Ash Scans: EGM2
Posted by Simon in Ash Scans on 20. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
Video games have come a long way. Historically relegated to the Dungeons & Dragons caste, classic games such as “Pong” and “Donkey Kong” were often associated with little more than potheads and pre-teens. Usually both simultaneously. Something strange happened with the next generation of gamers however. As platforms from Nintendo and Sega began to grow [...]
Ash Scans: George Wallace and John Kennedy
Posted by Jef in Ash Scans, media, Politics, Race on 29. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
George, October-November 1995 The Aughts in America are book-ended by George W. Bush’s caricature of the red states on one end, and Barack Obama’s idealized blue state persona on the other. Over a decade ago, it was a similar middling American uncertainty that was the creative impetus behind John Kennedy Jr.’s mid-90s launch of George [...]
Ash Scans: The Japanese Fashion Invasion
Posted by Jef in Ash Scans, fashion, Film, media on 22. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
LIFE magazine, April 1983 Finally opening in Toronto this weekend, The September Issue documents Vogue magazine and shines a spotlight on Asian-American designer Thakoon Panichgul. Born in Thailand, Panichgul is only one of many Asian-Americans putting their mark on the fashion industry — as the Wall Street Journal reports, Jason Wu raised his clout by designing [...]
