“I will always be a minority in every country I go to. I’m Punjabi but I was born and raised in Birmingham, England. My parents are both from East Africa, grandparents all from India. If I go to India, I’m a Brit. In the UK, I’m British Indian or British Asian. In Japan, I’m aContinue reading
“We’ve had these strange experiences ever since we were children. A series of unfortunate events if you will. When we were eight years old, our best friend, who was the same age, died from heart failure. In the same year, we lost our uncle in a tragic way, and we were physically present when ourContinue reading A Series of Unfortunate Events
Marcus Johnson (DJ L-Spade): “Traditional Japan and new Japan are kind of colliding. Ken, who is half Japanese is helping change the concept of what is, and what is not Japan. At the same time, I think Dell and myself are trying to change the perception of what America is to Japanese people, because manyContinue reading Displaced Media
“There’s a voice inside of you telling you what you have to do with your life. A lot of people, when they’re young, they have something they like or some inclination to do something. Maybe it’s drawing or music. But as time goes on, their parents will be like, ‘Oh you can’t make a livingContinue reading Keep Trying
“Don’t second-guess yourself. That’s the advice I would give my younger self if I could go back in time. I was offered to do a tour for this guy, G.E. Smith, who used to be the leader of the Saturday Night Live band. A friend of mine was playing in the band and he toldContinue reading 20/20 Hindsight
“Japan was completely different than what I had expected when I first arrived. I thought it would be exotic in ways that it wasn’t. And it was really different in ways that I thought would be closer to home. “Honestly, it was a little disappointing at first because when I studied abroad in Florence andContinue reading Meaning through Music
