Richard Bangs: Hong Kong: Quest for the DragonWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:43AMIn its corridors of commerce, in its seething alleys of ancient apothecaries, in its earthly rhythms and Promethean spirit, Hong Kong's uninhibited energy is clear as rice wine.
Evil Misfortune CookiesWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 2:16AMBE careful what you wish for. Or, in this case, what you open! Evil Fortune Cookies by Think Geek actually hate you.
Media : Fucked Up, Year Of The OxFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:51PMToronto based hardcore-punk group, Fucked Up , has posted a new addition to their 12" singles series in celebration of the Chinese Zodiac. " Year of the Ox " is a 13-minute epic that makes you wonder, where did the 3-minute raging hardcore jams go? Well Fucked Up isn't your typical adolescent kids, slamming their 3-chord songs and screaming into the microphone. In " Year of the Ox ", they start ...
Atmosphere Book Fall TourFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:00AMNot that long ago, Atmosphere were scrappy Midwestern indie-rap underdogs. Now they've become a full-blown touring juggernaut-- headlining the Soundset Festival every summer, playing with a full band, and just generally drawing huge crowds everywhere they go.
Mad Decent Block Party Hits the RoadFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 9:30AMFor the past couple of years, Diplo 's Mad Decent label has staged a massive annual block party in Philadelphia. This year, Diplo's cadre hits the road, taking the Mad Decent Block Party to New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, as well as Philly.
Listen: Fucked Up's 13-Minute New Single "Year of the Ox" With Zola JesusFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:15AMFor a while now, Toronto ragers Fucked Up have celebrated the Chinese Zodiac with a long-running series of 12" singles, each of which pushes track lengths to crazy extremes and indulges the band's most way-out ideas.
Kenneth Burstein dies; restauranteur also was singerFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 1:16AMKenneth Burstein sang and hosted at the old Starlight Club at the Chase Hotel and, using the stage name of Ken Barry, he opened for such acts as Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Elvis Presley
Chinese culture festival kicks off in CubaSunday, July 18, 2010 @ 12:41AMThe 10th Chinese Culture Festival in Cuba was officially opened here Saturday. "This festival has become a window for Cubans to know and understand Chinese culture," said Chinese Ambassador Liu Yuqin at the opening ceremony.
Birthday treatSaturday, July 17, 2010 @ 5:07PMGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel gets a closer look of two soldiers of the Terracotta Army in Xi’an. Merkel was yesterday celebrating her 56th birthday in Xi’an and her Chinese zodiac is the Horse.