Author: Martin Wong

Editorial

Oct 14, 2014

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I'm not a longtime cyclist or even a good one. My wife and I purchased bikes after my daughter learned how to ride one without training wheels this summer.  So our participation in Ciclavia two weekends ago was also our introduction. It's a cool concept, blocking off streets so that Los Angelenos (and anyone else) can...

Editorial

Sep 30, 2014

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Last week, I went to Arcana Books in Culver City to attend a book signing by photographer Glen E. Friedman for his latest collection, My Rules. I'm a big fan of Friedman's work. He would be a badass if he were able to simply capture the energy, aesthetics, and personalities of the early Dogtown scene,...

Editorial

Sep 09, 2014

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Visitors often complain about how Los Angeles is sprawled out and there's no transportation system that takes everyone everywhere easily. They're right. But I love that I still discover neighborhoods and areas that are new to me decades after moving up from behind the Orange Curtain. That happened this weekend when my wife and I...

8 Questions

Sep 08, 2014

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I have a disclaimer: Angelyn is my sister and my wife Wendy and I have helped her develop fabric patterns for designs. Our daughter wears Kumquat gear roughly every other day. But while there is bias in my asking Angelyn our 8 Questions, there is also honesty and awareness. I really dig as well as...

Editorial

Sep 02, 2014

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Imprint's Jeffrey Ng introduced Jan Chipchase as a guy who specializes in gathering impossible-to-get information for clients. Chipchase is famously able to extract data from the most insular communities around the world, ranging from the very richest to the most poor. His #imprintpresents talk at the Downtown Independent on Tuesday, August 26, was a rare...

Editorial

Aug 26, 2014

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It was way back in 2002 but I vividly recall driving from my home in Silver Lake to the Giant Robot garage off Sawtelle, listening to KXLU, and hearing what sounded like vintage garage rock from Cambodia. The LMU station is rightfully famous for championing all sorts of great punk rock, post punk, and noise...