[Restaurant Review] Grill5Taco (Cheongdam-dong)

Stars: ★★★★ Grill5Taco is a chained Mexican restaurant in South Korea. It started as a food truck and expanded into restaurants. The specific location that is being reviewed is the one owned by the singer/actor Donghae (of Super Junior) in the affluent Cheongdam-dong neighborhood. While the food here is delicious,…

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[ALBUM REVIEW] Jason Chu “MILLENNIALS”

What is “Substance without Style”? Jason Chu brings you on a journey in this first track, “Free.” Free in this song has many connotations. His desire for freedom in this song is a freedom from expectation, from judgements due to his race, and freedom from fear to speak his truth.…

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[ALBUM REVIEW] CHOPS – “Strength in NUMBERS”

Official release – January 28, 2014 The concept behind the album “Strength in NUMBERS” is clear. CHOPS assembled some of the latest and greatest Asian American performers and put together an album to showcase their talent and his skills as a producer. As a whole, the album is solid and…

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[Review] U-Kiss Share Their Dream With LA Fans

After years of nonstop hard work, the boys of U-KISS are headliners for their very first U.S. tour. After having successful shows in New York and San Francisco, U-KISS puts on an amazing performance for the last leg of their tour in Los Angeles at Club Nokia on Tuesday, January…

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Kollaboration Star 2013 Review

Kollaboration Star 2013 took place on Saturday, November 16th at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.  Kollaboration Star is known as the largest Asian American talent show which features amazing talents from Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, East Lansing, Seattle, New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Washington D.C., Atlanta,…

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[Recap] Wonder Girls Album Launch Party!

The Wonder Girls held an album launch party on May 15th, 2010 at the Conga Room in Los Angeles, California. A lucky 100+ people got to watch it live while many others watched it through Ustream. The event was a little longer then one hour with many stars performing and…

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Kollaboration Acoustic 4 Recap

Did you miss Kollaboration Acoustic 4 on Friday, August 27, 2010? Then you missed out on an amazing sold out show. On the 27th of August, Kollaboration Acoustic 4 was held at the Ford Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California.  Kollaboration staff invited HypnoticAsia to cover the show. We had a…

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[RECAP] Kollaboration Acoustic 5

Kollaboration held their 5th Acoustic show on June 17, 2011 at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California. The show’s contestants included Lindsey Yung, Nissa Rica, The Mood Junkies, Alexa Yoshimoto, Jason Yano, Teesa, Chrizle Reyes, Ensemble Memo, and Tranley. They all showed off a great stage and hyped the…

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