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Sep 06, 2016 The art of Parliament-Funkadelic’s Overton Loyd at the California African American Museum

by Martin Wong

The California African American Museum has been around for 30 years but the state-of-the-art structure still feels brand new and it was only this summer that it became a Smithsonian affiliate. But while CAAM's future seems bright, there's no reason to wait around for future shows. I would go in the next two weeks while...

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Aug 30, 2016 In the mood for records

by Martin Wong

Technically, the jettone 25th Anniversary Special Edition records are not reissues because these particular Wong Kar Wai soundtracks never came out on vinyl. But if you are a hardcore fan who bought the original CDs when they came out, do you really need to put out for the fancy new, thick slabs of wax in...

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Aug 29, 2016 8 Question Interview with Girls Who Flip

by Jenifer Maxwel

Often, I like to think about taking the plunge from homeowner to real estate mogul (yes, for real), going one step beyond buying for the purpose of living in it and building wealth, one property at a time. I know, I know, it’s probably still quite difficult to consider real estate investing as a viable option...

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Aug 23, 2016 Disneyland in B&W

by Martin Wong

If I stuck around and worked at the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland for more than one summer and a couple of breaks, I probably would have been trained to operate the Enchanted Tiki Room next. While the former is probably the most fun place to work at in the Magic Kingdom when you're a teenager--with...

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Aug 22, 2016 8 Question Interview with Michael Chiang

by Tanya Raukko

I met Michael Chiang back in 1999 at the height of the dot com bubble. We conducted our second year, field study capstone project together in a small group. Grad school section-mates, we were eager and ambitious to discover where we could make a mark. It was always clear to me that Michael would be...

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Aug 16, 2016 Music coming in waves: Rachel Haden, Redd Kross, Side Eyes, Bernays Propaganda, Mike Watt + The Secondmen, The Little Richards

by Martin Wong

Music comes in waves, and I don't mean sound waves out of a speaker. I'll get a CD in the mail, be handed some records by a friend, and buy a 7" single from merch table all at once, and then be forced to sit down in front of my stereo and plow through the...

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Aug 09, 2016 My San Diego Comic-Con 2016 stash

by Martin Wong

Hall H has been decontaminated, Stormtrooper uniforms are being Turtle Waxed, and bloggers have moved on to the next big thing. You might be able to go to a Bertos without running into a Klingon. But I still have Comic-Con Fever, and am almost done plowing through the stack of publications I picked up. Yes,...

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Aug 02, 2016 Warner Bros Archive and Studio Tour

by Martin Wong

My old roommate who has worked at the Warner Bros archive for decades has been inviting me over for a personal tour of the studio lot for just as long. This summer I finally took him up on it. It's a unique and historic place which, in some ways, is more like the White House...

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Jul 28, 2016 Alaskan Fishing Trip

by Calvin N.

Last week was my first time visiting Alaska and deep sea fishing. I was lucky enough to go on this Shelter Lodge fishing trip because there's a long waitlist and someone ended up dropping out last minute. I ended up going with my dad and uncles on this week long trip not knowing what to...

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Jul 26, 2016 Some Comic-Con panels outside Hall H

by Martin Wong

It's true that Comic-Con is way more commercial than it used to be and it's almost impossible to get passes. It doesn't seem right for nerd culture to have been taken over by the popular kids, exclusive toys to be more coveted than comics, and models to be wearing cosplay. But if you manage to...