I’m loving March so far and it’s just gotten started! This is gonna be one hell of a music month by the look of things and that is not a complaint.
Bad Mamasan, the Heavy Metal outit fronted by Jaime Welton ( Dirty Deeds, Black Cat Bone) is finally waking up from their never [...]
Tags: Bad Mamasan, Dude, Dylan, live music, Show of Peace
I posted this yesterday but the server trolls decided they were hungry and just swallowed it whole, so here comes it again!
Chinese New Year celebrations did put a damper on live shows in the capital so one’s gotta find a different way of getting their music fix. In my case, I use Douban to catch [...]
Tags: Hedgehog, Maggie Who, randomk(e), The Subs
Not much happening here folks, please move along!
so yeah, it Chinese New Year in Beijing and the city has come to a halt! No live shows, restaurants shut down, people leaving town for warmer beach-ier pastures. What of us the ones that are left behind? what are we gonna do to distract ourselves? well, [...]
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 [...]
Standing on the gallows with my head in a noose
Any minute now I’m expecting all hell to break loose
People are crazy and times are strange
I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range
I used to care, but things have changed
This place ain’t doing me any good
I’m in the wrong town, I should be in Hollywood
Just for [...]
Tags: Best Live Shows, canceled shows, Cui Jian, festivals, live music, XTX
My oh my… you can feel that Spring Festival is around the corner with the live action slowly slowing down at least during weeknights and most of the fun concentrated on Fridays and Saturdays.
Can’t stay that there was anything of substance taking place this week and tonight is the first night that stuff is [...]
I came across the peace show website last week and was flabbergasted that no one in Beijing or China had spoken of it or about it considering how big of a deal it was. A little blog post and a side tweet got a few folks on it looking for details but there were none [...]
Tags: humble pie, Jimmy Page, xie tianxiao, XTX
Ok, after a small break in heavy good acts, we’re back to regular services with a whole lotta shows this week! While there are a whole bunch of ok options at the usual suspects each evening, here are the standouts:
Bad Apples make their return to the scene after weeks of banishment in Solana. They [...]
We know how to take a joke in Beijing! heck, we joke all the time about having the Beastie Boys, Bjork and Bob Dylan play a show together and we smile.
Then, the news falls out of the sky that Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, among other artists including Prince, Green Day, Beyonce, Coldplay, Black Eyed Peas, [...]
So, 2K9 is down in the books. we’ve jumped head first into 2K10 and the door was slammed behind us signaling a “no going back” policy!
I made it to loads of concerts, managed to eat plenty of meals and have a boatload of drinks. Which ones stood out?
Best Live Performance:
- Dirty Deeds for their [...]
Tags: Dirty Deeds, na jia xiao guan, redbucks, xinjiang food, XTX, ZIYO
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. 