In Bloglands, 5 years is an eternity… to keep something going for that long takes dedication, especially when it’s non-profit and mostly unrewarded! Well, today, our buddy Froog is celebrating 5 years of blogging over at the Beijing-centric Round-The-World Barstool Blues (sorry, needs Vee Pee En) http://thebarprop.blogspot.com/ Froog has been around Beijing for quite some [...]
When Ruby sat down to write a review and comments on Alan Paul’s appearance at the bookworm on Tuesday, I don’t think she realized what can of worms she would be opening. I didn’t either! Truth be said, I never met the gentleman but I had good dealing with him last year via email and [...]
Tags: Alan Paul, Woodie Alan
Not many laowai can claim to have become ‘Big in China’, the only person I can think of would be DaShan maybe? Well, Alan Paul can also claim that title, or at least he does in making that the name of his book about life in Beijing as a trailing spouse and ‘rock star’. I’ve [...]
Tags: Beijing 人, bookworm, jianghu, live music
For most folks in Beijing nowadays, you probably won’t relate… those that were here pre-olympics on the other hand might get a bit of a twitch at the news. Jacky “Suga Mama” Staton, who used to serenade us at The Big Easy with her soulful Jazz and Gospel for many years, passed away. As far [...]
Tags: suga mama
As I mentioned a few months ago, when I had the chance to conduct a first interview with Marie-Claude LeBel, the one and only Montreal Minx, she was the first musician mentioned on Beijing Daze when it was all started… It seems so long ago but then again, things haven’t changed much: Marie Claude is [...]
Tags: Beijing 人, li dong, mademoiselle, mademoiselle et les chinoix
It’s been a weird year in music for Beijing with a lot of knowledgeable folks leaving, disappearing etc… Peter Baird is gone, Pete de Mola is MIA, Tofu not a 2 Kolegas and finally, Jon Campbell, one of the more instrumental behind the scene figures trying to bridge the rock n roll gap between east [...]
Tags: black cat bone, jon campbell, randomk(e)
ah! Helen Feng… A favorite ‘daze crush and one of Beijing’s premier musical personalities winning multiple awards and accolades from the likes of Time Out and MIDI. I’ve been closely following her over the past year ( I swear it’s not stalking) and enjoying every opportunity to see her perform. Plenty of rumors have been [...]
Tags: free the birds, Helen Feng, Pet Conspiracy, ZIYO
What once started as my personal ramblings has morphed into the number one collective resource about underground live music in Beijing and China. All bands, all music, all Rock n Roll, all the time with a little side of eclectic topics.. best of all, it's still as BIASED as ever
