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Surfin’ PRC
I grew listening to the Beach Boys. A lot. One of the stations on my car’s radio was an oldies station, I had the Best of the Beach Boys on cassette somewhere and I still think Pet Sounds is one … Continue reading
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The Pains of Being in Shanghai
(First of all, sorry about the malware issue that beset this blog for the past couple of weeks. Finally got it solved with the help of some outsiders) No, this isn’t a complaint about living in Shanghai or China, but … Continue reading
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Tagged band, Boys Climbing Ropes, concert, jue festival, mao livehouse, shanghai, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
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Concert Tuesday: Nouvelle Vague and . . .Eels (not really)
A rare Tuesday night concert in Shanghai. Openers were French new wave cover band Nouvelle Vague. The Shanghaiist discription was that they played New Wave and punk covers – but in more of a bossa nove fashion. And I thought: … Continue reading
Queen Sea Big Shark @ Mao Livehouse
Queen Sea Big Shark is one of Beijing’s most well-known indie bands. I would say they’re like if Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fronted Franz Ferdinand with a lot more Korg keyboards and a spacey sound. People around … Continue reading
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Tagged blog buddies, concert, live, Music, Queen Sea Big Shark, shanghai
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Caught Up
On Saturday March 12, Usher Raymond IV performed at Shanghai’s Mercedes Benz Arena. Best known for his R&B hits such as You Make Me Wanna, Caught Up, Confessions Part II, DJ Got Us Falling Love and the title of his … Continue reading
Saskatchewan
From a Boys Climbing Ropes opening gig about 7 weeks ago.
Yo Yo Ma in Shanghai
Since I’m way behind on everything, here’s some catching up. A couple of weeks ago, the greatest current living cellist Yo Yo Ma was here in Shanghai. Tickets were pretty expensive but I figured how many opportunities do you really … Continue reading
How come all karaoke photos look the same?
A selection of shots from last week’s karaoke madness:
Three Japanese Women in Shanghai
If you were a big Nirvana or Sonic Youth fan in the early 90s, you knew that Kurt Cobain and Thurston Moore were fans of this, then obscure, Osaka based trio of Japanese women who put out Ramones-lite power pop … Continue reading
emo in shanghai
Everyone Most people have guilty music pleasures. Whether its Culture Club or Neil Diamond or Journey. Sure, there’s that cheesy sort of guilty pleasure, and I have a whole iTunes library full of that sort of music. But then, there’s … Continue reading