Hey dudes!

I’m excited to say that I’m playing with my band again next Friday, Oct 9 at The Blarney Stone!!!

That’s right – I’m plugging in my uke and rockin’ various tunes with Marco Bucelli (drums), Matt Butterman (guitar) with A Bass Player (bass) and special guest, my boy Soce, The Elemental Wizard. If you’ve ever wanted to hear the live band version of my hit, Date an Asian, this is your chance!!! I’ll be doing songs new and old, funny and “serious”!

We’re opening up for the album release party of my friend/former college flatmate/bandmate, Bracey Smith’s band, Charm Face (isn’t that an awesome name?!?!)! They are big in Japan. Seriously. They just came back from Japan, where they were big.

This is their logo:

They will, like, charm your face off.
Charm Face Album Release Party
FREE show!
Fri, Oct 9 at 8pm
21+over
Blarney Stone, 2nd Floor
410 8th Ave
(Right outside of Penn Station/MSG by the corner of 31st St and 8th Ave)

The party starts at 8pm
The Jen Kwok experience will start at 8:30
The Comfort Food music video premiere will be at 9:30
and Charm Face will start at 9:45

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Come see this awesome play I’m in, opening this weekend at Here Arts Center!!!

Big Girls Club (The Formula Play)
HERE Arts Center
www.here.org
SEPTEMBER 26, 27 & 28th @ 8:30pm
ETG premiered Big Girls Club ( Happy Dance Dance Princess Show) at the Brick Theater this summer prompting extreme reactions from audiences and critics alike. Matt Johnston of nytheatre.com [...]

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Hey guys,

So I did a lil interview with the folks at MTV Iggy about the “Date an Asian” video, addressing some of the issues of race, answering some questions from YouTube commenters and talking about comedy in general. Check out here: MTV Iggy Interview

Mad props to Woody and Samantha at MTV Iggy for being so crazy supportive.

Thank you to all the friends and fans for the overwhelming support of this video! This was a labor of love a year in the making, and I’m so glad that people are enjoying it.

<3 Jen

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My new music video, Date an Asian, is a hot (and hilarious) R&B joint about dating Asian men.

Here it is:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG9vYZmoqmg]

After fun ass day of shooting and a star studded live premiere at Sulu Series, this video is ready for all the world to see!!!

We hope that you enjoy it, and please please please help promote it!!!

HELP PROMOTE DATE AN ASIAN:
1. Email this vid to all your peeps, groups and listservs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG9vYZmoqmg
2. Post the video link to facebook, Twitter, MySpace, tumblr, blogs, etc!
3. Embed the video wherever you can!
4. “Favorite”, share, leave comments, “thumb up” on YouTube!
5. Stream the video on a laptop strapped to your chest!

Asian men are finally gettin’ their due, so please spread the love!!!

http://www.dateanasian.net (designed by the lovely Donna Kwok).

Thank you to everyone who helped make this video happen!

<3
Jen

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VACAY RECAP

We just got back from a great vacation in Upstate New York – Barryville, to be exact!

Tom and I had a great time, driving through the back roads and sitting in a cabin high enough to literally be amongst the trees!

We swam and paddle boated in a lake that reminded me of “The Parent Trap”:
lake superior State Park by you.
We drove across this cool bridge that used to be a mini canal that boats floated in to go OVER the river.
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We stalked this great blue heron until he gave us a superfierce shot:

Bird in Lake Superior State Park by you.
The sunset was so pretty – the prettiest I’ve seen since I left the Mojave Desert:

Sunset on the delaware River – Barryville, NY by you.
It was such a great vacation, filled with reading, relaxing and movie watching (an electic mix: Gosford Park, Punch Drunk Love, A Fish Called Wanda, and 42nd Street).
Now we’re back in city, with full cell phone reception and Internet! Yes, work intrudes on life once again, but there are lots of things in September that have been/will be exciting (in no particular order)…
TOP FIVE FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT SEPTEMBER 2009 (so far)!
*Fall TV starts – and Bravo’s already got it going with Rachel Zoe and The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s fabuloco-ness!!!
*Hershey’s Birthday Cake Ice Cream is AMAZING (vanilla cake batter-flavored ice cream w/ sprinkles)!!!!!
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*Anna Sui’s Gossip Girl-inspired clothing line for Target.
http://mtblog.teenvogue.com/style/blogs/fashion/anna-sui-target-thumb-500×400.jpg
*This one time, Japan’s new First Lady spirit flew to Venus.
*Mosquitoes are hopefully dying off already.

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