Asian Pop's 2009 Year in Review: From Bad to Verse (with apologies to Clement Moore)

Thanks to all of you who shared your suggestions and thoughts with me for this year's "Best and Worst in Asian Pop"! I was so inspired that I ended up writing my column entirely in verse. (Yeah, it was that kind of a year.) Look forward to seeing you all in 2010, which hopefully will be a better year for us all...

From bad to verse: Asian Pop's 2009 year in review  

By Jeff Yang, Special to SF Gate  

The general rottenness of the past 12 months puts Jeff Yang in a poetic mood....

'Tis the day before New Year's, a date that reminds us 

Of all that we saw in the year that's behind us 

So to give an assessment that just can't be ducked 

Two-thousand-and-nine? Well, mostly, it sucked  

Recession, rescission, Iran and Iraq 

Swine flu, banker bailouts, and plummeting stock 

Ponzi fraud, acts of God, sky-high unemployment 

Not a lot to look back on with too much enjoyment 

In fact, all in all, we'd much rather forget 

This horrific year; is it January yet? 

Oh well, it's our duty, so let's start at the top 

And review '09's "Best and Worst" in Asian Pop...

[and much, much more]

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/12/31/apop123109.DTL

Sidenote: I was on NPR's "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin today recapping 2009 and looking ahead to 2010—here's a link, check it out!

LINK: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122101325

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