Mini Midi in Shanghai

Corbett | May 3, 2008 11:22 AM

The Midi festival was cancelled this year, another annoyance you can blame on protestors lunging for the torch. Wonder if those guys thought "By throwing junk at that Chinese girl in a wheelchair we are taking away the chance to see good indie music for the people who happen to live in China, and make if a pain in the ass to deal with visas." Guess not.

Yuyingtang sponsored a weekend of bands who were supposed to play at Midi. On Friday there were about 6 bands. Bryce and I met up with Rob, a concert promoter, and we sipped on Buds and watched a young crowd enjoying good loud music. A good Friday night thing to do.

Overdose's drummer, a mohawk clad tattoo covered Sid Vicious kind of character grabbed the mic and I was sure he'd say something offensive or at least a bit rude. But instead he said "I'd like to thank you all for coming here tonight....and I'd like to thank my mom who's in the corner....and all you guys should move around and get sweaty....we'll play some good music for you..."

Bryce looked over and gave me a funny look, "Wow, these guys are the polite punk bank from Beijing."

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