Do These Bands Fux Live?

The boy(s) is back in town. Took a little night ride through BK (Brooklyn) to arrive for the late show starring up and comer Air Waves and soon to be American Citizen John Moods. We chilled, we thrilled, we willed our way to 4/5 return and a 2.5/5 ride back through the pouring rain.

Wouldnt be saying goodbye to LA if things didnt get a little sloppy. Maybe a little too sloppy. SWIMM swam. Hibou could too. 3/4 final memories from my West of West tour.

Just a little strumming on a Friday afternoon.

Had to come back to the states sometime, might as well start at the divey dangerous bar: El Cid. Come for the backyard, avoid other people as they do you, and get busted. Oh Juno was playing live as well for the first time in 4 or 5 years.

Using one last dose of 蛇运 (not including the next night in Macao) I found this absolutely bumpin show for my one attempt in Hong Kong. Ironically, the band was from Tawain, but that didnt stop us from moshing well into the night. 5/5 would rock HK again.

Tried my 蛇运 here, only for it to be another dud to end my time in the province. A bit of a disappointment since I had such high hopes after finding out Chinese American Bear played here, or somewhere else nearby, its not always clear.

After again searching haplessly for a bar for over an hour, it was only by my snake luck (蛇运), I found this young hip bar that was not for single people even though they found me a seat next to this dude. He was an okay dude, kind of reminded me of Kevin. Anyway, drank like 4/5 Budweisers (6 min) before I peaced away. The back lettering has something to do with 2 favorite ditties.

Ok, maybe not exactly this place, but in the same center. They had cocktail and this guy was engaging in the anxiety inducing art of karaoke. I think I yelled at him to sing a pretty song. They said bai bai. 2/3

My first (and only) attempt at penetration of the Beijing underground led me on a wild goose chase through the city, including walking past hundreds of police in preparation for the military parade, rejection at KFC, a friendly cabbie, and a 1 hour exploration of some weird malls only for it to be closed on a Saturday night. /5

As I said, couldn't let my last night in Tapei end on such a soft note, so headed just a short distance to Revolver. The bar below was sterile, but the show upstairs certainly wasnt as we felt the reverb of the midwest play out in the Far East, with a nice nu-metal closer to end it. 4.25/5