I’m on the road all week so updates coming courtesy of the Wordpress App on my iPhone… Excuse the poor formatting
In between rehearsals, studio sessions and school, Phil Schloss of Maggie Who found some time to answer a few questions for BeijingDaze… Cool beans!
1- What’s going on in your [...]
Tags: Maggie Who
Beijing gets its share of interesting folks stopping by and getting involved in all kinds of projects. A lot of times, they have to pack up and take off but not before leaving their mark on the capital. Alan Paul is such a person!
Alan took some time to answer questions about the reunion show on [...]
Tags: blues, shunyi, Woodie Alan
It was May 2008 if memory serves me right and we were having a few drinks at the Saddle Cantina when i got a phone call from a friend telling me about a show that night at the newly opened “The Boat” with these kids playing good rock n roll. I didn’t really have much [...]
Tags: Bad Apples, Beijing 人, Michael Dallin, yugong yishan
I’m not a big fan of art galleries or modern art in Beijing and think of most of it as overrated! but every so often, there is one event here or there that makes me take notice. Charles Carrard’s Pink Nights exhibition is one of those:
Come to the opening night at Café de la [...]
We’re extremely lucky in Beijing with all the great music we get and the tasty food we have access to.. but what really rocks is the really cool people we have in this city. Jon Campbell of Black Cat Bone and RandomK(e) fame is one of those folks.
Jon took time of his schedule while in [...]
Tags: 2kolegas, Beijing 人, black cat bone, live music, randomk(e)
Abigail Washburn stopped by Beijing last weekend for a one off performance at Yugong Yishan billed as Abigail & Friends. It was my first time seeing her so I have no basis for comparison but what i can say though is that this show was up there with some of the most moving ones i [...]
Tags: abigail washburn, Beijing 人, interview, roots music
So I was minding my own business last night, sipping on hot cocoa when there was a knock at my window. I turned around and saw this angel face looking from the outside: Santa was right up there floating outside my 21st floor window! W00t w00t, Santa answered the call for the interview [...]
Tags: santacon beijing 2009
Since the last GAWTMY show at Yugong Yishan, there has been talk of the band breaking up with the departure of lead man Natan Doron and multi-talented Luke Tweedy despite the shocking announcement made at the time which clearly stated that the band would go on with a new voice: Aaron Bronson Rosa.
BeijingDaze caught up [...]
I still remember that one tuesday at TUN, chilling with friends, taking in tunes and 2for1 cocktails when all of a sudden a voice came out the speakers and the place went quiet. Don’t get me wrong, there are quite a few accomplished musicians at Open Mike night but the ones that can make a [...]
Tags: bluegrass, Daisy Sweetgrass, The Redbucks
According to the Online Slang Dictionary, a douchebag is:
[noun ]
a derogatory term, used most often to describe males; JERK, ASS-HOLE. He’s such a douche bag. (Submitted by M. Ebie, Akron, OH, USA, Sep 30 1997. )
an excessively self-obsessed person, usually male. (Submitted by Anonymous, Nov 01 2003.)
a person who intentionally acts like [...]
Tags: expat lifestyle
YABB ( Yet Another Beijing Blog) for my pleasure and amusement! I'm hoping some folks might find the information useful or entertaining! It's mostly about strange and unusual happenings in this concrete urban jungle I call home. 