8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Category Archives: Music
Exporting Kpop on BloombergTV
Segment starts around 10:30 BloombergTV recently went out of their way to do a well researched piece on the growing popularity of Kpop. It confirmed a lot of what I had been telling friends for years, who simply could not … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Music
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What Asian-American Kids watch on the Internet: The Morning Benders’s Excuses
When I drove my car after letting The Daughter use it, I noticed that she had replaced one of my CDs with one that she had burned. I decided to listen to her CD, and there was one song I … Continue reading
Is Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” Racially Insensitive?
I have a huge confession to make and that is that I am a huge Lady Gaga fan. I have been ever since the beginning of her career and no matter what people say, my love for her trashy electro … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Music, Observations
Tagged born this way, cherrytree records, chola, far east, lady gaga, orient, oriental
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VIRAL LIKE SARS: The Bizarre Britney Spears Japanese Sponge Bob Mash-Up
Happy Friday, kids: This video comes courtesy of mash-up artist DJ GLOW, who mashes up clips of a Japanese Sponge Bob McDonald’s Happy Set commercial with Britney Spears latest radio hit, “Hold It Against Me.” The resulting video produces a … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Viral Like SARS, WTF
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Bruno Mars Plea Deal Keeps Him out of Jail
Singer/songwriter Bruno Mars has made a plea deal that should keep him out of jail. Mars, who wrote or co-wrote songs such as Rocketeer and Cee Lo’s “F— You” and performed on songs like Grenade and B.o.B’s “Nothin’ on You”, … Continue reading
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Links: Educational achievement Gap, Kpop produced by Will.I.Am, Korean American Day in MI
Educational achievement gap that “won’t be fixed in schools” Washington Post “The story is the same for Asian Americans. Their average score was 541 – somewhat below Shanghai, about even with South Korea and ahead of Hong Kong (533) and … Continue reading
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Asian American Top 10 Lists for 2010
As is typical towards year end, top 10 lists for the year are coming out, and there are a number of lists for things Asian American. Northwest Asian Weekly has put out a list of the top 10 Asian American … Continue reading
Village Voice Declares Far East Movements’ Rocketeer “Worst of 2010”
Hater’s gonna hate, and it looks like that’s exactly what the Village Voice did, calling Far East Movement’s “Rocketeer” featuring Ryan Tedder — you know, that guy who sings that “Apologize” song you hear too much on the radio — … Continue reading
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Far East Movement’s Rocketeer Gets Covered and Covered and Covered…
“Isn’t that the Far East Movement’s Rocketeer?” I asked after the song on the radio ended. “Yes,” replied Number One Son, “but I like Nigahiga’s version.” Nigahiga’s version? They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and there … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music
Tagged Clara C, David Choi, Dawen, Far East Movement, kevjumba, nigahiga, Paul Dateh, Rocketeer
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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Joseph Vincent
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and I hope all of you are getting into the holiday spirit as Christmas rolls around the corner! In an effort to get all of you in the holiday spirit, I wanted to share … Continue reading
Charice Returning to Glee!
Uh-oh. Looks like those Charice haters will have a lot more to gripe about because Sunshine Corazon is set to return to Glee. The show on Fox is currently in its second season, but the last time we saw Charice, … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Comedy, Entertainment, Music, TV
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Far East Movement’s 2Gether Behind the Scenes Video
What is a G6? Are you still asking yourself that? No one really knows the meaning behind Far East Movement’s hit single but there’s no time to ponder that question, because they’ve got a new song up from their album, … Continue reading
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