The 65th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival's Grand Parade will be held in Little Tokyo on Sunday, August 14 starting at 4 p.m. The parade route starts at Central Avenue traveling west on 2nd Street, north up Los Angeles Street, then east on 1st Street and finishes at Central Avenue. Parade participants will include the newly crowned 2005 Nisei Week Queen and court, many local community groups, high schools, elected officials and representatives from Nagoya, Los Angeles' sister city, as well as queen and court members from Hawaii, San Francisco and Seattle communities. This year's Grand Marshall is Frances Hashimoto, owner of Mikawaya and long time supporter of Nisei Week and the Little Tokyo community. Colonel Young Oak Kim (Ret.), chairman emeritus of the Go For Broke Educational Foundation was named Honorary Grand Marshal. The 2005 Parade Marshal is David Ono, anchor of KABC-TV's 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. news; and Honorary Parade Marshal is Mike Shinoda, guitarist of rock band Linkin Park.
"It is important that we honor those pillars in our community who have really gone above and beyond to ensure Little Tokyo is around for generations to come, yet also recognize those who represent diverse segments of the community," said Hayato Tamura, president of the Nisei Week Foundation. "We are extremely pleased to recognize France Hashimoto, Col. Young O. Kim, David Ono and Mike Shinoda. They truly represent our rich and diverse community and we are honored they are a part of this year's Nisei Week Festival. We encourage everyone to come out to the parade as well as other fun, family oriented events."
To introduce a new audience to Nisei Week, Mike Shinoda was named Honorary Parade Marshal. Shinoda attended the Art Center College of Design, and found that juggling art and music was exhausting. He attended band practice after school every night, but his diligence paid off. More than 35 million albums later, Shinoda is known as rapper, part-time guitarist, and beat-maker for Grammy award-winning rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda is very philanthropic, and in the last five years he started a scholarship at his alma mater, and been involved with the United Way, AIDS Project Los Angeles, Densho, Japanese American National Museum, Arthritis Foundation, and Make-A-Wish Foundation. Last year Linkin Park started Music For Relief to aid the rebuilding of South East Asia, raising more than $2 million for relief efforts.
The 2005 Nisei Week Japanese Festival takes place in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo District from August 13-21. For calendar of events and volunteer information on the 65th Nisei Week Festival, please log onto http://www.niseiweek.org/ call the Nisei Week Festival office at 213/687-7193 or fax at 213/687-6510. The Nisei Week office is located at 244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 303, Los Angeles, Calif., 90012. - Full Press Release
طبق گزارش سایت Billboard گروه هایی که برای گواهی Platinum در July امسال انتخاب شده بودند به شرح زیر هستند:
Audioslave's "Out of Exile" (Interscope), the Backstreet Boys' "Never Gone" (Jive), the Black Eyed Peas' "Monkey Business" (A&M), the Foo Fighters' "In Your Honor" (RCA), Il Divo's "Il Divo" (RCA), Jay-Z and Linkin Park's "Collision Course" (Warner Bros.) and Sugarland's "Twice the Speed of Light" (Mercury Nashville).
و اما خبر جالب بعدی در مورد پستی که Amir Derakh تولیدکننده سولو آلبوم چستر در مورد اینکه آلبوم در حال ساخت و تولید هست برای اواخر امسال میباشد. متن پست وی به شرح ذیل میباشد:
Sorry this update took so long! Ryan Shuck & I have been really busy recording and writing new material for Julien-K, we now have 10 songs finished for the upcoming album, and have a few more to songs left to complete. Over the past two months we have put the completion of the JK album on temporary hold because we are producing a solo album for Chester Bennington of Linkin Park. We are planning on finishing Chester's album and the JK album within the year, so if all goes as planned both albums should be released early next year.