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September 2, 2010 1

Beijing Weekend Quickslants: Redbucks, Ember, Panbianr and mad drummers

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

A strange weekend this shall be in Beijing with actually quite a few events around town in the next 4 days that are worth checking out. Of course this will also mark the second to last performance from Daisy Sweetgrass with The Redbucks before she goes stateside.
Thursday September 2:
Blackwater @ Jianghu:
Traditional Irish Folk [...]

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August 31, 2010 0

Goodbye Miss Daisy…

By Beijing Daze in Beijing 人, Tunes under the moon, blabbers

It’s a sad day in ‘daze headquarters…
wow.. I still remember roughly about two years ago or so, hanging out at TUN on a tuesday night for open mic night with Beijing Rob and Johnny Boy, taking in the music coming from the stage but mostly having some sort of conversation when this angelic voice [...]

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August 31, 2010 2

Hang on the Box returns, sort of.. and my first time at Hot Cat Club

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

There were a few things happening last saturday in Beijing in terms of entertainment but your truly was particularly curious about one of them events: Hang on the Box relaunching at Hot Cat Club on the same bill as Rustic, The Dancers and 诱导社 Lure. It was also a good chance to finally check out [...]

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August 27, 2010 4

Lockdown in Nanluoguxiang or the Days the music died?

By Ruby in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

Two gigs shut down at two different NanLuoGuXiang venues inside one week, is it simply the police flexing their authority for a little while or the start of something more serious?
I wasn’t at Jianghu last Thursday, but I was getting reports during the night from friends who were. Three songs into their set Jean-Sébastien and [...]

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August 25, 2010 2

News to Ooze and music quickslants all in one: HOTB is back, ZIYO lineup and the Old guard

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

This week’s shows:
Ok.. No real quickslants this week in music as all the good gigs seem to be happening on friday with one or two exceptions: Back to Basic at the worker’s stadium with the old guard that is uniting for the first time ever on the same bill with Cui Jian, Tang Dynasty, Black [...]

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August 24, 2010 4

Global Times seeking controversy where there is none or are they?

By Beijing Daze in blabbers

I usually try keep things simple and mostly blog about shows i go to and restaurants I eat at without overanalyzing things.. not really much into commenting on other people’s articles but I’m gonna make an exception this time around thanks to the good folks at Global Times and two of their articles I came [...]

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August 12, 2010 0

Capoeira Madinga in Beijing: have some fun, meet some folks, get some rhythm

By Beijing Daze in blabbers

The Capoeira Madinga group is slowly coming back together after a major disruption last year due to losing the main teacher, Ed. After a few shaky months where Van and Jun did all they could to keep this going, it’s back to its previous glory with a decent core group that trains once/twice a week.

Yours [...]

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August 9, 2010 0

Festivals Galore: Max Star Powers Ditan and Prayers for Tanglewood.

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

If I read somewhere else that “2010 is the year of festivals in China”, I just might puke. Yes, there are a lot of Festivals being organized but it is soo freaking chaotic, incestuous, repetitive and random that I’m not sure this is good for the industry at this point. Anyways, 2 more on their [...]

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August 5, 2010 4

Forbidden Underground, Rock Incubator: The Old What Bar celebrates 8 years of music in Beijing

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

Tucked right around the corner from the forbidden city, a stone throw away from that famous square, lies one of Beijing’s most underrated, often forgotten and strangely endearing dive music venues: The Old What? bar (老WHAT酒吧). If you haven’t heard of the place or haven’t been there, no worries, you’re not the only one…. and [...]

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August 3, 2010 8

Electric Beijing or how i joined the e-bike revolution with a Yamaha Metis Max

By Beijing Daze in blabbers

I posted last week about the complexities and steps required to procure a driver’s license and motorcycle license plate in Beijing which can be quite a process if you wanna do it all legally… which i did! After a few weeks of trying really hard to procure myself a gas-powered two-wheeler, I finally gave up [...]

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