Author Archives: Ernie

About Ernie

I'm the creator of 8 Asians and one of the editors. While I'm a regular blogger to the site as well, think of my role as Barbara Walters on "The View," except without the weird white hair. During the day, I'm a Developer for a major Internet company and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've also been writing in my blog, littleyellowdifferent.com, for seven years.

Jero, Just Your Typical African-American Enka Singer

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Ernie

Jerome White, Jr. – Jero for short – is a 26-year old African American originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Oh, and he’s also a popular enka singer in Japan. I’d write more, but TokyoMango puts it better: …He’s a quarter Japanese, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music | 16 Comments

Self-Proclaimed “Gaysian” a Contestant on Beauty and the Geek

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Ernie

For those of you who haven’t seen the television reality show Beauty and the Geek, a synopsis: Pretty girls are matched up with classic geeky men as a “social experiment” of sorts – the girls try to teach the geeks … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, LGBT | 8 Comments

Asian-American Idol Watch: Ramiele Malubay

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Ernie

I’ll admit it – I haven’t been watching American Idol this year. I blame it on not having working cable, but from what I’ve been hearing the ratings have been going down the past couple of years anyway. Awkward first … Continue reading →

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II stix Back Online After Four Years

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Ernie

II stix, one of the first Asian American zines on the Internet, is back online after a four year hiatus, with a new redesign to boot. Also revived from Internet purgatory is one of the comics that editor Ki Han … Continue reading →

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Stuff White People Like

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Ernie

From my friend Jason over twitter: Stuff White People Like, which is a blog about, uhm, stuff that white people like. Examples include recycling, Whole Foods, Arts Degrees and – bring on the flame wars – Asian girls. I’m assuming … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations | 24 Comments

Hello Kitty to enter MMORPG Market

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Ernie

Like the other ten million people out there, I play World of Warcraft. It’s a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or MMORPG for short; I go online and I can fight monsters or other players from around the world. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Video Games | 6 Comments

Last Week to watch Lydia’s Funeral Video

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Ernie

I’ve blogged about it before, but Lydia’s Funeral Video, Sam’s one-woman show, wraps on Saturday in San Francisco. Sam pinged me over Instant Messenger just now and we talked a little bit about the show: Ernie: how has the show … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Nation and Gay Asian Male Stereotypes

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Ernie

From Current: Rainbow Nation, a five minute “pod” on stereotypes and Gay Asian males. That’s a way to get a response from me; create a video that starts out with the line, “Asian men have a lot of diseases [and] … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, LGBT | 36 Comments

Porn Fridays: It’s a Bad Week to Be Edison Chen

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Ernie

Both Royce and Winona dared demanded me to write more blog articles about, well, porn. I try my hardest not to disappoint. (Ha ha, I said “hardest.”) Edison Chen, for those that aren’t familiar, is a Chinese-Canadian movie and music … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment | 10 Comments

Lydia’s Funeral Video: Samantha Chanse’s one-woman show

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Ernie

She’ll probably kill me for posting this, but what the hell: Sam Chanse is a not-so-frequent poster to 8Asians. That being said, she single-handedly has the best reason for not having time to write or do pretty much anything: She’s … Continue reading →

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Kaba Modern on America’s Best Dance Crew

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Ernie

One of the things I’ve always admired about SoCal schools were their hip-hop dance crews. The closest thing I ever came to one was dancing in the hip-hop suite during the UC Davis Filipino Cultural Night. There were fifty of … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment | 46 Comments

Who is Asia Cruise? A Pretty Good Pop/R&B artist, actually

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Ernie

The relatively anonymous illadub sent me an e-mail telling me about Asia Cruise, a multi-ethnic [Asian, Native American, White] Jacksonville Pop/R&B artist signed onto Jive Records. The way she was marketed was interesting – her music was leaked first onto … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music | 14 Comments