grammy's was on last night and there's one performance that i know everyone can't stop talking about:

(i missed lady gaga's egg)

this is joe kwon, 1.9 generation korean-american. he was the cellist playing in the hidden camera angles and shadows of the avett brothers during the grammys. but i saw him.

a freaking asian! on television! actually asian-americans on television is kinda old news now. something about this cycle of popular minority in media is asian? hopefully it'll be more than a cycle.

anyway, joe kwon is a recent recruit to the Avett Brothers (folk triplet/trio/terzet). according to charlotte observer.com he's a math major who worked for ibm with a passion for classic cello that through some diligent hard work led to his loose crazy improvisational style with the Avett Brothers.

he's also a culinary genius. math whiz+cellist whiz+actual cook? sometimes i feel like i fail at being asian. (to those who don't know, i don't cook. my last scarring experience with exploding garlic in a pot of boiling oil is an experience i don't want to repeat.)

here are some fairer pictures of the cellist:

i'm just glad he can grow some decent facial hair. then he won't feel like the odd man out next to all those long haired/long bearded folksy folk.

source. joe kwon food blog.