Life is too short for boring stuff......: Live/Festival

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23 November 2011

Mogwai, Live in KITEC Hong Kong, 21 November 2011

If I don’t remember wrong, it should be the 3^rd time Mogwai coming to have concert in Hong Kong…….I have missed the last 2 times due to some stupid reasons and I finally have seen them playing in Hong Kong this time…..it’s also my 2^nd time to see them playing live in this year as I have been seeing them playing in Spain’s Primavera Sound Festival in May this year……of course, their gig in Primavera is just too amazing for me as the festival vibe, big stage set up, huge crowd’s passion and also my holiday mood have made the whole memory of Mogwai’s gig in Spain are just too awesome and memorable for me……

Coming to Hong Kong gig this time, a bigger concert hall, better stage set up, more huge and passionate crowd and also long show of nearly 2 hours playing lot of songs from recent gorgeous album by the band made the gig was still a very memorable and feeling-good show and made audiences loving Mogwai even more……only regret is no beer is for sale and allowed in the gig!! :)

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7 October 2011

In The Country, Live in City Hall Hong Kong, 30 September 2011

Not really a typical jazz fan….but like some avant jazz or jazz fusion stuff like my favourite Norwegian label, Rune Grammofon, or Smalltown Supersound, etc……not always pay too much attention on this jazz festival in Hong Kong, but this year they feature this Rune Grammofon act, 'In The Country’, so very excited to go to this concert…..the band played last Friday in this boring venue, City Hall that no photo, no video, no standing, no fun, just sit back and keep silent and be polite……really ruined the concert atmosphere……….the trio in fact are very young musician and they brought a lot of jokes, smiles and relaxation…..and also most importantly brought us a very good show with the excellent piano and percussion play…..an impressive jazz jam!!

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12 August 2011

Suede, Live in AsiaWorld Expo Hong Kong, 11 August 2011

Watched Suede’s reunion show last night and see all thirty/forty years age people coming out for such a night of nostalgia……when you see only hundreds to turn up for Brett Anderson’s Hong Kong show couple years ago while thousands have showed up last night, you know the power of NOSTALGIA for a name of SUEDE in Hong Kong…..it represents a generation of 90s……sometimes, people do need NOSTALGIA like some newly injected power and energy to refresh memory of our good old days…….I recently watched 2 reunion shows from Pulp and Suede and feel Pulp’s show is more like as reunion with fans with more imagination and creativity in all set-up while Suede’s is a bit too straight forward for a show with typical (solid though!!) set up for an oversea band touring in Asia for fans with some not always show up for concerts……some more things to mention, the sound quality is quite bad and ‘Stay Together’ is missing again in their song list though Animal Nitrate, So Young, We Are The Pig, such early good stuff were still there……I don’t really like their mid-to-late albums’ stuff, so feeling boring sometimes while hearing girls (or women?!) screaming for songs like film star, etc….the show is quite short also with only 70-80 minutes makes fans a bit disappointed………

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19 July 2011

Dean & Britta play Galaxie 500, Live in Hang Out Hong Kong, 3 July 2011

A bit late to post this one......It's my 2nd time to watch them in last 2 months as I have been seeing them playing in Primavera in Barcelona in May......of course, this time with much less people attending the show which I think only around 200 people were there compared to thousands in Primavera, but I think most of them were loyal fans with thirty/forty something's age wanting some nostalgia on Galaxie 500, so overall speaking, the atmosphere was really good and the production was also a merit which made the show is a well set up one (in term of small indie gig's standard)...of course, Dean and Britta were also having a solid performance that making it's a memorable show for Galaxie 500 fans..... let's take a look some moments of the show as the below video clips.....

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14 June 2011

Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, 26th - 28th May 2011

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Having taken a break to Barcelona to see this festival, it's quite a memorable experience. It's my first time to participate Primavera and everyday is full of sunshine, spanish food, Guadi, etc...... The festival is like a fun fair and everybody gathers from dusk around 6pm and sees concerts till dawn at 4am to 5am, and then goes back hotel to sleep and comes back again for such pattern for 3 days. I think I like the traditional way of music festivals that everybody stays in a same site for 3 days rather than like that.....just a bit lack of that relaxing festival atmosphere that everybody just hangs around in a site doing childish, stupid or funny behaviour, etc..... nevertheless, Primavera has got a strong line-up every year, so it still deserves to be there!! Something different kind of festival experience than UK festivals....Explosions in the sky, Mogwai, Pulp, Einsturzende Neubauten, Calibou are just too amazing.........

One regret of the festival is that the show time of many big bands are clashed and I missed many good stuffs that might be not able to see them again like Interpol, Suicide, Sufjan Stevens, Deerhunter, Low, Swans, Mercury Rev, Kode 9, Burial, etc... What a waste!!!!