Articles & Audio Clips
Culture/Arts/Media
Radio Apex: Thurs. 7-8 pm (Calif. time)
June 26, 2008 - 94.1FM KPFA, KFCF in Fresno
Saving Asian languages from the ax. And, how India's film industry drives musical innovation.
(Contact:apex@kpfa.org,510/848-6767x464. Click on: kpfa.org above for past programs, on-line listening)
Music In A Movement: a prelude
June 1, 2008
Music is a back-beat mixing revolutionary, nationalist movements, of sounds from Chinatown, Manilatown, J-town to the Hawaiian Islands and beyond. It all comes together in the swirl of art and politics of the 1970's.
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Civil/Human Rights/Equity
Guam: Indigenous Rights in the Crosshairs
April 2, 2008
Indigenous people of Guam sought UN support as the US gears up to increase military presence on the island. Controlled by the US and without the right to vote, native Chamoru took their case to the world in this article.
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Culture/Arts/Media
Kaya Press Pushes Expectations
March 1, 2008
www.kaya.com
Kaya is a small press taking on big challenges. New authors taking chances shape a view of the API diaspora not found in the big book chains such as poetry with a hip-hop sensibility by Ishle Park.
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Civil/Human Rights/Equity
War on terror hits home for a South Asian community
January 20, 2008
 Truthontrial.mp3
Fear and isolation visited Pakistani Americans in a rural town. A true story of what happened when race, culture and creed were targetted. (Audio Clip: Truth on trial? Lodi case reveals some surprises in Mar 2006. 2min.) Read on...
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The Streets Still Chase Bill Lee: Born To Lose
January 1, 2008
A compulsive gambler, Bill Lee traces his struggle to leave his gambling habits behind in his memoir Born To Lose. A profile of Lee who works hard to leave old bad habits behind him.
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Conflict/Peace
Prisoners of Work & War
May 2007
www.corpwatch.org
WorkWarPrisoners.mp3
Asian laborers make war a lot more like home for US soliders. But is it their freedom that needs fighting for? In contrast, what service is Halliburton providing that's fueling anger in Iraq & Afganistan? (4 min. audio interview with journalist Pratap Chatterjee on his return from Iraq)...read on...
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Civil/Human Rights/Equity
9-11 Voices
September 11, 2006
9-11voices.mp3
An audio collage of emotions, experiences and a coming together in the wake of wars and racial fears both past and present. by G. Hotta
Culture/Arts/Media
DJ Wordy
June 13, 2006
www.djloo.com
DJ Wordy has come up as the Chinese DMC Scratch DJ Champion for 2005. In Beijing, DJ Loo caught up with Wordy to talk about Turntablist life in Beijing. Practicing with just one turntable, one mixer, and one record just months before taking third place in 2004, Wordy now opens for top tourning international Turntablists. Read more from an Apex correspondent and catch more on his djloo website.
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Bazaars Basketball and Obon
February 2006
bazaar64kb.mp3
How does a community come together to celebrate after its dis-location and dispersal? In this Audio Clip hear how spirit, sports and food meet in special ways for Japanese Americans. by G.Hotta.
Environment/Re-claimation
New Orleans: Death and Rebirth?
January 22, 2006
NewOrleansDeathRebirth.mp3
New Orleans music carries the spirit of its people and the history of the Americas. Hurricane Katrina endangerd the physical, but how much of the spirit and heart was hit? An opinion piece. (Audio Clip: a collage of voices, music on New Orleans). Read on...
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