Today on the show we have painter, drummer, and musician CJ Loo,
who hails from Malaysia, but has taken up residence in Santa
Barbara and is bringing her Chinese brush art to galleries around
town, starting with Bella Rosa Gallery, where we first met. She's a
tireless promoter of her work and warm and friendly and it wasn't
too long until our paths crossed and I knew she had to be a guest
on the show. As you're about to hear, she's an amazing world
traveler, a great collaborator, and a fantastic multi-tasker.

Unconventional Roots

She just illustrated a book called
Holding Demons in Small Jars, written by her friend
Jasmine A Kumalah, and you'll want to hie yourself to her website  where you can see
a lot more examples of her work. She also has a fantastic blog
there.
In this interview we talk about identifying as both Malaysian
and Chinese, remixing cultures, benefits of being the oldest child,
and what it's like to attend a trance music evening...and not with
glowsticks and EDM.

And here's footage of her both drumming and painting:

A few other things mentioned in the interview:
Art without Limits
Art
from Scrap
Cheah Thien
Soong

Dug Uyesaka
Russell
Peters and the standup routine she mentions
UCSB Middle East
Ensemble