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Thank you, Mr. Raymond J. Lee
For getting the freakin’ Lil’ Mermaid song stuck in my head. I’ve been humming it ALL DAY LONG. While driving, while shopping, while cleaning and washing dishes… even right now. I feel like I’m living in a Disney musical. But you know what? It’s not a bad feeling… haha. And I gotta give it to ya, Raymond… you’ve got SKILLS. I hope the producers of GLEE see this!
Happy Birthday, Gilbert Arenas!
So I don’t really know what’s going on with Gilbert Arenas, cuz’ I don’t follow sports news… but through the grapevine I heard something about guns and all of a sudden I’m seeing people tweet about him today.
Anyway, it’s Gilbert’s birthday and so here’s a music vid to celebrate! This is Episode 6 of “The Agent Zero Show” (brought to you by Arowana Films. Gotta give it up to Evan Jackson Leong for handlin’ these vids!).
See the rest of the vids on The Agent Zero Show’s YouTube Channel.
P.S. – I just Googled it… and I now know that Arenas has been suspended for bringing guns into the locker room. Yikes. I wonder if “Agent Zero” will have something to say about that.
JMD… Hawaiian Reggae & Blues
For someone who used to be the know-it-all of Asian Americans in music… well, I’m def not on top of it anymore. -_-
So I was sent a Facebook evite from ukulele rock star Jason Arimoto and I decided to take a look (often times I skip over evites). Well, I got confused, cuz’ I thought it’d be an evite for a show of Jason’s, but I didn’t see his name anywhere on the evite and I had no clue what “JMD” was ’til I Googled. Turns out JMD is Jason’s band. According to their Myspace, their genre of music is Reggae / Blues / Hawaiian or “ukulele, drums & bass together live & in your face.” So I took a listen and liked what I heard. Sounds fun! I think I might check out their show tomorrow: **SHOW THIS THURSDAY**JMD, NATURAL NATIVES & GUESTS
http://www.myspace.com/jmdband
Also, check out Jason Myspace and YouTube:
http://www.myspace.com/jasonarimoto
http://www.youtube.com/facemeltingukulele
Baby Baby
Was chillin’ at Nandarang in K-town when from the corner of my eye I thought I saw an ol’ friend, Chan, appear in a music vid that was playing on one of the monitors…
When I got home just a few minutes ago, I looked it up, and YUP, it was him!
Chan aka Snacky Chan aka Roy Kim doing his thang in Korea:
Good, stuff, Chan. Hope all is well over there! We miss ya over here though!
Quest & FM in Snoop Dogg’s "I Wanna Rock" MV!
So dope! Check out this vid that features Quest Crew and FM (Quest is heavily featured and FM gets a nice cameo at approx. 1:16). Niiice.
Thug Life
My buddy Kuang Lee has recently released the first episode of a new comedy web series called “Thug Life.” Check it out… it’s pretty ridiculous:
Here’s the official YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/thuglifeshow
White on Rice!
I know I’m a bit slow with this, but… White on Rice is now playing in theaters or coming to a theater near you!
Just watched this cute music video of the White on Rice theme song by Goh Nakamura featuring Hiroshi Watanabe and James Kyson Lee:
Which btw, I got to see Goh live last week and ’twas a good time. If you’re in one of the JetBlue cities they’ll be touring, try to catch him and the Invisible Cities!
Anyway, I actually haven’t seen the film yet (I know, shame on me!), but based on the music video, it looks like a lot of fun! I def gotta get my arse out to see it now.
Official Site: http://whiteonricethemovie.com
What is LOVE?
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails…
Watch “LOVE”
If this is LOVE, forward this letter to all of your loved ones!
BoA… I mean BaO’s "Eat You Up"
So a few months ago, I met up with Patty at Runyon Canyon to hike and talk about miscellaneous creative stuff. It was then that I first heard about this parody idea of hers… a parody of BoA’s “Eat You Up” music video…
You might have to be Chinese to know that “bao” = bun. And well, the whole parody is about eating up BUNS… pork buns… lots of them… really fast. You’ll even see a buddy of mine in the vid partaking in the BaO action.
Patty, goooood stuff! Over 12,000 hits in just 5 days!
BoA fans are crazy. I know.
More info about the parody here: http://cutebutdeadly.net/bao/
