Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Hut Dog! The plush Wen is holding is a relic. Imagine, she was a customer at Giant Robot before there was a GR2, and many other things. This was about 6 or 7 years ago and we had a lo of Hut Dogs! The weird thing is that because this had a Japanese only name, we made up the name Hut Dog and it caught on. Huell Howser even took a fancy to the dog that has a house built on it's back. He said the...
Hut Dog! The plush Wen is holding is a relic. Imagine, she was a customer at Giant Robot before there was a GR2, and many other things. This was about 6 or 7 years ago and we had a lo of Hut Dogs! The weird thing is that because this had a Japanese only name, we made up the name Hut Dog and it caught on. Huell Howser even took a fancy to the dog that has a house built on it’s back. He said the word Hut Dog on an episode of his show. That’s James Jean on the left. There was a killer dinner party hosted by he and Wen. The food was amazing, many things were Wen’s family recipes. I got a preview of many art pieces in progress. I could have eaten it all. Maybe. But for now, they have tons of left overs. Dinner parties… how often do you go to them, and how often do you host them? It’s a ton of work and it seems like a dying and lost art. Small groups of people are the way to go. I think.
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Thomas Campbell's website is now up. I just got a notice. You should definitely check out this man's art. I guess the blog entry is perfect timing with the Beautiful Losers movie. Random! I met Thomas Campbell way back in the early 2000s. He was painting with Barry McGee in a building. I didn't know his work then, but he was living in San Diego at the time (I think). He was doing art, and sitting...
Thomas Campbell’s website is now up. I just got a notice. You should definitely check out this man’s art. I guess the blog entry is perfect timing with the Beautiful Losers movie. Random! I met Thomas Campbell way back in the early 2000s. He was painting with Barry McGee in a building. I didn’t know his work then, but he was living in San Diego at the time (I think). He was doing art, and sitting quietly. He’s always been a nice guy and that’s why we distribute his book Sing Ding a Ling. We’ve had it for a while, and got it into a bunch of shops. Aside from art, this dude makes films, and is sort of a jack of all trades and a master of a few of them. See the book here. Thomascampbell-art.com
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Beautiful Losers the film is opening at the Nuart, just down the street from Giant Robot store. Director Aaron Rose is a pretty good guy. I hung out with him for nearly a week in Madrid, for another art exhibition and have run into him a few times locally in LA. We had some good conversations about Beautiful Losers and at the same time, I'd like to think I brought a different view point to what...