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The Gold Timer Issue. Cover by David Choe. This is the big one – commemorating 50 issues of GR!
FILM
Blood Brother
MUSIC
Taiwan’s kings of symphonic death metal, Chthonic Youth
INTERVIEW
Dan Wu interviewing Chang Chen
Shredder-hesher Don Nguyen
Jason Shigacorn
ART
A highly quotable 7-page David Choe article
Art by half-Japanese half-loca Shizu Saldamando
Robocon’s Dr. Phil pics in 4-color glory
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Before. WHOA! Right? Crazy!! Check this one out…
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The First Impressionists. Cover by Adrian Tomine.
MUSIC
Rebel Alliance
Idol Threat
INTERVIEW
The Last Executioner
ART
Graphic artist Adrian Tomine
POP CULTURE
a survey of Donuts and Chinese Food
Cosplay Show
Giant Robot 68 not only came out ages ago, but it has fewer music reviews then ever. Yet review CDs keep coming in, and here are a few you should know about… This time I'm concentrating on some of the more interesting releases which just happen to feature friends and familiar faces to GR readers. KIT – Invocation. This was released last year and got lot in the shuffle on my desk, but you might recall guitarist George Chen showing up with his sister Yvonne in GR67. I wrote about their Zum project, which started out 12 years ago as indie and pop punk zine and grew into George's more experimental music label. KIT
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Another JANM (Japanese American National Museum) Post? Yes, but it's not about Zen Garage. It's American Tapestry. Don't let the name fool you, it's not about fabric, it's about stories by Japanese Americans during World War 2's Concentration Camps. Now you might be thinking, oh no, another one of these shows? I swear this one is different. It's about artifacts and their stories that make up a part of America. The cool thing is it's not just about camps, but it's about the human element, the little things that you forget about – the single stories that can encapsulate a feeling or mood of an entire era. There are those stories in this show. It's actually a great and fresh way to see the often tired subject of Concentration Camps.
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