Posts from June 2008
June 17, 2008
Old boy's night out
Tony was back in town, so Bryce, LK, Andy, and I hooked up for a needed boy's night. The first stop was JZ where Bryce got us a table to check out the Berlin deep house group Jazzanova. We were expecting a cool live music, electronica set, but it turned out to be a singer and a DJ. Kind of a live karaoke set. We stuck around for a few songs, until I turned to LK and Tony and said "This might be fun if I were 20 years younger and gay." They all got a kick out of that. Tony shot back with, "Hell, if it makes you feel better, if I were 20 years younger and gay, I'd do you." We all piled into LK's SUV turned on some good tunes and headed out to our next stop.
Moganshan is a cool place to see music. This place was a great indie venue, with Chinese drums and scrolls and vaulted ceilings. It opened up to a cool industrial vista of murky water and construction cranes reflecting in the ripples. A completely different vibe here, and we melted right in. We missed the first band, but The Retros were just starting and played a great set of dynamic trio rock and roll. This was the last song of their set and I think the most interesting of the evening. The crowd was young and into it and the drinks were cheap and the music loud. A good formula for an old boy's night out.
June 15, 2008
I'm #18,479 from China
June 11, 2008
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For those of you drive and swear at moron drivers in Taiwanese like I do, this photo is pretty funny - and filthy. This truck was stopped at the light in front of me, and his license plate eloquently reflected how I felt about the traffic situation.
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For those of you who have no idea why this is funny, say it in Chinese to a Taiwanese and see what happens.
I've never figured out whether it's pronounced "Moe's (like owned by one of three stooges) or Moss (like that guy out of Bonanza), but the one down the hill from me is open until 2am most days, which means that if I get out of the club early enough, I can catch the best burger in town, the muo si la bao or the Spicy Mos Burger. They have lots of jalapenos and 
