Category Archives: concerts

Daft Punk is playing in my town

French electronic artists Daft Punk are playing a secret show in Shanghai this Friday. Very cool. Here’s my 500 RMB ticket. I’m not normally a big electronic music guy, but I’ve heard from everyone that Daft Punk is not a … Continue reading

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Er, life is too busy to blog? (Radiohead in Tokyo)

Poor excuse, I know. But since August, I’ve been in Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Osaka, Kyoto and currently, Tokyo. I realize there’s lots of interesting stuff I haven’t posted about, but I’ll get to it, I swear. When I … Continue reading

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Stuff I miss out in China

Weezer hasn’t made a really good album since, well, Pinkerton. I’ve liked songs off each of the subsequent albums – but nothing has approached the brilliance of the first two albums. My friend has a theory that beacuse Pinkerton was … Continue reading

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Nasty Nas . . .postponed

Dammit dammit dammit. From Smartshanghai: “Due to visa issues amongst the entourage of guest star, NAS, the date ofthe Solid Hip Hop Party has been pushed back. The event promoter is working on afour to six week delay…” For crying … Continue reading

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Linkin Park in Shanghai

Alright, I like Linkin Park. I’d seen them 3 times before in the US and I own all their albums (even Re-Animation) so when they were coming to Shanghai, I knew I had to go see them up at Hongkou … Continue reading

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Yue Festival Rocked my Wig

One of the very nice things about staying in Shanghai over Golden Week was being able to attend the very first Yue Festival (Yue, as in Ying Yue – Mandarin for Music). With LA Latin Funk band Ozomatli and Brooklyn’s … Continue reading

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Big Weekend in the city

First spent Friday night at a Xinjiang Restaurant with the NBA folks in town for Basketball without Borders. Then after a 30 minute search for a cab and ogling the Ferraris at the Four Seasons, we made our way over … Continue reading

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