{"id":2295,"date":"2014-06-18T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2014-06-18T20:52:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T03:52:00","slug":"notebook-on-cities-and-culture-s4e42-the-new-guy-with-eric-nakamura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=2295","title":{"rendered":"Notebook on Cities and Culture S4E42: The New Guy with Eric Nakamura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2296\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ericnakamura.jpg\" alt=\"ericnakamura\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ericnakamura.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ericnakamura-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Colin Marshall sits down in Sawtelle (also known as Los Angeles&#8217; &#8220;Little Osaka&#8221;) with Eric Nakamura, founder of Asian-American aesthetic culture and lifestyle brand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantrobot.com\/\">Giant Robot<\/a>. They discuss the differences between the Sawtelle he grew up in and the Sawtelle he finds himself in today; how and where he got his doses of Japanese pop culture growing up; Los Angeles as a &#8220;gateway to Asia&#8221; then and now; the days when\u00a0<em>Giant Robot<\/em> began as a photocopied zine, and what zinemaking means in 2014;\u00a0Giant Robot&#8217;s various manifestations, from shops to galleries even to a restaurant; the local titles applied to him including &#8220;Mayor of Sawtelle&#8221; and &#8220;Sawtelle Shogun&#8221;; what he learned about other cities like San Francisco and New York from operating Giant Robot branches in them; the first trips to Japan he remembers, and the American cultural exchange he saw going on in them; his &#8220;just hanging out&#8221; style of travel, sometimes with stray cats; how Los Angeles&#8217; lack of connectedness may have made it a more interesting place; (former Sawtelle resident) Shunji Iwai&#8217;s <i>Vampire<\/i>, Wong Kar-Wai&#8217;s\u00a0<em>My Blueberry Nights<\/em>, and what happens when Asian directors work in the West; how Asia has come together in films like Pen-Ek Ratanaruang&#8217;s <em>Last Life in the Universe<\/em>;\u00a0what it means that more artists want to depict Los Angeles these days; and his preference of a role as new guy over a role as elder statesman.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Download the interview\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/colinmarshall\/NCC_S4E42_Eric_Nakamura.output.mp3\">here as an MP3<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0or on\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #555555;\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/notebook-on-cities-culture\/id266539442\">iTunes<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colin Marshall sits down in Sawtelle (also known as Los Angeles&#8217; &#8220;Little Osaka&#8221;) with Eric Nakamura, founder of Asian-American aesthetic culture and lifestyle brand Giant Robot. 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