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Editorial

Feb 02, 2016 Save Music in Chinatown 8 recap with The Crowd, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, FourEyedFour, and Bombón

by Martin Wong

Only a crazy person would have left the house last Sunday. Newscasters warned us that it would be pouring rain, super windy, and colder than hell. But isn't seeing a bunch of great bands worth it? Eating homemade ginger snaps and espresso brownies and drinking good coffee? What about doing all that to raise money...

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Dec 22, 2015 Save Music in Chinatown 8 preview with The Crowd, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, FourEyedFour, and Bombón

by Martin Wong

With seven all-ages matinees under our belts, organizing benefits to raise dough for the defunded music program at our daughter's elementary school in Chinatown should be getting old by now. But it isn't. Having different awesome bands join our cause makes each one different, and it's really amazing to see our circle of friends and...

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Apr 28, 2015 Radio stations, record stores, coelacanths

by Martin Wong

On Sunday, I attended KXLU Fest II. Getting to see one of my favorite bands, The Muffs, for free on the campus of Loyola Marymount University was pretty rad. Even better, it was all-ages show so I could take my 7-year-old daughter and go with my sister and her family! Immediately we saw my old...