a - agism.
b - black friday.
c - comic sans.
d - "don't ask, don't tell." repeal this already!!!
e - education in this country.
f - feet. stinky feet, literally. blech.
g - glenn beck. there's even a comprehensive glenn-beck-sucks blog.
h - halitosis.
i - ice cream. actually, i love ice cream, but it stinks that i can't have it after every meal.
j - jealousy.
k - ken buck. he recently received the douchebag decree over at bitchmedia's blog.
l - legalese.
m - model minority myth.
n - neo-nazi's. my friends at circle a radio did a program about the rise of fascism in portland.
o - outsourced, the tv show. hear our commentary on the next apa compass fri dec 6th.
p - pickles. eew.
q - queer-bashing. aka homophobia.
r - racism.
s - sarah palin. here's a recent blog from huffington post with leaks from her forthcoming book.
t - trafficking, of humans.
u - unemployment.
v - vermin.
w - war.
x - xenophobia.
y - yanni.
z - zealots. of any kind.
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Showing posts with label tv. Show all posts
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
how did I become such a dance geek?
Doh. I did not get to post yesterday. So, I'm going to have to cheat a bit on my NaBloPoMo and post twice today....
I, myself, do love to dance. What's more I've been thrilled with the extreme success of dance in pop culture today. It's one of the "hot" things right now that I actually think is worthy, recognizing dancers as the incredible artists and talents that they are and bringing them to the forefront when they are most traditionally relegated as a backdrop.
Anyhoo, my current dance phenomenon obsession is The LXD - Legion of Extraordinary Dancers. It's a web-only series on hulu, the most successful one existing. The story is somewhat simplistic: dancers as superheroes and super villains whose power is the dance itself; good vs. evil; recruiting and training of new team members. What makes the series super freaking awesome is the dance. The LXD includes so many genres of dance, from krumping to poi to popping to contemporary to tap. The other thing I love about it is that the series is filled with people of color, both in front of and behind the scenes. I think it could use more women. Regardless, it's a hip hop ballet circus that kicks ass. I can't wait for the next episode!
Here's Season 1, Episode 1 (they are currently in the midst of Season 2, with new episodes released on Wednesdays):
I, myself, do love to dance. What's more I've been thrilled with the extreme success of dance in pop culture today. It's one of the "hot" things right now that I actually think is worthy, recognizing dancers as the incredible artists and talents that they are and bringing them to the forefront when they are most traditionally relegated as a backdrop.
Anyhoo, my current dance phenomenon obsession is The LXD - Legion of Extraordinary Dancers. It's a web-only series on hulu, the most successful one existing. The story is somewhat simplistic: dancers as superheroes and super villains whose power is the dance itself; good vs. evil; recruiting and training of new team members. What makes the series super freaking awesome is the dance. The LXD includes so many genres of dance, from krumping to poi to popping to contemporary to tap. The other thing I love about it is that the series is filled with people of color, both in front of and behind the scenes. I think it could use more women. Regardless, it's a hip hop ballet circus that kicks ass. I can't wait for the next episode!
Here's Season 1, Episode 1 (they are currently in the midst of Season 2, with new episodes released on Wednesdays):
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Tina and Twain
Thanks to my pal Sarika for pointing me to this! (She's part of the APA Compass crew and also writes for Hot House.)
Last week, Tina Fey received the venerable Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Whoohoo! Though, I've been rather disappointed with 30 Rock of late, I still do ♥ Tina Fey, a most righteous and deserving recipient for this stuffy (Kennedy Center/PBS, represent!), yet impressive award.
A little background on the Mark Twain Prize : The Kennedy Center established the award "to recognize those who create humor from their uniquely American experiences." Past honorees the prize, which was first awarded in 1998 to Richard Pryor, include other amazing comics, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin.
On a side, statistical note: 3 of the 12 awardees have been African American, and 3 have been women. Not, too shabby. However, only 2 prize winners were given the award when they were age 50 or under, Tina being the youngest at age 40. Due to the "American" nature of the prize, I'm guessing it will be a long time before we see anyone of any other ethnicity honored with this prize (Margaret Cho? Cheech Marin? Mindy Kaling?), especially given the current climate towards immigrants in this country.
Back to the brighter note of Tina Fey's awesome achievement, here's her spot-on acceptance speech from this year's presentation:
The full program:
Last week, Tina Fey received the venerable Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Whoohoo! Though, I've been rather disappointed with 30 Rock of late, I still do ♥ Tina Fey, a most righteous and deserving recipient for this stuffy (Kennedy Center/PBS, represent!), yet impressive award.
A little background on the Mark Twain Prize : The Kennedy Center established the award "to recognize those who create humor from their uniquely American experiences." Past honorees the prize, which was first awarded in 1998 to Richard Pryor, include other amazing comics, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin.
On a side, statistical note: 3 of the 12 awardees have been African American, and 3 have been women. Not, too shabby. However, only 2 prize winners were given the award when they were age 50 or under, Tina being the youngest at age 40. Due to the "American" nature of the prize, I'm guessing it will be a long time before we see anyone of any other ethnicity honored with this prize (Margaret Cho? Cheech Marin? Mindy Kaling?), especially given the current climate towards immigrants in this country.
Back to the brighter note of Tina Fey's awesome achievement, here's her spot-on acceptance speech from this year's presentation:
Watch the full episode. See more Mark Twain Prize.
The full program:
Watch the full episode. See more Mark Twain Prize.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Friday's A to Z
Building on yesterday's post, here are some things I ♥ right now:
A - APA Compass. We did a show this morning. We'll have archives up in the next couple of days.
B - Boots.
C - Community. One of my favorite TV shows right now with one of my favorite characters on TV right now Abed. One of the best episodes of TV ever is Modern Warfare from Season 1, Episode 23, directed by Justin Lin.
D - Danny's Auto on Halsey and 60th.
E - Energy.
F - Farmers Market. Only 2 more weeks!
G - Gabriel's Bakery's herb cheese bagels.
H - Harry Potter. I know, I'm a late bloomer.
I - Improv Theater. Shameless promo: We're doing a show next week Small Space, Big Stories.
J - Jackets.
K - Kissing hubby.
L - The Library.
M - Milani Nail Lacquer "Cappucino" - described "Light Coffee with Gold Shimmer"
N - The Great Northwest.
O - Owls.
P - Piano. I feel very blessed to have one of my very own. I recently learned how to play "Don't Stop Believing" and "Here Comes the Sun" on YouTube. Amazing.
Q - Maggie Q, star of Nikita. I watched the show as homework for our APA Compass radio discussion about APAs on TV, and now am fully sucked in.
R - Rest.
S - Slings and Arrows. More on this next week.
T - Time Traveler's Wife.
U - Upper Horsetail and Triple Falls at the Columbia River Gorge.
V - Vodka Martini. A little dirty.
W - White Tea. Specifically Vanilla Apricot White Tea by Tazo.
X - Extracurriculars. (Close enough to X!) My life is all extracurricular it seems right now.
Y - Soft Yolks. I had my eggs over easy this morning and it was yum.
Z - Portland Zombie Walk.
"A" image is by me.
"Z" image found on Wikimedia Commons: Route sign for Missouri Supplemental Route Z. Based on Image:MO-supp-K.svg by User:PHenry.
A - APA Compass. We did a show this morning. We'll have archives up in the next couple of days.
B - Boots.
C - Community. One of my favorite TV shows right now with one of my favorite characters on TV right now Abed. One of the best episodes of TV ever is Modern Warfare from Season 1, Episode 23, directed by Justin Lin.
D - Danny's Auto on Halsey and 60th.
E - Energy.
F - Farmers Market. Only 2 more weeks!
G - Gabriel's Bakery's herb cheese bagels.
H - Harry Potter. I know, I'm a late bloomer.
I - Improv Theater. Shameless promo: We're doing a show next week Small Space, Big Stories.
J - Jackets.
K - Kissing hubby.
L - The Library.
M - Milani Nail Lacquer "Cappucino" - described "Light Coffee with Gold Shimmer"
N - The Great Northwest.
O - Owls.
P - Piano. I feel very blessed to have one of my very own. I recently learned how to play "Don't Stop Believing" and "Here Comes the Sun" on YouTube. Amazing.
Q - Maggie Q, star of Nikita. I watched the show as homework for our APA Compass radio discussion about APAs on TV, and now am fully sucked in.
R - Rest.
S - Slings and Arrows. More on this next week.
T - Time Traveler's Wife.
U - Upper Horsetail and Triple Falls at the Columbia River Gorge.
V - Vodka Martini. A little dirty.
W - White Tea. Specifically Vanilla Apricot White Tea by Tazo.
X - Extracurriculars. (Close enough to X!) My life is all extracurricular it seems right now.
Y - Soft Yolks. I had my eggs over easy this morning and it was yum.
Z - Portland Zombie Walk.
"A" image is by me.
"Z" image found on Wikimedia Commons: Route sign for Missouri Supplemental Route Z. Based on Image:MO-supp-K.svg by User:PHenry.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
what's on the tube?
I was sad to witness a couple of my favorite tv shows display some cringe-worthy, questionably racist and sexist moments. I'm actually one of those lefties who likes tv and appreciates keeping up with some pop culture. But my enjoyment of the boob tube is always slightly dampened when my media criticism radar starts flashing during 30 Rock or So You Think You Can Dance. And now, there's a whole new crop of TV shows featuring Asian Pacific American faces including Hawaii Five-0, Nikita and Outsourced. So far, from what I've seen it's both cringe-inducing and encouraging.
The radio collective I'm part of APA Compass is launching a new feature and dedicating our next show to it - APA Pop Watch - commentary and analysis on APA representation in media and pop culture. The program will air Friday morning November 5, 9am PST on KBOO Community Radio. You can listen online or, if you live in the region on the FM dial at 90.7 Portland, 91.9 Hood River, 100.7 Corvallis.
If you'd like to prepare yourself for our discussion, you might want to hulu some of those new shows and check out these recent(-ish) commentaries...
Asian American Sitcom in the Works - Angry Asian Man
Asians in Primetime - by Dmae Roberts, The Asian Reporter
Fall 2010 TV Season Preview - racebending.com
Is 30 Rock Racist? - by Zeesham Aleem, Huffington Post
Beyond Apu by
The radio collective I'm part of APA Compass is launching a new feature and dedicating our next show to it - APA Pop Watch - commentary and analysis on APA representation in media and pop culture. The program will air Friday morning November 5, 9am PST on KBOO Community Radio. You can listen online or, if you live in the region on the FM dial at 90.7 Portland, 91.9 Hood River, 100.7 Corvallis.
If you'd like to prepare yourself for our discussion, you might want to hulu some of those new shows and check out these recent(-ish) commentaries...
Asian American Sitcom in the Works - Angry Asian Man
Asians in Primetime - by Dmae Roberts, The Asian Reporter
Fall 2010 TV Season Preview - racebending.com
Is 30 Rock Racist? - by Zeesham Aleem, Huffington Post
Beyond Apu by
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Slings and Arrows, for the arts administrator
To ring in the new Gregorian year, I'd like to recommend this series...
I stumbled across Slings and Arrows somehow. Someone along the way recommended it to me (thank you, whoever you are!!) and I've finally finished the three seasons on DVD. A perfect show for those arts administrators amongst us, the delightful comedy extolls the foibles, earnestness, absurdity and glory of bringing arts to the people.
It follows the creative and administrative teams at the fictional "New Burbage Festival," a Shakespeare festival, not unlike our fine state's Oregon Shakespeare Festival (though I believe it's really modeled after the Stratford Festival.) Complete with lots of great Shakespeare, star-crossed lovers, intrigue, ghosts and great accents - thank you Canadians for your most excellent comedy!
I stumbled across Slings and Arrows somehow. Someone along the way recommended it to me (thank you, whoever you are!!) and I've finally finished the three seasons on DVD. A perfect show for those arts administrators amongst us, the delightful comedy extolls the foibles, earnestness, absurdity and glory of bringing arts to the people.
It follows the creative and administrative teams at the fictional "New Burbage Festival," a Shakespeare festival, not unlike our fine state's Oregon Shakespeare Festival (though I believe it's really modeled after the Stratford Festival.) Complete with lots of great Shakespeare, star-crossed lovers, intrigue, ghosts and great accents - thank you Canadians for your most excellent comedy!
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