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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
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
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
expo post #3, ozomatli rocks the expo, but not without some issues
los angeles band ozomatli played in shanghai’s zhongshan park 3 years ago at the yue festival and their latin funk, hip-hop, reggae, rock party tunes were a lot of fun and they reminded me of home (los angeles). according to … Continue reading
expo post #2 herbie hancock rocks shanghai
one of the really cool things about living overseas – well, our cultural opportunities are not as frequent as they would be in san francisco, la, or even houston, but when they are, we get a much more up close … Continue reading
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Tagged china, concert, deedee Bridgewater, expo, herbie hancock, jazz, Music, shanghai
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unixx/boys climbing ropes/jan and yan
last friday night hong kong band unixx was in town for the opening of their china concert tour. opening band was jan and yan – a three piece with two guitarists, a tall stunning woman keyboardist, and some sort of … Continue reading