Daily Archives: January 30, 2010

Yellow Fever by Wong Fu Productions – 4 year anniversary

Out of the Wong Fu Production vaults comes the original and OFFICIAL version of their classic “Yellow Fever”. It’s by far their most popular short film and it was created pre-YouTube popularity. Who remembers downloading the short or emailing the file around? They’ve uploaded Yellow Fever to their Youtube channel to celebrate it’s 4 year anniversary. One thing that’s different is the music in the short. They had to change it, since they didn’t own the rights to the original music.

The guys at Wong Fu Productions also added some bonus commentary at the end of the short. They have some great stories about what they thought of YouTube originally and reminisce about the past when their servers exceeded bandwidth limit and got a massive bill. Check out the blooper video for Yellow Fever too. Lots of butt slapping action.

Props to Wong Fu Productions for all they’ve accomplished in only 4 years and continually building up the Asian American community.

Yellow Fever by Wong Fu Productions – 4 year anniversary edition

Yellow Fever Bloopers

Secret Identities x the404 interview

Check this cool interview with the guys of the404 interview Cliff Chiang and Jerry Ma of Secret Identities. There were very few Asian American superheroes growing up. Secret Identities seeks to remedy the lack of Asian American heroes. The guys at the404 and Secret identities discuss stereotypes seen in comic books and why Secret Identities was created. (also check out our interviews with Lynn Chen and Tak Toyoshima about Secret Identities.)

Get your copy of “SECRET IDENTITIES: The Asian American Superhero Anthology” today.

Throughout the episode of The 404, Jerry and Cliff offer a unique perspective on the current state of the publishing industry and the move toward digital comic creation. Great comments about being Asian American artists.

Secret Identities x the404 interview

Skeletons by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Check out the latest music video “Skeletons” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It’s creepy, yet mesmerizing. The video takes place in a smoke filled cemetery fused with performance art and haunting images. The song is off their “It’s Blitz!” album. You can get the song on Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! - Skeletons or at Amazon.

If you’re curious how the effects are done after watching the video, be sure to see the making of video as well as the director’s commentary. Projecting images on smoke who would have thought you could create this effect.

Skeletons by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

making of Skeletons by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

director’s commentary on Skeletons by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

also check out Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack by Karen O.