Wolfe, Jenny Lewis, Adele and Reggie Watts. I stumbled upon her work after having friend of the pod Matt Maust and viewing her sick photos of Cold War Kids which was also featured in a Cold War Kids music video. Found her work through a friend of the pod, K...
Aug 26, 2021•54 min
Ryan Evans is a Creative Consultant based out in New Jersey but during the day he works as a Senior Designer at Boyds, a Philadelphia Landmark Department Store. No Macy’s, No Barneys, No Century 21s, No Real Reals. No Sotheby’s. No Sak’s. No Farfetches. No Garmentary. No Net-A-Porter. No SSENSE. Ok I’m done. Ryan is known for his poster cut outs that are fun sticker ideas collages, you name it. The colors are bright, psychedelic, and every one of them looks like your next acid tab that you’re ab...
Aug 22, 2021•45 min
Sudan Green is a Musician and Activist that organizes Spirits Up! An organization that offers tools for personal liberation and healing through yoga, meditation, the arts, and innovative activity to support the continued work towards collective Black liberation . Sudan has told his story on ABC 6, Fox29, had a clothing collaboration release with 18 East, has also modeled for them with our good friend Saeed thru All Caps Studio, the Philly family runs deep. How do you find peace? How do you stay ...
Aug 11, 2021•43 min
People ask me what’s the softest and smoothest thing you’ve ever touched and I’ve often told them, a Mannequin Pussy. Missy, head honcho of the critically acclaimed hot and bothered, sweat drippin, fire breathin, screamin demon, baby back ribbin, always rippin, homie runnin, hard workin band, Mannequin Pussy. Good Philly friends, Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy. Please welcome Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/mannequinpussy instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh instagra...
Aug 08, 2021•51 min
Jason Stewart is a DJ, foodie, kitchen aid chef, tv ideas person, and podcaster. You may have known him through the Bloghaus days with his Them Jeans remixes or you may know him through his other podcasts The Stew and Tall Tales. Oh and maybe How Long Gone with his co-host Chris Black. Jason Stewart or TJ is described from everyone as tall, not dark, not handsome and is about hardcore music. Steve Aoki and him go way back at Cinespace as resident DJs. Please welcome Jason Stewart to Wear Many Ha...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Daniel Wooden is a photographer focusing on music and personalities. I first met Daniel in Philly shooting all your favorite parties. Tall as hell, vibrant, loving, either shooting digital or film, it was great to see him always capturing the moment. Like many do, creatives leave Philly to other cities to tune their craft, hone their skills, go beyond and see what else is there to offer outside of our amazing city of brotherly love. Daniel has worked for select clients such as Nike Toronto, Hein...
Jul 30, 2021•46 min
Christine Espinal is a Spatial Designer based in NYC that I met in Philly at Yowie that works over at Lichen NYC. I feel like I’m on a roll with interviewing everyone at Lichen NYC because I love everything and everyone who sets foot in that store and what they do. Christine’s conceptual renderings of storefronts, hotels, trade show booths, is a future we’re looking to see within the commercial space. Christine was always on our radar because of all the sketch modeling she posts online along wit...
Jul 26, 2021•29 min
Sabreen Jafry is a first gen Pakistani-American Creative Producer and photographer based in Brooklyn. Her clients include Sprite, BET Awards, HBO, and Delta Airlines. Her works has been covered by WeTransfer’s WePresent and Office Magazine. She currently works as a Creative art + photo Producer at Wieden + Kennedy. We met through the grapevine online but we have crossed paths at different functions. We’re not about that pork lifestyle but get us a drink though. Feels like Home at Casa Magazines....
Jul 19, 2021•55 min
Zoë Rayn is the founder and creative director of Caldera Magazine, a magazine and multimedia platform dedicated to championing the voices of artists and creatives from bipoc and queer communities. Founded in 2018, based in Philadelphia. Zoë also works with collaborative programs at the Penn Museum and programs at The Rail Park. People ask me if I’m a New Yorker, I’m not, I’m still Philly all the way specifically Delco. This is my way of keeping in touch with Philly. Zoë you keep Philly in check....
Jul 15, 2021•49 min
