Just A Bunch of Music By Asians and Pacific Islanders

1966 Don Ho “Tiny Bubbles” 1971 Fanny “You’re the One” 1972 Fanny “Blind Alley” 1977 Yvonne Elliman “If I Can’t Have You” 1979 Alien Kulture “Asian Youth” Aura “Yesterday’s Love” 1985 The Jets “You Got It All” 1986 Metallica “Master of Puppets” 1988 The Jets “Sendin’ All My Love” 1991 Metallica “Enter Sandman” The Smashing […]

2017 was an interesting year for AAPI.  From Jason Momoa starring in Justice League to Korean immigrant NFL player Younghoe Koo to Asian-American nazis in Charlottesville, here are some of the standout moments from the year.  Cheers to 2018! Everything Mazie Hirono Did In 2017 Hawai’i’s U.S. Senator, Mazie Hirono, was diagnosed with Stage 4 […]

Welcome to the LET’S GYO CRAZY MUSIC CORNER, where music and nerdiness collide! For this debut segment, I’d like to spotlight musicians of Asian and Pacific Islander descent.  Listening to music is a euphoric experience to begin with but seeing someone that looks like you perform said music, even after attending more than 200 shows […]

One of the biggest pop culture phenomena in Asian America hit us 24 years ago; and she wore yellow all the time. giphy.com When the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (adapted from the Japanese series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger) debuted, producers knew it would be successful, however, nobody could predict the insanity among its young audience that it produced.  […]