April 30, 2004
Life
What's on TV this week... (Vancouver, Canada)
More ethno-focused programming from Channel M...
VIVA! this Sunday @ 6:30pm , Channel M (channel 8)
Explore the popularity of rock climbing amongst the asians... in a special report from... the UK? Also in this episode, Indian antiques and modern homes, plus SPEK of Dream Warriors.
VIVA! this Monday @ 9:30am , Channel M (channel 8)
A profile of Talvin Singh... hey! more stuff from the UK!
Get out of that cancer causing sun, stay home and watch more TV!
Life
The First Drop/Ang Unang Patak
Kathara Cultural Theatre Productions presents an evening of folk, tribal, r&b and electronic music fusion.
The First Drop/Ang Unang Patak is the first show to kick off Vancouver's 1st annual Tubig Arts & Music Festival Series. Tubig means water in Tagalog.
Water is the blood of the earth which feeds all life. It is the dew, the air, the rain. It flows over, around and through all things.
May 1st, 2004
Main St. Cafe - 2616 Main St., Vancouver - 7pm
$5 or by donation
Life
Tanuki: The Japanese Modern-Day God of Gluttony, Boozing, and Restauranteurs
"Tanuki, the Japanese God of Gluttony, Boozing and Restauranteurs (funny how all those things go together so well), is said to like kicking it in the forest, getting wasted on sake and waiting for hungry travelers to pass him, so he can take a bunch of horse shit and using his powers, transform it to look like a huge tasty meal. As soon as some sucker starts getting down with the meal, Tanuki lifts the spell and laughs his ass off at the moron eating horse shit. "
Read this brilliant story about Tanuki, the Magical Racoon-like dog, Japanese god of restuaranteurs, complete with a recipe for Tanuki Soba (umm... made from actual wheat noodles... not horse shit), courtesy of Franz Aliquo, Culinary Ronin for No Reservations Magazine.
Continue reading "Tanuki: The Japanese Modern-Day God of Gluttony, Boozing, and Restauranteurs"
April 28, 2004
Life
Making naked concrete look totally gorgeous
"In all my works, light is an important controlling factor," says Japanese architect Tadao Ando. "I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society. When the external factors of a city's environment require the wall to be without openings, the interior must be especially full and satisfying."
Check out some gorgeous photos of Ando's buildings at Figure/Ground:
Church of the Light
Vitra Conference Pavilion
Water Temple
Life
Tshirt Oragami
Do you hate folding laundry? Then this video is for you. God bless the Japanese... The Schema Blog office spend the past 10 minutes doing nothing but fold this one tshirt over and over and over again...
Folding shirt MPEG
April 25, 2004
Life
Ethnic Porn
It helped usher the VCR into market success. It played a major role in the development of many ecommerce and broadband multimedia technology we now enjoy. Can porn play a similar role in the acceptance of different ethnic groups in mainstream North American culture?
Chris Mann, of Video Team, ponders such questions along with the current HIV/condom debate in the porn industry.
Chris Mann Interview
Video Team
April 23, 2004
Life
Yao Ming Fan Club
Hurray! The Official Yao Ming fan club website was just launched! Just in time for the Lakers to bounce them out of the playoffs. Ah... now that's what i call "marketing"! Danm... you need to sign up to read his journal. I bet it is insanely hilarious. And while I am on the subject of Yao... please, can we PLEASE come up with a better song then that Yao theme song they insist on playing for him? oh dear god...
April 20, 2004
Life
Gay or Socialite's Husband?
Ah, Details magazine sticks to its guns. Despite the ridiculous "scandal" resulting from last month's "Gay or Asian" feature, Whitney McNally strikes back with "Gay or Socialite's Husband." Com'on people, it was a bad skit that wasn't all that funny... but really... aren't there more important things to be protesting these days? Like... I don't know... a WAR?
Gay or Socialite's Husband [New Yorkish]
Gay or Asian
Okay, if this kind of stuff really gets you mad... then here you go...
