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Blake speaks with the brilliant Straith Schreder, Executive Creative Director at Palm NFT Studio, who has been a part of designing and launching web 3 integrations for some of the most notable IP and artists on the planet including Batman and Damien Hirst. As expected, Blake can’t help but do a little art history detour to emphasize just how important Damien Hirst is to the art world, and how iconic his NFT drop was.  We go deep into how to build meaningful and lasting fan communities in a specifically web3 way. Straith reminds us that not all fandoms are monolith and how to create choice and empowerment for these communities via digital ownership. We also talk about how generative algorithms aren’t just useful for art creation but for branded NFTs as well, and the customized tools they can offer for consumers. This conversation really ~contextualizes~ how to effectively release and steward any big brand and their entry into web3. It’s a great one!   --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.--   Straith’s Twitter Palm NFT Studio The Currency by Damien Hirst Heni DC  

Blake speaks with Dev Moore, the co-creative director of Felt Zine, literally one of the coolest publications on the internet. They talk about net art, new media, hip hop as its own social network, and how to work with the internet as a medium of artist production.  They touch on a lot of fashion related topics including Felt Zine’s recent collaboration with Givenchy, the possibilities of web 3 fashion going forward, Bape Stas (IYKYK!) and the Hermes Birkin NFT verdict. --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.--   Links: Felt Zine Instagram Felt Zine Twitter Dev’s Twitter Givenchy x B.Stroy x Felt Zine NFTs Nike x Bape case      

Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter. Tara Fung joins Natasha and Deana for a Founder's Feelings check-in. Tara is the co-founder and CEO of Co:Create, a web3-powered community rewards platform. They talk through Tara's frameworks for dealing with founder stress, as well as the unique opportunities in the web3 loyalty space. Draft tweets close out the episode.   Time Stamps Interview: 3:27 Draft Tweets: 35:40   Links Co:Create

Blake speaks to Joe and Dom, co-founders of one of the most most successful NFT projects of all time: Creepz/Overlord. They have an rich convo about how to build a successful web3 brand, the unique characteristics of web3 IP and the development of web3 specific business models. The conversation covers media, fashion and gaming and how an NFT-based brand has unique positioning within all of these verticals. Joe and Dom speak thoughtfully about how a community is the real product within an NFT ecosystem, and what that means in terms of managing communication and product development.   And it is essential to mention that the Creepz/Overlord community is truly top tier…Justin Bieber, Jaden Smith are Brooklyn Beckham are all fans. Need we say more?!   --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.--   Creepz Genesis Opensea Dom’s Twitter Joe’s Twitter Jon Lai from Andreessen Horowitz tweet Brooklyn Beckham Vogue Interview

Welcome to a new format for the Boys Club podcast, the Feelings Check-In. No guests, no interview. Just full send feelings. In this episode we talk about the Boys Club Zine, workshopping the DAO's mission and vision, and some feelings that have come up in reflection over the last year's work. We're still doing interviews, but packaging them up in a separate episodes, on this same feed. --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.--    

Blake and the brilliant Tasha Kim connect on a wide variety of topics, including crypto-market fit, how Gen Z’s online behavior impacts crypto products, and what interoperability for crypto companies really means today. Tasha so eloquently walks us through the term “subcultural capital” and why this is so relevant within crypto networks. They continue by digging into the gamification of digital fashion and some of the astonishing user numbers around Minecraft and Roblox. Finishing off, they highlight Ripcache, an up and coming crypto artist you should know about, and the difference between on-chain and off-chain art production.  Not to be left out - an essential convo about Harry Styles fan fiction.   --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.-- Treeverse  Ripcache Ripcache, Smile Barbara Kruger  

Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter. Galen Wolfe-Pauly joins the pod to talk about Urbit, a decentralized personal server platform. They talk about what Urbit is, and why owning your own 'space' on the internet is valuable. Galen answers a bunch of questions like, is Urbit a computer? Can you send an email on Urbit? How will Urbit ever get users? This podcast is perfect for Urbit beginners. Draft tweets close out the episode. Feelings check-in to return on the next pod.    Time Stamps Interview: 6:00 Draft Tweets: 33:25   Links Tlon Corporation  

One of the world’s most foremost art critics, Jerry Saltz joins Blake on the show to talk about crypto art as a medium, its’ relationship to money, and why it’s really no different to more traditional art forms like painting or sculpture. He also outlines how social media has been used to invert the art world’s gatekeeping.  Prepare to be inspired as he lays out why it is so important to make and engage with art, and why these are both such personally profound and formative experiences demanding radically vulnerability.   Jerry's big takeaway? Don’t be afraid to make bad art…be afraid if you’re not making any at all.   --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.-- Links: Jerry Saltz Twitter   Jerry Saltz Instagram  Jerry Saltz book Art is Life

Mike Demarais, founder of Rainbow Wallet, joins Natasha and Deana to explain a tweet about LSD. They also chat about NFTs as a loyalty mechanism for brands, and Mike reveals his favorite crypto meme. Natasha and Deana talk about the unlock around DAO Points for Boys Club, and have a feelings check-in about their terrible sales skills. An extremely fun draft tweets that touches on cottage cheese and Oura rings closes out the ep.    ~~~~Subscribe to the free, weekly Boys Club newsletter.~~~~   Links: Alex Danco, Shopify  Pump It Loomdart   Time stamps: Interview: 6:53 What's Happening in the DAO: 29:03 Feelings Check-In: 40:55 Draft Tweets:  48:38

In the inaugural episode, Blake dives into what’s happening in crypto and culture with guest Carly Reilly, host of Overpriced JPEGs. They get into the current renewed NFT volume and market activity, chat about how brands can best implement “phygital” product offerings, and why it is important to consider the consumer spending power of kids and teenagers, particularly when it comes to web3 user acquisition.  They also look into the latest news around the Bored Apes Yacht Club and take an art history detour to Minimalism, and how the understanding of that movement shows just how good the Art Blocks’ Friendship Bracelets really are.    --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.-- Links: Fanatics news  Carly’s Starbucks rewards podcast episode  Blockworks article on digital goods Trial of Jimmy the Monkey  Game of Thrones NFT  Art Blocks Friendship Bracelet #36 Overpriced Gin