Sabrina

1. The first tune you loved…  Well, let’s say: my parent’s house and my father’s car have always been full of music, all the time. I mean: every kind of music. But, of course, since I was born at the end of 70s, it mainly means every kind of rock-oriented music… The most noisy, of [...]

Mike

1. The first tune you loved… First was the music box I loved as a baby. I’m waiting for my Mom to tell me what the song was. Next was “Do Lord,” which my Dad used to sing to me and my brother when we were going to sleep, and the first recording I loved [...]

Welcome Back Français Swing!

We had already been hearing about the gypsy jazz phenomenon in Shanghai for more than one year (Winter ’07 to Spring ’08) before of the closing of one of its well-known venues (LaBella Café) and the beginning of a quite long silent phase from its most beloved band, as well. However, as soon as we [...]

Mache

1. The first tune you loved…  Danse Macabre of Saint-Saëns. 2. The band that opened your ears… Charly Garcia!!!, also Judas Priest did something about it too, but Charly is my all time Rock Star. 3. The instrument(s) you play… my computer, wood spoons and still a little bit of guitar. 4. Your song… Inconciente [...]

Hermitud in The Shelter

It sounded like it should mean something, I searched around and I found this:  hermitude: a combination of the words ‘hermit’, and, ‘attitude’ indicating the suggestion of the ‘hermetic vas’ spoken of by Jung. In Jungian terminology, the Hermit is the archetypal “Wise Old Man”. The hermit, being “the primitive man who trusts the unconscious” [...]

Summer is over, but Music is not!

Last weekend (and month) we were in a roller coaster of music, so intense I even forgot to complain about the ‘cold’ air coming back to Shanghai last Friday. OK, not cold, but not hot anymore and I’ve never forgot before to complain about summer ending. This week hass been also full of things to [...]

Creature at YuYinTang

Control at the Dream Factory