Author: Martin Wong

8 Questions

Sep 03, 2013

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Since founding Poketo in 2003, the husband-and-wife team of Angie Myung and Ted Vadakan have grown their indie design company from a maker of limited-edition wallets (collaborating with everyone from Tim Biskup to Esther Pearl Watson to Gary Baseman to Adventure Time) to a full-on clothing, accessories, housewares, and stationery brand, as well as a...

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Aug 27, 2013

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A lot has changed since I last attended FYF Fest two years ago. Back then the Los Angeles music festival was already far removed from its DIY roots, taking on a family-friendly acronym and being transplanted from the clubs and alleys of Echo Park to a national park in Chinatown, but it has exploded into...

Editorial, On Beauty

Aug 20, 2013

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This weekend I took my family to catch the last weekend of Gary Baseman's exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center. Because the Los Angeles-based artist's style appears so effortless and playful, he is subject to being dismissed as an illustrator, entertainer, and crowd pleaser. The massive success of the board game Cranium (which features his...

Editorial

Jul 23, 2013

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It's impossible for one person to report on the San Diego Comic-Con. There's just too much to cover. On one end of the spectrum, up to 6,500 attendees line up and then camp out in the cavernous Hall H to drool over new trailers, exclusive clips, and hopefully some celebrities. Others comb the floor in...

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Jul 15, 2013

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I first encountered Eddie Solis last year when his band It's Casual opened for Negative Approach at Alex's Bar. I was blown away by the two-man crew, which is a force of nature onstage, and it turns out Eddie is equally intense about his offstage projects. To his repertoire of playing heavy music and running...

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Jul 08, 2013

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There are plenty of  independently owned and operated T-shirt, soft goods, and accessory brands out there. But who is crazy enough to start his or her own shoe company? That would be Una Kim, who helped launch Keep Company in 2006. The Los Angeles-based operation has not only survived but has gained notoriety among footwear...

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Jul 01, 2013

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Downloading, streaming, and even BluRay--all of the latest and greatest ways to watch a movie pale in comparison to a proper film festival screening. The energy of like-minded moviegoers can't be beat and neither can meeting the filmmaker. When I was helping out at this spring's Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, I had the...

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Jun 24, 2013

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I've known Susie Ghahremani so long that I can't remember the first time I met her. It was probably in the early 2000s at an art show at Giant Robot, where I edited the magazine and she was contributing regularly to the art gallery. Since then, the RISD-trained San Diego resident has continued her skyward...