8 Asians

Blush, formed in 2010 via an Asia-wide talent search, comprises of 5 girls from 5 different Asian countries. Already with a list of solid Billboard Dance Chart toppers such as “Undivided” and “Dance On.” Their latest track “Miss Out” is a catchy tune that has yet exited my subconscious only to be replaced by PSY’s “Gangnam Style.” Blush members Alisha, Angeli, Victoria, JiHae and Nacho failed to catch a cab on their promotional tour in [...] Continue »

8Asians' The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Web Musical Pt.2 [ 13:18 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (113)

Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical, the series inspired by the dancing inmates of Cebu, Philippines released their first episode last week and at the time of this post has already hit over 15,000 views. For lovers of musical theatre, this is a MUST SEE – I’m already a fan of LOLA. For those of you in the San Francisco area, Prison Dancer will be the Closing Night Gala film presentation for the San Francisco [...] Continue »

8Asians' The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Web Musical Pt.1 [ 11:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (124)

Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical, the series inspired by the dancing inmates of Cebu, Philippines will make its world premiere debut this coming Tuesday, March 6th at 9PM EST/ 6PM PST. (And for those of you in the San Francisco area, Prison Dancer will be the Closing Night Gala film presentation for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival on March 15.) We mentioned it earlier this year and were able to get [...] Continue »

8Asians' The A-Word: Eps #7 - Gil Asakawa and China's Breast-Touching Festival [ 10:00 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (481)

For the month of October, we tackle ghosts of the past, namely the issues and topics that keep popping up over the last five years or so since 8Asians launched. In this episode we trap Gil Asakawa into the podcast and then chat about China’s Breast-Touching Festival. (Photo after the jump.) Take a listen and subscribe to our iTunes channel and get all A-Word podcasts automatically downloaded to your computer!

8Asians' The A-Word: Eps #6 - Hauntings: The Origins [ 12:25 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2989)

For the month of October, we tackle ghosts of the past, namely the issues and topics that keep popping up over the last 5 years or so since 8Asians launched. In this episode we look back at the origins of how we got here as a community. Take a listen! Subscribe to our iTunes channel and get it automatically downloaded to your computer by clicking here!

8Asians' The A-Word: Episode #5 - A Sign from Beyond [ 5:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (419)

“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. (Man, I need to get rid of that photo.) According to the Lunar calendar, we’ve just come out of [...] Continue »

The A-Word - Eps#4 - Influenced by the Media [ 42:05 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (467)

“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. (Man, I need to get rid of that photo.) It is almost needless to say that we are a [...] Continue »

The A-Word: Episode #3 - Sexism, Masculinity, Blondes and Keychains [ 39:10 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (570)

“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 »

The A-Word: Episode 2 - TalkAbout [ 32:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (656)

“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 »

A-Word: #1 - BANANA2 [ 30:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (340)

“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 »