this week's angriest posts

Not necessarily the angriest, just the most viewed.

• campbell vice mayor evan low verbally attacked on the street


• jeremy lin on the cover of gq


• sorry, $2.2 million will not get your kid into harvard


• jeremy lin: the musical: a journey to linsanity, october 26-27


• badass sailor moon art by kevin wada


• bai ling stars in, ahem, age of the hobbits


• this again: where the heck are all the chinese people in the royal shakespeare company's the orphan of zhao?


• hari kondabolu's columbus day wish


• angry reader of the week: rishi nath


• south asians spell out v-o-t-e

Stay Angry, my friends.

east west players presents why not asian? why asian? asian american opportunities in the american theatre

East West Players, the nation's longest running professional theatre of color and the largest producer of Asian American artistic work, is hosting a discussion on race politics forum, Why Not Asian? Why Asian? Asian American Opportunities in American Theatre.

It's happening Monday, October 22 at the David Henry Hwang Theatre in Los Angeles. Limited seats are open to the public, but for those who can't make it, the forum will be streamed live on the East West Players website. Here are some more details:

giveaway for students: win a free pass to c3: conference for creative content, october 27-28

If you're a filmmaker, writer, content creator or just someone interested in the state of Asian Americans making media? Then you should attend the C3: Conference for Creative Content happening next weekend, October 26-27 at the Writers Guild of America in Los Angeles.

Not sure about going? How about for free? This giveaway is for students. I'm giving away two complimentary conference badges that will get you into all of the panels and receptions, giving you access to this one-of-a-kind Asian American digital media gathering. Here's how to enter:

new music: sashimi deluxe by paperdoll

Hell yeah. New York City-based indie pop band PaperDoll, fronted by our homegirl lead singer Teresa Lee, just released their much-anticipated sophomore album Sashimi Deluxe. These guys rock up and down the block, and this record does not disappoint. Here's a preview:

this again: where the heck are all the chinese people in the royal shakespeare company's the orphan of zhao?

Oh snap, are we talking about crappy theater casting again? The latest news on this front comes from none other than the revered Royal Shakespeare Company and its production of the Chinese classic The Orphan of Zhao. This blog post breaks it down nicely: The Orphan of Zhao: RSC casts Asians as dogs and maid in Chinese classic.

Awesome! It's the first ever Chinese play adapted by the RSC. Too bad that out of 17 roles in this play, only three of the parts have gone to actors of East Asian heritage -- two dogs and a maid. A classic Chinese play (sometimes referred to as the "Chinese Hamlet") about Chinese people... that somehow forgot to include any actual Chinese actors:

angry reader of the week: rishi nath

What's up, everybody. Please 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 Rishi Nath.

Hari Kondabolu's Columbus Day Wish

"Christopher Columbus was a demon."



Apologies. Columbus Day has come and gone, and I didn't have the chance to observe the occasion with this sweet clip from Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Here's our friend comedian/writer Hari Kondabolu dropping some knowledge on why Christopher Columbus is still the bane of Indians everywhere, and why Italians should embrace a new hero:

badass sailor moon art by kevin wada

Check it out. In this amazing illustration created for Alternative Press Expo 2012, artist Kevin Wada reinterprets the characters from Sailor Moon and gives them a grittier, more badass look. In the artist's own words:

campbell vice mayor evan low verbally attacked on the street

Some disturbing news about a verbal attack on Evan Low, vice mayor of Campbell, California...

Last weekend, Low was on his way to a community festival when a woman came up to him and started going off on a violent tirade, yelling anti-gay slurs and telling him to "go back to China," among other things: Gay, Chinese Campbell Vice Mayor Verbally Assaulted.

Low, 29, was the city's first Chinese American, openly gay city councilman, mayor and now vice mayor. And he apparently can't enjoy Campbell's annual Oktoberfest without some racist, homophobic person, identified as Lisa Knox-Smith, getting all up in his business, right there on the street:

moca presents bao phi's song I sing, october 20

Hey, New York. Something going down this weekend... Our friend, acclaimed spoken word artist Bao Phi, will be in town for the NYC book launch of his book Song I Sing. There will be a performance with Bao, Taiyo Na and Magnetic North, followed by a book signing. It's happening Saturday, October 20 at the Museum of Chinese in America. Here are some more details about the event:

asian american writers' workshop: art of manga layout

Ever wanted to create your very own Manga comic? The Asian American Writers' Workshop is offering a special five-session workshop, starting next week, on the Art of Manga Layout with artists Hiroki Otsuka and June Kim.

Learn the skills of a manga master! The workshop runs Monday nights, October 22 through November 19 at the Asian American Writers' Workshop in New York City. Here are some more details:

new music: take the stares by dumbfoundead

Awwwww yeah. New album from Dumbfoundead. The Los Angeles rapper, aka Jonathan Park, just dropped his sophomore release Take the Stares. Once again, the K-town kid shows he's a talented, versatile emcee with something to say. Here's a little intro video with for the "Stairs Intro":

man loses leg after cult's duct tape drug treatment

What the hell happened here? Crazy news out of Queens, where a woman and her fiance were arrested after they bound her brother with duct tape -- in an attempt to cure his mental illness and drug addiction -- so tightly, his leg had to be amputated: 'Cult' rehab treatment cost man his leg, police say.

27-year-old Myung Chung and 39-year-old Sung-Peel Youn admitted to stuffing a sock in Seungick Chung's mouth, and binding his wrists, ankles and knees with duct tape -- apparently orders from their church. But family members are calling the church a "Korean-American Christian cult":

south asians spell out v-o-t-e

According to the 2010 Census, there are four million South Asians living in the United States. But how many of them are voting? In the "14th Annual Desi Spelling Bee," a series of new YouTube videos aimed at the South Asian community, actors and activists put a funny spin on the civic engagement process. Check it out:

daylight savings fall tour

Heads up, film fans. If you're in Vancouver, San Diego, Toronto, Seattle, Portland or New York, be sure to check out a screening of the indie film Daylight Savings, which is currently in the middle of its fall tour.

Written and directed by David Boyle, and starring musician Goh Nakamura, it's their charming micro-budget follow-up to the award-winning Surrogate Valentine (and part two of a planned trilogy). Here's the trailer:

bai ling stars in, ahem, age of the hobbits

In case you were wondering the hell Bai Ling has been up to lately...

You may be familiar with the movie studio The Asylum, who are notoriously known for their extensive catalog of shameless low-budget Hollywood movie ripoffs. Like Transformers? Try Transmorphers. The Day the Earth Stood Still? No. The Day the Earth Stopped. You can imagine some poor guy getting fooled and grabbing the wrong box off the shelf at Best Buy.

So here's the hilarious trailer for -- I kid you not -- Age of the Hobbits, starring none other than Bai Ling. Aside from the name, it bears little resemblance to anything related to Tolkein, but I'm sure it'll confuse somebody:

sorry, $2.2 million will not get your kid into harvard

Oh, come on. Are you kidding me? Last week, the Boston Globe reported that a Hong Kong couple is suing an educational consultant for failing to get their son into Harvard: Quest for Harvard entry ends in $2m tangle.

Gerald and Lily Chow reportedly shelled out over two million dollars over two years to Mark Zimny and his education consultancy, IvyAdmit, to help them navigate the U.S. educational system, and chiefly, to make their Ivy League dreams come true:

sansei live, october 20

Hey, San Francisco. Get fancy at Japantown's biggest, fanciest party. Sansei Live, one of the longest-running API parties in San Francisco, is going down this Saturday, October 20. Get dressed up and celebrate the community with live music, food, drinks, and raffle prizes. Here's more info:

jeremy lin: the musical: a journey to linsanity, october 26-27

This one's for you Jeremy Lin fans in San Francisco... I honestly don't know if this is going to be any good, but how can you resist something called Jeremy Lin The Musical: A Journey to Linsanity.

Yup. It's an original musical celebrating our very own basketball hero's extraordinary journey. Jeremy Lin: The Musical is described to me as a broad bio mockumentary/musical parody, loosely based on the "true story" of Jeremy Lin's journey to the NBA, through the cutthroat world of Ivy League academia and professional sports.

It's happening October 26-27 at the Phoenix Theatre Annex in San Francisco. Here are some more details about the show:

lucy liu wants to avoid looking "a little filipino"

Lucy Liu has drawn some controversy for comments she made while appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman, saying she wanted to avoid looking "a little Filipino": Lucy Liu doesn't want to 'look a little Filipino'.

Oh, no you didn't, Lucy. She was talking about her preference for running on a treadmill, as opposed to outdoors, where exposure to the sun might make her skin darker -- which she apparently equates to lookin' Filipino: