Category Archives: Music

NYTimes Travel video: 36 hours in Koreatown, Los Angeles

Posted on March 2, 2015 by John

The New York Times does a nice 6 minute video overview of Koreatown in Los Angeles, even highlighting the Wi Spa that Conan O’Brien and Steve Yeun recently visited. BY Fritzie Andrade, Max Cantor, Jessey Dearing, Louie Alfaro and Will … Continue reading →

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David Henry Hwang was in a punk band in college; his punk name was “Maggot Wong”

Posted on January 23, 2015 by jozjozjoz

http://youtu.be/W1shHkKfiO0 It figures that playwright David Henry Hwang would be so multitalented. He was reminiscing to a friend about a college punk rock band he played in, and she found the single online. In his words, “The internet is amazing … Continue reading →

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The band St. Lenox, with Andy Choi, is featured on NPR’s “Songs We Love”

Posted on January 21, 2015 by jozjozjoz

A music project called St. Lenox had their album and song “Just Friends” featured on NPR’s Songs We Love last week: It’s hard to believe that Andy Choi, the gigantic voice behind St. Lenox, was an award-winning teenage violinist. That … Continue reading →

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8 Random Facts: Flower Drum Song

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Koji Steven Sakai

I’m working on a screenplay and one of the films my co-writer asked me to watch was Flower Drum Song. As my writing partner noted, it is “perhaps the only mainstream musical with all Asian American characters.” The sad thing is … Continue reading →

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8$: MARVELS – Rap Music Video About Comic Books & Superheroes

Posted on November 2, 2014 by jozjozjoz

8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading →

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Drake sings “Let it Go” as Manny Pacquiao – Funny or Offensive?

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Jeff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSSOzH-a2g Drake did the above spoof of Manny Pacquiao singing Let it Go on the ESPY awards show.  I personally thought it was funny and was not at all offended.  As this Buzzfeed article points out, some Filipinos agree with … Continue reading →

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What You Might Not Know about Judith Hill, Recipient of the 2014 V3con Voice Award

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Guest Writer

By Eugene Hung This post is part of a series that will introduce 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on Friday, … Continue reading →

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Chloe Bennet’s Chinese Pop Music Video

Posted on June 11, 2014 by tinabot

After finding out that Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet was actually a popstar in China as a teen, I was curious and searched for some videos of her singing in Chinese, and here it is, posted above. Very … Continue reading →

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East West Players Announces its 50th Anniversary Season, GOLDEN

Posted on June 7, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

East West Players (EWP), the nation’s largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work and the longest-running professional theater of color in the country, announces its extended 50th Anniversary Season, GOLDEN, a celebration that will take place over the next … Continue reading →

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Douglas Kim Parodies Jay-Z’s “Young Forever” with “Forever Hyung”

Posted on June 5, 2014 by jozjozjoz

Douglas Kim previously released his “I’m Asian American” music video and now he (and a bunch of friends) are back with “Forever Hyung”, a parody of the Jay-Z song “Young Forever”. It’s a satire of recent media that has been … Continue reading →

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Robert Lopez Wins Oscar® for “Original Song,” Becomes the First Asian American to EGOT

Posted on March 3, 2014 by jozjozjoz

Robert Lopez made history when he won the Oscar® for Music (Original Song) at the 86th Academy Awards® for writing the music and lyrics of “Let It Go” from “Frozen” (along with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez). Robert is only the … Continue reading →

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