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Happy Thanksgiving !!!
Friday, Nov 28, 2008 5:15PM / Standard Entry
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I hope you guys got to enjoy some family time and got to eat some good turkey....
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Simon Birch: Looking for Antonio Mak !!!
Sunday, Nov 23, 2008 12:15AM / Standard Entry
Thursday night we went to support our friend and amazing artist Simon Birch at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. The exhibition "Looking for Antonio Mak" features real pieces of the popular sculptor with other artists paying tribute to him with their own work and interpretations (the exhibition lasts until Jan 28). After that we went to the Louis Vuitton TST store to check out Simon's other exhibition "Out of the Darkness" documenting his recent battle with cancer. Wing Shya and Stanley Wong took some intense pictures of the process and there's some really cool pieces that Simon painted during the life changing experience. Definitely worth stopping by.
The opening banner of "Looking for Antonio Mak."
Some amazing art by Mr.Birch! One day I'll be able to afford one of these..
Paying tribute to Antonio Mak, Simon personally folded and gave away 300 paper tigers (made of $100 bills!). Respect!
It was cool getting a chance to see such a big collection of Mr.Mak's works and seeing how other artists paid tribute to this groundbreaking sculpture.
Kung Chi Sing doing a soundscape installation with live music and video. Dope!
I got paper tiger #297. Thanks Simon!
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iPhone Upload #2 !!!
Monday, Nov 17, 2008 9:20PM / Standard Entry
Family dinner at one of our favorite spots in ShaTin. I still haven't touched the raw beef yet (I keep thinking about mad cow) so I usually go with my favorite soft-shell crab rolls!
A bummed out steamed fish in Foshan.
Golden Bull Vietnamese food! We used to eat here all the time back when it was still in New World Center. I remember teasing their koi fish with my cousins. Good times...
Post skate session dinner at our favorite Macanese restaurant with Lee-Hawk, Fa Chai, and Warren.
Juno's CD release party. Our friend Janet (from the Bath Spa project) invited us to check it out and Goro (from Zarahn) was playing guitar too!
Last night Bianca had a concert at Kowloon Bay which was pretty cool. She sang great and brought fellow Alivenotdead artists Jun Kung and Peter Scherr on stage for a few jazz numbers.
Have you walked your elephant today?The forth floor is for EMO's!
I tried something stupid on the mini-ramp and I jacked my hand. No guitar for a few days....d'oh!
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Ben Folds Five Reunion !!!
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2008 1:37AM / Standard Entry
On September 18th 2008 Ben Folds Five had a reunion gig and played their last album "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner" from beginning to end. At first it didn't sell like their first couple of releases and was considered a bomb by their label. But in time the album built a following (kind of like Weezer's Pinkerton) and ended up being a classic. Since I'm a huge fan of their stuff I was super happy to see that Myspace filmed it all. Check it out!
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8qjC-5bFhA
Ben Folds Five rocks! This clip shows the whole show plus interviews with the band, Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie), and Ben Lee. Some of my favorite parts are:
27:00 "Army"
Well I thought about the army dad said son "you're fu*king high".......
01:06 "Narcolepsy"
I should warn you I go to sleep.....
19:00 "Magic"
Saw you last night danced by the light of the moon
Stars in your eyes free from the light that you knew......
If you're not familiar with BFF you should give them a listen. They had a few hits including "Brick" from the Whatever and Ever Amen album and "Army" from Reinhold Messner.
Their unique piano based rock gained them a huge following in the indie/college scene and it was a bummer when the broke up. I remember trying to get my roomate to watch them with me at 4th & B (San Diego) before they broke up but I'm glad I went on my own anyway.....haha!
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C.A.S.H. Awards !!!
Sunday, Nov 9, 2008 8:50PM / Standard Entry
Last week we went to the C.A.S.H. annual dinner/awards and it fun watching some great singers, songwriters, lyricists, and arrangers get credit for all their hard work this year. I always get stoked on how much everyone accomplishes and it makes me want to push myself to write the best songs possible. That would be cool if one day I get nominated for writing something great. Good job everyone!
This year's theme was "Dai Pai Dong" and they had some really good local style BBQ pork, Goose, and other treats. I had to hold back cause I had to perform later.....d'oh!
Old school soft-drink booths!
Everyone making their way in and catching up with other industry friends.
Eric Kwok got nominated and won an award for a song he wrote for Kay Tse. Congrats man!
Khalil, Chet, and Eason go head to head!
This was a special evening for us because we got the Bath Spa project back together to do a medley of the songs we wrote in London. It's always a pleasure jamming with Janet, Rachel, and King Pan.
Soler was there to accept 2 awards and play one of their new singles. They have a concert coming up on the 23rd & 24th of this month that should be a lot of fun.
Eason won a couple of awards that night and killed it as usual. Truly an amazing singer with such a big heart for his music. Respect!
This year Peter Lai was the guest of honor and Louis Cheung was one of the special guests performing some of his most popular tunes.
Tai Chi's Joey Tang and Pat also performed songs that my dad and Peter wrote together. It was cool hearing them stripped down with just a guitar and vocals.
A few days earlier I played four songs at a Foshan event that was pretty cool. It's interesting how they mix and match so many different performers (music, dance, army performers, etc.) into one program but it made for a pretty entertaining show that's for sure.
And no we didn't bring the laser light show....
Or the bubbles....haha!
Jaycee Chan was there too! I haven't seen him for a while so it was nice catching up. He's working on a new mandarin album for next year so look out for it!
On a side note, super big thank yous to Rozy and Race for the fresh cake from Singapore last week. It was really thoughtful and the cake was gone in no time!
