Daily Archives: June 8, 2009

Super Mario Land Theme by David Choi x Paul Dateh

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Here’s an instrumental collabo between David Choi and Paul Dateh. They playing none other than the Super Mario Land Theme Song. If you had a Gameboy, you’ll remember this song. It’s David Choi on the guitar and Paul Dateh on the violin. Also pickup David Choi’s latest album Only You and Paul Dateh’s latest album too.

This song makes us think of Video Game Pianist Martin Leung and Super Mario Brother with a Harmonica. And who can forget Mario Kart Love Song and Super Mario Bros. – Japanese game show version



Super Marioland Theme by David Choi x Paul Dateh

Bingathon Live with Olivia Munn

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Tune in to the Bingathon right here at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Hosted by Olivia Munn and Jason Sudeikis. It’s scheduled for an hour, but they may go longer. On Olivia Munn’s blog hours before the start of the bingathon:

Fred Willard is awesome as usual and very nice. Jason Sudeikis just split his pant all the way down his crotch, and my boobs should be hoisted to the appropriate level, per fan requests.

Olivia show the Hulu crowd why they love you on G4TV’s Attack of the Show. If you here early, check out Olivia Munn and the Dancing Stormtrooper then come back. (What would happen if only Olivia Munn hosted the show?)



Bingathon Live

Debbie Lee on The Next Food Network Star Season 5

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Debbie, 39 (West Hollywood, Calif.), a former Hollywood caterer, now shares her branding and menu-planning expertise as a restaurant consultant. Her Korean heritage and Southern upbringing make a dynamic combination as she uniquely blends Asian and American cuisines. Debbie attributes her cooking chops to her mother, grandmother and notable chefs that she’s worked with.

Food specialty: Korean with a Soulful Edge

Three foods you can’t live without (other than bread or water): Bacon, fried chicken, and kimchee

Favorite food destination: Anywhere in Asia of course. Want to go back this fall and travel through the Far East. I would also love to go to the south of France.

Why do you think you should be The Next Food Network Star? I have the most unique culinary point of view and will rock your taste buds with a taste of “Seoul 2 Soul!” My passion for food is my journey on a plate, and I feel everyone watching will relate to my story and embrace it with some good old seoulful cooking.

Good luck to Debbie Lee on the show. The hot new cuisine now is Korean food. We want to see more Asian Girls and Boys on Food Network. Watch Debbie compete for the biggest prize on TV: their own show on Food Network. Sunday nights at 9pm/8c.

Debbie Lee on The Next Food Network Star Season 5

2009 New York Asian American International Film Festival shorts program lineup

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Asian CineVision (ACV) announced today the short films selected to screen at the 32nd Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF), which will feature 50 films either about the Asian community or created by artists of Asian descent. The selection, which includes short films from 10 different countries, includes seven world premieres, two international premieres, and ten New York premieres. (BTW – this film festival is different from the 2009 New York Asian Film Festival)

The line-up includes JP Chan’s *I Don’t Sleep I Dream*, Emily Chang’s *The Humberville Poetry Slam*, and international filmmaker Ying Liang’s new short film *I Love Lakers*. Six thematic programs cover a range of issues relevant to both the Asian American community as well as the general public. The 2009 festival heavily features shorts filmed locally in New York and also includes a program showcasing 10 short films by young flimmakers under the age of 21. AAIFF will run June 23 to 26 in New York City. Shorts programs will be screened at the newly renovated Museum of Chinese in America. Here’s a brief summary of the shorts program

*Fun and Fantasy*

Films that capture the whimsical, supernatural, and unexpected sides of our fantastical world.

*Love, Lust & Desire*

A journey into the hearts and minds of women who must challenge gender roles in the face of hardship.

*Family Matters*

Films that expose family members in moments of change and explores the motions of their growth as well as their dissolution.

*Here…Look at Me*

Stories of individuals and communities whose identities reveal as much about their environments as they do about themselves.

*Home is Where the Heart Is*

Immigrants in these shorts reconcile their places in the new world with their foundations in the old.

*Life on the Edge*

This series of documentaries highlights the lives of those who stand up for the displaced, the marginalized, and the silenced.

*For Youth By Youth*

Filmmakers under the age of 21 provide fresh perspectives in documenting the issues surrounding them.

“I Don’t Sleep I Dream” Trailer in the “Fun and Fantasy” program

“The Perfect Woman” Trailer in the “Love, Lust & Desire” program

“I Want to be a Desi 2” Trailer in the “Here…Look at Me” program

“Here to Stay” Trailer in the “Home is Where the Heart Is” program

“Splinters” in the “For Youth By Youth” program

Full listing for 2009 Asian American International Film Festival Shorts Program in New York:

*Fun and Fantasy* program:

  • *Civilian* directed by Seaton Lin (USA)

  • *World Premier of* *The Call Center* directed by Rumana Huq (USA)

  • *Fate Scores* directed by Albert M. Chan (Canada)

  • *The Humberville Poetry Slam* directed by Daniel De Lorenzo & Emily Chan
    (USA)

  • *World Premier of* *Take Out* directed by Gerry Kim (USA)

  • *I Don’t Sleep I Dream* directed by J.P. Chan (USA)

  • *Walking While Sleep*ing directed by Han Lee (Taiwan)

  • *Once…* directed by YuYing Chien (USA)

  • *My Four Inch Precious* directed by Sou Yun Sim (USA)

*Love, Lust & Desire* program

  • *The Eighteenth Birthday Party* directed by Ching-Shen Chuang (Taiwan)

  • *International Premier of* *Aquarium* directed by Motoko Shimizu (Australia)

  • *The Perfect Woman* directed by Anthony Ma (USA)

  • *Laura* directed by Jon Maxwell (USA)

  • *Like Crazy (à la folie)* directed by Sanif Olek (Singapore)

  • *Best Korean Girl (Om Tchin A)* directed by Paula Un Mi Kim (Brazil / South
    Korea)

*Family Matters* program

  • *World Premier of* *Tatang* directed by Jean Paolo (Nico) Hernandez (Philippines)

  • *International Premier of* *I Love Lakers* directed by Ying Liang (China)

  • *Arithmetic Lesson* directed by Wenhwa Ts’ao (USA)

  • *World Premier of* *Tiger* directed by Wing-Yee Wu (USA)

  • *Family Viewing (Séance Familiale)* directed by Cheng-Chui Kuo (France/Taiwan)

*Here…Look at Me* program

  • *World Premier of* *Fragmented Identities* directed by Stevan Mraovitch (USA)

  • *Witness to Hiroshima* directed by Kathy Sloane (USA)

  • *Incongruent Body* directed by Jian Lee (USA)

  • *Beautiful Sisters* directed by Connie Chung (USA)

  • *Red, Yellow, and Blue* directed by Changhee Chun (South Korea/USA)

  • *You Can Call me Nikkie* directed by Irene Herrera (Japan)

  • *World Premier of** I Want to be a Desi 2* directed by Allan Tong (Canada)

  • *State of Yo* directed by Jason Karman (Canada)

  • *Waiting for a Train* directed by Oscar Bucher (USA)

*Home is Where the Heart Is* program

  • *The Veiled Commodity* directed by Dickson Chow & Vinh Chung (Canada/USA)

  • *A Green Mountain in the Drawer* directed by Hwa Jun Lee (South Korea/USA)

  • *World Premier of* *20 30 40* directed by Mei-Yu Lee (USA)

  • *Here to Stay* directed by ManSee Kong (USA)

  • *World Premier of* *Lower East Side: An Endangered Place* directed by MA Shumin (USA)

*Life on the Edge* program

  • *Crossing Midnight* directed by Kim Snyder (USA)

  • *A Song For Ourselves* directed by Tadashi Nakamura (USA)

  • *World Premier of* *Story of a Businesswoman* directed by Mikiko Sasaki (USA)

  • *No Joke Burm*a directed by Li-Anne Huang (Singapore)

*For Youth By Youth* program

  • *Vote for Change* directed by Clin Xu (USA)

  • *America’s Next Top Immigrant* directed by Natacha, Sarah, Corina, Jean, Teddy, Daichka, Tatiana (USA)

  • *Free Matt Wong* directed by Akio Mitsunaga (USA)

  • *That Ain’t Right* directed by Rayhan Islam & Ericka Vasquez (USA)

  • *Ayi’s Story* directed by Iemi Hernandez-Kim (USA)

  • *Ladies in Armor* directed by Masami Kubo (USA)

  • *Napua Ilima ‘O Kehaulani* directed by Ryan Medel (USA)

  • *Dick, Dick & Jane: The Modern American Family* directed by Mari Jacobson (USA)

  • *Beautify Our Town* directed by Bingie Huang (USA)

  • *Splinters* directed by Nancy Huang (USA)

Win FREE tickets to Kollaboration Hip Hop & Laugh-Off in Los Angeles

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Kollaboration is returning to the Ford Amphitheatre on June 12, 2009 at 8:30 p.m. for the 1st annual Kollaboration Hip Hop and Laugh-Off, an evening of Hip Hop/Bboy Battle competition and comedy. The program will be a fraternization of rhythm, rhyme, and beats with wit, shtick, and gags featuring five Hip Hop artists (Dumbfoundead, 3Strykes Krew, Verseatile, Tier 2, & Starstudded) selected from previous auditions to compete for cash prizes. Plus, special guest Beat Boxer, Rubox.


The competitors will be joined at the microphone by some of the biggest Asian Pacific American (APA) comedians out today: Gerry Bedknob, the unforgettable character “Mooj” from the film The 40 Year-Old Virgin; Edwin San Juan, from BET’s Comic View and the only non-Latino comedian to have appeared on the Latino Comedy Fiesta Platinum DVD series; Kevin Shea, from The Kim’s of Comedy and Jimmel Kimmel Live; and Rajiv Satyal, whose been the opening act for Russell Peters and Dave Chapelle.

The performances will be judged by a celebrity panel of Aaron Yoo, the actor from the film 21; Brian Tee, the actor currently starring as “Eddie Choi” in Crash; and Adrian Hong, sociopolitical commentator and director of The Pegasus Project; Adrian Hong, sociopolitical commentator and director of The Pegasus Project; founder and former Executive Director of Liberty in North Korea.

UPDATE: just added BBOYS from KOREA Project Soul Collective (Physicx, Born, Phoenix from Rivers Crew and Hong10, Rookie from Drifterz Crew) will be at Kollaboration Hip Hop & Laugh-Off.

If you want to win tickets to Kollaboration Hip Hop & Laugh-Off, send an email to webmaster@channelapa.com or twitter us with “I want Kollaboration Hip Hop & Laugh-Off Tickets” and tell us how you found out about channelAPA.com. Winners will be randomly selected from all entries and notified by email. Entries must be recieved by June 10, 2009 at 6pm. We have a few pairs to give away, so tell your friends and family. Thanks to the Kollaboration team for making this giveaway possible.

The event goes down this Friday.

Date: Friday, June 12, 2009

Time: 8:30PM

Venue: Ford Amphitheatre

2580 Cahuenga Blvd East

Hollywood, CA 90068

Buy your tickets here.



Kollaboration Hip Hop & Laugh-Off Promo