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Jun 07, 2017 Fifth-grade art show and noise jam at Wirtz Elementary with members of the Big Boys, Minutemen, No Age…

by Martin Wong

My friend Erik Caruso is a fifth-grade teacher at Wirtz Elementary who thinks that art and music are as important to kids' educations as reading, writing, arithmetic, and everything else. And since there isn't time or budget for it in his classroom, for the last eight years he has organized an after-school art program for...

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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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Jan 13, 2015 Save Music in Chinatown 5 Recap with Mike Watt & The Secondmen, The Gears, and Adolescents (Secret Show!)

by Martin Wong

On Sunday, we had our latest Save Music in Chinatown benefit matinee. I love how with each show there are more familiar faces in the crowd--not just friends and family but contributors of all kinds from previous installments. It's becoming a real community which is something that never occurred to me last year when my...

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Dec 23, 2014 Save Music in Chinatown 5: Mike Watt & The Secondmen, The Gears, Steve Soto from The Adolescents

by Martin Wong

The fifth Save Music in Chinatown benefit takes place in less than three weeks. But will anyone think about it over the holidays? Will it be more than an afterthought to stressing, shopping, and traveling? I hope so. My daughter's school Castelar Elementary still relies on private donations to pay for the defunded music program....

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Nov 19, 2013 CASH Music Summit: Los Angeles

by Martin Wong

How could Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom possibly follow up on helping to grow Kill Rock Stars, one of the coolest and most important record labels of the '90s and '00s? The label that brought the world Bikini Kill, Unwound, Sleater-Kinney, Elliott Smith, Quasi...

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Jun 07, 2017 Fifth-grade art show and noise jam at Wirtz Elementary with members of the Big Boys, Minutemen, No Age…

Jun 21, 2016 24-hour tour of my hometown

Jan 13, 2015 Save Music in Chinatown 5 Recap with Mike Watt & The Secondmen, The Gears, and Adolescents (Secret Show!)

Dec 23, 2014 Save Music in Chinatown 5: Mike Watt & The Secondmen, The Gears, Steve Soto from The Adolescents

Nov 19, 2013 CASH Music Summit: Los Angeles