Instant Yang: August 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

18-month old Skyler tears into a donut. He's like a swarm of locusts. But cuter.

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Seen on Vermont bulletin board: Ad for "High Def" Taxidermy!

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Friday, August 28, 2009

Art is about context. I see these every day juggernauting through Park Slope

But it's only when put on a pedestal, literally, that it looks like something beautiful (as opposed to, say, annoying)

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Pics from the brilliant Ron Arad exhibition at MoMA. I especially dig the concrete turntable and hi-fi...built to rock, literally!

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Art is about context. I see these every day juggernauting through Park Slope

But it's only when put on a pedestal, literally, that it looks like something beautiful (as opposed to, say, annoying)

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Links

Jeff Yang's "Asian Pop" Column @ SFGate.com

"Secret Identities" a crew of the web's most prolific asian pops join forces to create the ultimate daddyblogging machine...now with added INSTANT YANG!

"Rice Daddies" the Asian American Superhero Anthology, in progress!

BLOGROLL

FIRST READS (I check these daily. Sometimes obsessively)

angry asian man the one and only

zentronix jeff chang's blog...a cultural critic's cultural critic on music and politics and race and culture

joi ito reasoned rants and knife-sharp insights on society and technology, in japan and beyond

racialicious formerly mixed media watch, now dedicated to investigating the intersection of race and culture--from the keen creators of the podcast "addicted to race"

UNIQUE

eddy zheng a blog from behind bars. moving and painful

hanzi smatter hilarious look at the misuse of chinese (and other asian) characters in art, design, and most of all, on skin

MEDIA AND CULTURE

asian-nation professor c.n. le's invaluable online resource has a noteworthy blog,"behind the headlines"

hyphen blog the fab blog behind the fab asian american mag--get your daily dose of hyphen-y goodness here

eight diagrams thoughts on photography, technology, economy, and society, from an investment banker turned poet/author, who also happens to be my cousin

manja the indie guide to APA culture in the bay area

poplicks two great tastes that taste great together: cultural critics oliver wang and junichi semitsu joined forces to create this essential site on pop and politics

aanju blog asian american news served up hot

halvsie what's hapa-ning? find out here

daryl chin artist/critic daryl chin's musings are always thoughtful

metakorean korean american groupblog; interesting, but not as frequently updated as one might like

margin.notes winnie shiraishi's nicely written and extremely informative site on japanese books in translation--literature and pop get equal and evenhanded treatment here

mixed media watch blogging mixed-race representation in hollywood and on madison ave., from the keen creators of the podcast addicted to race

INDIE COMICS CREATORS

jerry ma/epic proportions