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Nov 29, 2017 Shepard Fairey’s DAMAGED in Chinatown

by Martin Wong

Even the biggest haters in the loves-to-hate street art scene have to respect Shepard Fairey's execution, dedication, and giving a shit. All of these aspects of the artist's work are on display for the public to see at DAMAGED, a one-person gallery show presented by Library Street Collective in the industrial outskirts of Chinatown. I see...

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Nov 07, 2017 Reading Club: The Three-Body Problem, Cometbus 58, Wapow 1

by Martin Wong

The best part of re-shelving piles of records is finding albums you've forgotten about, dusting off a few of them, and revisiting some of your favorite music. But what happens when you move a bookshelf? More likely you find stuff that you acquired and never even touched! The other week, I dug up the first two...

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Sep 05, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 13 with Channel Three, The Neptunas, and 16 Again

by Martin Wong

This may sound like a broken record, but it's a really good one--a scratchy slab of vinyl that you scored at a thrift shop with that killer song that was on a lost mix tape or perhaps last heard on Rodney on the Roq decades ago when you were a kid. Anyway, for the thirteenth...

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Feb 15, 2017 Firecracker run in Chinatown and two-and-a-half minutes of 100,000 firecrackers going off

by Martin Wong

When friends talk about taking kung fu or karate lessons when they were kids or even Muay Thai or MMA as adults, my response has always been that I prefer to run. There was a time when I would participate in a lot of 5Ks, 10Ks, and the Bay to Breakers. Nowadays, I just sign...

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Jan 24, 2017 Women’s March LA, Roots at CAMLA, #schooltrump at Castelar

by Martin Wong

Joining a 750 thousand other people on Saturday monring, my wife and I piled in the van with our 8-year-old as well as my sister and brother-in-law and their two daughters, to take part in the Women's March in Los Angeles. Sure, there was some blue language on the protest signs mixed in with the pink...

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Nov 30, 2016 Announcing Save Music in Chinatown 11: Rikk Agnew Band, Ford Madox Ford, Rough Kids, The Side Eyes

by Martin Wong

Bands have descended from much larger stages and arrived from much farther away to play Save Music in Chinatown benefit shows. But the lineup for our eleventh all-ages matinee fundraiser, which will take place on Sunday, January 29, is one of the most exciting for me because it's the closest aligned to the Hong Kong...

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Sep 20, 2016 Imprint Presents: Underground Bands from Beijing preview with Alpine Decline

by Martin Wong

I was stoked when Tanya and Julia gave me a green light to set up an Imprint event featuring underground bands from China. I had booked them to play a benefit for music education at my daughter's school in Chinatown but how cool will it be for cool and noisy artists like Carsick Cars, Chui...

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Jun 21, 2016 24-hour tour of my hometown

by Martin Wong

Going on trips and trying to figuring out an itinerary is a blast. You scribble down interesting places to visit, stuff to eat, and people to see according to geography and then balance them out like a word problem. But what happens when an old friend comes to town and stays with you? My college...

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May 10, 2016 Save Music in Chinatown 9 with California, Saccharine Trust, Zander Schloss, Spokenest, and Mike Watt & The Secondmen

by Martin Wong

When my wife and I came up with the idea of organizing all-ages DIY punk matinees to raise money for the music program at Castelar Elementary, we had no idea what we were doing. We just went for it and--with help from so many friends in bands, with venues, on radio shows, and with cool...

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Apr 19, 2016 Chinatown Stories

by Martin Wong

Over time, the art of storytelling has come a long way--from teaching lessons to building religions to selling products--and I can understand why. It's more fun and effective to tell stories than philosophize or tell people what to do. And so on Sunday, community s p a c e s will be presenting Chinatown Storytelling Workshop. The...

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Nov 29, 2017 Shepard Fairey’s DAMAGED in Chinatown

Nov 07, 2017 Reading Club: The Three-Body Problem, Cometbus 58, Wapow 1

Sep 05, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 13 with Channel Three, The Neptunas, and 16 Again

Feb 15, 2017 Firecracker run in Chinatown and two-and-a-half minutes of 100,000 firecrackers going off

Jan 24, 2017 Women’s March LA, Roots at CAMLA, #schooltrump at Castelar

Nov 30, 2016 Announcing Save Music in Chinatown 11: Rikk Agnew Band, Ford Madox Ford, Rough Kids, The Side Eyes

Sep 20, 2016 Imprint Presents: Underground Bands from Beijing preview with Alpine Decline

Jun 21, 2016 24-hour tour of my hometown

May 10, 2016 Save Music in Chinatown 9 with California, Saccharine Trust, Zander Schloss, Spokenest, and Mike Watt & The Secondmen

Apr 19, 2016 Chinatown Stories