Daily Archives: June 6, 2010

Unheard Voices from the BP Oil Spill

Unheard Voices from the BP Oil Spill

Like the documentary A Village of Versailles told the story of the Asian community during Hurricane Katrina, Green for All is giving a voice to the Vietnamese community affected by the BP Oil Spill. Besides the ecological disaster, an economic disaster is sweeping through the communities in the region. For the Asian American community, the catastrophe is further compounded by lack of translators to foster communication and economic relief options. With a heavy base in the fishing industry, the local Vietnamese community has been one of the hardest hit. Local leaders are working to create quality, long-term green jobs to offset the economic costs of the oil spill. Check out some of these stories that you won’t hear on TV or news reports. Listen to the unheard voices from the BP Oil Spill.

Thousands of Americans whose livelihoods depend on the waters of the Gulf Coast are now scrambling to make ends meet. Here’s the story of Theresa Seafood Inc. :

Louisiana US Representative Joesph Cao and local residents share their stories

The Mary Queen of Viet Nam Community Development Corporation supports New Orleans East, a large Vietnamese and African-American community. It provides business development, affordable housing, urban farm, community organizing, social services, healthcare outreach, and environmental justice programs. Now, it is hoping its plans for a 28-acre Viet Village Urban Farm can help lead New Orleans to a sustainable future. This farm will create green jobs and provide healthy food to the community. The organization is hoping to break ground in 2011. Learn more about the Viet Village Urban Garden

Running on Empty by Ross Ching

Running on Empty by Ross Ching

If you’ve ever driven in Los Angeles, you know that traffic is bad at virtually all hours of the day. Now imagine what would happen if all the traffic disappeared. Check out this time lapse video of empty LA freeways all day long. Don’t you wish this was real?

How did he do this effect? With some photoshop editng, masking, and clever video editing, Ross and his team was able to achieve this awesome effect. Read more about it here.

BTW – Ross Ching is the same guy behind Valentine by Kina Grannis.

Running on Empty by Ross Ching

Like a G6 music video by Far East Movement

Like a G6 music video by Far East Movement

It’s finally out. Far East Movement has released the official music video for Like a G6. They gave us a peek behind the scenes for the music video. In the music video, you can experience what it’s like to party with FM. (At least for one night!) Here’s the agenda for you in this video:

1. Grab Champagne
2. Pick up CD
3. Get stickers and posters
4. Meet at FM show

It’s gonna be fat party all night long with hot women, great food, and drinking. You’re gonna feel fly like a G6 after this video. Not only are KevNish, Prohgress, J-Splif, and DJ Virman in it, but the video’s also got Cataracs &a Dev a long with some fisheye lens action. (For reals, these guys do party the night away and jet off the next morning.) Cherrytree Records blowing up this video. Stay free Wired. Three fingers up for this video.

Grab “Like a G6” on Far East Movement - Like a G6 (feat. Cataracs & Dev) - Single.

Don’t forget to make your own Like a G6 music video. If you win, you could be partying it up with the guys.

Like a G6 music video by Far East Movement

Lyrics for Like a G6 by Far East Movement



Hook

Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard

When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard

Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6

Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6

Like a G6, Like a G6

Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6



Verse 1

Gimme that Mo-Moet

Gimme that Cry-Crystal

Ladies love my style, at my table gettin wild

Get them bottles poppin, we get that drip and that drop

Now give me 2 more bottles cuz you know it don’t stop



(808) Hell Yeaa

Drink it up, drink-drink it up,

There’s sober girls around me, they be actin like they drunk

They be actin like they drunk, actin-actin like they drunk

Wit sober girls around me actin-actin like they drunk



Hook

Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard

When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard

Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6

Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6

Like a G6, Like a G6

Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6



Verse 2

Sippin on, sippin on sizz, Ima ma-make it fizz

Girl i keep it gangsta, poppin bottles at the crib

This is how we live, every single night

Take that bottle to the head, and let me see you fly



(808) Hell Yeaa

Drink it up, drink-drink it up,

There’s sober girls around me, they be actin like they drunk

They be actin like they drunk, actin-actin like they drunk

Wit sober girls around me actin-actin like they drunk



Hook

Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard

When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard

Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6

Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6

Like a G6, Like a G6

Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6



Bridge

Its that 808 bump, make you put yo hands up

Make you put yo hands up, put yo, put yo hands up

(You can’t Touch this)

Its that 808 bump, make you put yo hands up

Make you put yo hands up, put yo, put yo hands up

(You can’t Touch this)

Hell Yeaaa, Make you put yo hands up, put yo put yo hands up

Hell Yeaaa, Make you put yo hands up, put yo put yo hands up



Hook

Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard

When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard

Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6

Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6

Like a G6, Like a G6

Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6

The Expendables Trailer with Jet Li


If you’ve been watching movies in the theaters this summer, you’ll see promos for the The Expendables featuring some of the biggest names in action films. The cast includes Jet Li, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, Giselle Itie, Eric Roberts, David Zayas, Steve Austin, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Here’s a synopsis:

THE EXPENDABLES is a hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal. With their mission thwarted and an innocent life in danger, the men struggle with an even tougher challenge – one that threatens to destroy this band of brothers.

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is a man with nothing to lose. Fearless and void of emotion, he is the leader, the sage and the strategist of this tight-knit band of men who live on the fringe. His only attachment is to his pickup truck, his seaplane and his team of loyal modern-day warriors. His is a true cynic who describes what he does as “removing those hard to get at stains.” The team behind him is made up of Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), former SAS and a savant with anything that has a blade; Yin Yang (Jet Li), a master at close-quarter combat; Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), who has known Barney for ten years and is a long-barrel weapons specialist; Toll Road (Randy Couture), a skilled demolitions expert and considered the intellect of the group; and Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), a combat veteran and an expert in precision sniping who struggles with his own demons.

When the mysterious Church offers Barney a job no one else would take, Barney and his team embark on what appears to be a routine mission: overthrow General Gaza (David Zayas), the murderous dictator of the small island country of Vilena and end the years of death and destruction inflicted on its people. On a reconnaissance mission to Vilena, Barney and Christmas meet their contact Sandra (Giselle Itie), a local freedom-fighter with a dark secret. They also come to learn who their true enemy is: rogue ex-CIA operative James Monroe (Eric Roberts) and his henchman Paine (Steve Austin). When things go terribly wrong, Barney and Christmas are forced to leave Sandra behind, essentially giving her a death sentence. Haunted by this failure, Barney convinces the team to return to Vilena to rescue the hostage and finish the job he started. And to perhaps save a soul: his own.

Look for the movie in theaters in August.

The Expendables Trailer #1 with Jet Li

The Expendables Trailer #2 with Jet Li

Gallants music video with Jin

Gallants music video with Jin

Entering the world of film acting again, Jin appears in the Hong Kong movie Gallants. (Who remembers his part in 2 Fast 2 Furious?) It’s billed as a kung fu comedy fused with old school Hong Kong cinema. (If you watched, Kung Fu Hustle you’ll recognize some of the actors.) Jin’s got one of the main roles in the film. In his words, Jin plays “a prick who thinks he’s a martial arts expert because he’s studied for a few years and won a few non-meaningful tournaments.” Look for it on the film festival circuit.

In the music video for Gallants, Jin uses the title track Say Something off his latest English mixtape Say Something. See some of the movie clips in the Gallants music video.

Read a review of the film from our friends at LoveHKFilm.

Gallants music video with Jin

Gallants Trailer