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Category Archives: Southern California
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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Lodestone Theatre Ensemble’s Final Production: “Grace Kim & the Spiders from Mars”
Lodestone Theatre Ensemble will be putting on their farewell production with Grace Kim & the Spiders from Mars. Written by Philip W. Chung and directed by Jeff Liu, this show was specifically written to be the last show for Lodestone’s … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Southern California, The Arts
Tagged burbank, lodestone, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, los angeles, theatre
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Melody Ross: Reflections on Slain Khmer American Teenager
Last Friday, 30 October, 16-year old Melody Ross was shot while leaving Wilson High School’s Homecoming football game. She was an honors student, on the school’s track team, and college-bound: Student at Long Beach’s Wilson High fatally shot after homecoming … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Southern California
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Asian Bloggers to Speak at USC for BANANA
Why yes, this would be fellow 8Asians bloggers Joz and Jee, and here they are in a video promotion with Steve Nguyen to promote BANANA, the FIRST-EVER gathering and round-table discussion/panel of Asian American bloggers at the USC campus on … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Lifestyles, Local, Southern California
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Santa Anita Race Track Opens Exhibit on Japanese Internment
The biggest news this weekend from Arcadia, CA was Zenyatta coming from behind to clinch her 14th win at the Breeders’ Cup Classic at the Santa Anita Race Track. It was actually quite an amazing feat considering how far behind … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Local, Politics, Southern California
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Rachel Lee: Asian Teens Behaving Badly
We love it when Asians behave badly. It gives us something to gossip about and also, it makes us feel pretty badass. It’s true. It’s like a slap in the face to that annoying stereotype about being submissive model minorities. … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Current Events, Entertainment, Fashion, Southern California
Tagged Bling Ring, Burlgarly, Hollywood, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Rachel Lee, TMZ
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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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FREE SCREENING of John Woo’s “Red Cliff” in Los Angeles
In modern pop culture, the Three Kingdoms period of China is kinda like the Medieval period to Americans — dramatic war stories full of people performing acts of valor and glory that have been dead of hundreds of years — … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, Southern California
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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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Three Apples: Celebrating Hello Kitty’s 35th Anniversary
There’s no denying Hello Kitty’s global domination. Can you name any other icon character that has graced almost every single kind of product, from stationary sets and band-aids to Paris Hilton and hospitals around the world? (Okay, yes, maybe Mickey … Continue reading
Events Ongoing: Songs For a New World in LA
To get your event blogged about on 8Asians, join our social network! Songs For a New World – This musical is about one moment — or rather, isolated moments in the lives of many characters — in a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Local, Southern California
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