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Escala Fuses Colombian, Korean Flavors
Above photo: A view of Escala, a Colombian Korean restaurant, from the DJ booth. (Photo by Jennifer “J-dub” Oh) by JAMES S. KIM |@james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Right smack in the middle […]
[VIDEO] Daniel Kim’s 2014 Pop Danthology
by TAMMY TARNG Who doesn’t love a good round-up? Especially if it looks back on this year’s hits and crams a year’s worth of pop culture into about six […]
Bizarre Korean Music Video Makes Rounds on Internet
by REERA YOO There are weird K-pop music videos, and then there are weird K-pop videos that will inexplicably obliterate all forms of consciousness. The music video for Hitchhiker’s […]
TOKiMONSTA On Being A Female DJ In A Male-Dominated Industry
Just as she steps onto the red carpet to pose for a row of photographers, what had been a light sprinkle suddenly turns into a downpour. A member of […]
FIRST U.S. INTERVIEW: DJ Rocky Rock is Ready to “Rock The World”
“In and out. Shake it all about. Let’s go!” Those are the wise words from the poetic, lyrical master DJ Rocky Rock. In his first US interview, Rock divulges […]
Tokimonsta Making Her Mark in the Electronic Music Scene
On her latest record, L.A. DJ and beatmaker Jennifer Lee, a.k.a. TOKiMONSTA, urges us to do just that. It’s a strategy that’s worked for her so far. by EUGENE YI photo […]
One Love
By Michelle Woo Framed photographs of hip-hop and reggae icons hang on the walls inside radio station studio Wild 98.7 in Tampa, Fla. In a bright sound booth, DJ […]