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Goh Nakamura and the Invisible Cities are playing an intimate unplugged show at gr/eats. We close up at around 9:15, then it’s Goh time. We’ll set up some kind of spot for a dude and friends to play some music. I’ll be there hanging out. It’s free and fun. Goh and friends are using the Jetblue unlimited ticket to tour America. They’re hubbing out of Long Beach a lot, so he’s in and out of town. Want to see Goh who was featured in issue 60? This is your chance. His friends are the Invisible Cities, a cool band from the Bay area. I’d suggest them too!
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Phil Lumbang’s Bear on the cover. Seen them on the streets? The magazine is currently solely available at GR stores. These are the first Fed Ex copies. The regular shipments are out now. Enjoy! Watch for the podcast soon… next couple of days. Here’s a post about the bears I wrote a while back at clubmumble.com
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It’s weird when I grab a youth oriented magazine and see American Spirits advertisements. I know we all need money, but advertising smokes is just not what should be in magazines. It’s not on TV, so why on paper? Smoking is fine for whoever wants to do it. My parents both smoked. If my dad could, he would. But in a youth oriented magazine? Recall, it was also in a Tennis magazine! Our story is that we could have had that advertisement. We rejected it, and the sales rep got so mad, he hung up on us. Repeat: A cigarette ad salesperson who hangs up on people who reject his ads. That’s the Spirit.
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Check out Chinnamasta, a work in progress by James Jean. It’s not China Masta. Of course with the name of the piece, you think of saying the latter. China Masta. A new rapper. But no, this is a new work by James Jean and it’s based on a Hindu character. See Chinnamasta in Wiki. This is a piece when completed will be up on the wall at the GR Biennale and it’s for sale through GR.
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It’s still tough to beat soba at otafuku. I can hear about places that shuffle you in and out quickly with their handmade soba, but why is it never as good as this place? The rest of their food is great too. It’s izakaya style, and might be one of the better in SoCal. Otafuku. The soba above is seiro with plum. Of course okra is quite great with soba. The box of uni is always great here. Uni isn’t uni. I threw in the tilapia pesto from gr/eats. It’s good too.
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