Be Kind, R3WIND

Tasafila from R3WIND (formerly Blockbuster DAO) is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. Tasafila stands for ‘Take a second and fall in love again’, which I stan. He’s a literal neighbor to the last-standing Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon and a friend who hangs out with me at the intersection of pop culture, nostalgia, and web3. We explore the evolution of media, culture, and technology and ultimately how this content and culture bring us together. I loved geeking out over web3, how archival IP and ‘licensed nostalgia’ can enable a whole new era of content and pop culture, how integrity can be maintained in the space, and how exploitation of legacy brands ultimately replicates web2’s problems in web3. We play Rent or Return, where Tasafila picks which ‘classic’ movies he was into (or not). He shares his curated movie picks, just like the Blockbuster employees do, except he doesn’t put Requiem for a Dream (traumatizing) in between Disney Pixar movies. I have the opportunity to talk about my favorite meta humor-filled, campy, extra, overtly gratuitous movie, Spiceworld, at relative length. About our Guest Tasafila is the founder of R3WIND (formerly BlockbusterDAO), a content ecosystem that gives power back to the creators. Connect with Tasafila Twitter Connect with Nic TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack Special Thanks 💖 Artwork by @hmdraws_ Music by @egmusicnyc Video by @valentinareyes9 YouTube CC available in English and Español Episode Transcript #blockbuster #bekindrewind #web3