About Me
Hello. I am a writer and editor living in Dublin. I specialise in media, lifestyle and pop. My work has appeared in a number of publications, including: The Deli, AU, Wax Poetics, The Evening Herald, PopMatters, Stylesiren.ie, You & Your Money, Golf Digest Ireland and others.
Currently I am also the editor and publisher of One More Robot, a print magazine focusing on popular culture and distributed here in Dublin.
For inquiries contact: dean.nguyen2@hotmail.com
Selected Articles
From PopMatters
08 Apr 2010 / Back to Living: Curtis Mayfield and the Making of ‘New World Order’
26 Sep 2011 / Between The Groves of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’: #5 “Lithium”
19 Oct 2011 / True to the Game: Ice Cube’s “Death Certificate”
14 Nov 2011 / The R&B Renaissance
18 Jan 2012 / Album Review: Pusha T - Fear of God II: Let us Pray
From AU
#72, Apr 2011 / Guess Who? When Rap Stars Play Second Fiddle
#73, May 2011 / Ready, Cassette, GO
#73, May 2011 / Album Review: Blitz The Ambassador - Native Sun
#75, Jul 2011 / The Golden Age of Wireless
#77, Oct/Nov 2011 / Album Review: Justice - Audio, Video, Disco
#80, Feb 2012 / Respect Your Shelf: The AU Buyer’s Downloader’s Guide: Modern Mixtape
From AU (Online)
Nov 2011 / Album Review: Freestyle Fellowship - The Promise
Nov 2011 / Album Review: Joker - The Vision
Nov 2011 / Album Review: Drake - Take Care
Nov 2011 / Album Review: Various Artists - Kitsuné Maison Compilation 12
Nov 2011 / Album Review: Mary J Blige - My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act 1)
Dec 2011 / Album Review: Birdy Nam Nam - Defiant Order
Dec 2011 / Album Review: Goapele - Break of Dawn
Jan 2011 / Album Review: Gangrene - Vodka & Ayahuasca
Feb 2012 / Album Review: Mac Miller - Blue Slide Park
Feb 2012 / Album Review: Speech Debelle - Freedom of Speech
For The Dubliner / The Evening Herald
#86, Aug 2009 / Following The Boat People
#89, Nov 2009 / The Revolution Will Not Be Motorised
15 Apr 2011 / Playing Hardball
#109 / Oldies & Goodies
From The Deli
#22, Spring 2010 / NYC 2000-2010 - A Noughties Retrospective
#25, Winter 2011 / Interview with Delicate Steve “No Fragile Fred”
#1 (Austin Edition), Spring 2011 / Interview with Fang Island “Biting Tunes”
#26, Spring 2011 / Best of NYC: Indie Rock
#28, Autumn 2011 / Interview with The Stepkids “Boogie Wonderland”
From One More Robot
#1, Autumn 2009 / Documenting an Era and Today’s 7” Single
#2, Winter 2010 / The Sad Decline of the Soundtrack Single
#3, Spring 2010 / Interview with Anton Newcombe “Too Crazy To Care”
#4, Summer 2010 / Tender Age in Bloom
#5, Autumn 2010 / Who’s Afraid of the Goddamn Batman!?
#6, Spring 2011 / For The Record
#7, Summer 2011 / “More Bounce For Your Ounce” - The Legacy of Roger Troutman
#8, Autumn 2011 / The Irish Underground
From The Social
#1, July 2011 / Generation Next?
From The Garda Times
Autumn Annual 2011 / Where’s Your Head At?
From Stylesiren.ie
07 Mar 2011 / The Kids are Alright
02 May 2011 / Why Solange is Better Than Beyoncé
Blogging
“Can We Get Much Higher?!” - Kanye West and His 13 Best Songs of 2010
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