Bob One Eye

Corbett | March 7, 2004 1:18 AM

Just had a couple of good Belgium beers with Stefano and his bro from Chicago at a place opened by his associate Paul called "Bobundaye" which I thought read "Bob One Eye" but it actually is Taiwanese for "No Problem" and it never occured to me to think of it in English that way.

All foreigners, mostly with beards, sitting around drinking. Not too bad. A neighborhood bar. Good discussion with Stefano re: Why Chinese bands suck. It's really sad. Where are all the good bands? My take on this philosophical dilemma is that in Taiwan, it's not the player that is valued, but the song. That's why KTVs are so popular. No one ever says, "Hey lets go hear that awesome blues guitar player, Stevie Ray Huang, tomorrow night!" They instead say "Let's go sing Zhou Jie Lun songs at Cashbox." No one has ever told me, "I love the way you play," but lots of people have told me, "I like that song you played."

Food for thought on the whole sucky lack of decent bands here.

Last night, after a hard week of late nights, we decided to let our poor little lonely dog Cho Cho sleep with us, since we didn't get to spend any time with him recently. First and last time ever. He was so excited that he kept licking us awake all night. Then he hogged all the middle of the bed. Then he kept kicking me awake. Anyway, from now on he's stuck in the doggy bed in the kitchen where he belongs.

Category: Mr. Asia

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