Posts by Xxxtine
The main Canuck here I (sometimes) give a different perspective. I used to be 'read only' but you can actually hear me via POP 88 on 8Asians podcasting sister site Popcast88.com. Always trying to find that right balance between fluff and substance, I tend to focus my interests in discovering different perspectives. Look forward to hearing (and perhaps seeing) things you wouldn't anywhere else. Current vice and embarrassingly obsessed with: Kpop group AFTER SCHOOL
POP 88 #49 – Somewhere Between – Interview with dir. Linda Goldstein Knowlton
POP 88 #49 - Somewhere Between - Interview with dir. Linda Goldstein Knowlton [ 38:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (190)Back from my travels in Korea! You would think in one of the most connected part of the world, I would be able to be ‘more connected’ but actually found out that despite free WiFi everywhere, when I really needed it, I needed to have a data plan. In this episode, I chat with Linda Goldstein-Knowlton, the director of Somewhere Between, a documentary about Chinese adoptees, some popular Kpop YouTubers make a brief appearance and [...] Continue »
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Kicks Off April 28th!
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival sweeps through Toronto once again from now till May 8th to showcase the best in international documentary filmmaking. It is the largest documentary festival, conference and market for documentary filmmakers in North America. This year special presentation features Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop and Bobby Fischer Against the World. Out of the 150 documentaries screening at this year’s festival, here are a few of [...] Continue »
8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #3 – Sexism, Masculinity, Blondes and Keychains
The A-Word: Episode #3 - Sexism, Masculinity, Blondes and Keychains [ 39:10 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (478)“a word” [noun] – a short talk or conversation “A-Word” [noun] – a unit of the English language, starting with the letter ‘A’ 8Asians’ The A-Word — the official podcast of 8Asians.com — aims to be a fun conversation piece talking expertly about things we don’t know about, and having very serious debates about trivial things. Guests for this episode — recorded April 21, 2011 — are the editors for 8Asians: Ernie Hsiung, Moye Ishimoto [...] Continue »
POP 88 #48 – Mixed Bag: Chinese, Japanese, Korean and French (!?) music
POP 88 #48 - Mixed Bag: Chinese, Japanese, Korea and French (!?) Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (449)It’s April, and WTF – it’s snowing in Toronto! Episode #48 has a mixed bag of music from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and France. (I know, right?) Music from Monsieur Nov, Namie Amuro, One Way, Chemistry, G.E.M. Tang and more. Also, it would really be appreciated if you could fill out our listener survey so we can get to know more about you. And as always, if you like what you hear and would like [...] Continue »
Canadians Protest “Ethnic Costume” Photo-Op
“People dressed in so-called ‘ethnic costumes’ congregated outside a Conservative rally in Toronto Thursday evening to protest after a member of a local Tory candidate’s campaign sent out an email looking for people in “national folklore costumes” to appear at a photo-op. An email signed by a campaign worker for the Etobicoke Centre Conservative candidate said he was looking for people to create a ‘photo-op about all the multicultural groups that support Ted Opitz, our [...] Continue »
Non-Asians Listen To Kpop (And This Is Not News)
Those who follow Kpop already know that Korean femme group 2NE1 re-released their track “Can’t Nobody” in English. Since their debut in 2009, their company has been grooming them for the international market, which is relatively starving for content consumption and often times ignored. It should also be noted that the original track in Korean was already half in English spattered with rapper CL’s Korean verses. To me, there really wasn’t that much of a [...] Continue »
8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #2 — Looting, Alexandra Wallace & the White-Washing of Akira
“a word” [noun] – a short talk or conversation “A-Word” [noun] – a unit of the English language, starting with the letter ‘A’ 8Asians’ The A-Word — the official podcast of 8Asians.com — aims to be a fun conversation piece talking expertly about things we don’t know about, and having very serious debates about trivial things. Guests for this episode — recorded March 27, 2011 — are the editors for 8Asians: Ernie Hsiung, Moye Ishimoto [...] Continue »
POP 88 #47 – Back and Ready for 2011
I’m back after my winter hiatus, refreshed and energized for the upcoming year. There are going to be some changes and new developments, so you’ll want to stick around to see what new and interesting things pop up. In this episode, you’ll have to excuse the FANGIRL in me as I play the latest music from AFTER SCHOOL including their collaboration with Namie Amuro. I also drop another collabo with Traphik, Dumbfounded and Jin, some [...] Continue »
8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #1 – The BANANA 2 Conference
“a word” [noun] – a short talk or conversation “A-Word” [noun] – a unit of the English language, starting with the letter ‘A’ 8Asians’ The A-Word — the first official podcast of 8Asians.com — aims to be a fun conversation piece talking expertly about things we don’t know about, and having very serious debates about trivial things. Guests for this episode include Joz Wang (@jozjozjoz from 8Asians.com) and Dr. Ray Hsu (@TheWayofRay from TheWayofRay.com.) For [...] Continue »
Exporting Kpop on BloombergTV
Segment starts around 10:30 BloombergTV recently went out of their way to do a well researched piece on the growing popularity of Kpop. It confirmed a lot of what I had been telling friends for years, who simply could not understand Kpop’s appeal, how it’s able to reach and allow themselves to be accessible to the global market much more so than Jpop. Do you think in time Kpop will have enough clout to overstep [...] Continue »
How To Be A Bad Asian: I Love Being A Blonde
Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. How To Be A Bad Asian is an ongoing series of personal essays by the 8Asians writers about what sets us apart from the API community, how we deal with the stereotypes that we put [...] Continue »
POP 88 #46 – POP 88 loves KYLIE
Kylie Minogue is one of those artists that can do no wrong. She’s lovable as a personality and can turn on the sizzle when she needs to. She is one of the few Western artists that can don a kimono and geisha wig and make it work in the most artful and classy way possible – even in a bikini – in a bathtub. “You will like my sense of style.” – Indeed. And honestly, [...] Continue »
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