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City Girl. What does that mean to you? It’s David Choe’s most popular print, but really… I’ll fill you in. City Girl is the Kevin Shields song from Lost in Translation. At the time, David and I both was digging the movie (even with the racist type stuff in it), and the song was the perfect blend of shoegaze, indie, and everything. Naturally, David combines a cute girl, a city, and a print. Thankfully, a couple years later, we have the shirt. Get it here.
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City Girl. What does that mean to you? It’s David Choe’s most popular print, but really… I’ll fill you in. City Girl is the Kevin Shields song from Lost in Translation. At the time, David and I both was digging the movie (even with the racist type stuff in it), and the song was the perfect blend of shoegaze, indie, and everything. Naturally, David combines a cute girl, a city, and a print. Thankfully, a couple years later, we have the shirt. Get it here.
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[nggallery id=90] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group Art Show 15-Year Anniversary Show at GRSF, June 20, 2009 – July 15, 2009 Reception: Saturday, June 20, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Since 1994, Giant Robot has documented, promoted, and pushed Asian, Asian American, indie, and hybrid pop culture in the pages of its magazine. To celebrate its milestone 15th year of publishing, brand evolution into retail shops and art galleries, and continual readership, support, and inspiration from the Bay Area, GRSF is proud to host a group show featuring many of the publication’s best backers, contributors, and friends. Coming from artistic backgrounds such as painting, illustration, photography, sculpture, graffiti, comics, and toys, contributors include the following: Aiyana Udesen Albert Reyes Apak Ben King Christopher Bettig Dan-ah Kim Daria Tessler David Horvath Deth P. Sun French Jen Corace Joe To Kami Kaori Kasai kozyndan Le Merde Luke Chueh Lydia Fong Mari Inukai Matt Furie Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch Nao Harada Ray Potes Rob Sato Robert Bellm Saelee Oh Seonna Hong Yellena James Yukinori Dehara To complement the show, Goh Nakamura will play a special acoustic set at its opening. The San Francisco-based singer/guitar player has self-released two excellent indie-folk albums, and is also profiled in the special 15th anniversary edition of Giant Robot, issue 60. The reception, which will feature many of the artists, will be held from 6:30-10:00 on Saturday, June 20. For more information about the show, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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Yes, we all love Lydia Fong who'll probably be at GRSF tomorrow, along with myself, the GRSF crew, Goh Nakamura who'll be playing music at some point, probably 830 or 9pm, and hopefully many others. Do say hello. I'll be hanging out trying to celebrate 15 years. Here's the website flyer. www.gr-sf.com
Yes, we all love Lydia Fong who’ll probably be at GRSF tomorrow, along with myself, the GRSF crew, Goh Nakamura who’ll be playing music at some point, probably 830 or 9pm, and hopefully many others. Do say hello. I’ll be hanging out trying to celebrate 15 years. Here’s the website flyer. www.gr-sf.com
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