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Monday, September 14, 2009

Beyonce At The VMAs: A Class Act

I'm not going to focus on the ridiculousness of what a certain person did. I called him out for his stupidity awhile back in 2006.

Instead, I want to focus on the grace that Beyonce showed by choosing to give Taylor Swift a chance to accept the VMA she was given.

It was a class act Beyonce!

Thank you.

My write up on it for OpenFashion.com: Compassion Is Always In Fashion

Check it out.

David A. Arnold clowning Kanye - funny:

(as had been the case for the last few posts, the code is off and there is nothing after "read more"...)

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Kanye West On SNL

Okay, you all know I was mad at Kanye a few months ago when he acted like a big ol' baby at the MTV Europe Music Awards. I mean it's Europe...they like David Hasselhoff's music over there. I mean, whatever, right? Right. Well, no, not for Mr. West apparently. He acted like a big ol' baby swaddled in his preppy sweater.

He's now done it so many times it's really not worth bitching about. It's just a big yawn.

However, this is really funny. He was on SNL this past weekend and poked fun of himself in a skit. For that he gets my attention again.

Thanks for the laugh.

Here is another link, just in case NBC goes ape shit and starts taking the non-NBC ones down: http://www.youtube.com/v/tDZYtdTb3D4

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Sunday, July 8, 2007

Live Earth Fall-Out

July 12, 2007 @ 5:07am

Update: Why Live Earth Mattered

Check it out.

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Okay, now I can't believe this but, um, I straight up forgot about Live Earth.

How, you ask, is this possible?

Well, I can't give you an exact answer, but it's a combination of a few things:

I'm on vacation from work and when that's the case I go into true lazy mode.
I'm all a flutter and distracted (over what? well, maybe I'll tell later...however, probably not.)
Also, I'm just burnt out on the news. That happens because I actually follow the news and sometimes it's just negative information overload. I'm not even tuning into the news the way I usually do because no matter what the story is it seems to be presented with the most negative angle possible. Doom and fucking gloom. I'm really a positive person and I see the world that way the majority of the time. Basically, staying up on current events can be a kill joy and I consciously step back every few weeks just to keep myself on the Pollyanna side of the jaded spetrum. Don't mistake my ability to hack away at an issue with precision as negative or jaded. I'm good at it because analytical.
I've also just been busy. I'm under deadline with my current internship and have another one set up to start in early August.

Basically, I'm busy.

Now if you've clicked around my lovely blog you know I'm a John Mayer fan. I'm new to the fold, but I dig his music. I think it's funny because I guess since he's that "Daughters" guy when I say I like Mayer people have a certain image. Well, I've discussed before, but I wasn't a fan until his John Mayer Trio and Continuum albums (his older stuff is excellent though.) In fact, recently I had a friend send me some news blurb on him about him being chosen as a sexy dude or some shit like that. Okay, cool, but really I could care less.

I'm from L.A. I'm jaded and pretty much not impressed merely because someone is a celebrity. I've met a few. I've gone to school with kids of famous people. I know some second tier celebs and people who work in entertainment doing a range of things. It's a big yawn for me. Celebrities just have a job that puts them in the public eye, but they're normal folks (well, as normal as folks can be in that situation.)

I did let out a scream when I saw him in concert but it was like "wow, I'm in fuckin' Tokyo seeing John Mayer...this is sweet. I'm so cool." I mean the girls I was with started pushing to get up front and I just couldn't join in without a high amount of guilt. That's particularly true because, while I'm not tall, I was taller than a lot of the Japanese women in the crowd. I basically let the the shorter ladies get in front of me because it's crappy having crane your neck to see at a concert and this was a small venue so it's not like letting that little lady get in front of me was going to impact my experience. Plus, I had party boots on, so I was hovering a few inches over my normal height anyway.

So I was a little um...suspicious when my cousin emailed me this: Live Earth: John Mayer Calls For Massaging The Message. Now I knew my man was playing Live Earth in New Jersey and I even considered hoping a plane to Tokyo to check out the Live Earth show there this weekend but decided against it. So I was scared because I'm expecting screeching fans and some concert stupidity. Instead, it was a fairly interesting interview snippet. Check it out.

Now I agree with him that's really easy to get stuck on minute details which deaden the impact of the message. The fact is we're wasteful. I think it's crucial to focus on what you can do in your everyday life. That's not hard. That's things like carrying a small mug instead of consuming coffee in disposable cups (that's easy, I do it, even here.) I know I've been while living here. I've found it harder to be environmentally conscious, and I was that conserve and recycle kid that, of course, went vegitarian in college. In California it's pretty easy to be environmentally mindful. It's encouraged. It's cool. It's even sexy. The system helps you. That's gotta spread so that even when it's not encouraged, cool or sexy you do it.

Here, I walk past stores who have their air con on full blast AND the doors are wide open. It's waste beyond measure and, honestly, it's easy to fall into a pattern of I don't have to do it 'cause that person will. Well, if everyone is thinking that (and you know most are) then guess what? There is a lot of waste. I'm regressing back to being more mindful of how my actions impact the world and I think we all should definitely pay more mind to it because we're trashing our Earth.

For the most part, I think the criticisms of Live Earth are just negative people finding anything to take away from the event. Yes, we know big stars flew to the venues to perform. Yes, we know airplanes are big polluters. However, we also know to get your Average Joe or Jane on board it's going to help if their favorite pop star is on board too. People are followers. This is nothing new. So big celebrities who want to contribute to this are welcome in my book.

This lead me to a criticism that IS germane. I'll post the video. Watch it and what do you think?

Peta-tm
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I agree with the points made here.

And that does surprise me because most of the time when I hear what PETA is up to I just want to slap some of them around because they're repelling more people than they know with the stunts they pull.

It might be time for more changes than I thought.

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Oh thanks to a friend at MySpace looky what was on my bulletin board this morning ;)

Enjoy!

Live Earth - The Police, John Mayer and Kanye West - "Message in a Bottle"

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Sunday, November 5, 2006

Kanye West is a Damn Crybaby Reloaded

Okay, I usually ignore most entertainment stories, but this is damn pathetic.

Kanye West's antics at the MTV Europe Music Awards was just ridiculous and took away almost all the good PR he earned with the Hurricane Katrina outburst (come on, you know that's what a lot of folks were thinking...he just said it.)

But this "I spent a million dollars" and "Pamela Anderson" shit is embarassing. First, who says that money and cheap ass gimicks beat creativity? Second, why would you expect folks in Europe to have an appreciation for the lame hip-hop "money equals success" approach to entertainment and marketing?

Anyway, here are two links from the What Would Tyler Durden Do? blog that sum it up for me:

Kayne West is a Damn Crybaby
Kanye West is a Damn Crybaby, pt. 2

Nice. Nothing says street cred like complaining because the white people in Denmark didn't give you their approval and wearing little sweater vest outfits like it's the first day of school.

Kayne, this is one time where shutting up would have been a very good idea.

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Monday, August 21, 2006

휴보 aka HUBO is Going Hollywood

It had to happen eventually. I mean I'm was born and raised in L.A. and it's took me some effort to finally get away. I didn't escape until after university. However, almost everyone else is drawn to Tinsel Town and the celebrities, glamour, status and great weather that goes with it. I went to Hollywood High and UCLA. I've met inane celebrities and entertainment types with a lot of self-importance, but not much to say that's really interesting. There are some good souls in L.A, but I was over it as a teenager.

Now the word on the street in Korea is that HUBO is going Hollywood. HUBO for those of you who don't know about this great South Korean celebrity is a robot that was created by Professor 오 준 호, Oh Jun-ho, at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology or KAIST as we all know it here.

HUBO shot to fame last year when it greeted world leaders at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) which was held last year in the city of Busan. HUBO has been up to a lot since then.

Now the story from the Korea Times, Hubo to Appear in Music Video, is that HUBO is off to NYC, the Big Apple, to shoot a video for Kanye West's production company Getting Out Our Dreams Pictures. The company will produce a music video for a male trio named Sara. In it HUBO will be featured in a street scene where it is searching for a loved one. Doesn't that just tug at your heartstrings? According to the Korea Times, HUBO and West will also be featured together in either that or another scene.

I think it's very cool as it's great publicity for KAIST, HUBO, Professor Oh and, of course, South Korea. However, if the next time I travel down to 대전, Daejeon, and I see HUBO rolling in a tricked out Mercedes-Benz surrounded by groupies and assistants, I'll know it's all Hollywood's fault.

More stories:
South Korea robot to work for Kanye West

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Update: Pics of HUBO Hanging Out in the KAIST Lab

My friend, Yeongju, who is working for a news agency now is the one who tipped me off about the HUBO story.

She went to KAIST to do a piece on HUBO and I got some pictures from her today. So here are some exclusive HUBO shots in the KAIST lab.

Thanks Yeongju!

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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Leela James - This Woman Can Sing!

I discovered Leela James a few months ago. From what I've read Kanye West has been key in getting her to the mainstream. Great job, Kayne!

I love this woman because she takes me back to the time when singers were signed not only for their sex appeal, but because they could really sing. Also, I'm diggin' her hair.

It reminds me of my mother listening to good ol' fashioned rhythm and blues.

Plus, this song is right on point because she's asking where has the music gone? I'm so sick of hearing "bitch" and "ho" in lyrics these days, and Ms. James is right with me on that.

Also, she also does a cover of No Doubt's Don't Speak, and I love that song. No Doubt is a Southern California band, and I am loyal to my local bands.

So I'm going to put both videos in this post which is exactly what I wanted to do with the Jamie Cullum post below. Ya'll get two for one this time around, so sit back and enjoy! And, if you don't enjoy her you have bad taste in music.

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