Category Archives: Entertainment

‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Renewed for Fifth Season

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

It’s not the ’90s without the Huang family. #FreshOffTheBoat is returning for Season 5! 🎊 pic.twitter.com/IKGpOZK9bD — Fresh off the Boat (@FreshOffABC) May 11, 2018 Aaaaaaaaand EXhale. I’m often optimistic to a fault.  A Pollyanna.  An extreme benefit-of-the-doubt-giver.  Yet if … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: ‘State Change’ EP by Priska

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

State Change EP (2018) by Priska You’ve got something to say Priska’s new EP dropped Tuesday.  Here’s what she said on FB: “I’m so excited and proud to share this project with you all. I wrote the majority of this album … Continue reading →

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CAAMFEST 2018 – May 10-24, San Francisco & Oakland

Posted on May 9, 2018 by John

CAAMFEST 36 One of the things that I appreciate about the San Francisco Bay Area after I moved here is the rich cultural activities in the area, and that includes the annual Asian American film festival known as CAAMFEST (known … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Bury What We Cannot Take” by Kirstin Chen

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Lily

Bury What We Cannot Take, the latest novel from author Kirstin Chen set in Mao’s China, is a doozy. After 12-year-old Ah Liam reports his grandmother to the Communist Party, the family must flee their little island off the mainland. … Continue reading →

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Quick Movie Review: ‘Gehenna: Where Death Lives’ by Hiroshi Katagiri

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Koji Steven Sakai

A little peak behind the curtain over here at 8Asians: we get sent press releases on anything Asian or Asian American—be it a book, movie, comic book, graphic novel or new business. Most of it isn’t worth paying attention to. … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: “Longing (Someday)” Video by Luke McQueen

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

https://youtu.be/pwOYeY7HIto Our history can complete Luke McQueen’s website says he was adopted from South Korea at the age of five to Longmont, Colorado. Around the age of ten, he won a local talent competition with an original composition. Throughout grade … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: “Round and Round” Music Video by Alfa

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

I conjure up the colors in your eyes Alfa released a new music video April 12 for “Round and Round,” a track on June 2017’s album Spark & Fury, which you should totally check out if you haven’t already heard it.  … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: ‘Island Blooms’ EP by Gingee

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Gingee released her new EP Island Blooms last month, right at the spring equinox. Coco Water According to her Facebook bio, Gingee (Marjorie Light) is a DJ, producer and vocalist from Los Angeles. DJing and producing since 2003, she is known … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: “Back in the Game” Single by Meiko

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Someone’s waiting there for me; I know it Meiko released “Back in the Game” March 16.  “I wrote this song as a ‘going-out anthem’ for the broken-hearted,” she writes on her website.  You know: brush your knees off, get back … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: Though I Get Home by YZ Chin

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Lily

Though I Get Home by YZ Chin is an intricate series of short intertwined vignettes following a small host of characters tied to Malaysia. Isabella Sin’s time in a notorious prison. Grandfather’s stories about working for a white man when … Continue reading →

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8Tracks Review: Priska’s “Fly the Coop” Single and Video

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

I used to stand inside the gates Priska premiered her new single and accompanying music video last Thursday, following its launch party and performance the previous Saturday. I became aware of her when I reviewed Voices of Our Vote a year … Continue reading →

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Jimmy O. Yang

Posted on April 4, 2018 by John

I’m a big fan of Stephen Colbert and saw that Jimmy O. Yang, of HBO Silicon Valley fame, was going to be on the show, I was curious as to learn more about him. As I’ve blogged before, I am not … Continue reading →

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