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Music
2008 Must See Entertainment Line-up
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration showcases the diverse talent of the Asian American community from comedians to hip hop performers and rock bands, to dance groups and spoken word artists, there will be something for everyone all day at the Peace Plaza Stage and Sutter St. Stage. Here's a look at some this year's entertainment.
APL.DE.AP
Allan Pineda Lindo, better known as apl.de.ap, is a hip-hop musician, record producer, and member of the Grammy Award winning group, The Black Eyed Peas. He is planning to release a solo album of his own, incorporating traditional Filipino instruments into his songs and recently disclosed in an interview that he would be collaborating with fellow Filipino-American Chad Hugo of The Neptunes and Illmind from G-Unit. Through his music, he intends to help link the Philippines with the rest of the world, opening the door to the recognition of the talent and voice of his people, as well as the beauty of his culture.
www.apldeap.com/
ANIMEMYU
Renown for their "Sailor Moon Musical," Animemyu is a non-profit Japanese animation performance group. Formed in 2007, their goal is to introduce children to Japanese pop culture. This year Animemyu will go to Mexico as special guests representing the United States.
www.animemyu.org
As a San Francisco native, DJ Chicken Skratch began his career in 1994 during the Gold Era of hip-hop. He has appeared in hundreds of events and since then, he has continued to DJ between one to five times a week. His veteran experience, ear for good music, friendships among SF's best DJ's, and positive attitude have led him to a successful working DJ. As a proud AAPI, he continues to be a dedicated student and teacher of the arts in hip-hop culture.
LIL JORDAN
Born Jordan Eugenio, Lil Jordan, 10, is increasingly becoming America's favorite personality. The Ambassador of Junior Golf and Hip Hop has been seen on FOX's Best Damn Sports Show Period, Good Morning America, CNN, ESPN, Nickelodeon, Golf Week, The Golf Channel, and more. He's been featured in many commercials and print ads (AT&T, PGA, Save Mart, Mervyn's) coming upon feature-length films and television series (Lil Jordan's Golf Adventure, Mad Dash) releasing in 2008.
www.liljordan.com/
JASON MATEO
Born in San Francisco, Jason Mateo is an internationally recognized poet, performer, arts organizer, and activist. Mateo's proudest achievement has been working for Youth Speaks - a San Francisco-based literary art non-profit, where he is Program Director. Through Youth Speaks, Mateo has visited hundreds of schools throughout the country, profoundly affecting thousands of High School students by encouraging voice, leadership, and creative energy.
JEREMY TAGLE BAUTISTA
Jeremy Tagle Bautista aka "KILUSAN" is an independent performance artist, youth empowerment worker and community organizer. He has performed on some amazing stages such as: Power to the Peaceful Festival in San Francisco in 2006 & 2007; Kimball's East in Oakland, 2005; UC Santa Cruz's Rainbow Theater, 1999-2002; and the Bay Area Hip Hop Theater Festival at Yerba Buena Center in SF, 2005.
NATE KROOKS
DJ & producer deedot (Melina Jones, Public Radio), a third-generation Chinese-American, and Kazwell, a second-generation Japanese-American, are the hip-hop duo NATE KROOKS. Bay Area natives, Nate Krooks released their 15-song debut album entitled Still True in February - an homage to positive lyrics, jazz and soul sample-based production from the 1990s but with a new school sound.
www.cdbaby.com/cd/natekrooks
NATIVE ELEMENTS
With a myriad of musical influences ranging from classic R&B soul to the deepest tradition of Jamaican and English dub, San Francisco's own Native Elements delivers a dynamic sound that appeals to all music lovers. They have been nominated for a San Francisco Weekly, Local Music Award (Wammie) and BAM Magazine's, Bay Area Music Award (Bammie) for Outstanding World Beat/Reggae Club Band.
http://www.native-elements.com/
NITYA VENKATESWARAN
Immersed in Bharatanatyam (South Indian Classical Dance) since the age of 4, Nitya Venkateswaran has dazzled audiences in the Bay Area and India with her athleticism, grace and charming stage presence. She has performed in the prestigious Music Season and Shivarathri Festivals in India and was featured as a soloist in San Francisco's 2005 Ethnic Dance Festival.
www.nityav.com
NGUYEN DANCE COMPANY
The Vietnamese Performing Arts Group, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is proud to present its premier performance troupe, Nguyen Dance Company (NDC). Throughout the year, NDC performs at over 50 community events, produces up to 3 original shows, and teaches more than 120 free classes throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
ODESSA CHEN
Described as intelligent, subtle, and haunting, Odessa Chen's pure, ethereal voice and ?nger-picking guitar style has attracted international attention. Chen has been interviewed on NPR, MTV and KRON4's Paci?c Fusion TV, and her work has appeared in independent films, compilations, and on radio stations.
RANDOM NINJAS
This American heavy rock/fusion band has a sound that utilizes the usual western rock instruments like guitars, bass, and drums with a combination of diverse languages, traditional Asiatic instruments, and random humor. Founded in 2004 by their guitarist, Full Metal Ninja, this ethnically diverse group is a neo-cultural expression of a global lifestyle, and their diverse fan base is dedicated and growing. Often people try to box them away with the rising J-rock trend, however, anyone who knows J-rock will tell you these guys can't quite fit their distinctly Asian American big sound in the J-rock cubby hole that's mostly full of rehashed punk, 80s glam, and pop rock from America and Europe.
www.randomninjas.com
REN THE VINYL ARCHAEOLOGIST
Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist's True Skool events won the "Best of the Bay" in the SF Bay Guardian in 2000. As a DJ, he has shared bills with world-renowned artists such as Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jeff, Q-Bert, Wu-Tang Clan, and Lyrics Born to name a few.
http://www.trueskool.com
RON PUA
Ron (Pua) Patrocinio was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He comes from a family of hula dancers and musicians, and started dancing the hula at the age of 4. He currently teaches at the JCCCNC in Japantown has over 65 students, ages ranging from 4 to 70.
Pua' has danced hula for over 40 years.
THOSE KIDS
Goofy, crazy, and awesome entertainers, the Carvajal Kids aka "Those Kids" began performing at family gatherings and have been entertaining ever since at many community events, festivals, and shows throughout California, Nevada, and Hawaii. Those Kids consist of two sisters Caite and Ciara, and their brother Daric. www.myspace.com/thosekids916
TRACY CRUZ
For over 15 years, Tracy Cruz has been capturing the hearts and ears of many with her powerful vocals, emotional stage presence, and unique, soulful music. She has performed at several prestigious music events and venues around the Bay Area including the 102.9 FM KBLX Soul Music Festival, Juneteenth Festival, Nihonmachi Street Festival, Temple Bar, Agenda Lounge, and many more.
www.myspace.com/tracycruzmusic
THE SLANTS
This band has everyone screaming for some "Chinatown Dance Rock." The Slants were formed and began playing in mid-2007 and their self-recorded, self-produced, and self-released record quickly caught media attention, with press from AsianWeek, the Asian Reporter, Willamette Week, Shojo Beat, and more.
www.theslants.com
SAMBASIA SF
SambAsia SF is an award winning multi-ethnic multi-generational escola de samba (community-based samba school) modeled after those in Rio de Janeiro and the Bloco Afros of Salvador Bahia. In Brazil, these ensembles are the centerpiece of the neighborhood community where they serve as the hub of social activity, and represent strong neighborhood pride, support and commitment in the face of economic and socio-political hardship. SambAsia's theme of "One World Awareness, Building Cultural Bridges" was born out of SambAsia's founder Jimmy Biala's observations of the separation that continues to exist between different areas of San Francisco despite the diversity of our city. Currently directed by Masaru Koga and Gary Ceralde, SambAsia is an annual and highly anticipated participant in San Francisco's Carnival Parade since their debut at the 25th Anniversary of the San Francisco Carnaval in 2003.
www.sambasia.com
EMCEE T
Emcee T, self-proclaimed "The Chinese King of the Bay", is a hip-hop musician, producer, and television host for East Bay independent channel, Pushin' the Bay TV. For over a decade, Emcee T has been writing and publishing music independently while performing at nearly every major national city for crowds of all skin color. Through his music, his influence on Asian youth to realize they can achieve their career goals while having fun through positive hobbies is realized; Case in point, Emcee T has a pair of bachelor degrees and a Masters in architecture. T's upcoming debut album, "Underestimated", features Bay Area hip-hop legends, Rappin' 4-Tay (multi-platinum recording artist), and Ray Luv (recorded with 2Pac Shakur and Mac Dre).
www.emceet.com
JAMES LONTAYAO (Actor/Comic)
This San Francisco native has performed with Bay Area production companies such as Asian American Theatre Company and Bindlestiff Studios. Watch him in action over at Lexationships.com and this Summer you can catch him in the new online mini-series Eve, Beauty and The Blade on Veoh.com. Right now you can see James on Direct TV, where he is a VJ for MYX TV.
ROCKSON YAN
Tandem lead by Rockson Yan, Ed Yuen and James Szeto started performing together as a group last year after Rockson won first prize in Sing Tao's Chinese Singing Contest. In their first performance, they debuted at Union Square, SF Chinatown Street Fair and Portsmouth Square Association Dinner all in one day. Starting out with cover songs, Tandem has started writing songs together and have debuted their first song called "I know....It's Goodbye."
NICOLE MAXALI (producer/writer/actor/comic)
Nicole quit her job as a News Producer and began her journey as a working artist/non-profit humanitarian in 2005. During that time she has found her calling through her first stand-up comedy workshop under Kevin Camia. Since July 2007, Nicole has been bringing the funny at the following shows: Bindlestiff's Hot Lunch Comedy Show, Bindlestiff's 2007 Midnight Mass Sketch Comedy Show, Speech Therapy's Bombshells, SFSU's Asian Comedy Night and SJ Improv's Slanted Comedy Night. She is currently Co-Producing a musical for Bindlestiff Studio under PMS Through Art. You can also watch her as "Esther" in the SciFi webseries, Eve: Beauty & the Blade, premiering this summer on Veoh.com.
Asian Heritage Street Celebration excited for the 5th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration on May 16 (in front of the Asian Art Museum) in San Francisco! http://www.asianfairsf.com view more
Each May thousands gather to San Francisco for the Asian Heritage Street Celebration! The event stresses the diversity of the Asian Pacific American community with representation from all ethnicities performing live on stage, and offering a huge selection of arts and crafts.
In five years, the celebration is quickly becoming the country's largest assemblage of Asian Americans. The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is the largest San Francisco All-Asian Event. The fair is supported by community groups representing over 225,000 members.
The location of the street fair rotates each year to showcase the different Asian enclaves in San Francisco. Our first celebration highlighted the Japanese community and took place in Japantown, the second year we showcased the Chinese Community on Irving. St., in 2007 we celebrated the Filipino community in the downtown South of Market Area. Last year we headed back to Japantown. This year, the 5th annual Celebration is scheduled for the Civic Center/Little Saigon area in front of the Asian Art Museum on Saturday May 16, 2009 to highlight the Vietnamese community!
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is organized by the AsianWeek Foundation in cooperation with over 150 organizations in the Asian American community. The AsianWeek Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 committed to developing the Voices of Asian America. All proceeds from the Celebration will be donated to local and national charities.
Click here for our official website, and click here to watch our videos on YouTube!
Did you know you can book great travel deals and help out the AsianWeek Foundation at the same time? Click here to find out more!
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We're trying to get the word out that the Back Home In Lahaina restaurant gig has been postponed due to a project we are working on.
But we have this coming up!
Tuesday, April 21 * 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Loyola Marymount University
The Living Room (Malone Student Center, on the ground level, next to the bookstore)
1 LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659
Parking is free and available in all lots after 4:00 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public.
It's being presented by Asian Pacific Student Services, Hawaii Club, and the Gay-Straight Alliance.
Thank you for supporting Sonicbloom here on MySpace... We are blessed to be able to make this music and to have you listening to it!!
If you don't have a copy of our most recent release "Paradigm Lift" you can pick it up online at http://www.CDbaby.com/Sonicbloom2... or on iTunes, Amazon, Emuisc, or just about anywhere else...
Also, be on the lookout for more information on our 3rd full-length album, to be released Summer 2009!!
Once again, thank you for your support!! We couldn't make this music without people like you!!
Peace and Blessings,
Sonicbloom
DIVAS OF THE WORLD UNITE! ON MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS KPFT 90. 1FM Houston
Greetings from Houston, Texas and happy International Women’s Month!
Please tune in to KPFT 90. 1FM Houston or www. kpft. org on Tuesday March 17, from 2-3 pm Central U.S. time when I will be hosting Music Beyond Borders. It’s time for my annual International Women’s Month special, featuring exclusively female vocalists and songwriters from around the world. This Tuesday, I’ll be spinning some of the artists who will be performing at the upcoming Houston International Festival. I am honored to be joined also by some tremendously talented and dedicated guests. Trio Nazim will be performing traditional music from their native Kazakhstan live in the KPFT studio, and I’ll be talking to Busi Peters and Lisa Delaune, founders of Women Healing and Empowering Women (WHEW), a non-profit organization committed to empowering women globally through economic, educational, environmental, and cultural programs that work to end prison recidivism, homelessness, gender and ethnic biases, inter-generational poverty, and the lack of access to adequate and sufficient education.
Music Beyond Borders is live on the web. (Or you can catch it in the archives for two weeks after each show. )
Simultaneous webcast times around the world on www. kpft. org:
Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan: 3-4am on WedMar18
Thailand: 1-2am on WedMar18
Scotland: 7-8pm
Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Poland, Israel, Germany: 8-9pm
Australia: 4-5am on WedMar18
WashingtonDC, Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, NorthCarolina, Florida, NewYork, NewJersey, Ontario, Colombia: 3-4pm
Arizona, Colorado: 1-2pm
California, WashingtonState: 12-1pm
Hawaii: 9-10am
Texas, Illinois, Minnesota: 2-3pm
(If your area is not listed, please let me know and I will include it in the next kayumanggi Pinoy rock email announcement. )
The honor of your presence is requested at Kokoy’s birthday party on Saturday April 18 at the Artery (5401 Jackson at Prospect in Houston’s museum district). The event is a concert to benefit the Houston Institute for Culture’s youth development programs, featuring Trio Nazim from Kazakhstan, Mayan hip-hop poet Kiawitl Xochitl and kayumanggi Pinoy rock band. It will be a live video shoot by the Artery Media Project. Doors open at 7:30 pm with a suggested donation at the gate.
The Houston Institute for Culture is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization which conducts workshops for economically disadvantaged youth in area schools, engaging them in cultural exchange and community sustainability service projects, building innovative skills critical to social change. More information at www.houstonculture.org.
A landmark in Houston’s cultural landscape, The Artery is a space designed to facilitate exchange, where natural forms and human-made forms exist in harmony, compelling visitors and presenters toward collaborations and relationships to pursue civic and artistic purpose. More information at www.arteryhouston.org.
Directions to the Artery from wherever you might be originating within the Greater Houston area:
get on 288 and exit Binz, turn west on Binz towards the museum district, turn right on Jackson (before you reach the Children’s Museum), turn right on Prospect. The gate will be on the right. Park in the street.
The very next day on April 19, kayumanggi Pinoy rock band performs at the annual Houston International Festival, 1:30 pm on the steps of City Hall, downtown. Complete schedule and more information: www.ifest.org.
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The honor of your company is requested at Kokoy’s birthday party on Saturday April 18 at the Artery (5401 Jackson at Prospect in Houston’s museum district). The event is a concert to benefit the Houston Institute for Culture’s youth development programs, featuring Trio Nazim from Kazakhstan, Mayan hip-hop poet Kiawitl Xochitl and kayumanggi Pinoy rock band. It will be a live video shoot by the Artery Media Project. Doors open at 7:30 pm with a suggested donation at the gate.
The Houston Institute for Culture is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization which conducts workshops for economically disadvantaged youth in area schools, engaging them in cultural exchange and community sustainability service projects, building innovative skills critical to social change. More information at www.houstonculture.org.
A landmark in Houston’s cultural landscape, The Artery is a space designed to facilitate exchange, where natural forms and human-made forms exist in harmony, compelling visitors and presenters toward collaborations and relationships to pursue civic and artistic purpose. More information at www.arteryhouston.org.
Directions to the Artery from wherever you might be originating within the Greater Houston area:
get on 288 and exit Binz, turn west on Binz towards the museum district, turn right on Jackson (before you reach the Children’s Museum), turn right on Prospect. The gate will be on the right. Park in the street.
The very next day on April 19, kayumanggi Pinoy rock band performs at the annual Houston International Festival, 1:30 pm on the steps of City Hall, downtown. Complete schedule and more information: www.ifest.org.
Support AA Films with Philip Kan Gotanda's LIFE TASTES GOOD
If you would like to impact the visibility of Asian Pacific Americans in film and media, buy the DVD of "LIFE TASTES GOOD. "
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When a film can gain a share of the market, it helps to support the need for more AA films, so buy the DVD of "LIFE TASTES GOOD. "
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An official Sundance entry, "LIFE TASTES GOOD" is a quirky tale of love, poison mushrooms and a mysterious woman that reveals the ephemeral beauty of life and the unforgiving nature of death. It's the story of a rogue mobster who finds love in the darkest days of his life. "LIFE TASTES GOOD" is the feature film debut of director Philip Kan Gotanda
"A cross between 'Blue Velvet' and 'Tampopo!' " - SF Asian American Film Festival
Hope to see you at the 5 Funny Females, Fags & Friends shows at the Purple Onion, http://www. purpleonioncomedy. com in San Francisco on October 3-5 that I will be hosting. See you at the show. Best, Susan
Featuring works by Joel Tan, Dwane Calizo, Florante Aguilar, Josef Anolin, Allan Manalo, Marianne Villanueva, akasha (LA), JayAr Isagani Pugao, Ron Quesada, Danongan Kalanduyan, andMORE!
It’s gonna be a hot one!
Seats are limited… so, grab yours now! (click flyer for more info)
Latest review for DIVERTING THE BUDDHA (The Skewering of Democracy)
“This complex and deftly plotted novel examines a massive assault on a people crying out for democracy. It chronicles a time when American efforts to build democracy produced an apocalyptic disaster. While the author spares none of the grisly details of this repression, his special powers of language also brings his characters and their complex world vividly to life. The story leads its readers inside pagodas, university halls and military posts, all venues with which the novelist is perfectly familiar. The major theme of this novel is betrayal—of democratic aspirations, of the American public, of truth itself.” Historian David Heiser, Citadel Military College Ret.
