Last year a report from USC brought to light that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders make up less than 6% of speaking roles in the entertainment industry and 4% of lead roles. The study looked at 13,000 popular films and found that of the 4% with AAPI leads, only 6 were women, 0 were women over 40, 0 were in the LGBTQ+ community, and 14 were Dwayne Johnson. The numbers for people behind the camera were incredibly low as well. Every year, for one month, we tell people in the AAPI community they are important. We tell them we want… Read more »
Did you know that the actor who plays Steve in Stranger Things, Joe Keery, has a side gig that deserves a lot more attention?
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from Neck Deep, Taking Back Sunday, Blackbear, and more.
This week I have artist Val Astaire, I met him because he came on the road with my band IDKHOW, and was helping us out while he had down time with his project, he was taking pictures and helping with the crew, I got to know him and his musical outlet by talking to him on the road but I wanted to learn more about him and how he got started and where he’s headed on his journey, he’s a fairly new artist, was even signed to RCA before the pandemic and I get to hear his story, so tune… Read more »
Today we talk about the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, Steven Tyler cancelling dates for his Las Vegas residency, and an interesting law proposed in Oklahoma. The Uvalde Shooting Our country mourns as another mass shooting took the lives of 21 people yesterday in Texas. 19 of those lives lost were children and 2 of those were teachers at the elementary school where the tragedy took place. According to CNN,, the gunman was 18 years old and fully wrote his intentions on Facebook before committing the crime. He was shot dead by police after barricading himself in one of the classrooms.… Read more »
An unexpected sequel to a film from 35 years ago about flying fighter jets and looking awesome while doing it.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the Supreme Court’s move to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The end of the world can also be the trial of a single soul.
Today we talk about Turnstile on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the new Thor trailer, and the FBI stopped a plot to assassinate former President Bush. Turnstile Takes On Jimmy Fallon Turnstile has done it again. The hardcore band has stolen yet another late night show, when they performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. This is their third late night performance, after they played on Late Night with Seth Myers and Jimmy Kimmel Live! in the past year. This time Turnstile played “Blackout” from their album Glow On. On top of that, they were the… Read more »
Check out our AAPI Heritage Month soundtrack below and celebrate with us.
