little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

My posts on 8Asians

• Teriyaki Boyz - ZOCK ON! feat. Pharrell and Busta Rhymes
  From Cecily’s blog comes a heads-up notice of the Teriyaki Boyz’s new single ZOCK ON!, featuring Pharrell and Busta Rhymes. Produced by the Neptunes, I’m liking this track a truckload more than that ridiculous Fast and Furious track they did a while back. Also, Pharrell singing in Japanese and a video girl winking [...]
• An Open Letter to Amy Winehouse
  Dear Amy, I’ve always prided myself on being a fan of yours; my ex got me listening to your first album Frank when you weren’t anorexic and you didn’t have any tattoos or freaky beehive hairdos. When I learned you were working with Mark Ronson I was thrilled, and when you won a Grammy [...]
• More good music: Justin Nozuka
  If you’re in Canada, you may have already heard of half-Japanese, nineteen year old Justin Nozuka; he’s been on Degrassi Junior High and his brother George is a pop star in his own right. (I love how I infer that being a Canadian star means you’ve been on Degrassi Junior High.) But [...]
• The 8Asians.com Writers Talk About? Boobs
  Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, we talk about boobies. Seeing that it’s a Friday, I compiled a recent e-mail thread [...]
• Ernie, Xxxtine and Joz on Fallout Central
  We’re a couple of days late in posting this, but Xxxtine, JozJozJoz and I were guests on FalloutCentral.com’s podcast show last weekend; we’re on at around the twenty minute mark. Watch us speak too quickly about how 8Asians.com was created, and listen in awkwardness as we frantically try to avoid answering questions about [...]