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World Cup is the Time to Reclaim the Irish Tricolour From Sinister Groups
Run, do not walk, to your local euro shop and snatch up everything of a greenish hue
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Dean Van Nguyen

January 2023

DEAN MAGAZINE Meets Andrew ‘Arseblog’ Mangan: His Untold Life as a Dublin DJ
The legendary Gooner blogger recalls his previous existence as a pirate radio and club DJ, and a better era for Dublin nightlife
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Dean Van Nguyen

May 2022

The Case for Prince Naseem Hamed
To appreciate Naz is to appreciate how great boxing can and should be
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Dean Van Nguyen

April 2021

Goodbye Substack, Hello DEAN MAGAZINE
Trans rights are human rights
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Dean Van Nguyen
Cellophane Window: The Best Songs of Q1 2021 [Playlist]
The finest music of the last three months
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Dean Van Nguyen

March 2021

Cowboy Bebop #3: The Offset: Spectacles’ Debut EP is Rusty Hong Kong Garage Rock
I’ll just come out and say it—this is a masterpiece
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Dean Van Nguyen
All 50 #BeyondFriday Movies... Ranked
Celebrating Irish Twitter's greatest late-night movie club
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Dean Van Nguyen
“Raya and The Last Dragon” is Wonderful—Its Depiction of Southeast Asian Culture is Less Than Perfect
Disney's latest movie views Asia through a mono lens
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Dean Van Nguyen
Cowboy Bebop: Nana Yamato’s “Before Sunrise” is glowing Tokyo indie rock
My Asian music series returns with an album of warm melodies and urban beauty
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Dean Van Nguyen

February 2021

Why Did So Few Anti-Trump Songs Resonate?
We were promised a golden age of protest music
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Dean Van Nguyen
Bold Generation
On Prince’s 1999
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Dean Van Nguyen
The Irish Far-Right Is Testing Your Boundaries
They are trying to gaslight you—yes, you!
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Dean Van Nguyen
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