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Editorial

Apr 05, 2016 Announcing Save Music in Chinatown 9: California, Zander Schloss, Spokenest, Mike Watt & The Secondmen

by Martin Wong

Since Eloise started attending kindergarten, Wendy and I have joked about her school taking over our lives. These days, we volunteer with valet duties practically every morning, help in the classroom all morning once a week, and make the school yearbook. I also serve on the school site council and, for the last few months,...

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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...