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No Dreams

Posted on 05.04.23 under Uncategorized

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Hand me a beer and a cigarette
I need you near me to help me forget
You told our secrets to our lasting regret
We can get caught now, not now, not yet

You can come back to me
That’s not reality
I can’t sleep
There are no dreams to keep

I stole my name back from the avant-garde
If they take me down I will die hard
Give me a bandaid and a hallmark card
My wounded inner child is ancient and scarred.

You can come back to me
I have to disagree
I can’t sleep
There are no dreams to keep

Written, performed, recorded by Malcolm Wong
Sax by Jason Gay
Female Vocals by Carmen
Photo by Peter T. Brown

It was a privilege and honor to write the first issue of the Fear City comic series, THUMPER for Stephen Bliss. If you like Gotham, Joker, and Sin City — this story takes you one step further into the “danger zone…”

Stephen Bliss was the Senior Artist for Rockstar Games from 2001 to 2016. A highly acclaimed artist, muralist, and illustrator originally from England and currently based in New York, Stephen has cultivated an illustrious career spanning over three decades and three continents. As Senior Artist at Rockstar Games, Bliss is attributed with establishing the highly recognizable illustrative style for the multi-billion dollar Grand Theft Auto franchise, the most lucrative entertainment product of all time. His artistic genius has also extended to other highly lauded games such as The Warriors, LA Noire, and Red Dead Redemption, producing game box covers, international magazine covers, posters, billboards, and promotional merchandise that continue to captivate audiences. In addition, he his art has also graced album covers for the likes of Massive Attack, and movie posters for the like of Atomic Blonde (Charlize Theron).

Following his departure from Rockstar in 2016, Bliss has devoted his energy to the pursuit of fine art, holding solo exhibitions in London, New York, and LA, and displaying his talents as a muralist on projects in NYC, Miami, and Guam. His latest project, Fear City, a remarkable NFT series on the Ethereum blockchain, comprises six characters with 3333 unique creations. Fear City has grown to include virtual reality social media filters, web 3 clothing, and “real life” projects, including a merch drop collaboration with Jeff Staple and an upcoming Fear City comic series with Scout Comics.

Stephen is currently represented by Cross World Connections in Tokyo for the Asia-Pacific market.

Another Cycle

Posted on 01.26.23 under Uncategorized

(Time)
I can’t party anymore
With the vegans or the carnivores
The world’s going up in flames
All those fingers pointing out the blame

Take another cycle ‘round the sun
You’re not the only one
Victim of information that’s been spun
Now’s the time you’ve got to run

I can’t listen anymore
To secrets I choose to ignore
Dirty laundry of your hidden lives
From the closets of desperate housewives

Take another cycle ‘round the sun
(Again)
You’re not the only one
(Yeah)
Victim of information that’s been spun
(Broken)
Now’s the time you’ve got to run

released January 26, 2023
Written, produced, recorded, arranged by Malcolm Wong
Sax stylings by Jason Gay
Female vocal stylings by Halle Washington
Track art by Malcolm Wong

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Christmas Eve in Osaka, Christmas in Kyoto

Posted on 12.28.22 under Uncategorized

Heading towards Junie Moon Osaka in Minami Horie

This is the third Junie Moon store. The other two are in Shinjuku and Daikanyama, Tokyo.

Neo Blythe Cinnamoroll and Neo Blythe Sweet Bubbly Bear

These two limited edition Blythes are highly sought after and re-sell for about twice the original retail price.

Wong Family with the Junie Moon Horie staff

View from the Zentis hotel. Ground level street, highway, and the floor levels of other hotels in the Osaka Kita Ward.

The next morning, Christmas Day, off to Kyoto.

Kyoto Station with the reflection of the tower

Lovely grounds of multiple buildings for any occasion! The street is lined with restaurants like this.

Junko’s mother is interred at Otani Mausoleum.

Shinran was a Japanese Buddhist monk in the early Kamakura period. He lived in this cave. In the winter, it is very dank, damp, and cold! Shinran founded Jodo Shinshu Buddhism which is unusual in that monks had no commandments and were allowed to eat meat and to get married — at the time a bit sacrilegious. Since it values rationality and has simple manners and teachings, it was widely accepted among the public in early modern ages, but on the other hand, it provoked antipathy from other sects and often got ridicule such as “Monto (Shinshu followers) know nothing”.

We have only seen this tree wrapped up for the winter as we only come at the end of December.

*Ryoanji Temple* (龍安寺, *Ryōanji*) is the site of Japan’s most famous *rock garden*.

Not crowded, we were able to sit and contemplate. And try to find the 15 stones…

From the outside, you don’t realize the depths that this restaurant and ryokan offers.

This tempura restaurant and ryokan is deceptively rustic. It’s expensive! We had the full course and as a bonus, a geisha (on the left) and a maiko (a geisha in training) were entertaining in an adjacent room. We heard them playing a game which was accompanied by a shamisen and the verbal prompts: “One, two!”

When they came out, the Yoshikawa staff asked if we would like to take photos with them. Of course!