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 [...]
Tags: ditan park, Max Star Festival, modern sky, Tanglewood
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: e-bike, motorcycles, riding around Beijing
Interesting weekend ahead music wise in Beijing with a few good – if not great- shows going head to head with a music festival over 3 days. So check out the Inmusic Festival post for more details about getting your fix of blue sky & grass (maybe) they have some decent acts lined up, especially [...]
Tags: candy monster, guaili, Zippo Hot List
In my quest for a 2 wheeler in Beijing, it’s been extremely difficult to gather updated information on processes and legal steps until I came across this little gem by user Settha Lee who did the bulk of the research. I’m reposting it here on Beijing Daze to make it easier to find for others.
Since [...]
Tags: beijing motorcycles, driver license, Jing A, Jing B, motorcycles
I spend a lot of time out at shows trying to stay in touch with the music scene and writing about it as much as I can but really from a fan perspective. I do manage to get around the Gulou area, yugong yishan, 2 Kolegas etc… and have a good sense of the scene’s [...]
Tags: D-22, Pete DeMola
It’s been one hell of a week here a Daze HQ and the weekend couldn’t arrive fast enough.. No quickslants this week as to be honest with you, I didn’t see anything worth going out of the way for. That said, there are some cool happening in the next few months to mention:
Return Of the [...]
Since before i took off for South Africa to catch some world cup fever, there’s been talk about how the period of “June 11 to July 11″ is and will be the month where the music died… Football and the world cup took over Beijing and put shows on the back burner. It was mostly [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, Ember Swift, Jean Sebastian Heru, Jess Meider, Jets Overhead, The Dancers
Hallo… miss me? Of course not! Especially with the lovely Ruby at the helm while I was away keeping things in control and bringing the goodies. Well, I’m baaaaack and ready for some good music to recover from almost 3 weeks of deprivation. We’re on home stretch for the world cup but there are definitely [...]
Tags: abigail washburn, boardgames, books, Misandao
The World Cup still holds it’s grip over Beijing nightlife this weekend with vuvuzela being the instrument de jour. It’s relatively quiet on the music front, but Saturday has some gigs not to be missed.
Thursday June 24
Zhang Si’an @ Jianghu
One of the city’s busiest musicians Jean-Sébastien gave us some free music a couple [...]
Tags: Jean Sebastian Heru, rustic, The Redbucks, Zippo Hot List
Welcome to my little collections of ramblings and comments about Beijing Live Music Scene, Chinese Restaurants in Beijing as well as any weird and quirky cultural ditties that i might come across!
