Daily Archives: January 6, 2011

A Symphony of Violence with Freddie Wong

A Symphony of Violence with Freddie Wong

Freddie Wong recapped his breakout 2010 year with A Symphony of Violence. Every gunshot and explosion from 2010’s videos, edited together in a rapid-fire montage. Surprisingly, of the 44 videos he uploaded in 2010, only 16 were “gun” videos. With 88 minutes and 33 seconds of total content for 2010, it’s been condensed under 2 minutes with 933 cuts in this video.

Check out the full length versions of these videos : Future First Person Shooter, The Freddie Wong Roadtrip begins, , Halloween Massacre, Freddie Wong Roadtrip returns to LA, Beach Justice, Thanksception, Flower Warfare, Rocket Jump, Live Action Time Crisis, and Gun Size Matter.

A Symphony of Violence with Freddie Wong

Kato interview with channelAPA.com

Kato interview with channelAPA.com

channelAPA.com chopped it up with musician, actor, artist, and performer Kato. He shares about his background in music. His unique blend of classical music and hip hop has opened many doors for him. He describes his music as “counterpoint,” which is breaking the mold of traditional styles of music. His upcoming album pulls from jazz, pop, hip hop, classical, and more. One of his tracks “Col Legno” off his Glissando album is already getting radio play on Chicago radio. Look for several music videos from Kato coming soon. We’re slated to premiere some of them on channelAPA.com

Kato interview with channelAPA.com

More about Kato
What sets Kato apart is his unique life experiences that inspires his art. Born in Chicago into a lineage of public servants, his Asian American roots influenced his understanding of the American dream. Classically trained in cello from a young age and excelling in academics and sports, Kato checked every box for the model minority. In 2001, Kato volunteered for the Army and attended West Point. After graduating, he was honorable discharged. Saddened by a medically shortened Army career but looking forward to a new challenge, Kato worked at a hedge fund while his alter ego pursued music at night. Word grew about his talent and soon Kato’s hobby had him writing music for Grammy winners. With a passion for music and a desire to be heard, Kato up and quit his job when most were struggling to hold on to theirs. With original music, Kato opened for acts like the Wu-Tang, KRS One and Keith Murray, finding himself in the midst of the hip hop industry. Performing around the country at festivals like SXSW and appearing at multiple MTV awards shows and events, Kato started gaining recognition from fans and industry insiders. Increasing his artistic range, Kato started to act, eventually landing a lead theater role in Chicago. While hip hop accepted his uniqueness it also placed pressure on Kato to conform in style and stiffed creativity. Reaching a breaking point, Kato took a step back to create a whole new sound: Glissando

Damn It Feels Good To Be Like D-Pryde by D-Pryde

Damn It Feels Good To Be Like D-Pryde by D-Pryde

D-Pryde drops his take on Geto Boys’ “Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.” In his rendition, his fans come out to support him by imitating him from his swagger, his glasses, his hair, his blackberry, and his Arizona iced Tea. Damn It Feels Good To Be Like D-Pryde. Look out for D-Pryde to drop his album this year he’s got 30 tracks done already. Which ones will make the cut to the album? Big things for D-Pryde coming out in 2011. He’s reppin’ Mars Music and NHB.

Listen to some of his latest cuts including Fly Away, Fireworks, So Appalled, and Take Off

Damn It Feels Good To Be Like D-Pryde by D-Pryde

Grenade by Bruno Mars on Ellen Degeneres

Grenade by Bruno Mars on Ellen Degeneres

Bruno Mars made another appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show. He dropped in to perform his hit song Grenade and a short interview. Ellen surprises his with some old footage of Bruno Mars as a kid. Behind the scenes, Bruno Mars did a surprise performance of Just the Way You Are, while Ellen jumped on stage to be a back up singer for him. Last time he dropped by the show a few month ago, Bruno Mars did a special rendition for Ellen

Grenade by Bruno Mars on Ellen Degeneres

Bruno Mars interview with Ellen

During Bruno Mars’ rehearsal, Ellen jumped in with the backup singers and lent her talents for a special rendition of several songs including F*ck You by Cee-Lo Green, Grenade by Bruno Mars, Respect by Aretha Franklin,

After the show, Bruno surprised the audience with a spontaneous performance of his hit song, “Just the Way You Are.”

30 Days With Charice : Episode 6

30 Days With Charice : Episode 6

The globetrotting Charice Pempengco continues with episode 6 of the online webseries “30 Days With Charice.” As she continues her tour of Asia, she lands in her homeland of the Philippines. Meet some of Charice’s closest friends and family including her best friend, and check out the welcome party she gets from her fans.

Previous episodes:
30 Days With Charice : Episode 1
30 Days With Charice : Episode 2
30 Days With Charice : Episode 3
30 Days With Charice : Episode 4
30 Days With Charice : Episode 5

30 Days With Charice : Episode 6

Happy Meal Ban Showdown : Aasif Mandvi vs SF Supervisor Eric Mar

Happy Meal Ban Showdown : Aasif Mandvi vs SF Supervisor Eric Mar

When The Daily Show visits politicians, it’s almost never a good thing for for the politician, but always funny for the rest of us watching. This week The Daily Show aired a meeting between correspondent Aasif Mandvi and San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar. They discussed Mar’s legislation that banned on toys in Happy Meals in San Francisco.

Eric Mar hanged in there with Aasif Mandvi til then end, when Aasif flipped the tables. As Eric explains how his daughter no longer wants to eat junk food after watching the documentary “Super Size Me,” Aasif goes into the difference between legislation for McDonald’s and Netflix:

Aasif Mandvi: “So she learned from her parents?”
Eric Mar: “That’s a large part of it.”
Aasif Mandvi: “Would it be hard to pass a law to force Netflix to send ‘Super Size Me’ to every parent in San Francisco?”
Eric Mar: “We can’t force Netflix, a private company, to do something like that.”
Aasif Mandvi: “Are you serious right now?”
Eric Mar: “We have no power to force Netflix, or a private company like that, to change a business practice.”

The ban will be enacted later this year. After San Francisco bans toys from Happy Meals, Aasif Mandvi plans to introduce kids to the brand new Crappy Meal.

Happy Meal Ban Showdown : Aasif Mandvi vs SF Supervisor Eric Mar