Comments on Eric Nakamura: Sawtelle West Los Angeles's Japantown book

Awesome! Let me know when they come in.

2007-12-10T20:28:00.000-08:00

Awesome! Let me know when they come in.

yum yum, nope, going to norms doesn't count, it's ...

2007-12-10T14:29:00.000-08:00

yum yum, nope, going to norms doesn't count, it's not quite the same, but really, it's great in many other ways. I'm sure a lot of these folks, hung out much more often, and I bet they were super tight. The reasons might be because they were screwed in every other way, so they had no choice but to band together, but softball once a week. I'm good with that, it's a great thing. I know there are possies of kids who hang out, maybe they go to one of the churches, went to a language school, and live in the area, but still it's just impossible to replicate.

We'll be carrying this book in the next few days.

Yo Mr Yum we gotta hang out in spots like Blue or ...

2007-12-09T23:29:00.000-08:00

Yo Mr Yum we gotta hang out in spots like Blue or maybe one of the karaoke joints. A boba shop? GR2 art show?
I should stick a pool table in the back room at Safe and Save. Now that'd be Sawtelle local.

Sometimes we hang out at norm's or islands or the ...

2007-12-09T12:59:00.000-08:00

Sometimes we hang out at norm's or islands or the softball field...does that count?

I just saw the books at The Japanese American Nati...

2007-12-08T16:58:00.000-08:00

I just saw the books at The Japanese American National Museum book store. They also
have one for Boyle Heights (grandpa shig
would probably like this one. He's
always posting old photos from that
area in the GR lounge.) There is also
one for SF Japantown and the Japanese
Americans in Chicago. The last I heard,
they were going to make one for
Little Tokyo as well. It seemed difficult
though, like Eric was mentioning about all of
the omissions. From the get go in
Little Tokyo, they were having some
trouble with who was going to be
in charge of it all. There are so
many factions and groups and each
one has their own story or memories
of how things went down. I don't know what
ended up happening, but I guess we
will see.
Hey Eric, the reason I was at the museum
was so I could finally see the GR exhibit.
I really liked the way you could see
all of the issues in the beginning. It
looks like you guys took a big leap
from issue 2 to 3. I'm also really
glad that they decided to designate
that space to exhibits like yours.
I thought it was very appropriate
to initiate it with your display and it
was great to celebrate your 50th issue
with it.
Also, my friend was blown away
by Masakatsu Sashie's orb paintings.
I remember you posting him and his
work when you went to Japan
for Murakami's contest.
The only thing for me was
I wish they could have delegated
more space for you guys
and you could have shown more
of your artists.
But I guess it's better to keep
people wanting more. :)

Pretty awesome. I heard that there used to be a po...

2007-12-08T08:35:00.000-08:00

Pretty awesome. I heard that there used to be a pool hall where the Saudi consulate sits now. That's my guess for where the local dude pic comes from. Chances are they lived at the boarding house up the street where all the single guys from Japan stayed. The red brick building on the next block is where that used to be.

So where did u find it????

I'll call it like it is, and say, a get together i...

2007-12-07T11:01:00.000-08:00

I'll call it like it is, and say, a get together in an apt is different than dudes getting together in a public place. I think the pool table was in one of the businesses that once existed. I think it was a bar, but I'm not sure. And I'll bet the folks who were in that photo were/are Sawtelle lifers. I guess a few of us are, but I don't really hang out on that street.

Didn't we "do that" Men of sawtelle hanging out. I...

2007-12-07T01:24:00.000-08:00

Didn't we "do that" Men of sawtelle hanging out. I'm not from there but I saw a few of you guys from the area watching the football game. But no one had those slick haircuts...well maybe your cousin jason did.