IT’S WEDNESDAY! only two more days till the weekend, only three more days till BADTASTIC VS BANANAS! am very excited about the upcoming andrew bird show, i’ve never seen him live but some friends have told me he’s the most amazing dude ever. also, i kinda want to hang out with him, we both studied music performance in school and so maybe that means we’re soulmates?! ohhhhhhh. there’s a nice MP3MONDAY article on him in today’s smart shanghai.

(speaking of smart shanghai, they’ve posted my MAOLIVE photos in their gallery, go have a look + thanks to the site for their awesome shoutout, guess this means i’m gonna have to update my site more often?)

finally – i was just looking through my flickr page and noticed that i’d never posted the above two images. both are from last weekend, a very random and hilarious saturday evening where we somehow managed to get dragged into a hummer limo birthday party (some friends and i ran into these people at a bar, we don’t actually know them but who can say no to a bunch of screaming foreigners behaving badly?). the other image is from earlier on saturday, our two cats hanging out, high on cat nip.

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SUPER AWESOME BEST FUN SHOW!!! had such a great time on friday at the Maybe Mars label showcase, with PK14 + 24HRS + RUSTIC + OURSELVES BESIDES ME. the venue was packed (hey mao, love you guys but your bar service is abysmal), energy was high, friends a plenty were in attendance, bands killed it, one of the best shanghai nights in recent memory and looking forward to more. yay!

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been thinking about BEIJING lately, and how much fun i had living there. i moved to shanghai in april of 2009, and have been back multiple times since, but it doesn’t quite feel the same. i used to spend an inordinate amount of time hanging out with friends at D22, and was looking through old photos and thought i’d put together some of my favourites. all the photos were taking in the first few months of getting to beijing, when JOYSIDE were still getting wasted and bombing the stage, when we were still calling QUEEN SEA BIG SHARK by their chinese name (and not to mention that this was way before my company teamed up with CONVERSE and sent them on tour), when the SCOFF were still playing the same 5 songs in their same set, week after awesome week. miss you guys + click here to see a full size image.

ps. this beijing post comes right in time to also talk about how excited i am for the MAYBE MARS LABEL SHOWCASE on friday. not only do i love the bands that are playing, but my beijing buddies are in town and that means reunion time and fun. the show also marks my first forays into taking party snaps for the smart shanghai site. see you on friday, fuckers, i’m stoked!!!

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if the way you end your year is the way you’re going to start the next, then 2010 is going to be amazing. big love!

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