Wear Many Hats

Austin Hayman is a musician and photographer. Austin is a guitar player in the band Dear Boy. Dear Boy is signed to Last Gang Records. I checked out Dear Boy and Austin Hayman’s work through our other friend and guest of the podcast Kamtin Mohager. Austin sometimes plays guitar and helps out friends who go on American Idol such as Ava Maybee. Dear or Die. Rocker Chick. Please welcome Austin Hayman...

Gray Broderick is a freelance consultant and pastry chef. Gray runs Office Gray which is a creative consultancy at the intersection of culture, commerce, and contemporary criticism. I met Gray at the wonderful Colbo on 51 Orchard street where she delivers baked goods every weekend under Take-Out Delivery where she calls it a Research-Based Dessert Project which was founded in 2017. Take Out Began...

Shamir is a musician from Las Vegas, now based in Philly. That’s right Philly stand up. Philly is killing it right now from the homies in Sheer Mag to Spirit of the Beehive to Mannequin Pussy to Shamir. Shamir has put out seven studio albums including his new record ‘Heterosexuality’ Will I lose my heterosexuality by the end of this podcast or will it be enhanced. Stay tuned. Shamir be rocking the...

Rae Witte is a writer and a pool critic based in NY. She’s covered music, style, sneakers, dating, art and tech topics for TechCrunch, Architectural Digest, i-D, Wall Street Journal, GQ, Complex, and Vogue Business. In addition to writing, Witte has had a live online radio show, taken on brand consulting clients and copywriting. Rae  curates FINDS NY, a vintage and secondhand home goods shop. I re...

India Roby is a fashion writer. Hater first, writer second. India Roby is now on Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/indiajde instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh instagram.com/rashadrastam rashadrastam.com wearmanyhats.com dahsar.com

Simon Chung is a freelance content creator and copywriter who’s also a brand development manager that has a demonstrated history of working in the apparel and fashion industry. He’s worked at O.N.S, and Opening Ceremony but how I know him is when he was Director of Partnerships at the Canal Street Market where I was a barista at Office Coffee and we became best buds ever since. Well I like to thin...

Aloiso Wilmoth is a DJ and Producer by the name He Valencia. He has done talks with The New School, does a radio show with Rinse and has been featured in Resident Advisor and Interview Magazine. I came across his infamous Instagram page, MoMA PS5 through meme pages of meme pages and techno DJs to techno DJs to Azalea Banks and I’m glad I did. His stories are not for the faint hearted but if you do...

Cobey Arner is a photographer, videographer, and musician. Cobey is the drummer of Rebounder, producer and beats behind his solo project, Casual Ties and takes photos for brands such as Corridor, Dimepiece and How Long Gone. I’ve seen Rebounder a few times off the How Long Gone tour and not on a podcast tour. Great drummer. Cobey’s photos are beautiful. He has shot a few friends of mine no enemies...

Erica Enriquez is a musician, multidisciplinary artist, and performer. Erica is the front woman of the band Choo Choo and has an alter ego by the name of Atsara Pondotes where she posts her pickle adventures and sound performances. Erica loves trains hence her band name but is also about that clown life making movies. You can catch Erica’s skateables installed at Tompkins Square Park where she bui...

Sacred Pact is a boutique film production company based in New York City. I first heard of Sacred Pact doing short commercials for my good friends and guests of the pod Kelsey and Lia for their project Sunday School where they featured their line of tees and work. I also heard of Sacred Pact though their collaboration with friend and guest of the pod, Che Nembard of Clips Co-Op and their installme...

Dana Veraldi is an illustrator, ceramist, doula, visual artist, and mom. Dana is best known for her hand-drawn portraits of cultural icons and her label DEERDANA, which she founded with partner Kevin Tekinel. Been following her illustrations since day one, which I have no idea what day that was but when her illustrations were popped up on American Apparel tees, murals on Bedford Ace, plates at res...

We always get asked in New York City what do you do, what do you do on the side, what are your passions, what do you like to do, no really, what do you like to do. I met Trey Hill previously as a security guard at one of my favorite vintage, buy, sell, trade, resellers at the Bushwick Beacon’s Closet where in the Covid-19 pandemic, we had to wait in line before we could get in because there was a...

Elliott Foos is a Director of Coffee, coffee consultant and one of the cowboys over at Cowboy Coffee. I met him during the Throwing Fits meet ups in the park and had to try Cowboy Coffee to see if it would indeed turn me into a cowboy. I’m a cowgirl. Love cowboy culture, hate the Dallas Cowboys. Elliott was previously the Director of Coffee over at James Murphy’s Daymoves which opened in partnersh...

Scott Haven is one of the co-founders of Homecoming, a coffee shop plant shop based in Brooklyn, NY. I met Scott when I first came to NYC not as an immigrant but as a worker in the arts so basically an immigrant working at the 67 West Greenpoint Terminal building behind Homecoming as a freelance graphic designer for a creative agency. Liz, who is a good friend of mine from Philly works there said...

Jacques Greene is a musician, DJ, and producer from Montreal. His wikipedia page says that he began playing electronic music when a high school history teacher introduced him to Aphex Twin, precipitating a realization that “music doesn’t have to be angry white men over a guitar. Which is a good start to a Wikipedia page bio His records, ‘Feel Infinite,’ and ‘Dawn Chorus’ have always been on repeat...

Dessie Jackson is an illustrator, painter, and mixed media artist. She works primarily with charcoal, pencil, and oil paint. Her work has been featured in Nylon, VICE, Complex, you name it. Dessie has work with music labels such as Epic Records and Equal Vision Records. Do you skate? If you do, you probably have seen her guest artist boards for Real Skateboards. Do you like music? You probably see...

Janine Ciccone is a creative producer, photographer, event planner, and manager. Janine produces, manages, and makes the Hester Street Fair run. She’s worked with the best of New York City’s favorites to have over at Hester Street Fair such as Fleurotica, Original Rose, Danny’s Nut Butter, Cliff, Fantasy Explosion, and Intramural Shop. The fair has had different themes and causes to support such a...

Kate Banford is a comedy producer and loves all things comedy. Which I probably didn’t have to say that if she’s a comedy producer. Kate is the Executive Director of The Elysian and formerly the co-founder and owner of Good Good Comedy Theatre in Philly. Over at Good Good comedy, it was an award winning comedy theatre that is known for curating original shows and breaking new talent. My favorites...

Max Rainer is in the band Wilderado. I discovered Wilderado through playlists of playlists of playlists that got me to them. I’m not sure why I have this thing for indie bands that are from Tulsa but I’ve never been. No silverado please welcome Max Rainer of Wilderado. instagram.com/wilderado_ instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh instagram.com/rashadrastam rashadrastam.com wearmanyhats.com dahsar.com

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/a...

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 t...

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 ju...

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 ca...

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 int...

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 m...