It's on, fools. Perhaps more than any other media-related item, people always ask me, what's up with that K-Town reality show that was supposed to come out? Indeed, it's still happening. Soon: Ben Silverman Teams With 'Jersey Shore,' 'The Hills' Execs for New Reality Series 'K-Town.'

K-Town will premiere this summer as a new web series "exploring the lives of young Asian-Americans residing in the heart of Koreatown in Los Angeles." There will be drinking. There will be fighting. There will be shirtless men. Here's the new 50-second teaser trailer:

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Geek rapper Adam WarRock just dropped his latest record, the Neo-Tokyo EP, a seven-track album inspired by the seminal anime film Akira. You might be familiar with his hip hop odes to comic books and TV shows, but this is his first foray into animte-related subjects. And it's pretty damn hot. Here's the video for the first single, "...Is About To Explode":

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Heads up. Our friends in Wong Fu Productions have teamed up with AT&T to present Away We Happened, a new web drama series starring Victor Kim and Jen Buescher, in which fans get to decide where the story goes.

During the course of the weekly, six-episode series, fans will get to choose what happens next by voting online. Based on the most popular idea each week, Wong Fu will create the next episode to post the following Monday.

Here's the trailer:

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Awesome. Today in Washington D.C. five House Democrats introduced H.Res. 654, aka the "Bruce Lee Resolution," honoring the life and legacy of the martial arts icon for his teachings and his role as a bridge between American and Chinese cultures: Democrats introduce Bruce Lee resolution.

Well, I guess that makes it official. It's APA Heritage Month, after all. The resolution traces Bruce Lee's life, career and lasting legacy, recognizing the "immense impact that Bruce Jun Fan Lee had on American and global popular culture." Here's an excerpt:

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San Francisco! If you are a fan of the vaginas, it is my duty to remind you that The APA Vagina Monologues is going down this Thursday, May 17 at the Castro Theatre. It will be an evening celebrating community visibility, the stories of women, and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Proceeds benefit the local Bay Area chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, the nation's only multi-issue women's organization for Asian Pacific American women and girls. Want some discount tickets? Scroll down to the bottom. But first, meet the cast:

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This week, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will present a webinar commemorating the upcoming 8th annual National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. It's happening Thursday, May 17 at 12:00pm PST/3:0pm EST.

Co-sonsored by the Banyan Tree Project, this webinar will provide an overview of HIV in Asian & Pacific Islander communities, and the impact of stigma and cultural taboos on A&PIs who are at-risk for or living with HIV.

This webinar will also showcase Taking Root: Our Stories, Our Community -- a community-driven digital storytelling initiative to end HIV stigma and discrimination among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Here are some more details:

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The "godfather" of Asian American media is retiring. Earlier this year, it was announced that Professor Robert Nakamura is hanging up his hat, after a 33-year career teaching Asian American studies and film/television at UCLA. As a groundbreaking filmmaker and an influential mentor, his contributions to the field Asian American media are immeasurable.

Professor Nakamura's son, Tad Nakamura -- a gifted filmmaker in his own right -- recently cut together a tribute reel for his father's retirement reception earlier this month. It's a really nice retrospective celebration of his work. Take a look:

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New York's playoff run was fairly disastrous, but you can't deny that the Knicks had a hell of a season, thanks in no small part to the world suddenly realizing that Jeremy Lin is kind of awesome.

That said, there's been quite a bit speculation about what's next for our favorite point guard, and questions about his future with the team: Jeremy Lin? Steve Nash? Who will start at PG for Knicks in fall?.

There are rumors that the Knicks are interested in acquiring two-time NBA MVP point guard Steve Nash. But where would that leave our man Jeremy?

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Our musician friend, the one and only Goh Nakamura, is working on a new musical travel show, The Dream Sessions. In each episode, he plans to visit different studios in different cities, interview musicians and record some tunes. It's sort of in the vein of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, but with music.

It sounds super cool. But in order to make it happen, Goh will have to raise some cash... and that's where you come in, with a generous donation to The Dream Sessions Kickstarter campaign. Goh explains in this video:

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Holy crap. This looks awesome. DS2DIO (pronounced D-Studio), the world's first dance lifestyle channel, is set to launch on YouTube his June. Created by writer/director Jon M. Chu and producing partner Hieu Ho -- the channel will feature a slate of original programming reflecting a passion for dance. Here's the trailer:

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In Philadelphia, the man who hurled a cup of hot coffee at a donut shop employee last week has turned himself in to authorities: Alleged coffee thrower surrenders to police.

52-year-old David Timbers was caught on camera getting into an argument with a woman working the counter at Fresh Donuts before throwing a cup of hot coffee at her face. The victim, Sok Caea, suffered severe burns on her arm.

Timbers surrendered at police headquarters late Monday afternoon:

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San Francisco! For lovers of art, partying and good times, you should check out this mega-party the Asian Art Museum is throwing this week: Phantoms, celebrating a new contemporary art exhibition about spirits, spirituality, the cosmos, the afterlife, and more. It's going down this Thursday, May 17 at the museum. Here are some more details:

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If you're in New York, Asian Americans for Equality invites you to the 5th Annual Asian American Community Development Conference, "Mobilizing Our Community from the Margins to the Center." It's happening this Thursday, May 17 at New York University's Kimmel Center. Here are some more details about the conference:

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Fans of video games, action flicks and YouTube mayhem-maker freddiew will get a kick out of Video Game High School, the newly launched action/adventure webseries from Rocket Jump, directed by Matthew Arnold, Brandon Laatsch and Freddie Wong. It's about a talented young gamer who gets recruited to an elite video game academy. Here's the trailer:

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Got a heads up about the Fojol Brothers, a food truck that roams the D.C. area offering Indian, Thai and Ethiopian fare. Not content with just selling the food, the owners -- who are white -- are serving it up with a side of Orientalist schtick: Fojol Brothers Food Truck Denies Racism Charge.

The truck's gimmick, which has drawn the ire more than a few folks, involves wearing fake mustaches and brightly-colored turbans, playing Punjabi music and other culturally insensitive nonsense. Owner Justin Vitarello says that "no more than five" people have brought up the truck's racist implications.

This online petition begs to differ:

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Some sad news out of the Philippines... Pioneer comic book artist Tony DeZuñiga passed away last week after suffering from a stroke, heart failure and brain damage. He was 79: Jonah Hex co-creator Tony DeZuniga passes away at age 79.

One of the first artists from the Philippines to work in mainstream U.S. comics, he is best known for co-creating Jonah Hex and Black Orchid for DC Comics in the 1970s. His work paved the way for many other Filipino artists to break into the international comic book industry:

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This is neat! San Francisco indie rock band The Invisible Cities have some new tunes to share with us. They're releasing a new song every Friday for ten weeks: How to announce to the world that you have new songs.

Here's the video for the first song, "Freeze Ray Knees,", which is all of 75 seconds long, directed by and starring (former Angry Reader of the Week) Melissa Hung, rocking some super awesome headgear:

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What the hell. Another awful news story out of Philadelphia, where a man is charged with aggravated assault after throwing a cup of hot coffee at a doughnut shop employee: Customers drop by doughnut shop to wish burned worker well.

Last Tuesday morning, 27-year-old Sokchea Luy was badly burned when David Timbers, who is a apparently a regular customer at Fresh Donuts, lost his temper and threw a cup of coffee at her. Her received serious burns on her arm, but it could have been worse -- she used the arm to shield her face.

The attack was caught on the store's surveillance video:

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Even in the best of schools - Learn of the not-so-subtle racism of the Fu Manchu, Grasshopper. On lingering racism -- in cartoon form! -- in a supposedly progressive elementary school.

Whitewashing, a history: Aasif Mandvi does his best imitation of a Hollywood studio executive, explaining the movie industry's illustrious tradition of casting white actors in non-white roles.

San Gabriel Valley Goes Viral: the Fung Bros Rep the 626 Oliver Wang, a 626 native, on how the Fung Brothers' rap homage to the "Boba Life" suddenly made his hometown cool.

Vegetable State of Mind: The New Yorker briefly profiles Los Angeles rebel chef Roy Choi, who recently announced that he had quit eating meat, a decision that might lead him to give up cooking altogether.

Uchiko's Paul Qui nabs the James Beard Award: Another Austin win: Top Chef winner Paul Qui of Uchiko in Austin recently won the prestigious 2012 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southwest.

Bullseye: Googler Chris Cheng Wins 'Top Shot' Reality Show Competition: Chris Cheng, a project manager at Google, also happens to be an expert-level marksman, and recently took home the grand prize on the History Channel's sharpshooting reality show competition Top Shot.

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Not really the angriest, just the most viewed.

• northwestern university students targeted with eggs and racial slurs


• hate crime reported at the university of cincinnati


• amy senser found guilty in fatal hit-and-run


• 30 under 30: janet liang


• to ashton kutcher, love kimmy patel


• hasan minhaj drops knowledge on ashton kutcher and popchips


• introducing sound and fury: the angry asian podcast


• racist chants at emory university volleyball game


• 30 under 30: gregory cendana


• 30 under 30: zahra billoo

What a crazy week! If you're in Southern California, please join me for the Angry Asian Film Club at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Friends, it's time to meet the Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this is a way of showing some appreciation and attention to the people who help make this blog what it is. This week's Angry Reader is Jennifer Yin.

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