A Sunday school class of First Korean United Methodist Church (FKUMC) 1964. (Courtesy of Chang Yong Lee.)

Cassette School
Music Opinion

Thoughts about Seo Taiji, a nerdy teenage drop-out who introduced rap music to mainstream South Korea. →

Sometimes the concerns of environmental issues and concepts that are looked over by most of us everyday can be brought to light through artwork. That’s exactly what Venice-based artist Tanya Clarke did when she utilized installation work as a form of spreading the →

A LaMazing Production
Le Poisson Rouge- NYC, NY
05/16/10

Dancer/Party promoter, LaMazing, brings together another extravagant production at Le Poisson Rouge. She welcomes you to an evening of sonic loveliness featuring Sonnymoon’s NYC debut, Mike Slott, Sweatshoppe, DJ Melo-X, dancer LICK and headliner, Jojo Mayer/Nerve.   →

Design in the Blood
Design Opinion

Without a doubt, the 80′s are back in vogue. Fluorescent accents, hi-top sneakers, velcro… the whole nine yards. In truth it’s one of many short-lived fads that come and go on an ever increasingly speedy timeline, and there’s certainly no shortage of retailers and consumers who jump on the bandwagon with the arrival of the latest trends. I personally gravitate more towards the classic elements of style – a crisp fedora, a pair of chucks, a well-cut blazer, a pair of straight-leg raw denim jeans – though some of these things oft find their way into the hipster’s visual vocabulary there’s no faulting that which is timeless in its look, quality and attention to detail.

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Photo courtesy of UNDP, licensed under Creative Commons

With thousands dead and missing, Haiti has been struck by a catastrophe which will test the world’s capacity for generosity and responsiveness. The 7.0+ earthquake has razed national landmarks and entire neighborhoods, caused the deaths of almost-unimaginable numbers of people and elicited both the goodness and evil in people. →

Hi everyone, this is my personal introduction to my weekly column, the Local Boy.  I just wanted to give you guys a face you can connect to the name and to offer some background on myself and a small preview of what’s to come.  If you’ve been following me recently I just attended a pre-screening of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and gave my two cents on Tiger’s situation.  I wish all of you the most amazing holidays and you can look forward to my trip to Sundance →

Welcome to my introductory video blog for EM Magazine. I’m thrilled to be here and writing Design in the Blood, and I hope you guys enjoy what’s to come as I share my ideas and my passion for design. To read more about the ideas I’ll be discussing in my weekly columns, visit my introductory post: http://evilmonito.com/2009/11/04/design-in-the-blood/ →

Welcome to the newest feature of EM Magazine: the Bloggomist serial posts.  Every weekday there will be original content and video blogs from our most interesting personalities.  It’s another avenue we are using to explore our diverse and vibrant blogging community.  See below for links to the following EM Bloggomists: →

A couple of months ago I was asked by Bee Nguyen to participate in a video interview to promote the new AMP Energy drink. I was kinda hesitant but when he mentioned the fine roster of folks who were involved, I relented. I was really psyched on collaborating with Guy Logan who did an excellent job in filming. I was sick at the time →