Tag: culture
member name: gil asakawa
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December 21, 2006 01:35 AM EST --
Note: The article I just posted got me to thinking about a column I wrote way back in the day, before blogs were a twinkle in some developer's eye, about Asians on TV. It's posted in the archives . . .
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October 05, 2006 08:27 PM EDT --
Note: This article, in edited form, will be included in an upcoming book edited by G. Brown, about the history of Denver's Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
I can point to several reasons for why I became . . .
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February 04, 2007 11:03 AM EST --
Here's a thought-provoking essay from the NYT about Joe Biden's use of the word "articulate" last week to describe Barack Obama (free registration required).
<blockquote>When whites . . .
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October 27, 2006 01:40 AM EDT --
Happy 5th birthday to the iPod.
I was kind of slow to get on the bandwagon, mostly because it was (and still is, although not as much) so damned expensive to join the iPod club.
But like a lot of people, . . .
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September 26, 2006 07:42 PM EDT --
Think "ukulele" and you'll invariably get a quaintly exotic image in your head (and the wrong pronunciation – it's "oo-koo-leh-leh," not "you-koo-leh-leh"): . . .
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December 04, 2006 12:38 AM EST --
The Washington Post recently reported that the government of Japan is going to start checking out Japanese restaurants all over the world and handing out seals of approvals for those deemed to be serving . . .
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September 27, 2006 09:04 AM EDT --
The Japanese are crazy about anything Western, especially anything American, right? It's true in many ways and on many levels, but one of my passions as a pop-culture critic has been to note how Americans . . .
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November 26, 2006 10:45 PM EST --
It took the urging of Cirque du Soleil, the acrobatic dance performance group, to bring the music of the Beatles – the most iconic of 1960s baby boomer musical catalogs -- into the 21st century. . . .
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December 19, 2006 12:07 PM EST --
Americans are starting the commercial frenzy of the holiday season earlier and earlier every year. It used to be that the Christmas season was kicked off the Friday after Thanksgiving, the biggest shopping . . .
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December 26, 2006 08:52 PM EST --
James Brown died on Christmas day, a typically dramatic move for the 73-year-old, self-described “Godfather of Soul,” who was known for dramatic endings in concert.
The news of his death caught . . .
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December 29, 2006 01:30 AM EST --
As a child, Christmas was always more important to me than the New Year holiday. I was spoiled rotten with toys and each year I could hardly wait to rip open the latest pile of presents to make sure I . . .
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July 09, 2007 01:44 AM EDT --
For most people -- but I think especially for Japanese Americans, who tend to come from very defined communities bound together by geographic roots, generational branchings and, for many, the shared trauma . . .
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October 24, 2006 10:27 AM EDT --
A Gatherish note: If you enjoy this article (or any article or image on Gather.com), please don't forget to rate it by clicking on the stars below, and also to post your comment. Thanks! - Gill
I . . .
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December 29, 2006 01:05 AM EST --
I don't have a lot of memories of New Year celebrations in Japan.
New year's ozoni soup.
I was only 8 when we moved to the States, so I was never allowed to - or able to - stay up until . . .
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December 19, 2006 12:18 PM EST --
As I face the new year, I have to admit one horrible weakness. I don't do origami.
This is a fact I've known for years - since my childhood in Japan. I've just been ashamed to admit it publicly. . . .
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January 08, 2007 07:01 PM EST --
Most Americans, at least of my generation, will probably recognize this phrase: "There are people starving in Africa." The geographic locale might change -- China, Ethiopia - but the meaning . . .
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September 26, 2006 09:19 PM EDT --
Pitchfork has published a rambling list of the "200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s," beginning with the Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon" at 200 and the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" . . .
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February 04, 2007 09:34 PM EST --
I dunno about you, but I find it fascinating that Prince played the Super Bowl halftime show tonight. It’s good to see him again, and damn, he looks good and he’s hot, ripping up the guitar . . .
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January 09, 2007 03:17 PM EST --
The world lost a food pioneer last Friday. Momofuku Ando, 97, was the man who invented instant ramen -- the low budget dining delicacy of college students everywhere.
Long before sushi, there was another . . .
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April 19, 2007 01:47 PM EDT --
It's silly, and I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but Erin and I are addicted to "Dancing with the Stars" this season. We hadn't watched it at all in the past, but began tuning . . .
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