#75: Rafastinks

Rafa on The Pumpkin Fairies, The Momotaro Family of Gorillas, Bodega Meals, and more.

Cool people like cool things, which is why we asked cool person Rafastinks to come on Perfectly Imperfect & spread the hot rec wealth.

How does begin to one answer the question: who is Rafa? Well, to start, he’s trailblazing the way for a new form of cinema: long form memes. But he’s also an enigmatic & hilarious living meme himself who is best understood by the distinct style of his IG captions & stories, his iconic full-page ad in the Drunken Canal, his katana that was eventually sold to Azealia Banks, or most recently his Andrew Yang takedown subway posters. Rafa also happens to have great taste and lucky for us, he’s here to talk about what he’s been into.

Without further ado

Rafastinks (instagram, twitter)

👟 🎵 The Pumpkin Fairies - Love Me (1989)

Despite my tough guy persona, I am an avid shoegaze enjoyer. My favorites are the typical surface level first “wave” of shoegaze i.e. Slowdive, MBV, Lush, Chapterhouse, Swirlie, Drop Nineteens, etc. I could go on… but there’s other things t…