Author: Martin Wong

Editorial

Oct 27, 2015

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The new Bob Forrest record doesn't have layers of self-destructive lyrics and post-punk guitar like Thelonious Monster or the sobered-up and cleaned-up sound of The Bicycle Thief (his old bands). The concept is more akin to the Rick Rubin-produced Johnny Cash records: the raw voice of a well-traveled badass reinventing old songs. Of course, it's...

Editorial

Oct 20, 2015

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I'm the first one to admit that I don't know anything about jazz. But I respect the art form and know Rachel Haden, so my family and I drove out to Valencia and attended the CalArts tribute to her late father and legendary musician and teacher at the campus's Wild Beast stage. Rachel and fellow Haden...

Editorial

Oct 14, 2015

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At first, Daniel Wu and I were pen pals. While studying architecture in Oregon, he was a fan of  the GR mag which I helped make, we corresponded, and he became a contributor. Then he went on vacation in Hong Kong and wound up becoming an award-winning actor and filmmaker. The magazine ran its course but...

Editorial

Sep 15, 2015

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Jack Kirby was already old-school when I started buying comics in the mid-'70s. My twin brother Greg, our friend Mike, and I bought issues from Kirby's runs in Captain America, Devil Dinosaur, and Machine Man, as well as the Silver Surfer graphic novel off the stands, and his style already seemed old fashioned. Yet we...