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Editorial

Nov 17, 2015 Optic Nerve’s Adrian Tomine and TVOTR’s Tunde Adebimpe at Skylight Books

by Martin Wong

Last week, my wife and I walked over to Skylight Books in Los Feliz to see Adrian Tomine read from his new book, Killing and Dying, and chat about his work with Tunde Adebimpe from TV on the Radio. We're longtime fans of both Tomine's Optic Nerve comics and Adebimpe's band, so how could we...

Editorial

May 26, 2015 The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic: Jessica Hopper book signing at Skylight Books

by Martin Wong

I sort of remember how I met Jessica Hopper. In the mid 2000s, she was doing PR for a bunch of cool bands while I was editing a magazine. We corresponded and collaborated, and during a trip to Chicago I even visited the compound run by her and her friend Joan and had lunch with...