Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
It’s been fun, and this is tonite. It’s not over yet. The final weekend is actually upon us. It will be fun to see the artists in this setting one more time, LA’s finest, The Binges are going to play at 7:30. DJ Puffs will be spinning records before and maybe some after. The Biennale show has been a great experience the second time around. I worked with new artists, learned new things, figured out how museums can work, and maybe some of the opposite. Yet the coolest aspect of a show like this is the human aspect. The folks who helped, the artists who were into it, and the people who came to see it and who enjoyed it. It’s a rare chance to work with a fun staff and a really nice venue to make a project like this work.
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So it started raining a little here in Southern California, and it got a little bit colder. This is nabe (Na – be) weather. I got the little table top stove. You start off with water, but you throw in a big piece of seaweed, which seasons the water. I bought crappy parts of fish (see the bones?), Asian cabbage, mushrooms (different kinds are always nice), shungiku (it’s like a green weed), and chicken meatballs. I’m new to this when I’m in charge running the stove, but I have no idea what I’m doing. After everything’s cooked, you dip it into a bowl of ponzu. Simple as that. $10 worth of groceries can feed a lot. Then imagine with the leftover soup, you throw either rice or udon into it and you have yet another meal. The best part of the meal is that you eat at your own pace, and a meal can comfortably last for an hour or even two if you’re hanging out.
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GR is having a sale, from Saturday the 16 until the 31st. Come on down, say hi, and pick up those odds and ends you’ve always wanted but didn’t want to shell out full price. We have a lot of fun and great items, so check it out. Also on a personal note: purchasing items at GR, or online, and eating at gr/eats supports everyone, and every little bit helps us out. GIANT ROBOT STOREWIDE SALE - 20 percent off ALL items (excluding art show pieces andpreviously-marked-down merchandise)- Giant Robot Store (LA), GR2, GRSF, GRNY, and webstore- Saturday, January 16 – Sunday, January 31, 2010 To reward loyal readers and customers, Giant Robot is cutting prices at all retail locations and the online shop. Beginning Saturday, January 16, every items (excluding art show pieces andalready-marked-down items) will be marked down by 20 percent, with many reduced even further. These are not overstock, leftover, or damaged goods, but the hand-picked, high-quality products from around the world that discerning students of culture have come to associatewith the Giant Robot brand. The cuts are effective until the end of the month and many items are in limited amounts, so don’t delay!
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It’s been a good ride, and it’s almost done, but not until this event takes place. It’s in a week. Thursday the 21st, 5-9pm although I know security will be shuffling people out at 8:45pm. We’ll have this rad band, The Binges play and DJ Puffs will also spin records (some of you remember her from the GRXScion Papershapers show). A bunch of the artist will come out and hopefully you will too. I don’t know of the exact schedule yet, but we’re putting this one together as you read this. So, keep up with my blog or watch http://www.giantrobot.com/biennale or even Facebook. I’ll link the invite for sure. Another cool little piece of trivia that someone reminded me of today was that Juxtapoz rated the Biennale #96! Common folks! Geez that’s a diss. The readers rated us No. 1. vote YES for the show.
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From Vimby.com – Video in My Backyard is Luke from Giant Robot SF. Can you say all this like Luke? This video is a lot of fun, and they should do one in LA and NYC. After the first minute, I wondered what Luke would say, but he nailed it. Good job, Luke in handling that mic. VIMBY – Giant Robot
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