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Monthly Archives: June 2007

PKBJ 3

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Despite some A/V difficulties, Pecha Kucha’s 3 went off from the top floor of the new CEC Tower near the north east 3rd ring road. Interesting location with a nice wall of windows and multi-colored lighting scheme provided by the giant sign attached to the building.
Shu and I said a few words about [...]

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Pecha Kucha 3

Monday, June 18, 2007

Beijing’s 3rd installment of Pecha Kucha rolls into town Saturday, June 23 at 8pm. Shu and I will be speaking at the event and showing some images from our new book, Dead Animals (we’ll have some pics of the book up soon!).
LOCATION: CEC building, No. 9 Xiaguangli, Chaoyang District
DATE: Saturday, June 23rd
TIME: 8pm.

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Clothing for All

Saturday, June 9, 2007

An interesting translation, but one I couldn’t resist. I’m sure the Chinese is much more flattering and inoffensive, but the delicate English script at the top left reads “Fat Wife Dress.”

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More Xian

Friday, June 8, 2007

Why Xian isn’t known more for its nightlife, I have no idea.

The first stop on our party tour was a place called “One Plus One,” fondly described by the guidebook as a place with “hot music” and “cheap drinks.” The better part of me wanted to turn back after I was confronted with a [...]

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Xi’an

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Xi’an is known as a good place to spend a weekend - and that’s about it. Most people I ‘ve taked to suggest one day to visit the Terracotta Warriors and one to sample some of the local cuisine. This, I think, is a pretty uncharitable assessment - after all, Xi’an was once the capital [...]

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Hao Pengyou

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

At the edge of Beijing’s old driven-in theater is a little club called 2 Kolegas. Nothing fancy, but they regularly book some of the best local musicians - like PK 14. Always a welcome sound in the Gray City.

Finished the night off at the unfortunately named China Doll. Yeah, they have lights. Yeah, they [...]

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Dead Animals Press Check

Friday, June 1, 2007

Took a drive out to the suburbs of north-west Beijing this afternoon to checkout the press sheets for a new book Shu and I are publishing. It’s called Dead Animals and is the culmination of a photo project that’s been on going for nearly 4 years. More info soon!

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