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Category Archives: Olympics
Dazed Digital on Love Noise
We’ve been blogging a bit about the Converse Love Noise tour, which wrapped a few weeks ago with a free grand finale show at Mao Live House in Beijing that incorporated all the supporting acts from the previous 10 days … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics, live music, split works
Tagged Beijing, Converse, Dazed Digital, Echo Rush, Ellis Scott, Hangzhou, live music, Love Noise, Mao Live House, Olympics, PK14, Queen Sea Big Shark, Sarah Fakray, split works, Xi'an
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The Clampdown
by Stephen Zhao It was in 1908 that the Chinese first proposed hosting the Olympics on their home turf, so the 2008 Olympics bear the weight of a 100-year-old national dream. Though we’d like to issue a moratorium on tired … Continue reading
Photos from the Converse Love Noise Tour
Last week Beijing rockers P.K.14 and Queen Sea Big Shark hit the road with Split Works for a cross-country odyssey, the Converse Love Noise tour. The two groups are living out of buses and playing five Chinese cities over a … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics, censorship, government, live music, midi festival, modern sky, split works, yue festival
Tagged Converse, Love Music, PK14, Queen Sea Big Shark, Self Party, split works
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Popstar Superheroes Join Forces to Save the World
Today marks the launch of Songs for Tibet, a new compilation album from some heavy-duty superstars, including Alanis Morisette, Dave Matthews and Sting. Following its global release on iTunes — just three days before the August 8 Olympic opening ceremony … Continue reading
Time Out for Time Out Beijing
China’s government censors have banned from shelves the June issue of Time Out Beijing‘s English addition, a valuable entertainment and nightlife guide, according to this article from the Times. While we have reason to doubt that Beijing’s live music venues … Continue reading
The £7,000 Visa
Burger King has the £85 Kobe beef burger, we have the RMB 100,000 (£7,350) entry visa. That’s not a typo. Sources tell CMR that this is the new cost of a visa for a foreign musician who wishes to perform … Continue reading
Freedom of Saxophone
Admittedly, Kenny G’s hair has generated a fair bit of controversy over the years. Still, the polite, successful, Starbucks featured artist and investor seems like the type of well-behaved saxophonist you’d like to bring home to mom and dad. Or … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics, Uncategorized
Tagged Beijing, government, Han Hong, Jackie Chan, Kenny G, Liu Huan, Olympics
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The Bjork Backlash II – Shanghai changes the rules
So, the government meetings following Bjork’s outburst at the beginning of March are continuing. The following is a summary of a report on the behind-closed-doors discussion on March 18: Additional measures (not yet approved) from SH Cultural Bureau re foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics, censorship, emma, live music, split works
Tagged archie hamilton, bjork, China, emma, government, live music, shanghai, split works, tibet
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The Bjork Backlash
It’s a difficult time for me to be in China as I feel morally involved with everything happening at the moment. Problems in the Sudan, Xinjiang and most recently, Tibet are causing schisms within the international community living in China. … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics, censorship, emma, split works, yue festival
Tagged Beijing, bjork, censorship, government, industry, midi festival, ministry of culture, Olympics, shanghai, the shelter, tibet, yue festival
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