It’s feeling like spring already. The weather is warming up, the parties are rocking and it’s become extremely difficult to find time to spend a quiet evening at home with all the happenings around town. The next few days promise more of the same. So, here’s some of the stuff I’m looking forward to: Bertie [...]
Tags: Bookworm Literary Festival, Dude, Ghost Spardac, jue festival, mademoiselle et les chinoix, me guan me
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
About a year ago, yours truly decided to start keeping track on my meanderings around Beijing on this little blog! I had no idea if i would be able to keep it up or what I was gonna be writing about after a while! Heck, the first 2 posts were about trips to walmart and [...]
Tags: Free Music, freebies, giveaway, mademoiselle et les chinoix
Marie-Claude Lebel, aka Mademoiselle, has been and still is one of my favorite musical acts in the city! I could go on for hours about how amazing she is and how she puts on some of the best live performances and commands a stage with the technique and presence of an seasoned military general. She [...]
Tags: Beijing 人, mademoiselle, mademoiselle et les chinoix, Marie Claude
It was just about 9 months ago when i first came across Girls Are Waiting to Meet You at the French Cultural Center in Beijing (read it here) . A lot has happened since then: The band survived the GAWTMY curse long enough to release an album and play a few gigs then lead singer [...]
Thursdays are now the de-facto night for live music in Beijing with a multitude of choices all across the spectrum. All the usual suspects have something going and you’re no doubt aware of what your favorite spot is doing! If the Dazemeister wasn’t otherwise occupied, these are the spots where i would head to for [...]
Tags: Ginkgo, jazz, live music, mademoiselle et les chinoix, nearby the tree
This is turning out to be my favorite new combo for tunes and liquids: Mademoiselle’s brand of classic uptempo gipsy jazz mixed with Enoteca’s great wine selection On Friday May 8, 2009 starting at 8:30 p.m. It’s one HIGHLY recommended way to unwind and TGIF Mademoiselle et Les Chinois This is the most common incarnation [...]
Tags: enoteca, live music, mademoiselle et les chinoix, wine
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
The Food-related posts are stopping on 'daze! They have a new home over at The Noodle Diaries where you can find all the tales of my stomach's adventures through the universe of Chinese Food
