Mamer & Song Yuzhe: opposites attract at Jianghu
Let me set the scene. In one corner you have a guy sitting on a stool, wearing a black t-shirt and jeans, shoulder wavy length hair sticking out of a black cap pulled down...
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The great Beijing gig crawl: three venues, five bands, one great night in the ‘Jing.
Sometimes I wonder if the sheer amount of shows on in this city is a blessing or a curse. There’s been countless times I’ve wanted to split myself in 3 to make sure I...
Taking the Beijing Blues to America – Alan Paul talks about his book ‘Big in China’
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...
Weekend Quickslants: Music, Art and Sex Toys – a little something for everyone
While BD is away sipping cocktails on the beaches of Vietnam, the rest of us here are braving the icy Beijing winds looking for places to escape the cold. Things will soon be winding...
Music for AIDS Awareness and Beijing’s Musicians Coming Together: 10 Questions with William Gray
One could argue that music/concerts have been one of the better publicized ways of draw attention or fundraising for a certain issue! Live Aid, Farm Aid etc… We’ve had concerts in Beijing held to...
Lockdown in Nanluoguxiang or the Days the music died?
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...
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