Entertainment/Reviews

ThruYou – so rad.

As the site says, “What you’re about to see is a mix of unrelated YouTube videos/clips edited together to create ThruYou. In other words – what you see is what you hear.” I’d like to add another “in other words”: It’s frigin’ awesome. Be sure to check out the ThruYou site for more awesomeness.

March 12, 2009
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Get English-language books online in China

Further to my previous post about ordering groceries online here in Suzhou, I wanted to share this little tip for ordering English-language books online in China. Mags has been using Joyo/Amazon.cn for months now to stock our shelves with every yoga book that exists – but only recently informed me that they have an “English …

November 1, 2008
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‘Best Band in Beijing’ coming to Suzhou

Just got word that Woodie Alan, the band City Weekend calls the “Best Band in Beijing”, is coming to Suzhou for a one show performance on Friday night. The show’s taking place at J&J Restaurant (No.5, Block 11, Horizon Resort II, SIP) and runs from 9 until 11. Tickets will set you back 60 RMB …

October 27, 2008
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Whiteboard Tower Defense

There is simply nothing more fun than Whiteboard Tower Defense. I’ve completed the easy (30 lvls) and normal (50 lvls) settings, with a high score of 6,653,139 – and I can’t wait to try the 50 hard levels. If you’re short on ways to kill time, check it out.

October 7, 2008
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Good Video: Bono at NAACP Ceremony

Alright, this video is well-over a year old, but I just came across it at Biscuet.com, a site who’s author is joining the ranks at Lost Laowai (which is always looking for new writers). I’ll let the video speak for itself: Update Not sure why, but I accidentally turned off comments when posting this yesterday. …

August 4, 2008
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Now that’s a launch party

I’m not sure what our little “Venice of the East” did to encourage it, but in the last six months to a year Suzhou has gone from having virtually no English city/culture magazines to having no less than three – and with the official launch of that’s Suzhou last night, there’s little doubt the mags …

July 12, 2008
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Bill Moyers on Media Reform

I first learned of Bill Moyers while I was in school for journalism back in Canada. A classmate of mine lent me the book version of his rather famous interview series with Joseph Campbell entitled “The Power of Myth”. In the years since I’ve watched a handful of his numerous interviews and I have to …

June 9, 2008
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Must see: Hacking Democracy

Just got finished watching Hacking Democracy, a documentary exposing the vulnerabilities and errors rampant in electronic voting machines. For all its attempts to be shocking (a la Michael Moore), the film is a bit more subdued in its point – but all the better for it. Hacking Democracy tells the story of essentially one lady, …

May 28, 2008
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Suzhou Bookworm’s East & West Music Fest

I swear, this town gets a little bit more livable every day. I mean, we’ve got an Irish Pub that serves Guinness on tap, we’ve got one, two, three places that I can get a taco, we’ve a cafe/bookshop/lending library loaded to the rafters with English-language books, we’ve got an English-language movie cinema playing Iron …

May 8, 2008
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