MONDAY IS FUNDAY!

Show on monday!! My buddy has started a series of shows....

THE AMALGANATION SERIES

first episode-

I would give you the details, but why not just look at the eye-catching poster I made?

also, click on it for the facebook event.

promo!!

Famished Phantoms

Every once in a while we get to experience a great landmark in local music here in our city. Saturday night we had Hungry Ghosts. Releasing their EP2 at Backstage in Central was a big success. The place was packed out (and with good reason). With opening acts like Corey Tam and The One Horse Town, Modern Children and More Reverb it was a quality night of sound. Hungry Ghosts were nothing short of mind-blowing (I was with two Ghost-virgins to prove it).

EP2. If you missed the show this is a must own.

As always Corey Tam was spot on. I kept realizing what a superb song writer he is. A little jealous. Hate you and love you Corey.

Because I'm pretty slack ass when it comes to fully paying attention to anything, I left mid-show to get some 711 beers with Shawn and he showed me some songs from the upcoming David Bowie Knives CD. I must say I am sooo EFFing excited for that bomb to drop!

Hungry Ghosts EP2 is the culmination of years of hard work. Listening to it non-stop today I can see why.

Zine Scene

It's been too long. Chinese New Year is over and I have spent almost all of it either with a drink in hand or playing the new Zelda (which is freaking rad by the way).

Other than that I don't have a hell of a lot to report. 

Hungry Ghosts EP launch is coming up this Saturday (4th of February). Please go and support them. It's gonna be a fantastic show!

(click on the picture to see the details of the show)

On the 10th I am taking part in a 'Zine Swap' with a bunch of friends and fellow artists. This should be a fun night too... swing by and pick up a bunch of original zines.

...and release

A bunch of CD release parties coming up here in Hong Kong... 3 of my favorite local bands are ready to show off their talent and hard work. I recommend going to all three, but thats just me...

JAN 21st

9 MAPS

Featuring the voices of what sounds like nothing short of angels. These are songs of the tormented muse - driven by a soft yet piercing beat (Gabe FTW). I own this album and you should too!

JAN 28th

KING LY CHEE

Hong Kong's oldest and most highly acclaimed Hardcore band. Fronted by a very passionate dude (Riz). I have been thoroughly impressed with the quality and energy of their performances recently. I grew up listening to this shit. King Ly Chee is not only a top notch local hardcore band, it is also a major landmark in asian music.

FEB 4th

HUNGRY GHOSTS

What can I say about these guys (and girl). They are by far one of my favorite local bands. Not only are they my good buddies, but also just such a kick you in your ass good time. One of the best things about Hungry Ghosts is that no matter which genre of music you prefer, you will always enjoy listening to them. Their crowds are never disappointed, so make sure you make it for this one!

Friday Night Ghosts

Hungry Ghosts (or famished phantoms, or starving specters) played Hidden Agenda where they opened up for a chinese Dance Rock band Da Bang....

Hidden Agenda has extended their stage... so big now!

Thunderous Bass amp-age! Fantastic sound.

 One of my favorite things about watching Hungry Ghosts is Paul's amazing facial expressions....

... and energy.

Luke also has some epic moves!

The Ghosts sounded great. Seems to me like they get better and better with each show.

DA BANG!

Surprisingly great band from china. Punk-ish Dance Rock...

Super catchy riffs and 'phat beats'

Seriously awesome band

emotional bassist.

really good vocals...

They had all the elements of a great Dance Rock band with a splash of just pure balls.

Here is a video that does them VERY little justice....

seriously way better than this live!

BauCo One Year Anniversary

Just finished the poster for the 3 day show coming up at the end of the month! Was super fun to paint, will rework the colors and everything and repost it after a little help from my good buddy Ross Turpin.

Details for this EFFING superb show are as follows


27th October, 9pm Swindlers:
The David Bowie Knives
Milkteeth
Tigerbombers
Lumberjack Jon

28th October, 9pm The Wanch:
This is Ammunition
Defiant Scum
Heather Lowe
Hungry Ghosts

29th October. 9pm Xperience
Shotgun Politics
Very Ape
Sushi Robot
Sun Eskimos

Shit's free!


Do come and support HK's best bands!

Back from Slack

You'd think since I am not working day in and day out I would have more time to blog. Alas, laziness ensues and I have not been blogging. SLACK you say? Agreed. An update on the last couple of weeks...

Okay, first of all I went to the Shotgun Politics CD Release Party

Although I took no pictures of Shotgun Politics themselves, I thought they put on a very good show! I did however get some good shots of Hungry Ghosts...

... here are my favs.

The CD release party was held at Graffiti, a new live music venue in Lan Kwai Fong. Sucks, the place looks retarded and the vibe is lame. Good show tho!

Finished off my last week of work after that. Had a great going away party at Karaoke.

Then over this last weekend I went to the 2 day music fest at The Wanch

Pretty darn great time if you ask me (chances are if you are still reading up to this point, you probably are asking me). Who played:

Kisses From My Grandpa

Super Metal

FAAAR too many pedals!

This Is Ammunition

Live Fast Die!

Sans Ross S. Seizure

Who Shot Holga?

And 22 more bands I didn't take any photos of...

until next time.

Days of Birth

Last night was OFF the HOOOOK! Well it was pretty rad anyways. The return of two great bands + a new sound system at the Wanch made for a dope night with a great line up and a fun birthday celebration for Ben McCarthy of Poubelle International.

Since today is a public Holiday (and coincidentally my regular day off, not really fair but whatever) Ben had a big birthday blowout with a ton of friends new and old....it went like this-

Corey Tam (or One Horse Town as they like to be called now) did a fancy set with a few new kickers!

Poubelle International were having a great time returning once again to the stage along with Zane Stroud now on the Bass Axe.

There, I made a poster for them, they don't even need to bother taking pictures or anything, that only took me 2 minutes.....

Then the return of Hungry Ghosts, also super fun rocking out to some good old HK music! Wish I had taken a picture of Luke Chow that night, he looked incredible!

Last but not least was DBK (David Bowie Knives) and they were great as usual, not much else to say except they make me happy to watch and laugh when I listen. I took no pictures last night, so this is a more word heavy blog than I usually post, but just deal with it.

Like I had mentioned earlier, the sound system at the Wanch is new and sounds superb, made last night even better!

Leaving shortly for Zane's birthday party so that should be super fun times as well. My phone can handle day time pictures, so expect a more visually stimulating post soon, mmmk?

-Here's a video treat for anyone who has made it this far-

ROOFTOP BBQ TIME!

who watches the Watchmen?

.... I just did. The first time I saw the movie I was apparently the only one in the movie theatre to not see the big blue penis that was so prevalent in the film. Finally saw it this time around. YEAH!!!! big blue wiener!

Anyhow, this weekend was again full of fun...

Saturday: A surprise leaving party for a couple of my favorite people. Joe did a great job of putting it all together!

This was the lineup on Saturday-

Six Pack Of Wolves

Doing their thing. Playing some fun, fast catchy tunes.

This Is Ammunition

This is Joe (from Livefastdie) and his other band.

First time I heard them live and I really loved it. Music is slightly dated, but in a good way. The type of music they play is the stuff I listened to growing up and will always have a big place in my heart for it!

LiveFastDie

One of their last shows they will play. This was after Hungry ghosts played the song that had the lyrics "Take off your clothes..." which a lot of the men in the Wanch followed.

Sunday: About an hours hike from the Sha Tin Wai MTR station was a beautiful waterfall. A very surreal scenic experience in Hong Kong.

Bottom of the steps to the waterfall.

Nice clear spring water

There was a family there catching Japanese Fire Belly Salamanders.

Mother enjoying the waterfalls

Goodbye Seizures + A Very Hidden Agenda

This weekend was pretty crazy. First off was Ross and Julia's leaving party. Rockschool got pretty packed mostly with people that Ross and Julia didn't know. But it ended up being a gong show. With an open bar and a long line-up of great bands, it was a night to try to remember.

Moy returned from his long ass holiday in the Philippines with Oi Squad! Which I missed most of since they played last and I was too far gone.

LiveFastDie played a killer set. Mike Jack has become a full fledged member of the crew and I tell you it works well!

After they finished their set the 5-0 showed up and put a bit of a downer on the night. According to my friend Tiff, they cleared an entire table of underage kids.

There were a few solo acts -

Joey from Milkteeth played some tunes.

DP played a fantastic set. Always a powerfest!

DBK (David Bowie Knives) were on sexfire! This was one of the best sets I've seen them play and I had heaps of fun.

The next day I staggered over to Hidden Agenda. This was quite fun.. It is one of the most difficult venues to find. There is about a hundred streets in the area that have the word "yip" in them. I asked my buddy Nic what it meant he says something like industrial. Having said it was a hassle to find, it is a really awesome venue!

The bar which sold $20 Tsing Tao!

On top of the bar was three of my favorite things. Star Wars toy, Lord of the Rings toy and A Comic book toy.

HUNGRY GHOSTS

One of my favorite bands in Hong Kong and some of my very good friends. Paul Lam (pictured above) looks so fucking cool when he plays the ol' axe.

Mike Jack doing the Bang Bang Smash Clang.

The Lovesong

Glad I got to catch them before Ephraim leaves and The Lovesong disband.

!!!!!!

The last band (which were nothing short of boring and bland) were from Beijing. We didn't stay to watch their entire 'performance'.

They did have one redeeming factor... the use of a melodica.