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Oh, Coachella
Coachella, 2004. My first. One day, when I’m working a desk job where I have to clock in, wear suits, pearls and heels, I’m going to look back on my days of covering Coachella and get really nostalgic....
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Goals, etc.
I don't have a photo of the actual board--this is a photo of our To-Do list. A few months ago, I had a faux chalkboard up in my tiny kitchen in Long Beach. (Actually we had two of them; one on the...
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The Sound of Settling
I used to say that I never felt present–or in the moment–unless I was in motion. Now this constant movement depresses me. I just want to take root, but how? I feel like we will never finish unpacking.
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Sometimes I Am So Happy It Feels Unfair
Can’t complain about anything these days. Thank you, universe!
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The Desert is Mine
In the Philippines I knew I was a tiny speck of nothing when I faced the sea. Here, the beaches are too full — of people, of things, of surfers — I could never find that finite sense of my self with a...
View ArticleValentina, Part 2
A few years ago I was crazy for this singer that the indie radio station 88.9 was pushing in Milwaukee. Before “Guilt Trip” I had never heard of Valentina, and no one else ever had, either. As I was...
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If You Could Live Anywhere But Here and Now
I always used to choose 1980s Baguio. But I think Sebastopol and/or Humboldt in 2012 would be a great place to live in too, if I could get over the cold.
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I Wrote a Story on No Doubt; In Other News, “Don’t Speak” Still Gives Me the...
In 1995, I was obsessed with No Doubt. I wore bindis like Gwen Stefani, I tried to dress like Gwen Stefani, I watched that “Don’t Speak” video CONSTANTLY, I wanted to sing like Gwen Stefani. Today OC...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Parker Jacobs and the Aquabats
Here’s a story I wrote about one of my favorite artists for KCET’s Artbound: Parker Jacobs: From the beginning, Parker Jacobs’ life has been one roundabout path to fame after another. I like to think...
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Jimmie Durham on Santiago Bose
An excerpt from the artist Jimmie Durham’s work in This Long Century: I’ve written a poem about the Filipino artist, Santiago Bosé who seemed irresistible to all women and wanted to love them all....
View ArticleGrown-up Things I Want
1. Whole weekends with my family 2. A decision on where to buy a house 3. More Fluevogs.
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Is it Art, or is it Fart?
Page 55 of the Issuu catalog of the “Magnificent September Auction” with the untitled painting by Rene Aquitania, dubbed “Heart Assemblage” by Leon Gallery and attributed to Santiago Bose. Is it a...
View ArticleStories I Wrote in 2013 (So Far)
I always think I should keep a tally of stories I write for other publications, especially since I don’t have a full-time reporting job anymore. Here’s an abridged list of everything I did this year (I...
View ArticleStories I Wrote in 2012
Thought I’d post the 2012 stories as well, a year later! Artbound was a pretty amazing experience, they even made a short video based on my stories. KCET Artbound Siempre es Hoy: Capturing the Latin...
View ArticleToo Fast!
Everyone said it would happen. I blinked and now I have a little boy. He asks me about antennas, speed bumps, compares his poops to Amtraks and says daddy (and not mommy) is his bestie. Dang.
View ArticleFlash Fiction Rejects from 2004
moment #1: When I was a kid we used to hang out in the open attic of my friend’s house in Baguio. It was called the pugad — bird’s nest — because it was a warm safe haven, yet we could see all the way...
View ArticleHow Faythe Levine Became a Craftmaking Superstar
Here’s a step-by-step guide to how Faythe Levine, the co-owner of Paper Boat Boutique and Gallery, founder of craft fair, Art vs. Craft, director-producer of the documentary “Handmade Nation: The Rise...
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Martin Ramirez: Inside the Outsider
Martin Ramirez: Inside the Outsider (p.1) Martin Ramirez: Inside the Outsider (p.2)
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Stories I Wrote in 2014
I’m writing this recap late 2016, a full two years later. But I do think that cataloging the stories I wrote — and I wrote a ton of them! — through the years is a good exercise. So here goes. CBS LA...
View Article“Artist of the Day” Stories I Wrote for Myspace in 2015
In 2014 my good friend Vickie Chang became the editorial director of Myspace and assigned me the very interesting task of finding up-and-coming artists for the feature “Artist of the Day.” I started...
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