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CCTV New Year’s Gala Liveblog

Posted on 22/01/2012 by haonowshaokao

Every Chinese New Year Eve I end up sitting on the sofa watching the (fairly incomprehensible) CCTV New Year Gala while The Family play majiang and talk in their (completely incomprehensible) Hubei dialect. This year is we’ve been joined by the … Continue reading →

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Roujiamou

Posted on 12/01/2012 by haonowshaokao

Long before McDonald’s opened their doors here, Chinese people were already eating hamburgers. Of a sort. On my way back from the subway station I sometimes stop at a stand selling roujiaomou. First pork (‘rou’) is stewed in a sauce … Continue reading →

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This Year’s Project I’m Definitely Going To See Through

Posted on 07/01/2012 by haonowshaokao

I’m writing a blog about every song by the band Pulp. It’s over here —–> http://pulpsongs.wordpress.com There will be an entry every Saturday for the foreseeable future. It’s probably not for everyone, so I’ll refrain from banging on about it here.

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200 Tracks from 2011 – Part Seven – The End

Posted on 01/01/2012 by haonowshaokao

So, it’s over – the year and the list. Time to start making resolutions or plans for 2012? Well, yes, maybe, but we can get to that later. For now there are a few extra miscellaneous bits to tidy up. … Continue reading →

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200 Tracks from 2011 – Part Six (20-1)

Posted on 01/01/2012 by haonowshaokao

And so we enter the final furlong. Get yourself comfortable, it’s a long ride. #20 Ga’an – Arms They Speak Magma-like drone-prog, hypnotic drums and organs, very promising stuff.   #19 Azealia Banks – 212 Every month or so a … Continue reading →

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200 Tracks from 2011 – Part Five (40-21)

Posted on 30/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

#40 Siriusmo – Einmal in der Woche schreien What is this? Weird German electro, very odd and very fun.   #39 ▼▲▼Vagina Vangi – Of Chaos and Hell Russian Hardcore New Romantic Witch House. This could be massive. Doesn’t really … Continue reading →

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200 Tracks from 2011 – Part Four (60-41)

Posted on 29/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

#60 Toddla T – Streets So Warm feat. Wayne Marshall & Skream This year’s best politically-minded 8-bit dancehall reggae track. I’m not entirely sure what it’s about though – has the government covertly installed under-floor heated roads? The public must … Continue reading →

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200 Tracks from 2011 – Part Three (80-61)

Posted on 29/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

#80 Rainbo Video – Ultraviolet There is pretty much no information whatsoever available on this band, so I’ll just quote the 20jazzfunkgreats entry that led me to this in the first place – “Ultraviolet takes that disconcertingly (and contradictory) modernist … Continue reading →

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200 Tracks from 2011 – Part Two (100-81)

Posted on 27/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

So, here we go! #100 Laura J Martin – Spy (The Simonsound Remix) Very talented young Liverpudlian flutes & loops artiste remixed by retro space synth act The Simonsound. I love the drum samples.   #99 Katy B – Lights … Continue reading →

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200 Tracks from 2011 – Part One (200-101)

Posted on 26/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

At the start of 2011 I decided that it would be a good idea to get up to date with music by listening to every new release I could find for the year. It did genuinely seem like a good … Continue reading →

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