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Articles by LiAnn Ishizuka
Dumb is the New Fun
Writer LiAnn Ishizuka counts one, two, three reasons to check out Dumbfoundead's new album, Fun with Dumb.
Published on: 6/19/2009
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LA Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009: Musica Cinema!
This year's music video collection was a hit and miss affair, with Ray Huang and Jon Maxwell's "One Night in L.A." the only real discovery.
Published on: 5/22/2009
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Brave New World
Eric Lau's debut album New Territories explores Hong Kong through nu-jazz/soul influences.
Published on: 2/6/2009
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Best of 2008: Underground Music
LiAnn Ishizuka shares her favorite underground Asian/Asian American musicians of 2008.
Published on: 1/2/2009
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A Cozy Stay at the Hotel Cafe
The last (North American) concert of the Hotel Cafe Tour lit up the Fonda Theater with performances by Meiko, Jaymay, Lenka, Emily Wells, Thao Nguyen, and Rachael Yamagata.
Published on: 11/28/2008
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Lang Lang Takes Effect
Another Lang Lang performance, another group of Chinese kids who want to learn the piano and emulate his piano-playing dramatics. The twenty-six-year-old legend takes the stage at UCLA Live.
Published on: 11/14/2008
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Soul Awakening
Dawen Wang synthesizes social commentary, soothing vocals, and delicate beats in his upcoming record, Awakening America.
Published on: 10/31/2008
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International Waters
Nam Le has a way with language, and his debut short story collection The Boat captures the complexities of memory in a way that's both global and universal.
Published on: 10/3/2008
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Through the Looking Glass
In an age flooded with online self-portraits, a UCLA J-Wave lecture examines an often overlooked Japanese art phenomenon from the 90s: Girl Photography.
Published on: 6/27/2008
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Searching for Megumi Yokota
Independent Lens's Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story looks at the human toll of political entanglement.
Published on: 6/13/2008
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Identity is in the Loins
Wearing multiple hats in his debut film Loins of Punjab Presents, director, writer, producer, and actor Manish Acharya sits down with APA in a quick interview at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
Published on: 5/30/2008
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Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2008: Seasons of Love short films
Everything we can think of (and some things we'd rather not) about love finds a home in these four honest shorts.
Published on: 5/16/2008
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YouTube Killed the Music Video Star?
After delighting the audience with a wide variety of music videos, the directors of The Los Angeles Pacific Film Festival 2008's "The Gift of Sound and Vision" program engaged in a discussion about the music video survival in a world dominated by internet.
Published on: 5/16/2008
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Historically Speaking
Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman's documentary Nanking exposes historical tragedy, but relies on awkward acting in order to inform the Western perspective.
Published on: 4/4/2008
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Vietnamese Cinema's International Coming-of-Age
The English-language translation of Ngo Phuong Lan's book Modernity and Nationality in Vietnamese Cinema is a major step forward in our understanding of one of Asia's most under-studied national cinemas.
Published on: 2/22/2008
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Guests in Okinawa
After a trip to his parents' hometown, writer Jon Shirota was inspired to write a play about the relationship between Okinawans and the American GIs that are stationed there. APA speaks with Shirota and Amy Hill, one of the play's stars.
Published on: 2/8/2008
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Spending a Day in Five Pairs of Shoes
An omnibus film by five of Korea's brightest, If You Were Me 2 is charged with political and social commentary.
Published on: 2/8/2008
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Yo-Yo Ma Mesmerizes UCLA
Tears, horsehairs were shed. Children, adults went home thrilled. Just another day's work for classical music's consummate professional.
Published on: 11/30/2007
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Swimming in Sakura
Based on Pina Bausch's travels to contemporary Japan, Ten Chi is an energetic, breathtaking display of Bausch's signature "dance theater," which only falters when it resorts to tired Japanese caricatures for comic relief.
Published on: 11/16/2007
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The Light of Defiance
Dawn's Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi is a one-man show written by Jeanne Sakata and starring Ryun Yu, that reflects on the man who dared to resist the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Published on: 11/2/2007
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Toil and Trouble
Outside of Asia, Chinese cinema has been stereotyped as elegant, mysterious, and sensual. Cao Baoping's Trouble Makers will have none of that.
Published on: 11/2/2007
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