Asia (Band)

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 3/29/13

Please get out and do something. Your roommates are worried about you.

Slavic Soul Party!

Red Baraat

Jesus Christ, Punk Superstar

Ma-Yi stages Son of God’s youthful meanderings

The Food Lineup at Governors Ball 2013

One of the best things about summer is music festivals. One of the best things about music festivals is the massive pit dedicated to food, usually of the artisinal kind. Governors Ball, a three-year-old music festival not to be confused with Wolfgang Puck's menu for the party of the same name, will ... More >>

The Man With the Iron Fists

The RZA On His Feature Directorial Debut, Quentin Tarantino and Kanye West

RZA's bucket list must be down to a paltry few uncrossed items. Where does one begin when interviewing someone like RZA? Supreme Clientele, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Tical... The guy helmed some of the dustiest, grittiest, most timeless rap classics ever banged out on a drum machine. He's acted in Ju ... More >>

Stopping the Next Plague

Hunting for viruses with Columbia's Simon Anthony

Patang (The Kite)

The Ten Most Fashionable Asian-Americans In NYC

I've met them all and narrowed it down to these 10 amazing A.A. specimens:

INDIAN LULLABY

Stay up late with Chhandayan

RISING SON

Asia Society presents Arif Lohar

SOPA: Has It Returned?

In what's being called a "SOPA-style blackout," an Indian court has demanded that the subcontinent's internet service providers ban 104 websites said to feature "unauthorized" media -- bolstering similar efforts in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Chris Dodd, chair and CEO of the Motion Pictur ... More >>

The Peony Pavilion: Silken Spectacle

But no dancing Chinese porn in an opera at Lincoln Center

As One Indonesian Family Goes, So Goes the Nation in Position Among the Stars

Machine Drum+Chrissy Murderbot

Satellites and Debris: Star-Crossed Lovers

​Each week, Death by Science sends out an all-points bulletin for the latest science and technology news, tracks it down, and beats a confession out of it. This week, we look up to the stars, readjust our focus, and look closer at satellites. They are the reason you are able to read this right ... More >>

A Look at Who Is Really Responsible for All These Food Trucks; Oscar Mayer Sued for False Health Claims

​The Shanghai Stainless Product & Design Company on Gerry Street in Brooklyn is the place to go for your brand new haute food truck. They've done trucks for Korilla BBQ, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Treats Truck, and Van Leeuwen. [NY Times] Colicchio & Sons will run a beer garden on the forthcomin ... More >>

'Summerstage Festival Presents Yo-Yo Ma'

The Copacabana Is Reopening In July

​And Barry Manilow must be wetting himself. As a publicist reminds me: "Many famed acts debuted at the club when it was located on E. 60th St., notably Martin and Lewis, and it was used as a location for many great films, including Goodfellas, Raging Bull, and Tootsie.

Jazz Consumer Guide: Pure Joy and Hard Work

Saxophonists get up to mischief (and engage in a little drama)

Hazmat Modine

Free Will Astrology: April 27-May 3, 2011

Ten Fascinating Ethnic Ingredients Chefs Should Get to Know Better

Sprinkled with sesame seeds, marinated jellyfish makes a memorable summer salad​ The last couple of decades have flooded NYC with colorful cuisines many of us never knew existed, and stocked ethnic markets with exotic ingredients that had strange names and fascinating properties. This influx ... More >>

Download: Antimagic, "Shake Shake Shake"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​Brooklyn duo Antimagic make cushiony, muted dance music for part-time avant-punks, a colorful scribble of viscous melody, darkly hued hooks, and beat-on-beat skitter. A tag-team of best friends and ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: February 16 through 22, 2011

Obama Hosts Chinese Leader (Or, Translated Into Rightblogger: Obama Sells Out America to Communists, Pianist)

"Red China" had been effectively closed to U.S. trade for years when President Nixon began softening things up in the 70s. Subsequent Presidents from both parties have followed Nixon's lead, and now, along with state visits like the one Chinese Leader Hu Jintao made last week to the White House, we ... More >>

Photos: globalFEST 2011, Starring Red Baraat, La-33, And Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda

Say hello to the Rhythm of Rajasthan. All pics by Ben.​What do you get when you take a dozen or so internationally hailed acts and dump them all in the East Village? The annual mind-expanding musical fete known as globalFEST. Thirteen acts from places as far afield as India and the Congo conve ... More >>

Go Go Tales A Sweet Strip Tease

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Builds Martial Calm; Sasha Waltz Takes a Society Apart

Belgians and Germans and dance

José Andrés Goes Chinese-Mexican; Michael Pierre White Shills for Knorr

​The Lion's John DeLucie has big dreams: "I'd like to write observational stuff about my life. I have a studio in my house, and I want to play and produce music. I want to move to Hollywood and drive a convertible." [NY Post] José Andrés's China Poblano, the new restaurant in the Cosmopolit ... More >>

'Dharma in the Dance Hall'

Imprisoned Without a Trial, Filmmaker Still Gets the Story in Tibet in Song

Yin Mei and Kyle Abraham Chart Life in Black and White, Plus Rainbow Colors

Last Night: Falu Perform at Celebrate Brooklyn's "Mother India: The 21st Century Remix"

​Photos by Puja Patel​MI21: Mother India 21st Century Remix with DJ Tigerstyle and Falu Celebrate Brooklyn/Prospect Park Thursday, July 29 "Some of you already have the Bollywood thing down, wearing your sunglasses at night," teased Falu singer Gaurav Shah, as he donned his own pair. "T ... More >>

Pichet Klunchun and Shantala Shivalingappa Embrace Their Traditions With Open Eyes

The Karate Kid's Kung Fu Hustle

Jaden Smith will never catch a fly with chopsticks

Shujaat Husain Khan

Que Bajo?!

Tonight! Snoop Dogg, Darlings, The Sneaks, And Kordan

YouTube​Tonight, a dream collaboration (and one we only thought possible on Wii Sports) unfolds: Snoop Dogg and bowling. Yes, Snoop is performing at the Brooklyn Bowl, thereby creating an evening in which gin, juice, and hand-eye coordination can justifiably co-exist. Meanwhile, Darlings deliv ... More >>

Morning Links

​Herewith, your talking points for this Friday... • If you're trying to fly out of Europe, think again: "60 percent of European flights were not operating and delays will continue into Saturday," according to European traffic control agency Eurocontrol, which sounds like an early '90s elect ... More >>

Vice Has A Feature Story Called "My Brother Was In A Chinese Boy Band," Which Is As Entertaining As You Might Imagine

​Pick a favorite line here. Mine's "This was ten years ago, when there were millions of people walking around with nothing to look at. Crowds would gather at car crashes or domestic arguments." Or maybe "Privately, we were the Homeboy, the Homo, and the Home Wrecker." Or "So I get vilified on ... More >>

Danilo Perez

The Black Lips

Dongbei Cuisine Gets Respect in Queens; What Foods Are Good at Turning You On?

​Susur Lee, of Shang, once was stopped at immigration when flying in from Toronto to compete against Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America. His special corn starch and herbs were riffled through until ruined, and his stock was confiscated. With it, he believes, he could have won. [NY Times] Kraft F ... More >>

Live: PK-14, Xiao He, and Carsick Cars Bring Chinese Experimental Rock to Brooklyn

Photo of Carsick Cars at Glasslands by Rebecca Smeyne​ PK-14, Xiao He, Carsick Cars Glasslands Friday, November 6 Nearly two years ago, while following Brooklyn's spasmodic noisemakers Ex-Models on a tour through the imperial city of Beijing and Shanghai for a magazine article, I got a taste ... More >>

Carsick Cars

'James Carter's Electric Coltrane'

'China Underground: Sounds from the Mongolian Grasslands'

Warung Kario's Dutch Treat

Making do with what was available in South America