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k-town reality show to premiere as web series

2012-05-17T05:00:00.000-07:00

It's on, fools. Perhaps more than any other media-related item, people always ask me, what's up with that K-Town reality show that was supposed to come out? Indeed, it's still happening. Soon: Ben Silverman Teams With 'Jersey Shore,' 'The Hills' Execs for New Reality Series 'K-Town.' K-Town will premiere this summer as a new web series "exploring the lives of young Asian-Americans residing in

new music: neo-tokyo by adam warrock

2012-05-16T08:00:00.000-07:00

Geek rapper Adam WarRock just dropped his latest record, the Neo-Tokyo EP, a seven-track album inspired by the seminal anime film Akira. You might be familiar with his hip hop odes to comic books and TV shows, but this is his first foray into animte-related subjects. And it's pretty damn hot. Here's the video for the first single, "...Is About To Explode": It's been a while since I sat down

wong fu productions presents away we happened

2012-05-16T05:00:00.000-07:00

Heads up. Our friends in Wong Fu Productions have teamed up with AT&T to present Away We Happened, a new web drama series starring Victor Kim and Jen Buescher, in which fans get to decide where the story goes. During the course of the weekly, six-episode series, fans will get to choose what happens next by voting online. Based on the most popular idea each week, Wong Fu will create the next

bruce lee resolution introduced in congress

2012-05-16T02:00:00.000-07:00

Awesome. Today in Washington D.C. five House Democrats introduced H.Res. 654, aka the "Bruce Lee Resolution," honoring the life and legacy of the martial arts icon for his teachings and his role as a bridge between American and Chinese cultures: Democrats introduce Bruce Lee resolution. Well, I guess that makes it official. It's APA Heritage Month, after all. The resolution traces Bruce Lee's

get discount tickets for the apa vagina monologues, may 17

2012-05-15T23:00:00.000-07:00

San Francisco! If you are a fan of the vaginas, it is my duty to remind you that The APA Vagina Monologues is going down this Thursday, May 17 at the Castro Theatre. It will be an evening celebrating community visibility, the stories of women, and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Proceeds benefit the local Bay Area chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, the nation's

white house webinar: hiv and stigma in asian american & pacific islander communities, may 17

2012-05-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

This week, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will present a webinar commemorating the upcoming 8th annual National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. It's happening Thursday, May 17 at 12:00pm PST/3:0pm EST. Co-sonsored by the Banyan Tree Project, this webinar will provide an overview of HIV in Asian & Pacific Islander communities, and the impact

video tribute to robert nakamura

2012-05-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

The "godfather" of Asian American media is retiring. Earlier this year, it was announced that Professor Robert Nakamura is hanging up his hat, after a 33-year career teaching Asian American studies and film/television at UCLA. As a groundbreaking filmmaker and an influential mentor, his contributions to the field Asian American media are immeasurable. Professor Nakamura's son, Tad Nakamura --

will jeremy lin stay with the knicks?

2012-05-15T14:00:00.000-07:00

New York's playoff run was fairly disastrous, but you can't deny that the Knicks had a hell of a season, thanks in no small part to the world suddenly realizing that Jeremy Lin is kind of awesome. That said, there's been quite a bit speculation about what's next for our favorite point guard, and questions about his future with the team: Jeremy Lin? Steve Nash? Who will start at PG for Knicks

fund this: the dream sessions: musical travel show

2012-05-15T08:00:00.000-07:00

Our musician friend, the one and only Goh Nakamura, is working on a new musical travel show, The Dream Sessions. In each episode, he plans to visit different studios in different cities, interview musicians and record some tunes. It's sort of in the vein of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, but with music. It sounds super cool. But in order to make it happen, Goh will have to raise some

watch the trailer for ds2dio, the world's first dance lifestyle youtube channel

2012-05-15T05:00:00.000-07:00

Holy crap. This looks awesome. DS2DIO (pronounced D-Studio), the world's first dance lifestyle channel, is set to launch on YouTube his June. Created by writer/director Jon M. Chu and producing partner Hieu Ho -- the channel will feature a slate of original programming reflecting a passion for dance. Here's the trailer: The people behind this project have already had some success in this genre

coffee-throwing man surrenders to police

2012-05-15T02:00:00.000-07:00

In Philadelphia, the man who hurled a cup of hot coffee at a donut shop employee last week has turned himself in to authorities: Alleged coffee thrower surrenders to police. 52-year-old David Timbers was caught on camera getting into an argument with a woman working the counter at Fresh Donuts before throwing a cup of hot coffee at her face. The victim, Sok Caea, suffered severe burns on her

phantoms of asia preview party, may 17

2012-05-14T23:00:00.000-07:00

San Francisco! For lovers of art, partying and good times, you should check out this mega-party the Asian Art Museum is throwing this week: Phantoms, celebrating a new contemporary art exhibition about spirits, spirituality, the cosmos, the afterlife, and more. It's going down this Thursday, May 17 at the museum. Here are some more details:PHANTOMS OF ASIA PREVIEW PARTY Asian Art Museum

5th annual asian american community development conference, may 17

2012-05-14T20:00:00.000-07:00

If you're in New York, Asian Americans for Equality invites you to the 5th Annual Asian American Community Development Conference, "Mobilizing Our Community from the Margins to the Center." It's happening this Thursday, May 17 at New York University's Kimmel Center. Here are some more details about the conference:5th Annual Asian American Community Development Conference Thursday, May 17,

new webseries: video game high school

2012-05-14T17:00:00.000-07:00

Fans of video games, action flicks and YouTube mayhem-maker freddiew will get a kick out of Video Game High School, the newly launched action/adventure webseries from Rocket Jump, directed by Matthew Arnold, Brandon Laatsch and Freddie Wong. It's about a talented young gamer who gets recruited to an elite video game academy. Here's the trailer: The first episode, which stars Josh Blaylock, is

food truck serves up lunch with a side of orientalist schtick

2012-05-14T14:00:00.000-07:00

Got a heads up about the Fojol Brothers, a food truck that roams the D.C. area offering Indian, Thai and Ethiopian fare. Not content with just selling the food, the owners -- who are white -- are serving it up with a side of Orientalist schtick: Fojol Brothers Food Truck Denies Racism Charge. The truck's gimmick, which has drawn the ire more than a few folks, involves wearing fake mustaches

comic book artist tony dezuniga dies at 71

2012-05-14T08:00:00.000-07:00

Some sad news out of the Philippines... Pioneer comic book artist Tony DeZuñiga passed away last week after suffering from a stroke, heart failure and brain damage. He was 79: Jonah Hex co-creator Tony DeZuniga passes away at age 79. One of the first artists from the Philippines to work in mainstream U.S. comics, he is best known for co-creating Jonah Hex and Black Orchid for DC Comics in the

new music: "freeze ray knees" by the invisible cities

2012-05-14T05:00:00.000-07:00

This is neat! San Francisco indie rock band The Invisible Cities have some new tunes to share with us. They're releasing a new song every Friday for ten weeks: How to announce to the world that you have new songs. Here's the video for the first song, "Freeze Ray Knees,", which is all of 75 seconds long, directed by and starring (former Angry Reader of the Week) Melissa Hung, rocking some super

man throws hot coffee on donut shop employee

2012-05-14T02:00:00.000-07:00

What the hell. Another awful news story out of Philadelphia, where a man is charged with aggravated assault after throwing a cup of hot coffee at a doughnut shop employee: Customers drop by doughnut shop to wish burned worker well. Last Tuesday morning, 27-year-old Sokchea Luy was badly burned when David Timbers, who is a apparently a regular customer at Fresh Donuts, lost his temper and threw

read these blogs

2012-05-13T02:00:00.000-07:00

Even in the best of schools - Learn of the not-so-subtle racism of the Fu Manchu, Grasshopper. On lingering racism -- in cartoon form! -- in a supposedly progressive elementary school. Whitewashing, a history: Aasif Mandvi does his best imitation of a Hollywood studio executive, explaining the movie industry's illustrious tradition of casting white actors in non-white roles. San Gabriel

this week's angriest posts

2012-05-12T02:00:00.000-07:00

Not really the angriest, just the most viewed.northwestern university students targeted with eggs and racial slurs hate crime reported at the university of cincinnati amy senser found guilty in fatal hit-and-run 30 under 30: janet liang to ashton kutcher, love kimmy patel hasan minhaj drops knowledge on ashton kutcher and popchips introducing sound and fury: the angry asian podcast racist

angry reader of the week: jennifer yin

2012-05-11T11:00:00.000-07:00

Friends, it's time to meet the Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this is a way of showing some appreciation and attention to the people who help make this blog what it is. This week's Angry Reader is Jennifer Yin. Who are you? Jennifer Yin What are you? A hungry harpy.

jennifer chung mixtape release show, may 12

2012-05-09T23:00:00.000-07:00

Heads up. Our friend, YouTube pop songstress Jennifer Chung is releasing her new mixtape online as a free download on May 12. To celebrate, she's throwing a release show this weekend at Room 5 in Los Angeles. Come see Jennifer perform and receive a free personalized CD of the mixtape. Here are some more details:JENNIFER CHUNG MIXTAPE RELEASE SHOW ! (21+) On May 12th, Jennifer will be releasing

30 under 30: mia-lia kiernan

2012-05-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

Mia-lia Kiernan Age: 28 Community Organizer, One Love Movement Why she's influential: Because she's speaking out on immigrant rights and an unjust criminal justice system, and will not be silenced. Mia-lia Kiernan is a co-founder and organizer for One Love Movement, a grassroots group advancing critical dialogue around the intersect of criminal justice and the immigration movement, formed in

new music: "gorgeous" by leo37

2012-05-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

Just got a chance to take a look at the video for "Gorgeous," the latest single from Taiwanese-Canadian emcee LEO37, off of his recently released Fanfare EP. Cool tune, but more than anything I think the video got me interested in visiting an Asian night market (and dammit, everything looks cooler in black and white). Take a look: If you're digging it, you can get Fanfare as a free download

sound and fury podcast episode 2: shinae yoon

2012-05-09T08:00:00.000-07:00

Greetings, new listeners. Thanks to everyone who checked out the premiere episode of Sound and Fury: The Angry Asian Podcast. I know the quality was a little rough, but we're working on it, and I appreciate your support with this new project. That said, we're already back with episode two. Whaaaat. I know it's only been a couple of days since the first one, and I'm not planning on churning out