Webworm Popup Photos!

I had such a blast - here are a few of my favourite snaps.

May 12, 2024

Hi,

Thanks to all the beautiful Worms who came to the LA Webworm popup on Saturday. We’ll be doing a similar event in New Zealand soon!

It was a way to celebrate the online store we launched last week — and it was super special.

As I talk about a lot, I really value our community here — and it was a BLAST to bring that into the real world.

Thanks to those who took part in the popup: Rachel Loaf, Freak Nature Puppets, EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! and Lil’ Guys.

Thanks to Kiwi artist Jess Johnson for creating all the Webworm merch - we have more stuff coming so keep an eye on webworm.store. Thanks also to Bobby for creating our online store and handling all the background chaos to this project.

But mainly — THANKS TO ALL THE WORMS WHO SHOWED UP! I loved meeting you all, so much so I almost lost my voice.

We’ll do one of these popups in New Zealand later this year. Stay tuned.

Okay: Highlights from the photos below to look out for:

-The man who bought an “I HAVE WORMS” cap, who revealed he actually had worms (ringworm).
-John from HEALTH turned up. You know how much I love HEALTH.
-Some special dogs.
-A lot of great readers - one who brought me chocolate from New Zealand.
-A bunch of photos I screengrabbed off social media - thanks to those of you who shared!

If you missed the popup, a bunch of stuff is available at the store, and it ships pretty quickly.

Okay — onto the photos.

Webworm Popup Photos!

*Jess kitted out, setting up our lil’ Webworm fashion store!*

*Some of Jess’s one-off original tie dye hand-drawn tees. A lot sold, but will bring some to a New Zealand popup later this year…*

*The Elysian Theatre crew kindly set up a popup bar!*

*My podcast producer Rob Holysz with his son Calvin (one of our Webworm.store models)*

*Dr Sea made it from New Zealand! (And brought Whittakers chocolate!)*

*The Freak Nature Puppets brought some of their kit, much to the delight of the kids…*

*Rachel Loaf brought her amazing cookies - and Calvin wanted a selfie. Rachel obliged.*

*One of Rach’s chocolate chip cookies - just incredible.*

*My heroes EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! had a very popular stand at the popup!*

*Bobby kindly handled all our sales. He also set up the Webworm online store. He’s a key part of all of this!*

*The Lil’ Guys game was part of the popup. It’s a game my friend designed and it’s really great.*

Okay, so this is Max who picked up an “I HAVE WORMS” cap…

*And he revealed that he actually has worms: Ringworms.*

In a full circle moment, Johnny from HEALTH showed up. HEALTH is one of my favourite bands. This is a full circle moment, because one of the first shirts Jess made was the one I’m wearing. It includes a lot of things I love - including HEATH.

*The nicest people showed up and I feel incredibly lucky.*

Mark McGuire

May 14

I was thinking of writing a comment about the importance of gathering F2F IRL but then I read Scott Schalchlin's comment on your ‘How Are You Doing’ post. He said what I wanted to say, but better. So I’ll just quote him here.

“I was once given this advice and I have cherished it: “Bloom where you’re planted.” We can’t control everything, but we can touch the lives of those we come into contact with and whether we are doing a menial job or “important one,” whether we are talking to friends, family, or strangers, whether we have a big audience or small - it all comes to being our best where we are in that moment. For me, it’s kind of a blend of living in the moment and loving my neighbor. And, of course, my neighbor is who I come into contact with in any form.”

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Febes62

May 12

Fabulous! So glad it was such a success & so much fun David. Will definitely get to your next meet up here in Aotearoa.

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