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Aug 29, 2017 Channel 3 with dozens of bands at a hundred degrees at It’s Not Dead 2

by Martin Wong

It's been at least three or four years since I've been to a big music festival. Too hot. Too dusty. Bad food and even worse bathrooms. Don't get to see all the bands I want. All that was true for Saturday's It's Not Dead Fest 2, but how could I not see my pals Channel...

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Oct 27, 2015 Bob Forrest’s Survival Songs

by Martin Wong

The new Bob Forrest record doesn't have layers of self-destructive lyrics and post-punk guitar like Thelonious Monster or the sobered-up and cleaned-up sound of The Bicycle Thief (his old bands). The concept is more akin to the Rick Rubin-produced Johnny Cash records: the raw voice of a well-traveled badass reinventing old songs. Of course, it's...

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Dec 10, 2013 Save Music in Chinatown 1 Recap

by Martin Wong

As Sunday's benefit gig to raise money for music education at my daughter's elementary school was wrapping up, a couple of guests struck up a conversation with me. It turned out they are starting up a foundation to help the Chinese community in L.A. as well, and were checking out our event to see if...

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Nov 05, 2013 Introducing the Save Music in Chinatown Project

by Martin Wong

In this blog, I typically share cool stuff that friends are doing. So please humor me this time as I blab about a project that my wife Wendy Lau and I are starting. In August, our daughter Eloise began attending kindergarten at Castelar Elementary School in Chinatown. It is neither a magnet nor a charter but...