958. - Eddie Huang

**Chris Black** (0:00)
All right, this episode of How Long Gone is brought to you by Stateside with Kai and Carter, a new podcast from The Guardian. And they are using this podcast to slow down the news and wrestle with the questions that we all have about what's happening in the world. And they do it three times a week, Jason. Does that sound familiar to you?

**Jason Stewart** (0:13)
We don't really talk about a lot of international, global news items and climates and cultures and sports and things like that. We do talk about fashion and wellness, but for everything else, Kai and Carter are a great place.

**Chris Black** (0:26)
All right, so who couldn't use more news? Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube.
How Long Gone, recording in progress, a beautiful, perfect actually weather day here in New York City. 75 degrees and sunny outside. Vim Jeans is in town. I'm sure he's been touching the streets, letting people know he's in Dime Square, pissing on fire hydrants, getting a hot dog at Elbow Bakery, going to La Deve for an afternoon cocktail. I can't even imagine what you're up to over there.

**Jason Stewart** (1:11)
I have not done any of that. I've been in the hotel all day long, just working and stuff, but I did, unfortunately, go to La Deve last night for a quick martini on the corner, which you cannot smoke anywhere, which is stupid.

**Chris Black** (1:27)
I thought that shit was lawless. That's why people go there.

**Jason Stewart** (1:29)
You're telling me that... No, all the seating in the middle of the street, on the curbs, on the sidewalks, any outdoor, anything, even if you're just on a single chair sitting in the middle of the street, no smoking allowed, at Clando, the Deve, every one of those places, no smoking allowed. You can just get out of your chair and walk three feet. Sure. Anywhere and do it, but if you can't smoke standing in the middle of a street that's closed off.

**Chris Black** (1:56)
I gotta say, I don't...

**Jason Stewart** (1:57)
Where can you smoke? And then also the problem is the neighbors are complaining too much smoke. We're in the middle of the street. Do you want me to go stand underneath your window on the sidewalk?

**Chris Black** (2:04)
Well, depending on the way the winds are blowing, I'm not Tiger Woods Caddy or anything, but I feel like, depending on how the winds are blowing. But let me ask you a question, and I don't mean to pit our two beautiful cities against one another yet again. If I'm at, let's say Bar Secco, just for example, I've got my cowboy boots and my long shorts on, can I smoke a cigarette sitting on that dusty sidewalk?

**Jason Stewart** (2:27)
Probably not while dinner hours are happening. But then once it turns into Le Disco, you know around 945, I think, yeah.

**Chris Black** (2:39)
Around 945 when the disco gets started?

**Jason Stewart** (2:42)
The pink capris can come out, the toosie comes out.

**Chris Black** (2:47)
Once Tim and his boys show up trolling, then you can smoke a cigarette. Okay, I got you.

**Jason Stewart** (2:52)
I just don't, I don't think there are any restaurants, like if, I guess if it's in America, like New York City, I don't know, I mean like, I guess parts of the South and you could still smoke cigarettes at a restaurant, but obviously in the outdoors area, but you know, few and far between, just like places you can get change made.

**Chris Black** (3:08)
I know, wow, we're really uncovering a lot here. I honestly, I've never been to that. I've never sat outside of any of those establishments.
When you don't drink, there's not much for you over there after 9 p.m. unless you, you know, I'm going to Dimes for my salmon, I'm going to Tolo for my special French fries.

**Jason Stewart** (3:24)
Yeah, nothing, nothing for you. The only reason to go there is to like get more fucked up, do some good coke, smoke cigarettes outside and get some dick, get some pussy.

**Chris Black** (3:34)
Oh, sometimes I'm going to, sometimes I'm going to Metrograph to see a Jimmy Stewart movie. You know what I mean? Depending on if they have, which print they have, uh, which print they have.

**Jason Stewart** (3:43)
I saw it on IMAX. I love that aspect ratio.

**Chris Black** (3:50)
I saw it on IMAX.

**Jason Stewart** (3:51)
They're coming for our girl pigeon, Sarah Pigeon, for saying she doesn't know who Jimmy Stewart is. Who does?

**Chris Black** (3:58)
Fuck you, nerds. Like honestly, she's, she's bad enough and young enough to let her slide. I'm not happy that she's walking around fucking Fort Greene making out with Joe Alwyn. She's got Taylor's sloppy seconds, that boring motherfucker. But still I thought some of the homies had a chance. I really, with her, I was like one of our friends who's a photographer said he shot her, said there was a vibe. I saw Cooper last night. I was like, Cooper, this could be yours. He said, I know.