Nytimes Asians in pop music story

“Asian-Americans have tended to follow what’s going in the pop
world rather than use the Asian-American path to invent new things,”
said Mr. Goldmark, a songwriter and music producer and a former vice
president for talent at Jive Records.

He said many artists are
beginning to find their voice and are incorporating Asian instruments
into their music or writing lyrics that address issues like how Asian
men feel about Asian women who date Caucasians.

Mr. Goldmark, please expect my audition tape soon. It will be me singing, while banging a big oriental gong, about how I don’t care who dates who. Also, I’ll somehow try to incorporate my nun-chucks into the act. Hmm, Mr. Goldmark confirms some suspicions I’ve had about record company executives and managers. And most NYTimes trend/lifestyles stories.   

Footprints

Bigfoot Action Figure
toy has stamps on the bottom of his feet and comes with a stamp pad so
you can leave mysterious footprints on letters or other fun places.
Intricate articulation allows it to be posed just like frame 352 of the
famous Patterson film footage.
$12.95

Bigfoot replied:                               

"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

 

William Gibson’s Spook Country

It’s out August 7, 2007

Sardinian cheese

Ok, if you read Serious Eat’s Q&A with Anthony Bourdain, the most interesting part was (not that the rest was not interesting) the mention of "Sardinian cheese with the maggots in it", right? Right.