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Amazing Old Bollywood Poster Shops 
Beijing’s incredible (and completely fake) Disneyland 
Prosthetic Noses, Red Wigs, and Whiteface… American Characters in Chinese Films 
The 38th Reich: Korean Nazi Cosplay 
India’s Incredibly Cool Hand-Drawn Movie Posters 
Castration Classes at the Beijing Eunuch Culture Exhibition Hall 
Why Chinese People Eat Ants 
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The Insane Monkey Bar in Tokyo 
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Philadelphia CheeseSteak Ice Cream 
The Sick Collector and His 1000 Pairs of Shoes 
A Huge Pile of Gorgeous Old Thai Movie Posters 
Outrageously Cute Korean Cosplay: The 21 Favorites - Awesomely Steampunk Portable Corn Roaster
Those Creepy Japanese Videos, Finally Explained 
Why Chinese People Eat Snake as Medicine 
Pyongyang Too: A Tribute to Guy Delisle 
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Red Onion-Flavored Red Wine 
The Taj Mahal… Murder, Incest, and Fratricide 
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18 Terrible Moments from a Taoist Hell 
Beijing’s Dongyue Temple and Their 19 Incredible Taoist Gods 
A Postcard from Erenhot 
On Horse Meat Sashimi 
Another Diana Pose at the Taj Mahal 
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Antilia: The Most Gratuitous House in Mumbai 
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Category Archives: Consumerism
Consumerism
Damn Strong Tarps
I love this hand-painted ad for Bhadra Tarps. You know they're tough if even this mustached hunk can't rip them! (Then compare to their rather lackluster website. Oh....)
Consumerism
More MaxiPad Fun, with UnSticky Stickers
Hannah took us deep into the bowels of City Market, a mad maze of alleyways crammed tight with shops stacked atop one another. Porters and motorbikes race past, honking endlessly and piled unrealistically high with samples. Cows tread through it all, slathered in shit and chomping slowly on four-foot piles of trash. ...
Consumerism, Historical Wonders
Bizarre Old North Korean Stamps Celebrating Regal Excess
On my way out of Deshengmen Tower -- where you'll find a strange collection of ramshackle museums crammed in together -- I noticed the most remarkable thing for sale: old North Korean stamps, celebrating European regal excess! There was the Versailles stamp, which reeks of excessive opulence... Franz Joseph I hot on the chase... And of ...
Consumerism
North Korean Stamps
Two different directions. (I think these were sent to me by the awesome David & Michelle F, who we met in a tepid Pyongyang BBQ joint.)
Consumerism
Quick Aside on Smoking in China
China just looooooves its smokes. Convenience stores sell them, grocery stores, supermarkets -- and yet STILL you'll still find dedicated tobacco stores on just about every corner. Notice how Little Miss Flowers & Fruits squeezes into a tiny nook, while Mr Brand Name Cigarettes sprawls out double-wide. Yep, there's money in smokes! Need bridal makeup? Forget ...
Consumerism, Cute & Kawaii, Somewhat Perverted
Sweet Sexy Dolls (and How to Make Your Own)
You've seen those sexy collectable figurines around Asia, right? You know the ones... in Singapore malls, Beijing shopping centers, all over Japan? Nervous kids and creepy adults browsing the aisles... subtly saucy... Creepily paedo... GABOOMBAH with sweet pink hair and sword. Who buys these things? Who actually sets one of these ladies on their shelf, ...
Consumerism, Lost in Translation
Black Friday Special: Four Products You Shouldn’t Live Without
Trauma Relieving Spray Krack Clit A Free Shart
Consumerism, Cute & Kawaii, Offbeat Museums
The Owl Lady and Her Gazillion Owls
I love obsessions, and Myong-Hee Bae is obsessed. She's a freak for owls. Her home is crammed full of 3,000 owl-y items. Clocks, quilts, paintings, stamps, cut-outs hanging from the ceiling, mugs filled with steaming hot tea, candles, toys, and rugs. It was weird. And absolutely wonderful. "Her love of owl started when ...
Consumerism
Why India is Set to Succeed
They even name their fast food restaurants after doctoral degrees. Now that's awesome.
Consumerism, Cute & Kawaii
Mr. Chiizu: Great New Photobooth App
I stumbled into an old karaoke pal on twitter this weekend. He's now developing iPhone apps. His latest? A stickerbooth app for the iPhone, called Mr. Chiizu. A thing of wonder. Okay, okay, there are no stickers. But also no wading through incomprehensible directions while a Gangnam shopkeeper mocks you in sprawling Korean. No frantically ...
Consumerism
Fantastic Hot Dog Advertising
I can't imagine a stranger way to advertise a hot dog, really. As seen in Ulan Bator, the Mongolian capital.
Consumerism, Copyright Carelessness
Plants vs Zombies, The Chinese Knockoff Toys
Zombies -- along with time-travel -- are banned in China. (So don't watch my Beijing zombie music video, Zombie Girl. Or buy a bootleg copy of my movie, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.) But that doesn't stop Plants vs Zombies from becoming China's favorite videogame. You hear the theme song ...
Consumerism, Cute & Kawaii
Hello Kitty & Cuppuccino!
Shoved in a back alley of Seoul's hip Hongdae neighborhood, sandwiched somewhere between "Luxury Ho" Bar and the "F**kFake" Designer Boutique for Men (asterisks not included in actual name), Hello Kitty lives on. Or her cappuccinos do, at least. That's right, even though Hong Kong's legendary Hello Kitty Cafe lost the fight against gentrification, the ...
Consumerism, Cute & Kawaii, Extraordinary Eats
Heavy Petting in Seoul
A little canine with your coffee? Feline with your free time? Find it here at the Dog and Cat Cafes of South Korea’s capital! If you’re feeling that mid-afternoon slump, there are several branches of pet cafes scattered throughout the city where you can un-dull those 4pm doldrums and set your dander allergies on fire. Buy ...
Consumerism, Cute & Kawaii
Super Mario Street Art Attacks Seoul
Wandering the streets of Seoul's hipster haven, Hongdae, you'll find a treasure trove of awesomeness. But one of the first things to strike you on emerging from the Sangsu subway is this Super-collection of feisty videogame plumbers. They're all here: Mario, Luigi, power-ups and bosses, too, painted on every telephone pole for blocks. ...