Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
I decide at the last minute to run down to the farmer’s market. First person I see is Jake Yasutomi, from Yasutomi farms. They own Momotaro tomatoes in Southern California. Persimmons.. I dig the smaller kind, not the one like looks like a boob. Lettuce is all good. Butter lettuce is supposed to taste better. I’ll see. Winter doesn’t have the kick ass good tasting fruit, like the summer. Paso Almonds… I thought the guy who runs this shop died when the car came barreling through the farmer’s market. He’s very much alive and this stuff is good.
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George Johnston was one of the first person to write about GR. He could have actually been the first. It's in the same outlet, the local LA Japanese American paper, The Rafu Shimpo. Quite a nice column, and it's rad how he started writing about GR, probably at our first issue, and his latest is one of...
Click the pic to see this big enough to read. You may have to click it twice to make it zoom in. George Johnston was one of the first person to write about GR. He could have actually been the first. It’s in the same outlet, the local LA Japanese American paper, The Rafu Shimpo. Quite a nice column, and it’s rad how he started writing about GR, probably at our first issue, and his latest is one of the nicest articles to come out in a while. You won’t get drama or intrigue, and it might not be sexy, but it’s in a nice spirit. The Rafu has been good to us since day one, and George has been there too. We’ve grown up a bit, and I do see him at the local market sometimes, the last, he had a baby carriage. As he got off the phone from interviewing me for this column, he was picking up his kid from pre school.
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Stephane Gauger is rolling along with his first feature Owl and the Sparrow. The Spirit Award is for films under 20 million dollars, which hardly sound indie, but oh well. Gauger's film actually is in a special categories for features under $500,000 (how much did it cost in Vietnam?). A good natured guy, I'm sure he's being hit by projects left and right, and he deserves it, his film is amazing.
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Stephane Gauger is rolling along with his first feature Owl and the Sparrow. The Spirit Award is for films under 20 million dollars, which hardly sound indie, but oh well. Gauger’s film actually is in a special categories for features under $500,000 (how much did it cost in Vietnam?). A good natured guy, I’m sure he’s being hit by projects left and right, and he deserves it, his film is amazing. His nomination was reported in the Hollywood Reporter. I first saw Gauger playing a character in Six String Samurai. He’s come a long way since. He has a small role in The Rebel as well.
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