Are the Ramones really a “punk” band? Personally I don’t associate them with the punk movement of the 1970s [I do now--AF, 2017] but people here in Beijing seem to think they are the quintessential punks. At least judging from the tribute concert held last night at Mao Livehouse near the drum tower.
Read MoreA Chinese Rock Odyssey: On tour in Hunan and Wuhan with Beijing punk band SUBS and Veteran Rocker Cui Jian
A rundown of a three-day trip to Changsha in Hunan Province and Wuhan in Hubei, following the SUBS and Cui Jian on the road, and climaxing with the Cui Jian Concert on the Sands
Read MoreCourtesans, Hostesses, and Dancers in Old and New Shanghai
One of my current students, Amber Cussen, wrote this blog in reaction to our fieldtrip to Shanghai.
Read MoreRepublican Beijing: The City and Its Histories
This review was just published on MCLC. I am using Dong Yue's book for my course. It is the best single publication on Republican era Beijing, which compared with Shanghai has received precious little attention.
Read MoreProject Dementia Goes to Shanghai: An Interview with Wu Jun and a Night @ 4Live
While in Shanghai I was able to kill two birds with one stone, or as they say in Chinese, 一举两得 . Three birds really, since I also reuned with my family, but that’s another matter. While Sat and Sun were reserved for the CET fieldtrip (see my previous blog), Friday July 20 was a chance to reengage with Shanghai’s live music scene.
Read MoreA Mad Whirlwind Weekend in Shanghai: The CET summer field trip July 21-22
A recap of a madcap weekend in Shanghai with students from my class on urban Chinese history at CET Beijing
Read MoreFull Tilt: An Online Journal of East Asian Literature and Poetry in Translation
The Summer 2007 issue of Full Tilt: a journal of East-Asian poetry,
translation, and the arts is finally online at the following website:
Shanghai Baby Redux
A conversation with blogger Mikkitaro on Shanghai's notorious "Baby"
Read MoreProject Dementia Week 3: A Tsunami@2K, Jamming@Sugar Jar, Acoustic Glam@D22, and the usual Excess@PPG
More blogging on the Beijing rock scenes and nightlife...
Read MoreWelcome to Project Dementia: Week 3 in Beijing
A rundown of my week in Beijing, including visiting the rock club D22 in Wudaokou
Read MoreBEIJING ROCKS!!! The CH-INDIE Fest at Dos Kolegas
A blog about a two-day indie rock festival at 2 Kolegas, one of the premier rock clubs in Beijing's Chaoyang District
Read MoreA Rocking Week in Beijing: 13 Club and Kaiser
Descriptions of a night at 13 Club, a rock club in Wudaokou, Beijing, and a night hanging out with Chinese American rocker Kaiser Kuo
Read MoreRock It! A Crash Course in the Chinese Indie Music Scene
Description of a three-day rock music festival in Shanghai's Dino Water Park, featuring indie rock bands and musicians from all over China
Read MoreSex in China: The Times They Are a Changin'
I was thinking about interviewing my colleague James Farrer about this recent conference held in Beijing on sexuality in China, but Devin beat me to the punch. This interview is jacked from Devin's excellent website on global policy innovations:
Read More人在中国现在能读我的博客！People in China can now read my blog!
Now that I am living in China, I am painfully aware of the fact that this website is blocked. Nothing to do with the site per se, just that all Squarespace websites are currently blocked in China. In order to get around this, I've set up a sister site where I will be posting all my blogs. I will continue to use this site as it has already developed a readership, but will not be posting photos for a while, at least not in the blogs, since it is incredibly time consuming to do so.
My sister site is: http://www.myspace.cn/shanghaidrew
People who are linking to my site in China may wish to alert readers of this new site.
Cheers!
Andrew
Beijing or Bust: Documenting China's "Returnees"
My review of a doc film on overseas Chinese living in Beijing
Read MoreTrippin’ at the Hip-Hoppinest Club in Beijing: Propaganda
Description of a night at the popular hip-hop club in Wudaokou, Beijing, called Propaganda
Read MoreFreedom, Beijing Style
One of my projects while in Beijing is to research and experience the city’s notorious “underground” live music scene. The scene is not that underground really--for several years now clubs have been operating in the open, featuring gritty Chinese rock bands. One such club is 2Kolegas, which opened up two years ago. Run by veteran rocker Liu Miao 刘淼 and his partner , the club is located beyond the Third Ring Road on Liangmaqiao Street. It’s in a Drive-in Movie Theater Park. The area of its location is parkland--meaning field and forest. The club itself is small, and patrons can sit outside on a dirt-grass field and drink their beers while enjoying the (cough, splutter) clear Beijing night air.
Read MoreMuse: Shanghai's Toniest Nightclub?
If you want to see a slice of the Shanghai high life, go to Muse on a Friday night.
Read MoreA Stroll through the Shanghai Night
Last night a dinner engagement with an old friend fell through and my wife had her own dinner plans with former colleagues, leaving me in the city center with two hours of empty time--a precious commodity in Shanghai. I decided to take advantage of the opportunity to reacquaint myself with the Shanghai nightscape. From Xintiandi 新天地, where my wife and I had gone to have a cup of coffee, I strolled into the darkening evening, heading Bundward.
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