On the assumption that visitors to music blogs aren't on the look out for the musings of an amateur Judith Chalmers I'll keep the holiday diary to a minimum. Suffice to say as a " Brit " Hong Kong's a wonderful mix of the familiar and unfamiliar. Our connection may have begun inauspiciously with some almighty scraps over China's outrageous refusal to allow us to peddle Opium to their population, but the influence of and perhaps(?) affection for the UK in HK will take generations to fade. [...]
On the assumption that visitors to music blogs aren't on the look out for the musings of an amateur Judith Chalmers I'll keep the holiday diary to a minimum. Suffice to say as a " Brit " Hong Kong's a wonderful mix of the familiar and unfamiliar. Our connection may have begun inauspiciously with some almighty scraps over China's outrageous refusal to allow us to peddle Opium to their population, but the influence of and perhaps(?) affection for the UK in HK will take generations to fade. [...]
The Chinese authorities have decided that they don't want Bob Dylan playing Beijing. Or, for that matter, Shanghai . His China tour is thus off. Apparently the Chinese government heard he'd let his music be used in ads for the Co-Op, and concluded that sounded a little too much like socialism for them to be comfortable with him turning up. Whatever the actual reason, Dylan has scythed off a whole slew of other dates: The verdict scuppers Dylan's plans to play his first dates in mainland China. The singer, who plays [...]
For the last few weeks I've been away on vacation, my ipod safe and silent in the hotel. I was in Hong Kong and the only tunes I've heard have been almost anti-music to my ears, loads of dreadful Cantopop ; well that and the songs in my head. Hong Kong as a city seemed dead to much else music wise, whilst there Muse played and I found one other underground gig. Most of the record shops I came across either dealt exclusively in walls of that bland nonsense, were closed (damn you White Noise - my [...]
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is a movie with some of the most ridiculous over the top fight scenes. The film, in its entirety, can be viewed online here .
A new situation can really shut me up sometimes. I remember sitting in a circle of 10 or so staff members as the newly selected Promotions Director of Syracuse University's radio station WERW 1570 AM. Being one of two freshmen among upperclassmen experts, I thought, What the hell am I doing here? It was petrifying. Come to find out, joining this radio station was life altering in the best way. It was hard to leave it behind when I transferred to Boston College. Had I stayed, I would've subbed in for John Dwyer as Production Director while [...]
we need to expand the stuff that's on this site, man. i'm reluctant to go into clothing and stuff, very reluctant, but i'd love to indulge in artistry and artistic expression and such. a tweet from a homie the other day told me to get into that stuff, so i will in the near future. this is the first step. oh boy! this piece is called the liquid kiss and it was way too intriguing to just have sitting on my desktop for ages, so here it is. i don't know much [...]
Kobe is on an Asian-wide tour with stops off in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Taipei. Events included a look at the Air Kobe IV Finals edition and a series of skills demonstrations with local players. Posted in Sports Tagged: air kobe iV, asia, finals, hong kong, kicks, kobe bryant, Lakers, los angels, nike, taipei, taiwan
I've been watching alot of Wong Kar Wai movies lately and found out after watching almost all of them that he pretty much tells the same story over and over, yet even with this knowledge, I still find them all becoming special to me as I watch and subsequently keep them in my memory. Obviously, In The Mood For Love and 2046 are favorites, but one that has recently stayed [...]
Toronto - It's been awhile since I've written about my other love(s) - food & Hong Kong. Recently purchases of Fruitips in Chinatown have me inspired to assemble a list of foods I had whilst growing up in Hong Kong (aka the best city on Earth). Here we gooooooooooooo Yakult - My absolute favorite drink growing up. I still buy a dozen of these when I go visit HK every so often. They have them here, but its not the same. What is it? I let [...]
And I thought I had airport woes. Gather, lady.
I've recently become completely obsessed with the Blur song Coffe & TV, I mean I can't stop listening to it. It's been over a month and I'm still listening to it 3 times a day. The Music, the lyrics, and even the video are GREAT. Now...because of my Coffe & TV addiction I've been revisiting my favorite Gorillaz song Hong Kong. For those of you that don't know Damon Albarn, the lead singer from Blur is also the creator of the Gorillaz. I saw this song live when the [...]
Happy New Year! First post of 2009~! Song: N.G.R.I Artist: Kraut Album: The Complete Studio Recordings Comments: Dark primal UK via California New York Hardcore. "N-G... N.G.R.I.... There is no reason why?" would fit perfect on a TSOL or DI album. Song: O.C. Life Artist: DI Album: Ancient Artifacts Comments: The original was on the Adolescents album that Rikk Agnew (Former Social Distortion) wrote. When he was in Social Distortion another member was Casey Royer. In 1982 Casey decided to form a band and Rikk eventually joined that band. The band would [...]
Dec 24, 2008, 3:09am
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dl: JILL - Wordy Rappinghood (Tom Tom Club cover) ( alt ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------- ------- Welcome to the first installment of WTF , "Weird Tuesday Find". In this series of posts, I'll be exploring the stranger songs that land in my lap. I'll take the good, I'll take the bad, but either way... I'll be sharing the weird with you. Bear with me, kids. Jill Vidal [...]
Aug 26, 2008, 5:55am BFSH
(from LoveMotel archive) OK, for those who considered LoveMotel a classic, we're back in business. For those who think great things should not go unrecognized, but ... who are they? Here it is: the LoveMotel archive. The official word is you can freely distribute these songs and share with anyone who want to hear them. They were never formally published. Appreciate. Who was LoveMotel? In around 2000, there were four guys running around making Hong Kong's grunge music really great. That's LoveMotel. Check this playlist . Do not forget: [...]
The Hong Kong branch of the IFPI - the international wing of the RIAA - has suddenly collapsed like a yeti going down an escalator. All four international majors have quit with plans to establish a local group to dance to their whims. If there's no sense in Sony Hong Kong being part of an international body, what sense is there in Sony UK being part of the same group? The nature of the fudge it's creating has been captured by Music 2dot0: Our sources have clarified that the pull out is [...]
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