Articles Archive for August 2008
Asian-American singer/songwriters Hans Cho, Justin Fong, and Michael Lee got together in February of last year to form the R&B group “Tatum Jones.” This Los Angeles-based group was formerly known as the hip hop a cappella group “At Last” where they gained recognition as the finalists on the first season of “America’s Got Talent.” They’ve…
2pm is the group that JYP has invested the majority of his hopes into. In contrast to 2am, this group will mainly focus on image, and choreography while promoting upbeat dance music. This group debuted 2 months after their other “Hotblood” roommates and fans have been anticipating their debut. The members are JaeBum, TaekYeon, WooYoung, NichKhun, JunSu, JunHo,…
On July 11th, the quartet debuted under Cube Entertainment (works with JYP) with their single “This Song.” The boys were originally known for being on Mnet’s “Hot Blood” that featured the musical journey of 11 boys under JYP Entertainment. The members of 2am are Jo Kwon, Im Suelong, Jung JinWoon, and Lee ChangMin. Jo Kwon is probably the…
Go YounHa was born in South Korea and at the age of four she started playing the piano. Because of her love for music, she auditioned at several companies in Korea. Eventually she landed herself a deal with Sony Music Japan who caught interest in her after she signed with a Korean company. She debuted…
Let’s face it. There are a lot of Asians in the world. “Can’t we just nuke them all?” you’re probably are asking.
No.
You have to accept the Asianness into your heart. So start making ramen noodles and put some pants on, because this post is going to be classy.
This picture had it all. Random office space,…
Even though we live in an age of blogging, some of us still prefer putting our thoughts down so only we can see them. If you don’t want one of those traditional locked notebook model of a diary, then the Secret Diary is probably for you.
Good news: It’s completely DIGITAL. That’s right.
The Secret Diary looks…
Jennifer J Chung was born in Korea but grew up in the bay area where she was widely influenced by art through her mother (a dance teacher) and her father (a former recording artist in Korea). Unfortunately, at the age of six her parents divorced and even though her and her brother and mother struggled emotionally…
First of all, I apologize if you had been reading my ABDC articles from before and have wondered why I just stopped posting them after episode 3. But, here I am wrapping the show up!
The many fans of America’s Best Dance Crew are probably throwing an S on their chests and an S in the sky tonight, as…
Derek “Direct” Kan and Theresa “T” Vu are the two people who make up Magnetic North. They got together in 2003 at the UC Berkeley sharing a passion for music. They took a history class about hip hop and decided to mesh their talents together after realizing that their ideals for producing music were very…
August 18th in Asian History~
Korea:
1966 : Birth of Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress, who starred in several films, such as Girls Night Out and The Surrogate Woman.
1968 : Birth of Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress, who starred in the movie 3-Iron.
2001 : North Korea leader Kim Jong-il comes back to Pyongyang after a twenty five-day trip…


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