Lara tells me that Margaret Cho is beloved by Asians and gay men. It made me question myself when I'm qualified as both Asian and male. To be honest, I think she's well loved beyond those two groups, even by white people. (That's a joke).
Most people may remember Cho as the force behind All American Girl on ABC, advertised for being the "first" all Eastern Asian television show. While this show drew criticism from the Asian community for stereotyping Asians, I just think they didn't understand the humor... I mean how else are you going to make a funny program about race without a little stereotype?
I think the failure of All American Girl caused Cho to disappear from the public for a while. Six years after the cancellation, she came back strong with Notorious C.H.O. I'm glad to see she's back and seemingly doing great!
Her latest project is called Cho Dependent* to be released on August 24th, just in time to kick off her forthcoming tour. I actually thought this was a new comedy album like Revolution or I'm The One That I Want, but after quickly listening to some same tracks - these are actually original new music recording by famous musicians. Songsmiths like Tegan & Sara, Ben Lee, Fiona Apple, and Ani DiFranco. I'm assuming just by putting in the effort, that these artists are fans of Cho, and vice versa.
I'm actually quite curious to see how her live show will be, especially because I do not think all of these awesome artists will be touring with Cho? Most likely, I will see Cho singing her songs and perhaps even throw in a joke here or there. Looking forward to seeing her live.
Anyway, here's a funny video called "I'm Sorry", featuring Andrew Bird and Margaret Cho. Note the distinctive whistling that Bird is known for in the song.
Interested in a full tracklisting ? See below:
Most people may remember Cho as the force behind All American Girl on ABC, advertised for being the "first" all Eastern Asian television show. While this show drew criticism from the Asian community for stereotyping Asians, I just think they didn't understand the humor... I mean how else are you going to make a funny program about race without a little stereotype?
I think the failure of All American Girl caused Cho to disappear from the public for a while. Six years after the cancellation, she came back strong with Notorious C.H.O. I'm glad to see she's back and seemingly doing great!
Her latest project is called Cho Dependent* to be released on August 24th, just in time to kick off her forthcoming tour. I actually thought this was a new comedy album like Revolution or I'm The One That I Want, but after quickly listening to some same tracks - these are actually original new music recording by famous musicians. Songsmiths like Tegan & Sara, Ben Lee, Fiona Apple, and Ani DiFranco. I'm assuming just by putting in the effort, that these artists are fans of Cho, and vice versa.
I'm actually quite curious to see how her live show will be, especially because I do not think all of these awesome artists will be touring with Cho? Most likely, I will see Cho singing her songs and perhaps even throw in a joke here or there. Looking forward to seeing her live.
Anyway, here's a funny video called "I'm Sorry", featuring Andrew Bird and Margaret Cho. Note the distinctive whistling that Bird is known for in the song.
Interested in a full tracklisting ? See below:
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1. Intervention(co-written with & featuring Tegan & Sara)
2. Calling in Stoned (co-written with Ben Lee / featuring Ben Lee & Tommy Chong)
3. Your Dick (co-written with AC Newman / featuring Ben Lee)
4. Baby I’m With The Band (co-written with & featuring Brendan Benson)
5. Hey Big Dog (co-written with Patty Griffin / featuring Ben Lee & Fiona Apple)
6. I'm Sorry (co-written with & featuring Andrew Bird)
7. Lice (co-written with & featuring Ben Lee)
8. Enemies (co-written with & featuring Jon Brion)
9. Asian Adjacent (co-written with & featuring Grant Lee Phillips)
10. Gimme Your Seed (co-written with & featuring Garrison Starr)
11. Eat Shit and Die (co-written with & featuring Grant Lee Phillips)
12. Captain Cameltoe (co-written with & featuring Ani DiFranco)
13. My Puss (co-written with Diana Yanez & Kurt Hall / parody of Mickey Avalon & Dirt Nasty song)
Hidden Track (on CD/Digital only): Lesbian Escalation (co-written with & featuring Rachael Yamagata)
* PS, sorry, wanted to give this a proper review, but I can't really listen to music on my computer since the preview copy I have is internet-only. Which is fine, as I suppose I wouldn't really have the time considering I'm still on vacation-mode. Also, I will be bringing up Cho on this week's podcast. Stay tuned!
08/17/2010 21:14:01 ♥ vu () ♥ margaretcho.com
08/17/2010 21:14:01 ♥ vu () ♥ margaretcho.com