Demerit is in town!

Demerit is playing Guilin tonight!

They will also join this years Warped Tour.

BEIJING

the type of expression to be found in every big city, in Beijing too, here at D-22.

In Beijing we also crashed a few nights at Nevins place in Wudaokou district. Nevin, a passionate and dedicated punk who is the part owner of famous live rock venue D-22. D-22 opened up its doors in 2006, and served as a home for the music scene that exploded in Beijing at the time. During our Beijing stay we got to see some interesting live shows at the venue. But foremost I was introduced to the Beijing underground scene, including acts like P.K 14, Carsick Cars, Casino Demon, Joyside, Guai Li and lots more that I will dwell on for a while to come. My favorites are Carsick Cars, a band that supported Sonic Youth, and Joyside, a rebellious and highly influential band featured in several Beijing underground scene documentaries. But considering how much the young, experimental bands that performed Sunday night at D-22 impressed me, Beijing will keep produce stunning and unique musicians. 

Joyside

Beijing Bubbles and Wasted Orient document the exploding underground scene in Beijing and cover the new generation Chinese that refuse to be a part of the mainstream Chinese society with all that means. These documentaries serve as a good introduction, and a substitute for Beijing Punk, as the latest news regarding that documentary is distribution problems. 

Did I dream SJ brought a white cat home tonight?

Did I dream SJ brought a white cat with him home tonight?

'But Emmy, he was crying all alone on the street, so I bought him sausage. And then he followed me here.'

china.

In Beijing we stayed a few days at Cha Cha and Wangkes place. That made me remember this skateboard movie that Cha Cha put on one cold January evening at Liu Liu's place in Guilin. It's cool to see now that I've been around in China too. It is a quite astounding country. We got to spend one night in Shenzhen as we headed back from our small Hong Kong trip. Shenzhen, a Chinese city that I never even heard of; though, with 8,6 million inhabitants and estimated to become one of the richest cities in China. I could see nothing but skyscrapers. It is good to be back in Guilin.

"The Park"

My favorite spot in Seoul is "The Park" in Hongdae. This sunny Saturday I got to spend in The park hanging out with and photographing Seoul new punks. I asked Hound if his mom was proud of him having Seoul's most compelling mohawk. He told me that she wasn't. She should, I tried to convince him.