A bit of a short notice I know, but I wanted to let the bay peeps know that Mr. Hyphen 2006, Robin Sukhadia, is coming to a location near you! Ok, I know that he lives in the bay area, but you know, just trying to hype up his appearance. You can't blame me. It's Mr. Hyphen!
Robin will be speaking on a panel at the 2008 Annual Membership Meeting for an organization called Chinese for Affirmative Actions. Along with him, there will be Asian American activists from API Equality, Helen Zia Fellowship for Social Change, Friends of Educational Opportunities in Chinatown, Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality, and other organizations.
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Wayne Wang, noted director of Chan is Missing, Smoke, and the divisive (at least among some Asian Americans) The Joy Luck Club, has this particular filmgoer wondering about the status of his latest project, Good Cook, Likes Music.
The storyline according to IMDB.com is as follows: “A slacker and lovable loser lives with his mother in a trailer park. One drunken night, he sends away for a mail-order bride, who ends up being a musical prodigy, and together, they change each other's lives.”
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Writer Andrew Lam (my colleague at New America Media) has written a series of commentaries talking about Asian Americans blowing up in “New Media.”
Continue reading "New Media Spawns Tila Tequila? Good or Bad?"
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Sandra Oh wore this couture version of a Korean hanbok to the SAG Awards.
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So, I finally got around to seeing Juno this weekend. It was great, even if the whole Diablo Cody-stripper-hype was getting on my nerves. I got over it, stopped drinking haterade, and give her mad props.
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I picked up ReadyMade at the grocery store yesterday in a fit of desire to be more organized -- that's the theme of the new issue -- and found a great article about the new efficiency gurus like Tim Ferriss and Julie Morgenstern. I immediately wasted 45 minutes surfing the websites of all these people and found Lifehack.org to be the most palatable and useful. I'm not the only one who likes it, supposedly it was -- at one point -- the 40th most popular blog in the world.
Continue reading "Leon Ho Hacks Your Life"
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Filmmakers Tadashi Nakamura and Yasmin Fedda are featured on a recent CNN segment called "Young People Who Rock," where they highlight people under 30.
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Just a quick hit with news that Comcast is shutting down AZN Television, a cable network that targeted Asian Americans.
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Angry Asian Man points out that Mia, Lucy Liu's character on Cashmere Mafia, is involved romantically with an Asian American man and are even shown kissing on the show!
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What does it mean to be a minority? And what does it matter?
With Obama downplaying the race factor, Hillary supporters and critics alike highlighting her almost-cried-but-didn't moment, and Edwards recently -- and oddly -- referred to as a "minority" on the Tyra Banks Show last week, I'm a little confused as to the role race and gender (and sometimes class) are playing in this election on the Dem side.
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This year’s Sundance Film Festival, currently still in progress, has a promising number of films featuring Asian artists in front of or behind the camera. While the majority of these entries come from international filmmakers from Asia, there are a few APA directors getting a chance to showcase their talents as Sundance official selections in ’08.
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Come toast with a mixed drink at the Hyphen Hybrid Issue release party!
Friday, February 1
111 Minna, San Francisco
9pm - 2am
21+ w/ ID
$10
Subscriptions at 50% off retail price! Also, Nintendo Wii raffle!
Throw down your moves as Malicious Lee, DJ Franchise, DJ Psani, Modest Mark and SteveDa5eight spin mashed beats late into the night. Enjoy mixed musical messages by Cast of Thousands, Goh Nakamura and Aesthetics Crew.
But most of all, join us as we celebrate our latest release, the Hybrid Issue. Be sure to pick up a copy of the magazine to check out our stories on feminist porn, South Asian hip hop, rising Asian American fashion designers and much more of the art, literature and cultural reviews you can't live without!
Co-sponsored by CAA.
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SFGate is currently leading with a big, fat pic of Yul Kwon, the subject of CW Nevius's column about Kwon and his buddies trying to open a Red Mango yogurt shop in North Beach.
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Our cross-pollinated Hybrid Issue has been on the stands for weeks, so you should all have read it twice by now. I thought I’d drop some juicy tidbits for those of you who have seen it all and maybe entice those of you who haven’t to pick up an issue.
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Hyphen-sponsored events are back with a vengeance. We hope you're ready to keep up with us! This one's for all you Seattle peeps. We're proudly sponsoring the 6th annual Puget Sound Leadership Conference, taking place on January 26th, 2008. Interested? Keep on scrolling!
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So I recently learned that Nickelodeon is premiering a new animated series called "Ni Hao, Kai-lan," to air beginning Feb. 7, 2008.
Feb. 7 is the beginning of the new lunar year, the year of the Rat.
The show targets preschoolers, kids 2-5, and sounds like it will be bilingual, in English and Mandarin. The press release makes it sound like the purpose of the show is to teach little kids how to speak Mandarin.
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Yes. We were forgotten. Despite all the uproar about Asian Americans as a political force in this upcoming 2008 presidential election, we [I’m Filipino] still do not matter when it comes to the “American” political consciousness.
Continue reading "Asian Americans forgotten during Nevada Democratic Debate"
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I found this article on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ACLU lawyer daughter, Amrit Singh (who co-authored this recent report Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond ) to be an interesting take on South Asians who end up living in America (or the West in general) -- especially with Benazir Bhutto’s son so prominently in the news.
Continue reading "Indian Prime Minister's Daughter Kicking Ass and Taking Names in America"
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The Grammy Awards celebrates its 50th anniversary next month, and judging by this year’s nominees it seems that very few API musicians and performers will be gracing the stage to pick up a gramophone statuette.
That is, unless Tia Carrere (yes, that Tia Carrere) wins for Best Hawaiian Music Album. Or if pianist Lang Lang wins for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra).
The dearth of Asian/Pacific Islander musical artists in the U.S. isn’t exactly a surprise. Yes, we all know about Jin Tha MC and the Filipino member of the Black Eyed Peas. Seeing a Grammy telecast devoid of API nominees and winners isn’t the shock of the century; maybe some of these artists just aren’t putting out notable material.
But what about one particular Sri Lankan-born, London-raised, political female rapper who happened to land on nearly every music critics’ ‘Best of 2007’ list, including the writers at Rolling Stone, Spin, and Entertainment Weekly?
Continue reading "Who’s M.I.A. from the Grammy Nod List?"
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• Some hillarious street interviews on Bobby Jindal in The Onion.
Continue reading "Quick Asian American Political Hits"
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I first caught Cynthia Lin's show at the HotHouse in Chicago over a year ago, where the diminutive singer/songwriter was crooning "Skipping in NYC," a catchy little love song that takes place somewhere between Sixth Avenue and Chinatown. At 5'2", she's the Taiwanese-American petit oiseau of folk jazz, reminiscent of Edith Piaf and Joni Mitchell, with a big voice and jazzy melodies.
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My first encounter with Bollyhood Cafe, a promising new Mission bar/lounge centered around the culture of Indian Cinema, was purely happenstance...
Continue reading "Bollywood graces San Francisco"
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It's a lazy Sunday afternoon, my baby is napping, and I thought I'd blog today.
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According to a senior thesis by Jenny Tsai, some Asian American students at Harvard " 'act white because 'acting Asian' is equated with acting foreign or like a nerd."
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With the New Year comes a bevy of calendars dedicated to Asian Americans showing off their assets.
Continue reading "I Love, I Love, I Love My Asian American Calendar Girls and Boys"
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Continue reading "Link Time: Lucy Liu, Lindsay Price, Bruce Lee"
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Happy New Year. The start of 2008 is a good time to look back at some of the most noteworthy events involving Asian Americans from last year.
Continue reading "What a year: Virginia Tech killings, Yul Kwon highlight 2007"
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