It’s a transient city, a transient lifestyle and it’s bound to happen sooner or later to most expat musos.. they leave! It was Mathieu Wahiche‘s turn… On a rainy November friday night at 2 Kolegas, friends and musicians gathered for one of the last 2 gigs he would be playing with his bandmates in Mademoiselle [...]
Tags: mademoiselle, Mathieu Wahiche
man this week just flew by. I’ve been mostly hibernating catching up with recordings from here and there but it’s time to look forward to the what the week end will bring musically: Thursday November 17th: Starfruit @ Jianghu: This one just sounds intriguing… progressive folk accompanied with Italian poetry reading. 40rmb entrance fee also [...]
Tags: Bloom In the Dark, Dengel, DH & the hellcats, free the birds, friend or foe, goth music, Lidong, mademoiselle, Nightingale, Residual Poem, ss20, starfish, Toreador, ZIYO
It’s been a beautiful beginning for october in Beijing with blue skies, mild temperatures and freaking empty roads… oh yeah! For those of us fortunate enough to be in Beijing and enjoying the quiet, it’s pretty cool. That said though, nightlife and music events are plentiful for the next few days… heck, there are so [...]
Tags: black cat bone, buyi, carsick cars, hsu-nami, iz, Lidong, lone, mademoiselle, Mamer, Misandao, Nucleus, Old What Bar, Pairs, randy abel stable, skarving, Song Yuzhe, The Unsafe, whai, Xia Band, Zhou yun Peng
It’s that time of the week where we look ahead at the next few days and all the musical goodness they bring to us. There’s plenty of action in and out of town to keep everyone happy so without further delay, let’s kick it: Thursday July 28 Cranberries @ Wukesong Dolores and her gang visit [...]
Tags: Blues Festival, buyi, Cd Blues Cafe, Cui Jian, ill nino, inMusic, mademoiselle, randy abel stable, xie tian xiao
I’m not sure where to start reviewing this baby because it’s so close to my heart and it’s very very very freaking biased but here comes folks! It’s gonna be a long one so buckle up and get a cup of coffee! I’ll start off by thanking 2 Kolegas for being the perfect venue and [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, back cat bone, Black Snakes, dazeFEAST, Dude, Lidong, mademoiselle, Maggie Who, Michael Dallin, Nucleus, randy abel stable, richard todd, ruby, wu & side effects, Zhang Si An
Yes folks, after threatening to do this for a while, we’ve take the plunge thanks to great friends all over Beijing that will make it possible! I’m announcing the first ( and probably only) ‘dazeFEAST to be held at 2 Kolegas Saturday June 25th 2011 What: ‘daze FEAST – A Celebration of Music & Fun [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, black cat bone, Chunqiu, dazeFEAST, Flying Mantas, mademoiselle, Maggie Who, Zhang Si An
I’m a Hard Rock/Metal kinda guy but I do have a soft sport of good old Jazz. From Louis Armstrong to Ella Fitzgerald and going through all the classics. French Jazz, with its little Gypsy flavor, also holds a special place in my heart with the likes of Boris Vian, Georges Brassens et Co. The [...]
Tags: mademoiselle
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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
