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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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July 09, 2007 01:52 AM EDT --
Two news items worth noting, although one is kinda old already:
First Burger King has announced that in Hawaii, they're selling a new item, a Spam Platter -- two slices of Spam nestled between white . . .
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January 14, 2008 01:32 AM EST --
Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro and Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan in "Bones."
The best thing about DVDs is the opportunity to fall in love with television . . .
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September 24, 2006 03:02 PM EDT --
I grew up – like all baby boomers – during an era of radio when the Top 40 format was perfected during the first two decade of rock and roll, genres didn't divide up into separate formats. . . .
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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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February 02, 2008 02:42 AM EST --
When Erin and I traveled to Hawai'i last September, we spent several days at the home of my cousin Laura McHugh and her husband John, in Mililani, northwest of Honolulu. I didn't write about it . . .
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