I recall one of my English professors at UCLA saying in a lecture that you can't read every book in the world but you can skim the book reviews in the Sunday paper to at least know what's going on. In that spirit--and in contrast to actual criticism--here are some thoughts on key books that...
Disclaimer: Ben Clark is one of my best friends, who actually played music at my wedding as part of the Ray Barbee Band. And he also shot many of my favorite articles that I wrote for Giant Robot mag. Coming from a punk rock background, we carried the barest of gear and never had makeup...
I thought 2013 was pretty rad. But why? I thought about it and boiled it down...
[caption id="attachment_9047" align="alignnone" width="790"] Imprint Presents: David Choe at the Center for the Preservation of Democracy (October 17, 2013)[/caption] Over the holiday weekend I didn't do anything worth exploring or sharing, so I'm going to take this opportunity to answer the 8 Questions questionnaire. After all, how can I ask my peers to participate unless I...
[caption id="attachment_9034" align="alignnone" width="790"] Jesse von Doom and Maggie Vail at the CASH Music Summit LA at The Echoplex (November 16, 2013)[/caption] I was introduced to Maggie Vail by our mutual friend Lance Hahn when he was staying at my house and her band The Bangs was playing down the street at Spaceland. It was probably...
When a friend asked me if I wanted to see Moebius at AFI Fest, I thought it was going to be a documentary about the French cartoonist. That would have been great, but even better it was Kim Ki-duk's latest flick. I'm a big fan of the South Korean director, and have even had the...
Will it be good? That was my initial response when I was asked to moderate last weekend's panel featuring filmmakers and actors from the upcoming feature, Revenge of the Green Dragons. Then I did a little research and discovered that the gangster movie based on actual events in New York City's Chinatown is being executive...
Of course, David Choe's upcoming talk at the Center for the Preservation of Democracy reminds me of when I edited Giant Robot mag and he was a contributor. The first time I met him was at the San Diego Comic-Con in 1997. I don't recall if he was a student or recent dropout of CCAC,...
After it was announced last week that artist David Choe would be the next speaker at Imprint Presents, it was hard not to recall last year's Q&A with him at the Art Theatre in Long Beach. Imprint/interTrend leader Julia Huang had arranged for him as well as his documentary filmmaker/Thumbs Up! sidekick/longtime friend Harry Kim...
To expand on the audience and effectiveness of our recent Long Beach: Work in Progress conference, we have commissioned a series of videos. This is the second of three, and features the team of core speakers including Imprint founder Julia Huang, W+K Garage founder John Jay, Staple Design's jeffstaple, and me. Its purpose is to...