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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Hizashi no Naka no Rairu
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Category Archives: Music
More Good Music: Tim Be Told
Every so often, we’ll get e-mails at 8Asians from artists and bands asking us to pimp their music, and every so often I agonize whether or not whether to blog about them, especially if their music sucks. (Note to those … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music
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Asian American Grammy Nominees: Apl.de.Ap and DJ Replay
“Kuya Ryan got nominated for a Grammy!” shouted The Daughter. While annoyed at her shouting (“indoor voice please” I keep telling her), I was happy to hear that news and I wasn’t surprised. “Kuya Ryan” is her cousin and my … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music
Tagged Apl.de.ap, Black Eyed Peas, DJ Replay, Grammy nomination, Ryan Buendia, The E.N.D.
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Manny Garcia’s GLEE Mash-Up
Oh, those kids and their YouTube: while older fogies like us are constantly lament how there are no visible Asian American entertainers on main stream radio or television, the newer generation is just creating new channels and forging their own … Continue reading
New Yorkers: Dawen Performing at a Venue Near You 12/4-12/7
We’ve blogged about Dawen’s fantastic YouTube covers of songs before, and for those of you in New York, you’re in luck — Dawen’s in an Empire state of mind and will be in your neighborhood as part of the New … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, New York
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Relief Package: A Hip Hop Benefit in Northern California
Hip Hop culture happens to be one of the many avenues Filipino-Americans have taken to and identify with. It only seems natural to host an benefit that revolves around the Hip Hop culture for the people of the Philippines who … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Music, San Francisco Bay Area, The Arts
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History of Filipino-American DJs at mixcrate.com
A new website for DJs, mixcrate.com, created in part by 8asians alumnus Genghis Mendoza, has a story about how the DJ scene in San Francisco Bay Area became large and influential. Turntablism is now practiced worldwide, and many legendary DJs … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, Local, Music, Southern California, The Arts
Tagged DJs, Filipino-Americans, Fingerbangerz, Genghis Mendoza, Jabbawockeez, mixcrate.com, Oliver Wang, Ryan Buendia, Turntablism
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LA Art & Music Show for Urban Clothing Company “Teruo Artistry”
There’s a ton of stuff going on in L.A. all the time, but if you love music & art, check out this awesome event “BY ANY DREAMS NECESSARY” featuring work by artist and designer Timothy Teruo Watters, a hapa, who … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Lifestyles, Music, Southern California, The Arts
Tagged art, events, hapa, Jessie, Koji Steven Sakai, los angeles, Malay, music, Teruo Artistry
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American Martial Arts Culture’s Roots in the African-American Community
Some fans of the original Karate Kid movie are appalled by the remake starring Jaden Smith as the new Karate Kid and Jackie Chan as his teacher. Some are very explicit about their displeasure to a having a black kid … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, Movies, Music
Tagged african-americans, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Jeff Yang, Karate Kid, LL Cool J, martial arts, Obugo Ongiri, RZA, Warrington Hudlin, Wu Tang Clan
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Original “Anime Hip-Hop Martial Arts Musical” to be Workshopped by East West Players Writers’ Gallery in L.A.
You read that right– anime hip-hop martial arts musical! It’s all that and a bag of chips!* East West Players has gathered a creative team to develop a new musical that utilizes all three art forms and a 25 minute … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Southern California, The Arts
Tagged anime, East West Players, eastwestplayers, hip-hop, martial arts, musical, performance
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End of SF’s Energy 92.7 Brings Format Changes, Anti-Asian DJs
For people who are fans of seeing (hearing?) positive Asian American images on the radio, this will be a one-two punch: Energy 92.7 – the independent radio station which regularly brought BoA to San Francisco was bought by new owners … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Music, San Francisco Bay Area
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Dawen covers Jay Sean’s “Down”
The curse of a great song like Jay Sean’s “Down,” the kind which hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, is that it gets played it like a million times on the radio until you don’t want to hear … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Southern California
Tagged art, Dawen, Down, Jay Sean, music
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South Pacific on Tour in San Francisco: Racism is Carefully Taught
The wonderful Broadway revival “South Pacific“, directed by the brilliant Bartlett Sher, is on tour right now in San Francisco. Written in 1949 by Rodgers and Hammerstein, most people remember this musical as a lovely romance during World War II … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, Music, The Arts
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