What is not to love about Ryan? Check out that hair! And the boy is one of 14 finalists on "So You Think You Can Dance" -the dancer's version of "American Idol."
Not only is Ryan Asian American, he's one of just a few b-boys who have made it through the first eliminations. Of course, I have only watched it once so I don't know how he's been doing lately, but he's hung in there with the formally trained dancers in a competition that heavily favors those with studio time over street time.
I do know that Allan Frias, known as "Big Poppa" on the show is a hip hop teacher in San Francisco -and some Hyphen staffers take his class! And I took a salsa class (probably the most suggestive combination I've ever done) from Alex da Silva, one of the judges.
The next eliminations will be determined by audience vote --and wouldn't it be great to see an Asian up there? And luckily, you have not one but two to choose from! Another Filipina: Melody Lacayanga.
Melody is awesome. She doesn't have a signature hairdo like Ryan, but she's got awesome technique, she can shake it in hip-hop class, and she can hang out in arabesque like she's sipping coffee at Peets.
If you don't give a cracked nut about dance I'm not going to change your mind -but tune in at the end to vote! I want to keep seeing my peeps being represented on the tube.
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What is not to love about Ryan? Check out that hair! And the boy is one of 14 finalists on "So You Think You Can Dance" -the dancer's version of "American Idol."
Not only is Ryan Asian American, he's one of just a few b-boys who have made it through the first eliminations. Of course, I have only watched it once so I don't know how he's been doing lately, but he's hung in there with the formally trained dancers in a competition that heavily favors those with studio time over street time.
I do know that Allan Frias, known as "Big Poppa" on the show is a hip hop teacher in San Francisco -and some Hyphen staffers take his class! And I took a salsa class (probably the most suggestive combination I've ever done) from Alex da Silva, one of the judges.
The next eliminations will be determined by audience vote --and wouldn't it be great to see an Asian up there? And luckily, you have not one but two to choose from! Another Filipina: Melody Lacayanga.
Melody is awesome. She doesn't have a signature hairdo like Ryan, but she's got awesome technique, she can shake it in hip-hop class, and she can hang out in arabesque like she's sipping coffee at Peets.
If you don't give a cracked nut about dance I'm not going to change your mind -but tune in at the end to vote! I want to keep seeing my peeps being represented on the tube.
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What is not to love about Ryan? Check out that hair! And the boy is one of 14 finalists on "So You Think You Can Dance" -the dancer's version of "American Idol."
Not only is Ryan Asian American, he's one of just a few b-boys who have made it through the first eliminations. Of course, I have only watched it once so I don't know how he's been doing lately, but he's hung in there with the formally trained dancers in a competition that heavily favors those with studio time over street time.
I do know that Allan Frias, known as "Big Poppa" on the show is a hip hop teacher in San Francisco -and some Hyphen staffers take his class! And I took a salsa class (probably the most suggestive combination I've ever done) from Alex da Silva, one of the judges.
The next eliminations will be determined by audience vote --and wouldn't it be great to see an Asian up there? And luckily, you have not one but two to choose from! Another Filipina: Melody Lacayanga.
Melody is awesome. She doesn't have a signature hairdo like Ryan, but she's got awesome technique, she can shake it in hip-hop class, and she can hang out in arabesque like she's sipping coffee at Peets.
If you don't give a cracked nut about dance I'm not going to change your mind -but tune in at the end to vote! I want to keep seeing my peeps being represented on the tube.
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This post, from DC craigslist, will give you great instructions for getting revenge on those ignorant, racist mofos who are scared of brown people since 9/11. Yee haw!
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This post, from DC craigslist, will give you great instructions for getting revenge on those ignorant, racist mofos who are scared of brown people since 9/11. Yee haw!
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This post, from DC craigslist, will give you great instructions for getting revenge on those ignorant, racist mofos who are scared of brown people since 9/11. Yee haw!
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Asian American wimmin rule!
This Vietnamese American New York subway rider was masturbated at so she pulled out her camera phone and took a pic of the perp. Then she took it to the cops and posted it on the web! Love it!
He hasn't been caught yet, but as of Friday, 45,000 people had looked at the picture, so it's prolly just a matter of time. This is the first time I've been glad of camera phones. Bring on the good news, people.
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Asian American wimmin rule!
This Vietnamese American New York subway rider was masturbated at so she pulled out her camera phone and took a pic of the perp. Then she took it to the cops and posted it on the web! Love it!
He hasn't been caught yet, but as of Friday, 45,000 people had looked at the picture, so it's prolly just a matter of time. This is the first time I've been glad of camera phones. Bring on the good news, people.
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Asian American wimmin rule!
This Vietnamese American New York subway rider was masturbated at so she pulled out her camera phone and took a pic of the perp. Then she took it to the cops and posted it on the web! Love it!
He hasn't been caught yet, but as of Friday, 45,000 people had looked at the picture, so it's prolly just a matter of time. This is the first time I've been glad of camera phones. Bring on the good news, people.
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The I-Hotel reopened yesterday, 26 years after elderly Asian American immigrants were literally dragged from their apartments and the building was demolished. All for the rising properly values in the Financial District. Lawsuits ensued, protestors and senators got involved, and now a 15-story building is opening in the old Manilatown. It not only has low-cost senior housing, but a community center and a rooftop garden. Sounds really nice. Has anyone checked it out yet?
Read about the I-Hotel here in today's SF Chronicle.
The East Bay Express has some coverage on two Asian American music acts this week. First, a story on Golda Supernova, in all her superb divaness. The story also goes a bit into the Pinoy arts scene, the efforts of Bindlestiff to become a bonafide nonprofit, and why some people (Golda included) would rather it not.
The same writer also has a story on Bento, a local alternative rock band that apparently has a devoted following of swooning girls. If the name sounds familiar to you, maybe it's because we reviewed them in issue 6. You can swoon over them yourself Sunday when they play at the Oakland Chinatown Street Fest.
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The I-Hotel reopened yesterday, 26 years after elderly Asian American immigrants were literally dragged from their apartments and the building was demolished. All for the rising properly values in the Financial District. Lawsuits ensued, protestors and senators got involved, and now a 15-story building is opening in the old Manilatown. It not only has low-cost senior housing, but a community center and a rooftop garden. Sounds really nice. Has anyone checked it out yet?
Read about the I-Hotel here in today's SF Chronicle.
The East Bay Express has some coverage on two Asian American music acts this week. First, a story on Golda Supernova, in all her superb divaness. The story also goes a bit into the Pinoy arts scene, the efforts of Bindlestiff to become a bonafide nonprofit, and why some people (Golda included) would rather it not.
The same writer also has a story on Bento, a local alternative rock band that apparently has a devoted following of swooning girls. If the name sounds familiar to you, maybe it's because we reviewed them in issue 6. You can swoon over them yourself Sunday when they play at the Oakland Chinatown Street Fest.
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The I-Hotel reopened yesterday, 26 years after elderly Asian American immigrants were literally dragged from their apartments and the building was demolished. All for the rising properly values in the Financial District. Lawsuits ensued, protestors and senators got involved, and now a 15-story building is opening in the old Manilatown. It not only has low-cost senior housing, but a community center and a rooftop garden. Sounds really nice. Has anyone checked it out yet?
Read about the I-Hotel here in today's SF Chronicle.
The East Bay Express has some coverage on two Asian American music acts this week. First, a story on Golda Supernova, in all her superb divaness. The story also goes a bit into the Pinoy arts scene, the efforts of Bindlestiff to become a bonafide nonprofit, and why some people (Golda included) would rather it not.
The same writer also has a story on Bento, a local alternative rock band that apparently has a devoted following of swooning girls. If the name sounds familiar to you, maybe it's because we reviewed them in issue 6. You can swoon over them yourself Sunday when they play at the Oakland Chinatown Street Fest.
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As I venture through the city I notice an increasing amount of stencil work upon the walls and sidewalks. I've had the chance to talk to some of the people who align themselves with this fad and asked them what they term their activity. Some of them call it graffiti, while others call it art. Some straddle the line and consider it both. Rare are those who are honest about it and call it what it is; stenciling. So I post this question to the dedicated readers of this blog forum...
What do you consider it?
I think by calling it graffiti art, they discredit and insult both the graffiti subculture as well as those who consider themselves artists. Are they artists, really, or merely glorified tracers who "cleverly" speak in bumper sticker catch-phrases in an attempt to make some sort of witty social commentary? I think they need to stop fooling themselves. If we call stencilers artists, in my opinion, we might as well start considering someone who uses a copy machine to be Michelangelo incarnate.
However, I must admit there are some exceptions to this. There are some innovators, such as Robert Banks, who effectively use stencils to enhance their art and to communicate messages to the populace. Unfortunately individuals such as he are just that; exceptions. The bulk seem to be imitators or...duplicators? *Gasp*
I suppose it was merely a matter of time before the cut and paste mentality that is imbued in many art and design courses permeated society at large. Maybe what they do is art after all...just really bad art...
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As I venture through the city I notice an increasing amount of stencil work upon the walls and sidewalks. I've had the chance to talk to some of the people who align themselves with this fad and asked them what they term their activity. Some of them call it graffiti, while others call it art. Some straddle the line and consider it both. Rare are those who are honest about it and call it what it is; stenciling. So I post this question to the dedicated readers of this blog forum...
What do you consider it?
I think by calling it graffiti art, they discredit and insult both the graffiti subculture as well as those who consider themselves artists. Are they artists, really, or merely glorified tracers who "cleverly" speak in bumper sticker catch-phrases in an attempt to make some sort of witty social commentary? I think they need to stop fooling themselves. If we call stencilers artists, in my opinion, we might as well start considering someone who uses a copy machine to be Michelangelo incarnate.
However, I must admit there are some exceptions to this. There are some innovators, such as Robert Banks, who effectively use stencils to enhance their art and to communicate messages to the populace. Unfortunately individuals such as he are just that; exceptions. The bulk seem to be imitators or...duplicators? *Gasp*
I suppose it was merely a matter of time before the cut and paste mentality that is imbued in many art and design courses permeated society at large. Maybe what they do is art after all...just really bad art...
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As I venture through the city I notice an increasing amount of stencil work upon the walls and sidewalks. I've had the chance to talk to some of the people who align themselves with this fad and asked them what they term their activity. Some of them call it graffiti, while others call it art. Some straddle the line and consider it both. Rare are those who are honest about it and call it what it is; stenciling. So I post this question to the dedicated readers of this blog forum...
What do you consider it?
I think by calling it graffiti art, they discredit and insult both the graffiti subculture as well as those who consider themselves artists. Are they artists, really, or merely glorified tracers who "cleverly" speak in bumper sticker catch-phrases in an attempt to make some sort of witty social commentary? I think they need to stop fooling themselves. If we call stencilers artists, in my opinion, we might as well start considering someone who uses a copy machine to be Michelangelo incarnate.
However, I must admit there are some exceptions to this. There are some innovators, such as Robert Banks, who effectively use stencils to enhance their art and to communicate messages to the populace. Unfortunately individuals such as he are just that; exceptions. The bulk seem to be imitators or...duplicators? *Gasp*
I suppose it was merely a matter of time before the cut and paste mentality that is imbued in many art and design courses permeated society at large. Maybe what they do is art after all...just really bad art...
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Yesterday I received a surprise gift. (That's the best kind, the surprise kind.) It was green totebag with two badminton rackets. It says "badminton" in a curly script, just so no one gets confused about what's going on here and mistakes it for some other racket sport. Now, I don't have any special affinity for the sport. I think I tried to play a game once some 15 years ago. Basically I know nada, so I thought I'd do a little reading up in case anyone asked me "why badminton?" (Why not?!)
Turns outs that Asians rock this sport. Two Asian Americans, Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach just won the World Badminton Championship in men's doubles. Bach is a SF local too and grew up in the Tenderloin. The US team beat out the Indonesian team to grab the title. (Gunawan is originally from Indonesia and is a celebrity there.) The list of winners is a list of Asian names. Indonesia's Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat won the men's singles and China's Xie Xingfang won the women's singles.
Now, on to another kind of rocking. Has anyone been following Rock Star, that show where contestants vy to become the new singer of INXS? Still in the running is MiG, a Filipino Austrailian now living in London. His real name is Miguel Alfonso Ramon Legarda Ayesa (try saying that 3 times in a row).
Dude is proud of his heritage too. (Right on!) Here's a quote from him about choosing what song to sing. "The neat thing I did was to choose the song 'Lola.' It wasn’t even my top five choices, but if it meant that next week I will be able to choose ANY song, then I am happy for the trade. 'Lola' is a classic, but I’ve worked out a new arrangement with the House band. 'Lola' also means grandmother in Tagalog, so this song is dedicated to my Gigi, who was my lola and to celebrate my Filipino connection. I just need to make it work, show spontaneity and survive this coming week's elimination show."
Read a bunch of stories about him here, including one penned by his cousin.
Some serious news: Jack Herzig, who helped Japanese Americans get redress for the internment died earlier this week.
And speaking of the internment, Michelle Malkin's book In Defense of Internment is on sale at the Manzanar National Historic Site. Um, huh? Crazy Lady can write whatever she wants, but why does Manzanar choose to carry such an inflammatory book? I mean, lots of the people visiting, presumably, have family members that were imprisoned in the camps (if they weren't themselves). The story broke here on the Daily Kos.
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Yesterday I received a surprise gift. (That's the best kind, the surprise kind.) It was green totebag with two badminton rackets. It says "badminton" in a curly script, just so no one gets confused about what's going on here and mistakes it for some other racket sport. Now, I don't have any special affinity for the sport. I think I tried to play a game once some 15 years ago. Basically I know nada, so I thought I'd do a little reading up in case anyone asked me "why badminton?" (Why not?!)
Turns outs that Asians rock this sport. Two Asian Americans, Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach just won the World Badminton Championship in men's doubles. Bach is a SF local too and grew up in the Tenderloin. The US team beat out the Indonesian team to grab the title. (Gunawan is originally from Indonesia and is a celebrity there.) The list of winners is a list of Asian names. Indonesia's Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat won the men's singles and China's Xie Xingfang won the women's singles.
Now, on to another kind of rocking. Has anyone been following Rock Star, that show where contestants vy to become the new singer of INXS? Still in the running is MiG, a Filipino Austrailian now living in London. His real name is Miguel Alfonso Ramon Legarda Ayesa (try saying that 3 times in a row).
Dude is proud of his heritage too. (Right on!) Here's a quote from him about choosing what song to sing. "The neat thing I did was to choose the song 'Lola.' It wasn’t even my top five choices, but if it meant that next week I will be able to choose ANY song, then I am happy for the trade. 'Lola' is a classic, but I’ve worked out a new arrangement with the House band. 'Lola' also means grandmother in Tagalog, so this song is dedicated to my Gigi, who was my lola and to celebrate my Filipino connection. I just need to make it work, show spontaneity and survive this coming week's elimination show."
Read a bunch of stories about him here, including one penned by his cousin.
Some serious news: Jack Herzig, who helped Japanese Americans get redress for the internment died earlier this week.
And speaking of the internment, Michelle Malkin's book In Defense of Internment is on sale at the Manzanar National Historic Site. Um, huh? Crazy Lady can write whatever she wants, but why does Manzanar choose to carry such an inflammatory book? I mean, lots of the people visiting, presumably, have family members that were imprisoned in the camps (if they weren't themselves). The story broke here on the Daily Kos.
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Yesterday I received a surprise gift. (That's the best kind, the surprise kind.) It was green totebag with two badminton rackets. It says "badminton" in a curly script, just so no one gets confused about what's going on here and mistakes it for some other racket sport. Now, I don't have any special affinity for the sport. I think I tried to play a game once some 15 years ago. Basically I know nada, so I thought I'd do a little reading up in case anyone asked me "why badminton?" (Why not?!)
Turns outs that Asians rock this sport. Two Asian Americans, Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach just won the World Badminton Championship in men's doubles. Bach is a SF local too and grew up in the Tenderloin. The US team beat out the Indonesian team to grab the title. (Gunawan is originally from Indonesia and is a celebrity there.) The list of winners is a list of Asian names. Indonesia's Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat won the men's singles and China's Xie Xingfang won the women's singles.
Now, on to another kind of rocking. Has anyone been following Rock Star, that show where contestants vy to become the new singer of INXS? Still in the running is MiG, a Filipino Austrailian now living in London. His real name is Miguel Alfonso Ramon Legarda Ayesa (try saying that 3 times in a row).
Dude is proud of his heritage too. (Right on!) Here's a quote from him about choosing what song to sing. "The neat thing I did was to choose the song 'Lola.' It wasn’t even my top five choices, but if it meant that next week I will be able to choose ANY song, then I am happy for the trade. 'Lola' is a classic, but I’ve worked out a new arrangement with the House band. 'Lola' also means grandmother in Tagalog, so this song is dedicated to my Gigi, who was my lola and to celebrate my Filipino connection. I just need to make it work, show spontaneity and survive this coming week's elimination show."
Read a bunch of stories about him here, including one penned by his cousin.
Some serious news: Jack Herzig, who helped Japanese Americans get redress for the internment died earlier this week.
And speaking of the internment, Michelle Malkin's book In Defense of Internment is on sale at the Manzanar National Historic Site. Um, huh? Crazy Lady can write whatever she wants, but why does Manzanar choose to carry such an inflammatory book? I mean, lots of the people visiting, presumably, have family members that were imprisoned in the camps (if they weren't themselves). The story broke here on the Daily Kos.
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Hey Bay Area folks, piNoisepop the Asian American underground music fest starts today at Bindlestiff Studios. Three days of music coming your way. Kris Racer of Chicago, whom we reviewed a couple issues ago, will be playing tonight. Tomorrow night at SomArts Cultural Center another band we wrote about, Say Bok Gwai (that's Canto for "Damn white guy"), takes the stage with local luminary Golda Supernova. From Monument to Masses and The Skyflakes play Saturday.
Read about piNoisepop here in the San Jose Mercury (You have to sign in. Boo!)
Here's the full lineup:
Tonight, 8/25
Bindlestiff Studio
505 Natoma corner 6th St. (between Howard and Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103
All Ages, $7.00, doors 8:00pm, show 8:30pm
The Stars Misplaced
David Wong(Corona, CA)
Brian Miu
Kris Racer(Chicago, IL)
XYZR_KX (Chicago, IL)
Face On Straight
Drive Til Morning (NYC)
Friday, 8/26
SomArts Cultural Center (Main Gallery)
934 Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94103
All Ages, $10.00, doors 7:30pm, show 8:00pm
Tensegrity Nine
Die Rockers Die (Cerritos, CA)
Say Bok Gwai
JRM
Astral
Golda Supernova
Mailbot(LA)
Marisma
plus "live" painting by Dizzy Peering Inc.
Saturday, 8/27
SomArts Cultural Center (Main Gallery)
934 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94103
All Ages, $10.00, doors 6:00pm, show 6:30pm
The Immediates (LA)
Broken Winter
Power Struggle
Blacksonny (NYC)
Sanawon (Chicago)
Ninja Academy (LA)
The Skyflakes
The Degrees (Seattle, WA)
A Grand Social Club
Le Meu Le Purr (Ventura, CA)
From Monument To Masses
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Hey Bay Area folks, piNoisepop the Asian American underground music fest starts today at Bindlestiff Studios. Three days of music coming your way. Kris Racer of Chicago, whom we reviewed a couple issues ago, will be playing tonight. Tomorrow night at SomArts Cultural Center another band we wrote about, Say Bok Gwai (that's Canto for "Damn white guy"), takes the stage with local luminary Golda Supernova. From Monument to Masses and The Skyflakes play Saturday.
Read about piNoisepop here in the San Jose Mercury (You have to sign in. Boo!)
Here's the full lineup:
Tonight, 8/25
Bindlestiff Studio
505 Natoma corner 6th St. (between Howard and Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103
All Ages, $7.00, doors 8:00pm, show 8:30pm
The Stars Misplaced
David Wong(Corona, CA)
Brian Miu
Kris Racer(Chicago, IL)
XYZR_KX (Chicago, IL)
Face On Straight
Drive Til Morning (NYC)
Friday, 8/26
SomArts Cultural Center (Main Gallery)
934 Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94103
All Ages, $10.00, doors 7:30pm, show 8:00pm
Tensegrity Nine
Die Rockers Die (Cerritos, CA)
Say Bok Gwai
JRM
Astral
Golda Supernova
Mailbot(LA)
Marisma
plus "live" painting by Dizzy Peering Inc.
Saturday, 8/27
SomArts Cultural Center (Main Gallery)
934 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94103
All Ages, $10.00, doors 6:00pm, show 6:30pm
The Immediates (LA)
Broken Winter
Power Struggle
Blacksonny (NYC)
Sanawon (Chicago)
Ninja Academy (LA)
The Skyflakes
The Degrees (Seattle, WA)
A Grand Social Club
Le Meu Le Purr (Ventura, CA)
From Monument To Masses
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Hey Bay Area folks, piNoisepop the Asian American underground music fest starts today at Bindlestiff Studios. Three days of music coming your way. Kris Racer of Chicago, whom we reviewed a couple issues ago, will be playing tonight. Tomorrow night at SomArts Cultural Center another band we wrote about, Say Bok Gwai (that's Canto for "Damn white guy"), takes the stage with local luminary Golda Supernova. From Monument to Masses and The Skyflakes play Saturday.
Read about piNoisepop here in the San Jose Mercury (You have to sign in. Boo!)
Here's the full lineup:
Tonight, 8/25
Bindlestiff Studio
505 Natoma corner 6th St. (between Howard and Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103
All Ages, $7.00, doors 8:00pm, show 8:30pm
The Stars Misplaced
David Wong(Corona, CA)
Brian Miu
Kris Racer(Chicago, IL)
XYZR_KX (Chicago, IL)
Face On Straight
Drive Til Morning (NYC)
Friday, 8/26
SomArts Cultural Center (Main Gallery)
934 Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94103
All Ages, $10.00, doors 7:30pm, show 8:00pm
Tensegrity Nine
Die Rockers Die (Cerritos, CA)
Say Bok Gwai
JRM
Astral
Golda Supernova
Mailbot(LA)
Marisma
plus "live" painting by Dizzy Peering Inc.
Saturday, 8/27
SomArts Cultural Center (Main Gallery)
934 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94103
All Ages, $10.00, doors 6:00pm, show 6:30pm
The Immediates (LA)
Broken Winter
Power Struggle
Blacksonny (NYC)
Sanawon (Chicago)
Ninja Academy (LA)
The Skyflakes
The Degrees (Seattle, WA)
A Grand Social Club
Le Meu Le Purr (Ventura, CA)
From Monument To Masses
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Most of you probably know by now that Hyphen is an all-volunteer effort. Yup, all the writers, editors, photographers, business staff, the folks who mail your subscriptions -- they all have day jobs (if they aren't in school or in between jobs.) But some of us have better day jobs than others. Take our contributing music editor, Todd Inoue, who works by day at the San Jose Metro. OK, I know that it's not every week that an alternative newsweekly can afford to send Todd to review a bunch of spas. But still, how can we not be totally jealous?
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Most of you probably know by now that Hyphen is an all-volunteer effort. Yup, all the writers, editors, photographers, business staff, the folks who mail your subscriptions -- they all have day jobs (if they aren't in school or in between jobs.) But some of us have better day jobs than others. Take our contributing music editor, Todd Inoue, who works by day at the San Jose Metro. OK, I know that it's not every week that an alternative newsweekly can afford to send Todd to review a bunch of spas. But still, how can we not be totally jealous?
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Most of you probably know by now that Hyphen is an all-volunteer effort. Yup, all the writers, editors, photographers, business staff, the folks who mail your subscriptions -- they all have day jobs (if they aren't in school or in between jobs.) But some of us have better day jobs than others. Take our contributing music editor, Todd Inoue, who works by day at the San Jose Metro. OK, I know that it's not every week that an alternative newsweekly can afford to send Todd to review a bunch of spas. But still, how can we not be totally jealous?
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Have you ever noticed that you notice more than white people?
No, neither have I. However, according to this article in Wired (brought to my attention through boingboing), hard studies show that Asian Asians are significantly more observant than European Americans.
In one study they tracked the eye movements of Chinese students compared to European American students when looking at a photograph, and in another, Japanese and Americans were asked what they observed in an underwater scene. In the first study, the Euro Ams looked more at foreground objects and the Chinese looked at the whole scene and background, as well as foreground. In the second study, the Japanese gave 60% more information on background and twice as much information on the relationships between background and foreground objects as the Euro Ams.
And as to what we all want to know, how did Asian Americans do:
"Reinforcing the belief that the differences are cultural ... when Asians raised in North America were studied, they were intermediate between native Asians and European-Americans, and sometimes closer to Americans in the way they viewed scenes."
Intermediate? Damn, maybe Asian American studies got it wrong!
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Have you ever noticed that you notice more than white people?
No, neither have I. However, according to this article in Wired (brought to my attention through boingboing), hard studies show that Asian Asians are significantly more observant than European Americans.
In one study they tracked the eye movements of Chinese students compared to European American students when looking at a photograph, and in another, Japanese and Americans were asked what they observed in an underwater scene. In the first study, the Euro Ams looked more at foreground objects and the Chinese looked at the whole scene and background, as well as foreground. In the second study, the Japanese gave 60% more information on background and twice as much information on the relationships between background and foreground objects as the Euro Ams.
And as to what we all want to know, how did Asian Americans do:
"Reinforcing the belief that the differences are cultural ... when Asians raised in North America were studied, they were intermediate between native Asians and European-Americans, and sometimes closer to Americans in the way they viewed scenes."
Intermediate? Damn, maybe Asian American studies got it wrong!
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Have you ever noticed that you notice more than white people?
No, neither have I. However, according to this article in Wired (brought to my attention through boingboing), hard studies show that Asian Asians are significantly more observant than European Americans.
In one study they tracked the eye movements of Chinese students compared to European American students when looking at a photograph, and in another, Japanese and Americans were asked what they observed in an underwater scene. In the first study, the Euro Ams looked more at foreground objects and the Chinese looked at the whole scene and background, as well as foreground. In the second study, the Japanese gave 60% more information on background and twice as much information on the relationships between background and foreground objects as the Euro Ams.
And as to what we all want to know, how did Asian Americans do:
"Reinforcing the belief that the differences are cultural ... when Asians raised in North America were studied, they were intermediate between native Asians and European-Americans, and sometimes closer to Americans in the way they viewed scenes."
Intermediate? Damn, maybe Asian American studies got it wrong!
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Do you have any idea how excited I am about Issue Seven?
Well, neither do I. After seven issues, I'm actually kinda used to being excited about a new issue right after proofreading. Proofreading, down Hyphen way, is where we buy some beer (well, I buy some beer) and make or buy some vaguely Asian-y food, and gather at Stef's house (Stef is our creative director and it's really an apartment) to pore over printouts of the issue at hand and ask each other things like "Do we hyphenate 'proofread'?" or "Do we say 'Hispanic' or 'Latino'?" We all (well not all) gave up this past Friday night to get it done and I must say that Cielo makes a mean pita-bread-ham-broccoli-cheese-thingy.
This is the first the editors and biz staff get to see of what the finished mag will look like, so it's a very cool moment when you encounter that story you bounced back to your writer three times until it was perfect, all laid out 'n' illustrated 'n' pretty -- all lookin' like a real magazine article. It's the moment the magic of design becomes reality for me; where black words on a white space are transformed into a visual, intellectual, imaginative and even tactile experience. This is not to say that edit and design do not tug of war; I especially get prickly around too-creatively designed poems. But while editorial gives the food its protein, carbs and vitamins, design plates the food and gives it sauce -- and hires the hottie wait staff and buys the furniture and the flowers, and DJs the right music, and makes sure there's toilet paper in the bathrooms, and puts the little mints on the check trays, and smiles and says "Thank you! Come again!" To torture a metaphor: without the design team, you'd just be cookin' for yourself at home.
Seven things I'm excited about in Issue Seven:
1. It's the BODY ISSUE ferchrissake! How cool is that?
2. Astronaut Leroy Chiao wrote a how-to on taking care of your body in space ... and the illustrations are waaaay cool.
3. I got to be really mean in the titles to the Letters to the Editor.
4. I got to alliterate publicly in the photo feature on Asian American athletes (who are hot, by the way.)
5. There's a nekkid hottie on the cover, nekkid under his edamame, that is.
6. We have two stories on transsexuals! That's a record for an Asian American magazine!
7. Two words: SEX SURVEY!!!
Actually, I'm excited about a lot more than this, but you'll have to buy the issue, which comes out in a few weeks, to find out the rest. For news and updates, sign up on our mailing list on our website. Better yet, subscribe to Hyphen and help us keep churning this crap out.
Yay body issues!
Posted by claire at 11:36 PM | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Do you have any idea how excited I am about Issue Seven?
Well, neither do I. After seven issues, I'm actually kinda used to being excited about a new issue right after proofreading. Proofreading, down Hyphen way, is where we buy some beer (well, I buy some beer) and make or buy some vaguely Asian-y food, and gather at Stef's house (Stef is our creative director and it's really an apartment) to pore ove