Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Too Much Of A Good Thing Sometimes Is Better Than You’d Think!

His name is not Jeff.

I’m recovering from a minor operation, just maxin and relaxin with Skelaxin. The web looks much better in all these new colors.

Big shout out to the folks at Asia Pacific Arts Online Magazine, who were perhaps a little too generous with their space for me this month. But not for my man O-Dub, who gets three sections to drop just a tiny portion of his wisdom on freelancing, race, Asian American music, and a gazillion other things. This is a must-read.

BTW the editors promise that there is action video on the way which will also conclusively and definitively prove that Oliver and me are not the same person. Another conspiracy theory foiled.

But for real, it’s an awesome issue, also featuring a Who’s Who of Asian American arts critics. (Which reminds me: We want a 10-page interview with Ben Fong Torres!) Plus Tokyo Drift, Dante Basco, and the indomitable, invulnerable, uncanny, ever-loving Wendy Wu (Brenda Song), who reportedly has stolen the hearts of all the elementary and pre-school-age Asian Americans in the East Bay.

Best of all, there’s a big package on our homie Keith Tamashiro. You can still get info on donating to Keith’s recovery fund at his Myspace page. Get well, brother!

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