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8Tracks Review: ‘In the Waiting’ by Kina Grannis

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

  In the Waiting by Kina Grannis KG Records (2018) There was a time when there seemed to be something new to talk about from Kina Grannis just about every week.  While she has remained engaged with her rabid fanbase … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: ‘Pop Covers’ by Marié Digby

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

It’s amazing how you can speak right to my heart Marié Digby released an album of  pop covers this week.  I’m pretty sure these were all recorded before and are only collected and put into sequence here for the first … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: ‘In Fina We Trust’ by Awkwafina

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Young Fina: slanty-eyed dreama This is the summer of Awkwafina.  The New York rapper’s new movie Ocean’s 8 is a hit, and her next film Crazy Rich Asians is expected to blow up in August.  With all the “Who’s Awkwafina?” buzz I’ve … Continue reading →

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A Short Review: Bao

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Jeff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZayYWpkUkzs Accompanying the Pixar movie The Incredibles 2 is a short called Bao.  It starts, as you can see from the trailer above, when a woman who has just cooked some bao is shocked when one of them comes to … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: ‘Elemental’ by Taimane

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

https://youtu.be/VrjkDFyBOn4 Elemental by Taimane independent, 2018 What’s your label? Taimane Gardner’s new album dropped last week.  Elemental is a mostly instrumental blending of many styles, as one would expect from this ukulele virtuoso.  Her FB bio says, Taimane translates to “diamond” … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: ‘Noise Floor’ by Spock’s Beard

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Noise Floor by Spock’s Beard 2018, InsideOut Music It’s always good to see your face my friend I guess I’ll get the 8A angle out of the way first and say that Spock’s Beard is a four-person progressive rock band … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: ‘Playing Favorites’ by Meiko

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Playing Favorites (2018) by Meiko Chesky Records Everything I do depends on you Yes, I know I just reviewed a Meiko single six weeks ago. I didn’t know back then that Meiko’s album would be out this early in the … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: ‘Rise to Glory’ by Loudness

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Rise to glory In 1985, right in hair metal’s best years, Loudness released its first album on an American label, it’s fifth album overall.  Until then, the band from Osaka was really known only in Japan.  I was sixteen, fascinated … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Emergency Contact” by Mary H.K. Choi

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Lily

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi is such a delightful YA novel, I can’t even tell you. Penny is starting college in Austin, TX hoping to be a writer. Sam works at a cafe and sleeps there too, stuck on … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Rewind: Get to Know Dengue Fever

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

I think about you so so so so much I forget to eat “California psychedelic surf rock with lyrics sung in Khmer?  Sure!  Why not?”  I downloaded Dengue Fever’s third full-length album, Venus on Earth, and by the end of the … Continue reading →

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CAAMFEST36: Opening Night Film & Gala Red Carpet Premiere of ‘An American Story: Norman Mineta’

Posted on May 14, 2018 by John

One of the things I have really enjoyed after having moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999 has been attending the San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival, which is now known as CAAMFest, now its 36th year. … Continue reading →

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‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Renewed for Fifth Season

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

It’s not the ’90s without the Huang family. #FreshOffTheBoat is returning for Season 5! 🎊 pic.twitter.com/IKGpOZK9bD — Fresh off the Boat (@FreshOffABC) May 11, 2018 Aaaaaaaaand EXhale. I’m often optimistic to a fault.  A Pollyanna.  An extreme benefit-of-the-doubt-giver.  Yet if … Continue reading →

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