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Monkey mix…

atomicskate — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:48:59 +0000

Shanghai resident DJ Wisemonkey has just uncovered his new DnB mix!
You can listen to it thru streaming or even download it (click on the arrow on the right side of the streaming panel).
Enjoy!

April 2010 dnb mix DJ Wisemonkey

Here is the track list:
1. Bookworm - Electrosoul system
2. Data - Muted
3. Melanie - Alix Perez
4. White widow - Big bud
5. Blaze and fade out - Seba
6. Close - Blu mar ten (vip mix)
7. Tigress - Naibu
8. Magnetism - Icicle
9.Bedroom eyes - Blu mar ten
10. Future - Break
11. Finola - Seba & Krazy
12. Closer - Silent witness
13. Dangerous days - seba
14. Time zero - Future engineers
15. Ultimatum - Calyx & Teebee

Shanghai Doesn’t Welcome You

atomicskate — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:55:46 +0000

中文

Top Floor Circus (顶楼马戏团), on November 28th, 2009, at Shanghai’s Mao Livehouse (btw, this place really rooocks!):[See post to watch Flash video]If the video takes too much time to load and if you’re not in China, you can watch it on Youtube!

I wasn’t there, so I hope it wasn’t there last performance!…
Here are the translated lyrics (thanks to Chinageeks):

Shanghai is getting harder and harder to live in these days,
From the basic necessities to eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling it’s China’s most expensive,
Shanghai doesn’t welcome outsiders or people from Shanghai,
Shanghai only welcomes the kind of people whose faces are on money [i.e., Shanghai only welcomes money],

Shanghai doesn’t welcome you,
Unless you’re coming to buy something,
But we don’t have any money on us,
Shanghai doesn’t welcome you,
The 2010 World Expo [hosted by Shanghai] is really great,
All the rich people from all over the world will be united [in Shanghai]

Underground at 93 Lingling Road there lives a rock-and-roll youth,
Five rooms underground, very cheap price,
When he’s finished rehearsing he goes to a small restaurant to enjoy himself,
What a shame that at the end of this year he’ll have to move because of the World Expo

Shanghai doesn’t welcome you,
Unless you’re coming to buy something,
But we don’t have any money on us,
Shanghai doesn’t welcome you,
The 2010 World Expo [hosted by Shanghai] is really great,
All the rich people from all over the world will be united [in Shanghai]

Since I’ve found it last week, the video has been removed from Youku, and if you search for 上海不欢迎你 (Shanghai Doesn’t Welcome You) on Baidu Video or Tudou, you won’t find anything. A quick search on Google points towards a discussion on Douban (which is usually more tolerant), but the page has been eventually "harmonized" as well.
Good work from the Shanghai Expo open-minded team!

上海不欢迎你

在上海的Mao Livehouse（顺便这个地方真的非常好！！！），2009年11月28日，顶楼马戏团：[See post to watch Flash video]如果那个录像太慢下载，而且如果你不在中国也可以打开在Youtube！

我没去过这个音乐会，所以我希望上次不是他们最后一次他们可以表演！。。。
下面有歌词（感谢很黄很暴力，可是在中国他的博客已经河蟹了MD！！！）：

上海现在是让人越来越活不下去
从衣食住行到吃喝嫖赌裁是全中国最贵
上海不欢迎外地人伊也不欢迎上海人
上海只欢迎一种人就是有钞票额人

上海不欢迎你，除非来买东西
可是我们身上都没有人民币
上海不欢迎你，世博会实在是了不起
全世界有钱人来相聚

零陵路93号住了一帮摇滚青年
地下室有五间房间价钱也蛮便宜
排练好到对过小饭店老酒再咪一咪
可惜到子今年年底就要面临世博会动迁

上海不欢迎你，除非来买东西
可是我们身上都没有人民币
上海不欢迎你，世博会实在是了不起
全世界有钱人来相聚

（配乐诗朗诵）：

长江隧桥修好
崇明房价飙高

东亚冲超失败
申花一直来困高

猪流感越来越强劲
出门请带好口罩

川沙人民造大棚
迎接迪士尼来到

来工地旁边散步
当心大楼横倒

多多囤积大蒜
价钿还要炒高

开车子谨防倒勾
最好熊姐当保镖

城市让生活更美好
只要侬有钞票

上海不欢迎你，除非来买东西
可是我们身上都没有人民币
上海不欢迎你，世博会实在是了不起
全世界有钱人来相聚

上海不欢迎你，除非来买东西
我们没有文化也没有人民币
上海不欢迎你，世博会实在是了不起
全世界有钱人都来勃起

从我上个星期找到这个录像，优酷已经删除它，而且如果搜索“上海不欢迎你”在百度视频或者土豆，你不会找得到。搜索在谷歌指向一个论坛在豆瓣，可是那个网页也已经河蟹了。
恭喜你们上海世博会思想开明队！

Sources / 来源:
Shanghai Doesn’t Welcome You
上海不欢迎你（在中国已经河蟹了）

Beat Street / 街头节拍

atomicskate — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:01:37 +0000

This set of three parties brings together Shanghai’s skateboarders, graffiti writers, BMXers and other underground street sports (parkour, inline skating,…) to show off their skills and try to build up their following. Turn up for a night of music and displays.

BEAT STREET将向潮男靓女们展示轮滑运动，滑板运动，特技单车，街头涂鸦，跑酷运动和街舞运动的真正精髓。

More info / 更多信息:
http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/events/56815/

Sweet Dreams

atomicskate — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:05:10 +0000

Thanks to Rastablub, I’ve discovered Mathieu Jost & Pernelle Carron ice dancing partnership…
I’m a little bit ashamed to be so disconnected from iceskating, but I acknowledge that, on the one hand, I love this sport, but on the other hand, I’m still convinced that iceskating contests and ambience are deadly boring…

But having a look to the below exhibition program reminds me that galas & shows are once and for all worthy.
It was in Paris Bercy, probably in 2008, for the French "Stars sur Glace" tour.
Skating on two themes of Sweet Dreams (a jazzy version and Marilyn Manson reprise), this program mixes technicality, grace & velocity.

Carron & Jost were the 2006 and 2007 French national bronze medalists and the 2008 and 2009 French national silver medalists. They also won a bronze medal at the 2007 Skate Canada International, finished as high as 6th at the European Championships, and were ninth in their only appearance at the World Championships. Their partnership ended in April 2009. What a loss for ice dancing!…

Bad

atomicskate — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:10:56 +0000

I still remember watching Katarina Witt performance on TV at the Calgary Winter Olympics closing ceremony in 1988…
I started iceskating one year before, and her performance, even if not really technical, will stay in all skaters memories as it ~~was~~ is unusual to hear such kind of music with this style of choregraphy during a figure skating contest.
[See post to watch Flash video]If the video is too long to load, and if you’re not in China, you can access it on Youtube.

For those who don’t know Katarina Witt, here is her long program, on Carmen, at the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988, achieving a Gold medal:
[See post to watch Flash video]If the video is too long to load, and if you’re not in China, you can access it on Youtube.

Masterplan69 - Extraordinary World

atomicskate — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:13:56 +0000

Some of you will recognize the biggest Shanghai 流氓 in this video!

Guys, when will you tour in China???

Check their MySpace (4 mp3 are available)

Hang the Police

atomicskate — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:23:18 +0000

摇滚在中国还没有死了，但是也还没有出生。。。
我的意思是在中国有非常好的摇滚乐队，但是我自己问他们怎么可以发展？
Re-TROS（重塑雕像的权利），也可以叫Rebuilding the Rights of Statues是我的一个最喜爱在中国。
第一次我去他们的音乐会两年以前在TangHui吧，他们玩音乐放天安门1989年的电影：一个月以后那个酒吧永久关门。。。

Re-TROS - New Video! -

Download this video!

The Shanghai Beat: Graffiti Shanghai

atomicskate — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:08:14 +0000

by Adam J. Schokora, DanWeiTV.

Graffiti Shanghai -

Download this video!

Danwei TV presents episode 4 of The Shanghai Beat, titled "Graffiti Shanghai" (with bilingual subtitles). Featured band: 21 Grams. You can also watch on Tudou (faster loading / higher quality in China).

Continue reading "The Shanghai Beat: Graffiti Shanghai"

Origin of Hip Hop / 说唱的起源

atomicskate — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:26:15 +0000

The real story about origin of Hip Hop!!! / 关于说唱的起源的真正的故事!
Thanks to Thomas / 多亏了王先生

Origin of HipHop -

Download this video!

The Cure in Hong Kong - July 30th, 2007

atomicskate — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:20:25 +0000

Living in China (mainland!) since almost 3 years, there is something that I can’t find here and that I really miss…
Rock Concerts!!!

The fact is that 99% of Chinese people (or 99% of Chinese people that I’ve met?!) only listen to commercial Chinese pop-love songs (if you don’t know what I mean, here is a sample, or if you don’t believe me, you can listen to the 500 current most popular songs in China here). The remaining 1% is addicted to nice & creative Chinese underground music, from rock’n roll to electronic music, including reggae… I’m used to go to many small concerts, and I enjoy it!

But the International scene is absent in China…
That’s normal, because the public is not there… The only bands you can see are commercial-pop-crap Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne, The Rolling Stones, Linkin Park, Black Eyed Peas, Norah Jones…
But maybe it’s going to change thanks to some festivals like the Beijing Pop Festival or the Beijing Midi Festival. I hope so!!!

To come back to the main topic, if you wanna attend good concert, you should go abroad or… to Hong Kong!

Therefore I early bought my ticket for The Cure when I’ve heard they’re going to play in HK

It was on Monday, July 30^th, 2007 at Hong Kong, AsiaWorld Arena (亚洲国际博览馆) at 8:00pm.
The show was about 3 hours long!!!
Featuring:
- Robert Smith (vocals and guitar)
- Simon Gallup (bass guitar)
- Porl Thompson (guitar)
- Jason Cooper (drums)

Two amazing things for me during this concert.
- Glad to hear for the first time Porl Thompson playing guitar (he left the band in 1993, so I didn’t think to be able to see him one day!).
- Roger O’Donnell & Perry Bamonte are no more members, so I was thinking that Porl would take the keyboard sometimes, but… no keyboard on the scene! All along the show, Porl replaced keyboard by playing strange and awesome sounds with his guitar!

Each time I see Simon Gallup in concert, he has a new style! This time it was a new hair cut: a little bit punk style, long hairs ruffled, really short on the side.

Porl Thompson appeared totally shaved, with a tatoo that I’d never noticed on his skull! This hair cut is better than the one I’ve seen for his come back at Live8 concert in July 2005. And concerning guitar performance: no comparison with Perry Bamonte (moreover I didn’t like him), so it was really great to listen to Porl again!!!

Jason Cooper on his side impresses me more and more: he is still inconspicuous, but his way of playing become better and better, and I agree with Robert Smith when he says: "Boris was wonderful, Jason is more than wonderful"!

Funny things:
Robert has forgotten to sing some lyrics during "Just Like Heaven" as he was discussing with Simon.
Later, during the 1^st Encore (Let’s Go To Bed, Close To Me, Why Can’t I Be You?) some people started to pogo, so I joined them!!! Then, during WCIBY, Robert came close to us and acted like he wanted to jump or slam on us, smiling

The concert hall wasn’t really packed… but I’ve heard they sold out the tickets 3 weeks before(?)…
Concerning the price: 780HKD (=78euros) in the standing area, it’s incredibly expensive! Usually, if you don’t have seats, tickets should be cheaper, but it seems that Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld Arena hasn’t the same regulation…
Moreover, the security staff just under the stage has been trained to differentiate regular digital camera from Reflex digital camera… So, if your model looks like the second one, they became angry and maybe more… I still don’t understand such kind of stupid rules… You pay an exorbitant fee to be allowed to see your favorite band, but even can’t take pictures…

Here is the playlist (click on the links to see video streaming, or to download the video or MP3):

01 - Tape (Intro)

02 - Open
03 - Fascination Street (Video streaming - Video download)
04 - alt.end (Video download)
05 - The Blood (Video download)
06 - a Night Like This
07 - The Walk
08 - End of the World
09 - Lovesong (Video download)
10 - The Figurehead (Video download)
11 - Kyoto Song (Video streaming - Video download - MP3)
12 - Hot Hot Hot! (Video streaming - Video download - MP3)
13 - A Strange Day
14 - Push
15 - In Between Days
16 - Friday I’m in Love
17 - Just Like Heaven
18 - Primary
19 - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (Video streaming - Video download - MP3)
20 - The Kiss
21 - Shake Dog Shake
22 - Pictures of You
23 - Lullaby
24 - Never Enough
25 - Edge of the Deep Green Sea
26 - Wrong Number (Video streaming - Video download)
27 - One Hundred Years
28 - Shiver and Shake
29 - End

1^st Encore
30 - Let’s Go To Bed
31 - Close To Me
32 - Why Can’t I Be You?

2^nd Encore
33 - A Forest (Video streaming - Video download - MP3)
34 - Boys Don’t Cry

All the pictures are here (and slideshow).

Hereafter are the only 4 songs completely recorded:

11 & 12 - Kyoto Song & Hot Hot Hot! (please, jump to the middle of the video for the second song)
[See post to watch Flash video]
19 - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
[See post to watch Flash video]
33 - A Forest
[See post to watch Flash video]

And here are 2 songs partially recorded:

03 - Fascination Street
[See post to watch Flash video]
26 - Wrong Number
[See post to watch Flash video]

Next step: China mainland???!!!???

Link:
A Chain Of Flowers (Reviews, Pictures and more Videos - Nevertheless, all the videos are low quality, except "Fascination Street")
The Cure - Community (Post about Hong Kong concert)

Credits:
All pictures and movies thanks to Christelle, except "Fascination Street" video: credit: Jack Whitsitt & "A Forest" video: credit: Musixtation.com