China Daily on Obama Win
YESＷＥCAN!!!!!! OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!
Where to go on Election Day in Shanghai, China?
Vlad and Friend Boris on Palin
Chinglish, Engrish? I dunno. Here's a mix from Shanghai and Wuhan.
The Legend of Bruce Lee
Watch Debate Replay in Shanghai
Soulfire in Nanjing!
Keeping Up With The Wangs???
Where I'm going tomorrow night:
Check Out My New Marriage Blog
Great place to get cheap and good sandwiches in Shanghai
China BOTY Soundtrack
More on today's floods
Floods in Shanghai
This hug was a little too long, Yao...
Olympics is done, but I had fun watching!
LEAVE LIU XIANG ALONE!!!
China's Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
SOULFIRE IS COMING TO SHANGHAI!!! 8-18!!!
For Those That Wonder If I Still Break...
Typhoon In China
Busy weekends this weekend and next weekend...
My Jeju Review
Redstar interview on Interhiphop
Chinese Drama On Trying to Make It With Hip-Hop
50 Moganshan Lu is the bomb
The Greenwich Village has finally come to Shanghai
Oh snap... Liu Xiang, WATCH OUT!
In Jeju, Korea two weeks from today...
Monsoon Season has arrived!!
No more plastic bags!!!
SOULFIRE IS COMING TO CHANGSHA!! 6-16!!!
Need Studio Space for rent in Shanghai? Soulfire's got your back.
YES WE CAN!!!
DJVibe.CN
Chinese Hip-hop Tune dedicated to the Earthquake
Graff in Shanghai
Take a day off, fool! It's Dragon Boat Festival!
HA HA HA: The Movie
I Heart Beca.
Response to Sharon Stone by Chinese Actor
Hiphop.cn's Xi You Ji Volume 2 Mixtape Is Out!!!
Sharon Stone on China Earthquake
The Last Time We're Going to Kowloon Ice House.
Last Stop - Xuzhou
Back to the Roots @ The Shelter - This Friday
The Forbidden Kingdon (Gong Fu Zhi Wang)
Saved after being trapped for over 180 hours... and gave birth!
How to Dress for Mourning...

Where to go on Election Day in Shanghai, China?

You might have noticed, I am really into this Election Day stuff. In Shanghai, there's a few thing you can do on the day of and even after the elections to wet your political appetite.

(Just a reminder, Election Night on the 4th in the US will be Election Morning for us in Shanghai on the 5th!!)

At Malone's from 7:30AM-12PM there will be a big breakfast for 85RMB. Lot of Barack Supporters over here.

AmCham's got something going on from 8:00-12:00 for a whopping 300 RMB (like 37 bucks!!!) at the Hilton on HuanShan Rd. Bring picture ID!

On the night of the 5th at Sasha's, my homies at Shanghaiist will host an "Election Afterparty". What a great flyer:

Chinglish, Engrish? I dunno. Here's a mix from Shanghai and Wuhan.

These are all from my cell.

"Take care of the gap." Make sure it gets plenty of food and water.

OK! OK!! OK!!! I'll be cautious!! My bad!

"Striving for national civilized city, I know, I participated in, I dedicated. Renovated during the construction period, cause inconvenience to you, after updating" ... I have nothing to say to this one...

Watch Debate Replay in Shanghai

Shanghai, Puxi: Malone's American Cafe, Puxi. REPLAY @ 5P. [255 Tongren Ren Lu, Puxi. (021) 6247 2400]. For info contact David, 15801879271.

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Where I'm going tomorrow night:

Great place to get cheap and good sandwiches in Shanghai

More on today's floods

Found this on Shanghai Daily...

"The rainfall in many local districts exceeded 50 millimeters per hour, far more than the city

Floods in Shanghai

Uh-Oh... Better get MAACO...

There are floods happening all over the city today in about 60 different streets around Shanghai. There's been torrential downpour for the last several weeks here. The lightning and thunder doesn't help with the sleeping or waking up easy thing, but because of this flood (pictured above is view of the exit outside of Hongqiao Road Metro Station), I can't go to work.

This is kind of a good thing, I was feeling a bit under the weather anyway. Looks like Shanghai is under the weather as well.

Just in time for the Shanghai World Expo, and a great way to say goodbye to the Beijing Olympics.

Zhong Guo, Jia You!!!

Olympics is done, but I had fun watching!

Even Google is celebrating!

This year's Olympics has been pretty special for me. Firstly, I've seen more Olympic events during this Olympics than all of the others combined, US Basketball is kicking butt and it's the first time i've ever truly rooted for China teams though different events.

I don't know how people in the US or other parts of the world feel about the Olympics, but the feeling here is a sense of satisfaction. At first, it the opening ceremony was seen as a bit too Chinese, but then as the events got going, everyone was watching. A lot of companies were selling large screen TV's in malls and everyone was watching ping-pong or beach volleyball on their TV's right in the middle of the mall.

China's Gold medal streak was quite impressive, but I would only expect that out of a host country. But also, China learned a lt more about the skils about the competitng countries. I rememeber when Phelps took home 8 medals and Bolt literally bolted through the 100 and 200 meter dash effortlessly winning gold after gold, record after record. Look at Phelps influence on China... CCTV would run broadcasts on what he eats (15,000 calories a day or something... good god.), his college career in swimming and all of his interviews. It was like China had a lot to learn from him because they kept on stating that the US has the environment of swimming where China doesn't.

But for all those that don't know... China 20 years ago wasn't like this. people were trying to eat then, people were trying to get an education. It was a different country then... As far as China is concerned, sport, particularly organized sport for the public masses is STILL a luxury. But I think that this year's Olympics and China's wins and losses will bring a a new sense and pride in sport for China and the people here for years to come.

Next up, the World Expo in Shanghai! (And I'm sure Shanghai will go through a similar clean-up as Beijing... Oh boy...)

Haibao is ready.

SOULFIRE IS COMING TO SHANGHAI!!! 8-18!!!

Watch out, Shanghai... We're coming home!!!

After all this work, research and pulling strings... You can find Soulfire on Shanghai radio everyday on Shanghai's China Business Network (Di Yi Cai Jing) on FM 97.7 starting August 18th. We'll be on at night starting at 9:30PM.

For Those That Wonder If I Still Break...

Here's proof positive....

OK, so a lot of my moves are the same, but I still got it!

This was at the China BOTY 2008 that happened a few weeks ago. If youa re looking for some clips of the performances and battles, scroll though these search results here. You'll be happy to hear that a lot of the perfromances contain quite a few Chinese culturally related themes. Great job, Caster Dance.

Oh yeah.... get the CD.

Typhoon In China

A lot of water, a lot of typhoon.

7/28, 7:30 AM: Zoe and I head over to the gym and we notice a strange gusts of winds blowing through our complex. The clouds are moving at a super fast speed. It's hot, but cool at the same time and it's been sunny way too much for the last months.

This must mean only one thing...

7/28, 10:00 PM: All is warm and dry outside like normal. We're walking back to our apartment with bags of groceries from Carrefour and some shoes we got from the underground market near the 2 metro stop when all of the sudden.

WHOOOOOOOOSHHHHH!!

It's sudden downour. The open doors in our house shut loudly... BLAM! Oh! The windows are open! It's a fury of wind and rain for 20 minutes...

This must mean only one thing... A typhoon has finally hit Shanghai. It's that time of the year!

7/29, today: cloudy, cool, strong winds, but nothing that could knock over people, cars or buildings, but stong enough that you know the weather has changed a ton. Kind of feels like Fall.

Actually, I like the typhoon, I can actually breathe again after all this humidity!

Busy weekends this weekend and next weekend...

These weeks have been pretty crazy and busy since my lovely time in Jeju with the wifey. But, as they say, the show must go on!

This Saturday, Redstar has a show at Hangzhou's G+ from 10pm-2am. We'll aslo be on FM 99.6 from 2pm-3pm to do a live interview on the air. Be there for that.

Next weekend on the 18th is the China DMC Championship. Find out more here!

The day after on the 19th is China BOTY Final. Find out more info here and don't sleep! (I know I won't!)

50 Moganshan Lu is the bomb

I need to go there more often...

The last time I was at 50 Moganshan Lu, I was working with the 'Nanking' movie crew at Art Deco. Zoe and I finally found a reason to go checking out second hand fleamarket for our friend Kuli.

The place is full of art studios, clothing designers, antique furniture stores, bookstores and cafes. It's the SoHo of Shanghai, but a bit smaller, more Chinese and trendier.

On our way out, I bumped into two Middlebury alums who also studied Chinese and now live in Hangzhou. They loved the place and would love to go back.

Here's more pics!

Speaking of the fleamarket, my boy Shige (You might recognize him as DJ Shige if you are around Shanghai) had his stuff on sale there and also runs his own little business on the side selling battle breaks and DJ equipment on-line and via e-mail at Scratch Temple. You can contact him at mail@scratchtemple.com. He knows his stuff.

The Greenwich Village has finally come to Shanghai

This was taken on the 2 line in Shanghai... How did I miss this?

The guy in the red with the glasses looks a little... uncomfortable...

"It's gotta be the shoes."

On the note of 'interesting' people on the train, there's this portly guy who (I saw him on the 1 train with my wife) gets on the train, starts ranting away some speeches, preaches about life and current events on the train out loud. It's kind of funny. If anyone can find videos or stories on this guy, please send them in.

Monsoon Season has arrived!!

Get your umbrella... ella... ella... eh... eh... eh...

When in Shanghai, or any part of China, during this time of the year, expect VERY STRANGE weather. It'll last for about 2-3 weeks. Also, expect a lot of rain. (Even if you don't expect it, expect it.) Carry a small umbrella in your bag. It's going to be wet and then riduclously hot...

Here's some music to get you going during these rainy, cloudy days. Cheeah!!

Need Studio Space for rent in Shanghai? Soulfire's got your back.

Our engineers are hard at work and are ready to make you sound GOOD!

Find out more here! I'll put up a permanent link VERY SOON!

Graff in Shanghai

Props to Adam S. from Danwei on this one. (AI DE MAN 4 LIIIFE!) Graff = Graffitti = Cool Street Art

I Heart Beca.

So Chill... Oh, So Chill...

As some of you guys might remember, I work in Redtown (Hong Fang) and it's a really cool place to work. It's not just because I can make the "big bucks" (not yet...) and record dope shows, there's a lot of cool artsy and fashionable stuff around here. What's in fashion now?

One word: BECA

Everytime I pass by this place for lunch, especially now that it's (just about) summertime, the place is packed! Zoe and I just had two glasses of white wine, apple crepes and a glass of sweet ice tea for under 10 bucks. (we used our Enjoy Card of course! Saved 7 kuai, fool!) The place is quite relaxing and there were no flies in the wine. Mad love.

Sharon Stone on China Earthquake

Sharon Stone in Shanghai. How ironic...

Thoughts?

The Last Time We're Going to Kowloon Ice House.

Sorry, I can't do it... I can't go back.

Kowloon Ice House is a prety popular snack chain in China (a lot in Shanghai) full of snacks, drinks and nice light foods. Once you step inside, the place is full of Hong Kong karaoke and pictures. It's a great spot, especially if you are a fan of HK pop culture, like yours truly.

But after tonight, I think the next time I'm look for that nostalgic feeling, I'll take a flight to HK instead...

After the gym, Zoe and I decided we would go for a snack. I ordered some soup, curry and some drinks. The first thing I noticed before I ordered is that the menu changed. Originally, it was one sheet with selections on the front and back. it was quite clear and easy to follow. Now, it's a thick book with old plastic covers for each page, new dishes (that almost look like a restaurant rather than a snack house) and the prices are sky high. A lot of the small dishes they used to serve... GONE. Now, I'm not a big fan of these changes, but I can deal.

The part that bugged me was there was a fly in the soup...

That's ok, fairly normal, it happens, especially in this weather. We told the staff about it, and they wanted to change it, but fearing that they'll just dump the fly out and give us the same soup, we decided they can just strike it off of our check. No big deal.

Next up, I found a fly in my iced coffee. That's enough. We told them about this too and they had the nerve to say that the fly JUST flew in. (Right so in between you guys walking from the kitchen over to our table, the fly flew in our soup...)

Zoe and I were in shock. Now, in the mall where this Kowloon Ice House is located, you can't find any flies around where we were sitting, and flies like to be around food, especially where there's lots of food... MAYBE, just MAYBE, their kitchen has some issues. I mean, when we found the bug in the soup, it was underneath all the lettuce, and I don;t think the fly was just going for a swim.

Heck, even the white spoon we recieved had all these black spots and marks all over it. Later w got two spoons, with half of the marks gone...

We wanted our money back, all of it. We weren't going to spend nearly 20 bucks (I'm talking in USD here, not RMB) on non-hygenic food. There are other people around ordering as well. After the fuss and battling between us and the waitresses, we finally got our money back... but not our appetite.

I can't go back there because of this. We go for the quality, but if it's gonna be like this, I'd rather go for street food instead. Stop cutting corners!

Back to the Roots @ The Shelter - This Friday

Freakin' beautiful flyer, Gary.

China's best non-pretentious party is back. Be there.

Days of Mourning in China, May 19th-21st

Huge gathering in Tiananmen Square this afternoon.

Today is the first of three days of mourning for the Sichuan Earthquake in China which happened on 5/12. Today, millions of Chinese dressed in black and white, TV station, websites are in black and white letters and backgrounds, and for 3 minutes from 2:58pm-3:01pm, Chinese (and foreigners like yours truly) paused from work, honked their horns, prayed and placed our thoughts on those affected by this tragedy.

Words such as "Unification", "Love" and many words of patriotism and support for this country have come about in a way I've never seen before.

No, this isn't a scary thing, but it's a kind of appreciation of life and people that I've never seen before firsthand in China. It's been amazing.

My wife and I dressed in all black today in respect to the vitims of the tragedy. All movies theaters, bars, clubs and other places of entertainment are temporarily closed during this mourning period. As I've mentioned in a previous post, the mouning period will last from today until the 21st of May.

To wrap up this post, I was watching a TV news report on CCTV with tens upon thousands of Chinese citizens in Tianman Square. Men and women, young and old all chanting one thing: "Zhongguo, Jia You!, Sichuan, Jia You!" (China, Go Go!! Sichuan, Go Go!!)

With everything that's happened this year, from the Olympic Torch issue in Paris, Tibet, Love China on MSN, the Olympics countdowns and now this... We're seeing a new China. Not just the economic powerhouse... but the patriotic, moral and spiritual China.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those families affected in Sichuan. Also, I don;t care if you are from China, the US or anywhere around the world, remember, life is very important, support those that need the help and show love to your neighbor. This is more than politics, this is LIFE. Peace.

512

3 minutes of mourning held in China today...

China, Day One Of Mourning Period for Sichuan Earthquake victims. (May 19-21)

My Wedding Pictures

If you like this, you'll love the other pictures we took!!!

Taking wedding pictures is an expereince, an all day experience. And in China, it's unforgettable.

Zoe and I went to the Shanghai's Forest park, took some more pics in the studio, and even headed to the Bund. Al of this was by Masa LiLi. It was fun and the price wasn't too bad. The wedding market is pretty big out here, so of course, the quality matches the price just right.

After taking so many pics in the hot weather... I started to get sick. Zoe held on pretty tight, so I'm pretty proud of my little model. =) Love you, babe!

So yeah, if you are in China, there's a lot of options for wedding pics. I think Zoe and I made a great choice... Next stop... actually having a wedding! haha! =)

Redstar Intro on Hip-Hop.CN

MoJo reppin' Redstar for Hiphop.cn

(The following is a translation/transcript by yours truly.)

Ready? OK.

I'm MoJo from Brooklyn, NY, but now, I'm in Shanghai with Redstar, we are a dope hiphop group. Redstar is revolution. We Are Revolution.

We're going to change the shape of China Hip-Hop by giving it more elements, depth and sophistication. This is us, we represent Shanghai, we represent real hip-hop, international hip-hop, China hip-hop, we got it all.

Check it, we were on NPR, and even they wanted to interview us. Take a look at that! Now we're on HipHop.cn. Shoutouts to Hip-Hop.cn for supporting us. We need that support. We need more people like us, more hardworking hip-hop groups.

This makes me think about a picture we have where we were walking down this street and there's this long road behind us in the picture. That picture represents the long road an mc has, a producer has, a band has, particularly a hip-hop band has long and difficult.

But now we're here for the service of the people. The service of China and the service of the entire world. This is our most important and main goal. Holler... Hiphop.cn 4 liiiife!

(Singing "Who We Be" Chorus with Tangking)(Beatboxing)

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Back to the music... Enjoy this tune called "Xun Zhao" (Searching). It's not done yet, but I think you'll still like it.

Nanjing... we back in tha building!

1912 in Nanjing

Once again, I returned to Nanjing and when I arrived, I realized so much has changed. Firstly, the town is a lot greener with more trees. Secondly, there are way more foreigners living there than I've ever seen. Lastly, 1912 has finally become a huge part of Nanjing's dining, nightlife and overall entertainment experience.

1912, as you might know, is called 1912 because in 1912, Nanjing became the capital of China with the country's first president, Sun Yat-sen. (Not far from 1912 is the Presidential Palace.) 1912 was a great time for Nanjing because it shows Nanjing at a time when it was bustling and becoming the true epicenter of China.

Almost 100 years later, it's getting back to that feel from 1912 at the formentioned entertainment district. Full of cuisines from Thai, local Chinese to KFC and more bars and clubs that you can shake a stick at. I perfromed there with Chivas last Saturday night at a place called Fei Bi Club (aka Phoebe Club). The place had a bit too much neon lights and metalic frames for my tasts (which is very common in Chinese clubs), so I did take a trip to Little Scarlet along with my wife, DJ Melkman, along with local friends Yuichiro (my Midd class mate and GT representer), Miki (From F&W and in-nanjing.net) and his girlfriend, and Kai.

If you're looking to move away from the 1912 spots, I would sugest two more places also worth checking out:

Nanjing's Underground Mall (aka Fashion Lady)

You want sneakers, high heels, dresses, shirts, hats and sunglasses for cheap (or relatively cheap), you got it all here. There's like 2-3 floors ful of tiny stores where you can bargain for all your clothing needs. I find that the fit for most of the clothes here is a bit small for me, particularly in the shoes department, but otherwise, it's great if you are a gal looking for a bargain and different styles that, chances are, other people won't have.

The place is full of people, I would recommend going on Sunday afternoon where it is a little easy to walk through. The spot is not far from Xinjiekou across the street from Dong Fang Shang Cheng Shopping Mall (which now has the real Gucci and Armani stores???) near the Jinling Hotel.

Planta

Planta is a Thai food/lounge/bar/club in Nanjing. It's pretty far away from other clubs and kinf of hard tofind because it's way behind some science building. When you areive at Planta, you'll find plenty of couches, dimmed lights and chill music. When I was first there with Aric in '06, there was noone there. Last Saturday, When I was there with Zoe, I thought I was at Glamour Bar on a Friday night. It was packed with people, Chinese and foreigners alike, all dressed in black with downtempo and acid jazz playing and folks schmoozing. Call it pretentious, call it cool, but this is a change for Nanjing, finally, an alternative for all.

Anyway, that's all for now. This Friday is Hangzhou at Lin Ping Ben Se.

China Quake

Folks out an about in Beijing after earthquake....

It was a very similar scene in Shanghai, many folks evacuated high rise buildings and took to the streets after the earthquake happened yesterday afternoon at aound 3:15pm. I personally didn't feel the earthquake or notice it, even though I was in a meeting at Soulfire at the time. Our office is quite low and not much was affected.

However, several friends of mine working in skyscrapers told me the opposite. Most told me it wasn't too heavy of a rumble, but the shaking did knock some stuff down off of cabinets and walls.

Anyway, I am doing ok over here and Shanghai, from what I've seen, is all good. But my prayers go out to all the folks over in Sichuan, particularly in Chengdu.

Just when you though Facebook was the last straw... Here's Shanghai Stuff...

This weekend in Shanghai... Which I will miss...

Cool vid on The Lab

Check out this video on The Lab (Shi Yan Shi) in Shanghai and check out how these guys live, eat, sleep and breathe DJ! (In Mandarin Chinese)

(Towards the end, there's a bit of a surprise... for you AND me both!)

Shanghai Jazz

This guys's got it...

Wanna know how I know so much about Jazz on Soulfire... Here's my origional teacher, JQ Whitcomb. He's been involved in the jazz scene in Shanghai for YEARS and he knows what's up... SO, if you wanna know about the jazz scene in Shanghai (as well as the rest of China...) Check out Shanghai Jazz Scene.

For those that don't know, Shanghai has a pretty rich jazz history, from swingin' at The Paramount back in the hey days, to vibin' at The Peace Hotel, to jamming out at JZ Club, Shanghai is all about jazzing it up...

I'm still looking for folks to work with me on a jazz/hip-hop collabo!!

P1

I just got stopped by these guys on the street today.

They're called P1 and they are a social networking /party picture/ style site targeted for Chinese with social spending power.

I know, I'm not Chinese... I guess they saw some dude dressed with a little bit of style and thought I was interesting... Anyway, check it out. You might even see me on the site.

Soulfire is looking for hosts/presenters!

Grab the mic and show millions all over China what you got!

We're looking for presenters/hosts at Soulfire. If you speak Mandarin Chinese and you're into this opportunity, please contact ruby.jiang@soulfire.cn. Good luck!

Back on Channel Young Again!

Miami Vice Revisitied?

No, it's for a show called "Kong Jing Zi" on their program "Jin Ri Ying Xiang" on Channel Young. It's on tonight at 9:30 in Shanghai. They make over people in different office and they stopped by the Soulfire office to pay us a visit. Lucky me, I was one of the one's chosen... I guess I'm THAT BAD... *sniff*...

More and more folks are into the makeover thing out here in China, which was definitely big in the states in the 90's with the likes of Ricki Lake (Go Ricki! Go Ricki!!) and Jenny Jones. (Remember, "From Geek to Chic?")

Anyway, I had fun doing it, but I didn't really like the pink jacket.. it was a bit... too... pink... But I'm glad I could have a chance to re-live my dream to become Philip Michael Thomas (or Jamie Foxx for that matter...) in the flesh.

If you can watch Channel Young tonight, please do. I beatbox too. Holler.

Nas in Shanghai

I'll believe it when it's all 100% confirmed.

More info here...

Congrats to Jay-Z and Beyonce!

China Eastern, Strike, What?

Redstar video for Fullbright Scholar Angela Steele and Lila Babb and their project, DONG TING

Enjoy.

Redstar

More on the project.... DONG TING!!!

(BTW... FIVE days till my birthday!)

Chinese People Exersizing Early In The Morning

This isn't a cult, people! It's old people exersizing in China!!

(I hope this doesn't offend anyone, this is just an observation!)

My wife and I wake up everyday at 6am to get ready for work. I generally walk her over to the subway and send her on her way. This is great for two reasons: 1. I send my wife off feeling energized and ready to go, whcih also makes me feel energized to work that day as well. 2. I can watch old Chinese people geting in some good early morning exersize!

(Note: It's prety much never younger Chinese because they are generally busy getting ready for a long day at the office.)

This morning, from my terrace, I watched an old Chinese woman in her 70's clapping her hands while walking and sitting around the pond in the middle of our complex. There was no music playing. She wasn't applauding for a show. Nor was she trying to compose a Just Blaze beat. She was just clapping.

I'm used to seeing this interesting form of exersize having lived in China for over three years, but I had to ask my wife for myself just what the heck is going on...

Me: Why is this lady clapping her hands like she's calling to aliens or something?

Wife: (Smiles) What do you mean?

Me: Y'know, she's clapping her hands like she's doing a rain dance or reaching out to her ancestors through ESP or something. (Note: Today's Qingming Jie by the way... so I have my reasons fo the ancestor thing..) She's staring around her too... Yo, look at this!

Wife: (Laughs) No, that's just to get more circulation through her body, that's all...

Yes, so it's all exersize. If you see old people walking around slapping and hitting their own bodies, walking backwards, or singing opera songs to themselves, they aren't possessed... it's exersize.

I have to give these people a lot of credit though, I mean, if this is why Chinese live so long, maybe we all should get into these crazy looking exersizes as well... Alas, gyms are starting to take form out here (I work out at a gym myself...), and well... these exersizes do kind of look goofy... to the untrained eye...

I heard that a lot of these movements are a part of a traditional Chinese exersize called Qi Gong. (And Qi Gong makes any weak looking person feel pretty darn gangster.

Anyway, here are some more videos of old people doing some interesting "exersizes". Respect the game, don't hate the player.

This is my favorite video because in the begining of the video, the ldy in the blue is basically popping. She makes the corny song sound pretty dope!

DJ Kentaro at The Shelter

Yogi Duncan Wong

China Street Food - Bing Tang Hu Lu (Part One)

Deadly Delicious

Look for Urban Culture in China via Urban Magazine

Happy Spring!

Listen to Redstar

Redstar at The Shelter Saturday before last.

This Friday, DJ Roli Rho is at The Shelter. Warming up are your local hometown heroes: Redstar.

Check out our song above called "Who We Be", which is about: who... we... be... Obvously.

10PM this Friday! Don't sleep!

And China's Premier is...

Wen Jiabao (I think he's thinking... "You press guys give me a headache THIS BIG!!")

Honestly, I didn't know Wen Jiabao was going for re-election until today. I used to not understand why most people in China didn't know about Chinese elections... but now, I understand. It isn't like another election (slash paegant) happening this year that everyone in the world knows about.

(Actually, the news for the American Elections is bigger than most Chinese news... Shhh... Don't tell anyone!)

Anyway, I checked out the boob tube today and saw Premier Wen in all his glory while I was at my favorite Lanzhou Ramen place... It was so ironic because while in the Lanzhou Ramen spot, as an American, I listened to Premier Wen (in very clear and slow Chinese) talk about all my favorite issues (Both begin with a capital T...): Tibet and Taiwan.

I want to keep my blog, so I'll just leave it at that! But I'll say this... There a lot of changes and things happening here in China...

(But I loved being able to have a great Strawberry Milkshake with my wife last night at Metro Town.)

Will Chinese Hip-Hop ever take itself seriously?

Getting your wisdom tooth removed in China..

Neocha

A video I found on You Tube on NeoCha.

NeoCha, aka Xin Cha (New Tea) is like MySpace for creative types in China. Redstar is on there too. Here's our (currently so-so) site.

It's started by Sean L. and John L., one dude from B6 and another cat. Sean, John and I go back in our Hopkins-Nanjing days. Crazy, huh?

Sean, if you reading this, get the site fixed. Don't tell me you guys are blocked already! See you at The Lab's 2-year aniversary next week at The Shelter? (I can't make it tomorrow, I'm going to the dentist and I got a marriage aniversary to prep for over the weekend. I'll be at the one after!)

Bjork in Shanghai

This song's called "Declare Independence".

I'm not going to say anything to you guys, except listen carefully and discuss. This was from her concert last Sunday in Shanghai.

Anyway, I think Bjork is one of the most creative and innovative music artists in the world and I love her song with Rahzel.