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Can A Song Save Your Life?

By On July 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In movies & TV, music

The Thursday after the 4th, they shot scenes for the movie, Can A Song Save Your Life? in my neighborhood. I haven’t been able to find out much about the film online but according to the Bowery Boogie:

The film focuses on an aspiring singer-songwriter (Knightley) who moves to [...]

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Vincent Chin, Danny Chen, and Coping with Betrayal

By On June 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In activism & community, fatherhood & parenting, movies & TV, Rice Daddies

Last weekend marked the 30th Anniversary of the murder of Vincent Chin. The week that lead up to it was filled with posts from across the blogosphere about Vincent and the legacy of how little Judge Kaufman valued the life of a Chinese American versus the lives of the two [...]

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Ziggy Stardust Turns 40

By On June 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In art & culture, movies & TV, music

The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust turned 40 this June. To celebrate, EMI released a remastered version of the original album. Rolling Stone is streaming it. And the National has written an informative piece about the birth of Ziggy Stardust, his demise, and his far-reaching influence. If you crave even more information, visit 5years.com. Digging around [...]

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The Legend of Korra, the Avatar I remember

By On April 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In movies & TV

The risk of any sequel is that it could potentially denigrate the original that inspired it. Like when Paramount, MTV, and Nickelodeon joined together to attack the Asian American community and Airbender fans by insisting on casting all White actors as lead characters in the Asian influenced story (Learn the full story at [...]

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Studio Ghibli: Kid-Approved Movies for a Night In

By On December 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In movies & TV, Rice Daddies

Just before the recent Christmas holiday, Jennifer at Retrevo.com sent out a list of “Epic Nerd-Approved Movies for Kids.” It concluded a longer list of overall Nerd-Approved Movies (scroll to the bottom of their list for the kids movies). It included (in my opinion) some great movies like

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