save music in chinatown Tag

Editorial

Feb 11, 2014

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[caption id="attachment_9594" align="alignnone" width="790"] Top row photos courtesy of Ben Clark[/caption] Since yesterday's gig was the second Save Music in Chinatown show, which I've been single-handedly been promoting for weeks on end, I have to admit that I'm getting worried about writing the same things over and over again. Thrilled to parlay my background in indie...

Editorial

Jan 28, 2014

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I've been lucky enough to have not one but two dream jobs. Helping to start Giant Robot and edit the magazine for 16 years was a great run. How many writers get to work with their best friend and cover pretty much whatever he or she wants every single issue? And being a part of...

Editorial

Dec 10, 2013

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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...

Editorial

Nov 05, 2013

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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...