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We had a great meeting yesterday with one of our favorite artists C.J. Browne, (DJ, designer, artist, MC, and so much more) about a project we plan on bringing you through YUME Music in 08-09. One of the greatest concepts and ideas we have heard in a while we look forward to being involved, look out for the teaser posters, etc. In the meantime you can catch C.J. DJing and performing during CMJ week and throughout October. Make sure you check him out at www.myspace.com/itzcharliebrowne leave a comment and let us know what you think of his music.

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It's going down, YUME is finally starting to release its own gear, make sure you come by and check it out. THE BROOKLYN TEE PARTY will officially be open as well. Peep the flier, be there or be square!

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Starting a very special Friday in October we'll be inviting some VIPs over to the space every Friday. If you want to hob nob with the whose who in quite a few different industries e-mail us at yumeuk@gmail.com. This is an invite only, password sensitive event. Make sure you hit us up.

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We aim to teach and we have made a major decision to teach the best way we know how. We lead by example. Come check out YUME's Classic Renewal dept. There are some great perks. Look out for the flier.

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A very wonderful friend of YUME is doing something amazing. They are on a boat that promotes piece throughout the world called THE PEACE BOAT. We got an amazing e-mail from her and wanted to share that with you, after all YUME is all about living new and wonderful things. Check out what she wrote below, we can't wait to get the pictures.

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"....Getting on to what is happening in my life now…so at the end of July I finished my teaching contract and returned to New York for approximately three weeks. I apologize if I didn't get to see or speak to you while I was home. All I wanted to do was sleep and eat… and when I finished doing that it was time for me to leave. Leave to go where you might ask? Well back to Japan of course. For what you say? Well I got another job. What kind of job you say?..Well I am teaching English of course. That is what most foreigners in Japan do (or the military)....However I am currently not in Japan. I got a job with a really amazing Japanese NGO called Peace Boat (Peaceboat.org). Peace Boat works to promote peace, human rights, equal and sustainable development and respect for the environment. They do this by organizing responsible tourism cruises that literally go around the world. At each port there are opportunities to engage in cultural exchange with the local community. Our first stop was Vietnam and I spent the day at a home for street children. This experience was very exciting and very humbling for me. It really reminded me of how fortunate I am to have people who love and care about me. It also made me more grateful for all the resources I have access to. In addition to the ports, life on Peace boat is pretty amazing. Just walking around you can find people doing a variety of things, such as meditating, playing instruments, making paper cranes, playing basketball, dancing to hip hop and/or discussing what the word Peace really means. It is brilliant! People young and old coming together. Everyone on the ship is pretty much Japanese except for most of the staff. I, however, am the only African American on the ship so people come to me with a lot interest and questions about my culture. The interest has been so great I have decided to do a jishukikaku (self-planned event in Japanese) called Ask Me Anything. At this event I am inviting all those interested to come and ask me any questions they want in a safe and non-judgmental space. Hopefully it will help passengers to become more aware of who I am and what I am about.

So far I have found life on the boat to be more amazing than the ports. Everyday I get to interact with some of the most interesting people. On board the ship there are one hundred survivors of the Atomic bomb from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I often find myself sitting with them at lunch or dinner having the most incredible conversations. I have also had the opportunity to kick it with youth from Vietnam who are second generation victims of Agent Orange (a chemical used by American during the Vietnam War). Everyday I learn something new living on this ship and I hope to learn so much more over the next three months. Oh yeah if I didn't say that already, I will be traveling on this ship for the next three months. Some of the highlighted places I am going are Singapore (which is where I am now), Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Chile, Tahiti, and Australia. Once I get a moment to actually breath I will try to send a more comprehensive update about my life on board and my adventures at different ports, with pictures. Unfortunately the internet access onboard is severely limited so my ability to communicate is also limited. But never fear, I will try my best to update you as often as possible. "

www.peaceboat.org

So as you know YUME is an ever evolving thing for instance the change from YUME BKNY to YUME was no accident, but a carefully laid out plan to bring you something that you have never experienced before. Creativity is the key to most dreams. Watch as the DREAM unfolds.

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wow! We just wanted to say thank you to the heads that came out last night for our first day of being open. Sheesh it was cool as hell, Writer's Block passed through to discuss the new SPOKE & HEARD series we'll be putting together, also one of our favorite songstresses, Jessie Adore (hope we spelled that right) came through and gave us a private listening of her new project (boy we are such groupies). We can't wait for CMJ week it's going to be crazy!

We have some new YUME FAM now that came by last night as well. We appreciate the support and can't wait until the product launch SATURDAY OCTOBER 4TH, 2008 (We pushed it back due to production) So make sure you come by, invites and fliers will be going out very soon. In the meantime make sure you stop by Mon - Wed (appointment only) Thurs & Fri. 7pm - midnight Sat & Sun Noon-9pm. See you October 4th.

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THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY EXHIBIT

Check out the pics from the YUME space re-opening

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YUME is like home to many lol

YUME forwarded us a great article on the relationship between race and consumption. We thought it might interest our YUME FAM. Being that knowledge is power, we are here to empower you. Check out the article and let us know what you think.

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1353.pdf

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If you did not stop by to our space re-opening don't fret, you just missed some cool people and a good time. Make sure you come to the product launch on Saturday September 27th as we drop some BROOKLYN TEE PARTY STUFF, YUME STUFF, and bring out some of the gems we've found for our YUME RENEWAL PROGRAM (vintage gear) Take a look at the pictures.

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The launch of the YUME space was fantastic, thanks to those of you that made it out. We are so excited to move on to our 2008-2009 year. October 1st makes the official 1st year of operation and there seem to be no signs of slowing down. With burgeoning partnerships in Music, Art, Fashion, and Community, we are bound to make an even larger contribution to the community we have built thus far.

On October 1st we will be inviting a few close friends over for some caterd food (on us), good music, great art, and some board games. We look forward to seeing you. In the mean time make sure you continue to check the blog and stay updated for all things YUME.

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We found an interesting article we decided we should share it with the world, We are happy that some people in the fashion world are taking notice of the beauty in diversity. Enjoy

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Reprint from http://www.fashionologie.com/1966313
>> I've been noticing a more concerted effort by designers to cast models of color this season, but so far, Sophie Theallet takes the cake. For her New York runway debut, the Brooklyn-based Parisian designer sent out an entire cast of black models — Kinee Diouf, Honorine Uwera, Ataui Deng — the works. It was her training — ten years under the wing of Azzedine Alaia — that first brought the likes of Vogue's Grace Coddington, New York Times's Cathy Horyn, Lou Doillon, and Vogue Paris' Melanie Huynh (who's pregnant, by the way!) out of the woodwork, but I bet as they left the Altman Building this morning, the model imagery was on their minds — it was on mine.

WOW! Thanks to everyone that came out last night, we enjoyed ourselves and appreciate all fo the support. The soft launch fo THE BROOKLYN TEE PARTY was fantastic. The TEA LOUNGE staff was amazing! Adam's Castle was by far the highlight of the evening, we have to do a seperate post on them, just so you can understand the experience.

You can look forward to more from THE BROOKLYN TEE PARTY, make sure you come out on SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2008 for the official launch of THE BROOKLYN TEE PARTY, the re-opening of YUME, and the re-release of SHADOW PLASTIC'S AROUND THE WAY GIRLS T-Shirt. Here are some pics, check it out

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They love their BROOKLYN SUNRISE


and THE BROOKLYN SUNSET

EYD ONE (born 1985 in Komaki City, Japan) is an ever elusive graff writer, illustrator, tattoo artist and mural master known as dark and brooding with a mysterious glimmer to his smile. His work has appeared all over the streets of Japan (legally and illegally) and in several group shows in Tokyo and Osaka. In 2005, he moved to New York to make his mark in the New York street and fine art and fashion scene. You can see his murals in NY's East Village boutique Bobby as well as on the walls of YUME itself.
Described as a mixture of dream and nightmare, EYD ONE's work evokes a dichotomy of beauty and abject. It comments on the dual natures of humanity as a whole: our value structures, belief systems and personal feelings of fear and lonliness. Beneath these themes, there is a hint of hope and strength in that within the grotesque exists a true beauty that often goes unappreciated or ignored.
The Brooklyn Tee Party is proud to host EYD ONE's first ever gallery show in America. We worked hard to convince him to come out of his realm of privacy and secrecy, which he guards even closer than his artwork, and we succeeded. His work will be available for purchase along with limited edition hand-printed, tea-dyed original tee-shirts with his signature artwork on it that you will only be able to purchase at YUME through The Brooklyn Tee Party. The artist will also be at the opening reception with his translator on hand for Q&A.
Please join us to help celebrate great artwork and the coming of the EYD ONE phenomenon. This may be the only chance you get to see this amazing artist's work in person this side of the Atlantic. Email bktp [at] thebrooklynteeparty [dot] com for more information.
- The Brooklyn Tee Party

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BROOKLYN, GREAT ANYTIME OF THE DAY
COME CATCH A TASTE OF THE BROOKLYN SUNRISE & THE BROOKLYN SUNSET, EXCLUSIVELY AT THE TEA LOUNGE


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YUME travels quite frequently and Labor Day weekend was no exception. YUME decided to take a short trip for some great food, and good inspiration to Boston Harbor. It was beautiful, despite the Labor Day crowd, it was the perfect place to sit back, relax and get inspired. Of course we had to find out what THE BOSTON TEA PARTY was all about to add "flavor" to our newest project. Check out the pic more the come

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