Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Last night, my awesome pal Michelle let me be her tag-along for the first of three LA performances by The Cure, part of their final “Reflections” tour. The promise: a concert of the first three studio albums, including my favorite, Faith. Promise firmly delivered. I don’t have to tell you about The Cure. You know them. They’re the crossover band of the last several decades, loved by goths and sensitive jocks, when bullying wasn’t a legislative agenda. Their earliest releases aren’t as accessible as their albums in the 1990s that were complete with music videos, and now make appearances in your favorite karaoke song books. I didn’t discover these records until after Disintegration came out when I was in Junior High. It took a solid education of punk rock and it’s earliest incarnations in British new wave, to help me develop a solid taste for the earlier work. This stuff is good though. Classic really, and the sound at The Pantages was stellar. It seems to take a reunion show these days for me to melt away into a live show, when you know every song because you’ve listened to them a thousand times. Those experiences are magical though, and they remind me of a time when music was about discovery. Discovering new bands, making music that was beyond. Being able to listen to a record over and over to commit every chord, every hook, and every lyric to memory. Realizing that these songs were about moments in your life, or a life you wished you were living. I miss that magic in music. If you didn’t get enough of the far-away cell phone pictures in your Facebook feed last night, you can check out more of my picture here. I am the reluctant concert photographer who’d rather be dancing, but I tried.
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Japan’s Science Ministry reports that 8% of the country’s surface is contaminated. Surely, it’s possible, but really? The report looks thin but who knows. (ABCau – 8%)
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Genrong Zhang pulls it out and faps in the bus. The weird thing isn’t that he did this, people do this, but that the officer on the right is super amused and Asian himself. Also is that a burger on Genrong’s jacket? Great title NY POST. “Passenger pulls his cord on C’town bus” (NY POST – Genrong Zhang)
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The Art of Problem Solving aka The Problem Solverz Art Exhibition took place on saturday. That’s Ben Jones the creator of the show below. There’s some type of madness going on in his head at the moment below. We get a phone call daily from someone who enjoys the program a lot and you will too.
That is John Pham below. He’s the art director of the program and many of the characters are his creations.
For plenty of more images, please look below
Giant Robot Stores Black Friday + Small Business Saturday and Sunday FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Black Friday – Small Business Saturday and Sunday sales at Giant Robot stores Friday, November 25, 2011, 11:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Saturday, November 26, 2011, 11:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 27, 2011, 12:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Also Extends Online* (see restrictions below) at WWW.GIANTROBOTSTORE.COM USE Code: GRWEEKEND at the checkout. Giant Robot 2015 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 479-1819 GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 445-9276 Everyone has a different take and tradition when it comes to the holidays but who doesn’t love deals on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Sunday? Giant Robot is pleased to offer some excellent deals and unique opportunities for shoppers who want to avoid the malls during the weekend after Thanksgiving. * From Friday, November 25 through Sunday, November 27, Giant Robot and GR2 in West L.A. will mark down all non-sale and non-art items by 25 percent. These are not overstock, leftovers, or damaged goods, but the hand-picked, high-quality inventory from around the world that discerning students of culture have come to associate with the Giant Robot brand. This includes the entire array of imported, designer, limited edition, and just plain cool or cute stock that the shops are known for. * We already have kaiju items are on sale for 40-60 percent off. These limited-edition and often one-of-a-kind pieces are made by key creators from Asia and America, including Tim Biskup, David Horvath (Uglydolls), Dehara, and Gargamel. * The Giant Robot stores will also offer a gift bag service, adding tissue paper and ribbons to decorate a classic Giant Robot shopping bag for a mere dollar or doing the same with a reusable cloth Giant Robot- or David Choe-themed shopping bag for only $2 * For those who don’t live on the West Coast, Giant Robot’s online shop will be offering 25 percent off non-sale and non-art merchandise, the same steep discounts on kaiju goods, and other specials that will be posted at secure.giantrobot.com. Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as an online equivalent. For more information about the storewide specials please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311 ###
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