Here's a sample of some more work that wewill post up on our site. It's at Joy Engine for sale now. We will also have them on sale here on the site. The one below entitled "It's Snowing" sold already.

Donut David

Hello,

Just wanted to let you know of the newest work. Here's the page with the previews. Click here or the picture for the previews. We'll have them available for sale soon.

Mascot Mannie. Yeeaa-aaahhhh!!!

Dear Blog from Mascot Mannie.

Spring is here and Summer will be here shortly. I love these guys.

They remind me of renewal and growth after times of storms and tough cold weather. In the past season, I'm saddened that people have lost their lives all around the world.

These last months have been reflection time on how I'm living my life and how I can be better to others. It's been a lot of reflection rather than action. We did a lot of that last year and now it's thinking and meditation time.

For Spring and Summer, they can represent the new births and new tries at life. I can't say that I'm ready to give birth now but I'm ready to ride my bike, smell the fresh leaves and go swimming with my goggles and growing beard!

I'm also looking forward to doing more art as our sales are picking up specifically for our art pieces. This is a big way in how I let go of my emotions of how I'm feeling in life, whether sad or happy.

Busy also doing our website with SHEEP HEAD. We'll be updating our site more with blogs, random art paintings, prints, clothes, songs, videos and poetry by the whole team:

• Mascot Mannie
• Ninja Nate
• Donut David (also special guests Rosie and Poopie the dogs)
• Sheep Head

Anyways, sorry we haven't been keeping up due to our "resting" time. I look forward to enjoying ice water and running bare foot on grass with you this summer. For the time being, I'll be resting and getting ready.

I hope all of you are doing your push ups and singing (or rapping) in your hearts to doing the best with your life. See you hopefully soon.
- MASCOT MANNIE of THE YUMMIES -
Art and Peanut Butter.

Ray Young Chu of
The Yummies

Hi Everyone,

It's been a while. Some updates and random thoughts:
- The Friends Show was crazy. Great art work and awesome turnout.
- We're going out to SF next week for performances and doing a mural. Been working hard getting ready for our trip. Here's what we're planning on painting.

Anywow, got some other things brewing up. Looking forward to the new year and new things to come. Thank you all again for supporting us and what we do.

ray young chu of The Yummies.

Ray Young Chu of
The Yummies

Thank you to all that came out to our show at the Denver Art Museum. We apologize for those who couldn't make it because it got sold out.

We also want to thank those at Denver Art Museum for having an event like this that really gave a lot to the city of Denver. Over one million came to this 35 hour straight event. They worked hard and a lot of people had happy faces so big props to the staff at Denver Art Museum. Everyone, when you go to Denver Art Museum again, hug the staff there.

For next time, we look forward to serving you all a better show next time that will be quicker, faster and stronger. Thank you all again.

Ray Young Chu of
The Yummies

This is Dexter. We worked together on an afterschool graffiti mural program through Colorado Hip Hop Coalition. I taught him some basic graffiti styles, history and a little about art and business.

This was the first time he did a spray can mural. We finished it in one long day.

With his family after finishing up. Cousins on the left; myself, Dexter and his parents Tammy and Terry on the right.	The funny pose.	Another serious one with the artists.	Funny one with the artists.

Over the past sessions, I got to know Dexter and find out he liked music and he did a lot of art. This is a performance of him doing an original song he wrote. I like how he got interupted by his grandma.

Still in high school and just getting out of incarceration, Dexter's dream is to pursue music. Besides some struggles he goes through in life, I hope Dexter pursues his dreams with what he loves and has a passion for. Here's another video performance with his raps.

The mural canvas will be on display at a jam that the Colorado Hip Hop Coalition is throwing at 12-6pm this Saturday.
1411 OGDEN STREET. SUITE 203. DENVER CO 80218
PH: 303 . 296 . 0966

Another one that is related to graffiti is an event we're helping out with:

The Yummies in collaboration with Kaffeine Buzz is helping with "The Quality of Life" DVD tour. It's a graffiti movie from San Francisco (including Dug One, King 157, Jor 1 and many others).

After showing the movie, we wanted to do a hip hop community thing. So we have DJ Thought / B-Money on the ones and twos; B-boys sessions (possibly GWT and Front Range Rockers); Mic Jones, Isolated Generation and other MCs; Jher, Path One, Markham Maes live painting. There will be raffle prizes from Indyink, The 400, Plastic Chapel and Brave New World Tattoo.

$5 = Screening of the movie = 8pm = All Ages
10 pm = 21+ > Hip Hop Party
High Dive on Broadway / Ellsworth.

Much Love.
Ray Young Chu.

Ray Young Chu of
The Yummies

Hey Everyone.

We have a couple shows coming up. Sorry we haven't updated in a while. We've been pretty slammed and busy doing "behind-the-scenes" work. For those who can't make it, here's a sample of our new paintings below. These will be shown at our next show at Den Gallery. The Scattered Arts Collective will also be showing.

Ray Young Chu.

Greetings to all,

This is Ben Ildae Lim, from the almond eating art group, The Yummies. We've been busy more than ever and are happy to say that we are still smiling. First of the picture of myself holding a snapping turtle is a tribute to my hero Steve Irwin. Im sure everyone knows him as the Crocodile Hunter. He was my Jordan being enthusiast naturalist myself he was the role model. Butbut maybe its his pop that said it best, Steve would want to be remembered as an "ordinary bloke".

One simple thing I admired about was Steve was a man who lived life. He knew why he was on this green earth, and he did the things that he truly loved. One couldnt deny the fire and charisma this man oozed. The Yummies are eminent on doing what we love and to do the best. And its really a gift to have someone who has done that fully with love and joy. So Steve from this Yummie heart this Snapping Turtle is for you!

Other news, The Yummies have recently inquired their own Store and Gallery space!!! We have fresh new paintings, prints, apparel and a lot other goods. Now you can actually try on a t-shirt and smell a painting in real life before purchasing it! Ray and I are down at the stores Wednesday and Thursday we encourage you to bring a hot bowl of ramyun noodle and hang out with us. Its located on the heart of Colfax.

The exact address and store hours is:

3105 east Colfax ave.
Wen-Fri 1-6pm, Sat 12-6pm.

Hope to see yalls soon.

Love, Fresh Air, and Respect.

Ben Ildae Lim
From THE YUMMIES.

Ray Young Chu of
The Yummies

Yo.

Some picts of recent pictures with The Yummies gear.

His name is Ryan. He will be getting married soon and has a son. Ryan is wearing the white version of "Back to the Basics" logo shirt. Inquiry through info@theyummies.com. Ryan is multi-talented and likes the color red.

Ray Young Chu of
The Yummies

Ray Young Chu Here.

Here's a funny video of a Mascot Mannie performance. There's something weird about Mascot Mannie though. More videos coming soon.

Ray Young Chu of
The Yummies

Hey Everyone,

These days, we're wanting to linger back and enjoy the simple things in life. It's been a busy year and we've done a lot of fun-packed things...but sometimes things get a little too hectic and complex so we're trying to go back to the basics.

Thus our next show and shirts entitled "Back to the Basics". Concentrating on the logo of: THE YUMMIES and motto: Art and Peanut Butter. What does it mean? What is peanut butter? Well, listen to the The Yummies Theme Song below. You could also learn how to play it with the lyrics!

The Yummies Theme Song
DOWNLOAD
The Yummies Intro Song
0:12

The Yummies Theme Song
1:37

Talk to you soon.
Ray of THE YUMMIES.

INSIDE PRINTS FOR EACH SIZES

Young Ninja Nate advertising for the Indyink Show. Click above for a bigger view. If you've seen these posters anywhere, email us picts with you smiling next to them.


We also have our own store space! It's on 3501 Colfax St. Denver, CO, USA, Earth.

Our grand opening will be with our friends The Fabric Lab. We're sharing spaces with them. We'll have a party on Friday the 12th of August.

Ray Young Chu of
The Yummies

The cover of the Yatta! CD single.

Ray Young Chu Here.

Random Ray
I went to a camp one time that they were doing an ice breaker and doing some introductions. So they had people introduce themselves with an adjective that started with the first letter of their name. I originally picked something unnecessarily cheesy like "Radical Ray" and then someone said "Random Ray" is your name! I agreed and ever since then I like to use this to introduce my name.

If you know me, you'll know I'm random and perhaps that is why The Yummies have a weird quarky feeling mixed with fruits and nuts.

Well, with this introduction, I'm happy to present one of the best music video I've seen in a long time. Although it is political, I rather enjoy the joyous feeling you get in the performance. With the facial expressions mixed with seemingly random statements, it is an inspiration to me. I hope you enjoy it and make you want to enjoy life and be thankful for what we do have. Thank you Gloria and Shaniqbooboo.

Ray of THE YUMMIES.



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Yatta is a 2001 song by a Japanese comedy band called ???? (Happa-tai; literally "Leaf Squad" in Japanese, though they called themselves "Green Leaves" in English). The song was first performed as a sketch on the Japanese sketch comedy show "??????" (Warau Inu no Bo-ken; Adventures of a Laughing Dog), where Happa-tai, a sendup of a stereotypical boy band, is portrayed by some of Japan's most well-known comedians. It became extremely popular on the Internet through the distribution of its music video and also a Flash animation called Irrational Exuberance which used the song (this was a so-called animutation).

The video features its members singing in a mixture of Japanese and English, and dancing exuberantly while wearing only underwear with a large green leaf on the front. The word yatta literally means "We did it" but an equivalent exclamation in English might be "All right!" The song is in the style of an upbeat, motivational pop song, mimicking the style of Japanese corporate anthems, and the six band members' synchronized dancing and personalized poses for the camera parody the boy band craze.

The sketch appears to be at least partly ironic commentary on attempts by the Japanese government and others to maintain optimism in the face of Japan's severe economic troubles, depicting men impoverished to the degree of having no clothing but the figurative fig leaf (though in this case the leaves are attached to tighty whiteys) yet maintaining an irrational, irrepressible belief in their own potential for success. The sketch satirizes many of the stereotypes of Japanese pop culture, including such tropes as a romantic interlude during the song's bridge that takes place on a city street filled with floating sakura blossoms.

On April 18, 2001, the Yatta! single was released under the Pony Canyon label in Japan. It surprisingly hit #6 in the charts, and went triple-platinum in Japan within a number of weeks. While the song was intended to be humorous, the Internet audience in the United States generally assumed it to be earnest, probably due to the obvious work that went into the special effects in the video. The incomprehensibility of such an elaborate video enhanced its popularity among Western audiences who could not understand the Japanese lyrics.

The song and video have since been used as a web culture in-joke on many different websites, akin to All your base are belong to us, and the amount of independent video of various kinds that has referenced or used it is quite prolific. The actors who performed as Happa-tai were even brought to perform "YATTA!" in the United States on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Host Jimmy Kimmel compared himself to Ed Sullivan introducing the Beatles in their first American performance.

This is Ray Young Chu from The Yummies. Hello again.

I've titled this news update "Life".

We got some exciting things going on in the next couple of weeks. We'll be having a Birthday Party for THE YUMMIES this Thursday. We're two years old! Both founder Ben Ildae Lim (3rd) and myself (26th) have our birthdays in June as well. Come out and celebrate life with us.

We'll be also speaking at Korean Heritage Camp and Self Made. Self Made is an artist talk held at Double Daughters (where we still have a show up this month). Korean Heritage Camp is this summer camp for adopted Koreans to learn about their heritage as Korean Americans.

Seonna Hong and Toby Dawson are some of the people that will be there this year.

SEONNA HONG
Seonna Hong is a great artist who's background is illustration and she does animation. She's worked on Dexter's Labratory and in 2004 she was nominated for an Annie Award and won an Emmy Award for her background animation on "My Life as a Teenage Robot," the acclaimed Nickelodeon show. Additionally, Hong has been featured in the New York Times The New York Sun, Gallery Guide (cover), Giant Robot (cover), Art + Auction, Portland Mercury (cover), Res Magazine, Art Prostitute, as well as the books The Truth Show, Beatsville, and Sci-Fi Western. (Taken from Six Space)

She's also married to acclaimed artist Tim Biskup.

TOBY DAWSON
Young Toby's adjustment to life in America wasn't easy. He didn't speak English when he first arrived, and Deborah recalls that he screamed out in his sleep nearly every night for a year. Growing up in the U.S., Dawson would go to a three- or four-day camp during the summer for adopted children from South Korea and other Asian countries. He now volunteers at the heritage camp every year, trying to help kids who are going through what he experienced. "It's a special experience because it is all adopted kids and everyone forms this close bond with each other that is unexplainable, just because we've all kind of gone through the same situation," he says. "We've all had the heartache, all of the things that are involved with being adopted, for one, and being a minority, for two."
(Taken from NBC Olympics)

We're really excited to meet everyone there, help and learn as well. We'll be speaking about culture, graffiti and the philosophies of The Yummies. At Self Made, we'll talk about
what The Yummies do. Both will feature founder Ben Ildae Lim.

Got a couple more events coming up, just check our show list. Also got some secret things in the works but we'll post you up on details later.

Last but not least, I wanted to end off with a movie. As life is full of challenges, I'm proud to present a film made by Ben Ildae Lim and written by our friend Clifton Smith about the challenges of life and deep friendships. Check it out below, It's called "That Place".


Click above to see the movie.

I'll talk to you all later. Enjoy life and give.
ryc of THE YUMMIES.

This is Ray Young Chu from The Yummies. Hello.

Shows:
I wanted to let you all know of some shows in which we'll be showing our paintings and prints in Denver. Two shows same night. We'll be at the Fakture one earlier on and then at Double Daughter's later.

New and old paintings. For those outside, we should be posting up picts.

Decks:
We will have skate boards at 303 Boards available next month. They should be part of a series of limited edition boards.

Kid Koala:
Got to hang out with Kid Koala when he came out to Denver. Although a couple people booed us; Koala liked us and encouraged us to grow in our performances and art. "People will remember 10% auditory of a performance but will remember visually 90%." (Ray's paraphrased version of Kid Koala quoted Money Mark).

Ben Ildae Lim helping with the organizing.

Skate Boards available at 303 Boards.