Deep House in Seoul |
I've occassionally complained about the absence of international deep house djs coming through Seoul, which is weird given the proximity to Tokyo. I'm an old man, and we like to complain a lot.&... Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:52:00 GMT |
Korean Candle Girl Power |
My Sassy Protester: Korean Candle Girl Power
There is a wonderful scene in the documentary "Berkeley in the Sixties" when a policeman asks a female protester occupying Sproul Hall if she wanted to w... Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:14:00 GMT |
Crouching Tiger and Transnational Chinese Cinema |
This article originally appeared in Asian Studies Review, March 2004, Vol. 28, 25-39.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu Diplomacy andthe Dream of Cultural ChinaCommunication not only expresses b... Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:27:00 GMT |
Korean Cinema and the FTA |
This piece orginally appeared in the Korea Times (5/25/07). The Korea Times butchered what I actually wrote, taking out some of the more radical parts of the essay. Here is the original, f... Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 22:44:00 GMT |
Paradise Garage 25th Birthday |
Paradise Garage founder Mel Cheren at the Andy Warhol Museum(first published 2003)To celebrate his lifelong dedication to dance music and the fight against AIDS, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, ... Posted by on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:22:00 GMT |
Parry Shen Interview |
Interview w/ Parry Shen
Parry Shen Interview (from 2003)As the overachieving Ben Manibag, Parry Shen played one of the Asian Americans gone wild in Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). The film ... Posted by on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:50:00 GMT |
Filipino-American War Documentary |
Memories of a Forgotten War: A Filipino/American Ghost Story(originally published 21C Magazine) As the credits roll by at the end of the new experimental documentary by Camilla Benolirao Griggers and ... Posted by on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:07:00 GMT |
RIP DJ Spike |
The Passing of a Pittsburgh Legend: DJ Spike"you don't even know me,you say that I'm not living right,you don't understand me,so how can you judge my life?"from Armand Van Helden, "You Don't Know"DJ S... Posted by on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:13:00 GMT |
Jin tha MC |
Jin and Phonics (first published 2003)"Yeah, I'm Chinese, maybe now you'll understand it.I'm the reason why your little sister's eyes are slanted."--Jin tha MC If you happened to wander into the neigh... Posted by on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:58:00 GMT |
Interview w/ Parry Shen |
Parry Shen Interview (Conducted at Carnegie Mellon, 2003)As the overachieving Ben Manibag, Parry Shen played one of the Asian Americans gone wild in Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). The film ... Posted by on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:51:00 GMT |