The Alpha Asian Mindset is series of exploratory essays on the observations, experiences, and life-lessons of James Chan. Elements common to almost everyone’s life– education, career, and health– are addressed, as well as many topics that are peculiar under-empowered Asian Americans. (Chan refers to these individuals as “injustice collectors.”) The breadth and scope of topics [...]
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(Topic: 3. Lifestyle, Reviews )
[Written on 25 Dec 09]
“Calabria”
Enur (featuring Natasja)
This music video is among one of my favorites. (The video to “My Humps” by the Black Eyed Peas is currently my all-time favorite music video).
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[Written on 27 May 09]
“The Battle of Evermore” by Led Zeppelin. Man, I fuckin’ love these guys. So many years later this music sound just as fresh to me as it did when I first heard this stuff decades ago…
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[Written on 18 May 09]
In this past week’s podcast, we did an interview with Darrell Hamomoto, Director of the first Asian American Heterosexual Porni(**), YELLOWCAUST. Unfortunately, we could not find this truly awesome piece of cinematography, but you CAN buy the documentary that was made about it, and Darrell Hamomoto’s work, on www.blacklava.net.
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[Written on 07 May 09]
Language Symbolique, by Thievery Corporation, from the album “Den of Thieves”
…awesome music to listen to while you’re making sweet sweet love to your girl.
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[Written on 04 May 09]
Product/Service: Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology
Better Asian Man Rating: Schwing!
Last night I watched the first “preview video” of a soon-to-be available book Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology. What started out as a brief youtube clip turned into a vortex that got me completely sucked into “the first-ever graphic novel collection of [...]
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[Written on 26 Mar 09]
What: Asian Rap Worldwide
Better Asian Man Rating: Schwing!
Back in the day when I was doing some heavy duty volunteer work in Chinatown, I produced weekly live music/entertainment shows at a venue in Chinatown (this show is now run by new management here.) During this time I met a lot of musicians, and it was during [...]
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[Written on 25 Oct 08]
Date Idea: Trivia Night at Crocodile Lounge
While talking with a good buddy of mine over AOL Instant messenger, he randomly said, “Wednesday night is Trivia night.”
“What?”
“Yep. Trivia Night. At the Crocodile Lounge.”
Now, I’ve NEVER even heard of such a thing as a “trivia night,” but I was intrigued by the possibilities. The Crocodile Lounge is [...]
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[Written on 20 Oct 08]
Field reports are a great way for you to do two things:
Think about what you did and said, so that you can constantly improve yourself.
Get some non-judgmental feedback, if you choose to post your report on the ABCs of Attraction Community Forum
One thing that I love about those forums is that nobody will tell you [...]
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[Written on 18 Oct 08]
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10 Reasons Why Bootcamps Work, by Johnny Wolf
A lot of people take bootcamps and get great results from them, but don’t actually know why they work. Then there are people that think they don’t need a bootcamp and think they can do it on their own. [...]
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[Written on 18 Oct 08]
