Archive for June, 2008

Manzou, Pengyous

June 29th, 2008 by

My heart has been so heavy that it’s taken me three days to report the departure of Victor Noriega and Willie Blair. They have returned to the heart of the self assumed western supremacy system, the old US of A. They took the scene up at least a notch, if not several, and we hope [...]

Tight Times: Anatomy of a Jam

June 26th, 2008 by

Don’t worry, ducklings, I’m on an even keel again, but last week was pretty up and down with Wednesday being the most disruptive day. I woke up in the morning and went to a bar to watch the Boston Celtics win their 17th NBA championship and mercilessly squash the love ‘em (as most of China [...]

Spanish Silent Movies with Live Music at MoCA

June 13th, 2008 by

This next Sunday, June 15th, will be the first event created by the new Cultural Section of the Spanish Consulate in Shanghai. This will be the first of three Sundays, all part of the series named Cinestesia, Spanish silent movies with Live Music. Sara Abad, from the Cultural Section of the Spanish Consulate, explains she [...]

Joy Division

June 11th, 2008 by

Two weeks ago, finally, I found the DVD of “Control” the biopic about Ian Curtis, Joy Division’s leader and singer. The film premier was on October 2007,it wasn’t a huge success but it was an addition to Joy Division’s and Ian Curtis history and I was looking forward to watch it since last year when [...]

Saucy’s “Last Call for Drinks”

June 5th, 2008 by

Saucy is from Melbourne Australia, but his music is from many more places, and certainly it is from Shanghai. For sure its sounds matches with many landscapes, but if you know he passed by Shanghai and got stuck/in love with our city, then link will materialize through the sound. Shanghai and Saucy have something going [...]

Alec Haavik Friction Five – Featured Artist June 2008

June 4th, 2008 by

When thinking about who to choose for our first Featured Artist, of course we thought about Alec. For a minute I thought we should search a bit more, and not choose most logical option for me…the strange ways the mind (mine) works. After their last gig at JZ, on Thursday May 22nd, there are no [...]