Assorted Flavors
New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones introduces Boredoms, a noise/punk-rock group straight from Japan. Their music is anything but boring.
Julia Thuy gives Tu Cong Phung’s “Nhu Chiec Que Diem” a shade of blues. Nice work, girl!
Damn! Ngoc Khue plagiarized Nguyen Thi Minh Thuong’s “Cha Va Mua Thu” almost word for word, and yet she is unapologetic about it. Very disappointing!
Ngoc Lan sang Trinh Cong Son. Love her rendition of “Biet Dau Nguon Coi.” She rode the up-tempo beat quite well.
in BDNCo^.i, beside the tempo, instead of “em vui choi giua doi, oi a biet dau nguon coi”, she changed to “Toi vui choi giua doi, oi a biet dau nguon coi”. This makes the lyric of the song much more pleasant to my ears.
Since Bảo Chấn’s Tình Thôi Xót Xa, there are more and more similar instances where the work origin is questionable… Phạm Thanh Khương – Dòng Sông Tật Nguyền, and now, Ngọc Khuê – Mùa Thu và Cha…
I guess we yellow are better, not in creativity, but in copying and modifying…without worrying about the rules of quoting, paraphrasing or Copy Right. And for that matter, you can get a Louis Vuitton from Saigon street for much less :D.
its always da same phrase ” nobody will know if u wear a fake LV” WRONG..ppl know… and urself know ur nothin but a fake…if u cant afford it…dont wear it…all da asians wid fake designer gears makes da rest of us look bad…(US bein da ones wearin da real thing)
i dont believe in anythin fake…boobs, bags, nose, shoes, butt, youth…disgustin…da real thing is always so much betta…
donny,
Ngoc Khue? Is she the one who sang O Kia`?
Well said mimi. I’m with you.
The boredomes really make some noise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_fE9JTYVVM.
Btw, check out this DC rocks band,Jinxed at Twelve, co-founded by lead vocal and guitar Binh Ngo.
http://www.myspace.com/jinxedattwelve
Yes, Ngoc Khue is the one sings O Kia.
By the way, she plagiarized a poem, not a song.
donny,
Thanks for clearing it up!
mimi,
Why should you care if other asians wear fake stuff?! Didn’t you wear the real stuff for yourself?! Would it be enough if you, yourself, know that you’re real?
Somehow the discussion turns toward “fake” LV. While we’re at it, you guys have to check out an interview with Versace Nguyen who wears nothing but Versace, yet he still has no style.
Another interview with a mom who buys her 2-year-old daughter an LV bag for a grant. I am wondering what the hell a little girl would carry around a thousand dollar handbag for? To hold her lollipops?
VNCR is so lame!
Thu Hoai, why is VNCR so lame? Please tell me! (I am affiliated with VNCR and I would like to hear your input.)
why is VNCR so lame? hum… just watch those interviews again!!! but any how, they are just personal view… *sigh*
VNCR is only lame to those who have too much time on their hands to critique and criticize everything and anything. Just to make themselves feel above it all. VNCR is great, keep up the good work!
Honestly, I don’t know VNCR from a hole in the wall…
However, any site having enough taste to promote my girls, Eva Cassidy and Diana Krall (http://radiovncr.com/nhac_ngoai_quoc.htm), can’t be all that bad.
Another shameless plug, this time for my gal Eva:
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/asc/asc14.cassidy.asx
http://mp3.washingtonpost.com/get_song?song_id=12209
Fate can really be so cruel sometimes.
Thanks Donny for the links of the interviews with VNCR. I think it’s interesting.
About the plagiarism, most of the VNmese intellectural properties don’t have copy right, so anybody can just take ‘em and claim that they’re theirs. It’s a shame!
i wear da real thing…and i know it…i may not have that many, but i got wateva i can afford for now…and i also have many girlfriends who appreciated da high fashion…we actualli paid da expensive price tag for it…and its perfectly fine, i myself dont have to justify it to anyone…BUT occasionalli, u get these suspicious glances from ppl on da street wid speech bubble comin from their head sayin ” shes asian, she prob get that from bali/bangkok/china…for 10 bux”…haha… yeah biatchhhhh betta recognised dis gal is doin da real thang… :)
donny, money cannot buy taste…ur either have it or u dont…its not somethin u buy…its somethin ur born wid…
hey donny,
what do you think of nhat trung’s take on ‘nhu chiec que diem’ or him in general? i actually i like his version of that song better.
and just to add a bit to the discussion… i value substance over style, but style over brand identification always. this is how i frame the argument: imagine two paintings, one abstract with an idea conveyed through the chemistry of color and shape and the other trying to convey a similar idea by associating with a famous namesake and rather blatantly acheiving recognition through superimposition. (e.g. new toy store using santa as the spokesman). personally i think the abstract painting is far superior as it causes the viewer to jostle their ordinary tastes to appreciate something “la. la.” (out of the ordinary) whereas santa brings back those familiar associations of joy or disappointment (i was a late nintendo-bloomer). apply this to fashion and those that go to bargain or flea markets or a modest boutique and find accessories that meld with their unique fashion identity outshine both the knockoff imitators and the brand-name queens (mimi?) who seemingly rely on their fashion namesake to escape the stigma of a fashion faux-pas.
LV ~btw~ is major faux-pas. just get a nice logo-less item and claim individuality. and you ladies won’t have to thank me for the $$$ you’ll save, just take me out to a nice dinner. i’m not picky; lobster or steak is fine.
I don’t pay too much attention to Nhat Trung, but he could pretty much write whatever suits your needs. Luu Chi Vi’s Mong Nguoi Ta Luon Tot… Luon Yeu Em for example.
As for brand-name stuff, I like Chinatown’s style. “You want Prada? I give you Prada.”
I don’t know about y’all but I hate logo clothes, especially those big, bright Tommy Hilfiger T’s. Give me a clean, plain white T and a crisp pair of jeans, that’s all I need.
Bravo donny! I too see no reasons to wear logos, and for LV and Prada, people imitate to make you more successful, after all. But then, something interesting happens next: As the labels become more powerful, they dictate what is fashionable for people to follow. Just then, and just as the fashion powerhouses wish, the common people blindly follow their call to fashion and that prompts the countefeit market to supply the fakes to dilute their power. Time was, the lowest class remained low forever, but now the class struggle has been won by the proletariat. “I wear your logo, too, I’m as cool as you are.” Imagine seeing and wanting Prada but can’t do nothing a bout it? You mope away listlessly feeling the hate and, yes, the oppression they put upon you, Oh! what’s a wo/man to do? But now with Chinatown’s style (courtesy donny) you are liberated, and you actually help reduce poverty by spreading a buck around the world. Thank you Monsieur Vuitton, you didn’t realize you helped spread la democratie and you had a hand in bringing down le communisme as well.
Off-topic here, something to lighten things up a bit. :)
Brandname cười.
CARLSBERG (Bia) : Các Anh Ráng Lấy Sức Bồng Em Ra Giường
HEINEKEN (Bia) : Hôn Em Ít Nên Em Khều Em Nhéo
HALIDA (Bia): HÃy LIều Đi Anh
CASTROL (Nhớt): Các Anh Sờ Thử Rồi Ôm Luôn (xuôi), Lỡ Ôm Rồi Thấy Sướng Anh Chiều(ngược)
HUDA (bia): Hãy Uống Đi Anh (Xuôi), Anh Đã Uống Hết (ngược)
MARLBORO (Thuốc lá): Mong Anh Rộng Lòng Bo Rồi Ôm
BIVINA (Bia) : Bịnh Vì Nàng
HERO (Thuốc lá): Hôn Em Rồi Ói
VEDAN (bột ngọt): Vì Em Đời Anh Nghèo