MIND YOUR HEAD, WATCH YOUR STEP AND WHO’S TO BLAME IF A CUSTOMER AT A RESTAURANT OR BAR IN HK
It’s something spoken about by many, warnings have been issued, complaints made, falls taken place way too many times, and yet, there are...
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Dec 1, 20144 min read
WHAT HONG KONG’S STUDENT LEADERS- AND MANY OTHERS- CAN LEARN FROM BRUCE LEE
On Sunday, while the now clownish, but dangerous antics of the “Umbrella Movement” student leaders were rallying their lemmings to...
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Nov 26, 20147 min read
HONG KONG WONTONS, DING DONGS, THEN SOMES AND DIM SUMS
AN ODD ODE TO LAST SUNDAY It was the Prelude to December 14 And the sun shone brightly last Sunday All the big guns were there to do...
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Nov 25, 20144 min read
CRUZ CONTROL AND THE GOOD AMBASSADORS OF HK RACING
When Peniaphobia won the 1200 metres Jockey Club Sprint on Sunday, that cheering squad in one’s heart and head let out an almighty roar....
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Nov 25, 20142 min read
MORE ROBIN BANJERJEE, PLEASE? LESS AMY WINEHOUSE?
London-based Robin Banerjee is an exceptional guitarist and it was good to see him relaxed and leading a jam session to a packed house on...
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Nov 21, 20142 min read
THE DARK SIDE OF HONG KONG HAS MOVED TO CENTRAL- AND THE PEAK
It’s ironic that the most open pimping of the drug culture is going on these days right in front of what was the Central Police Station...
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Nov 12, 20146 min read
HONG KONG WONTONS, DING DONGS, THEN SOMES AND DIM SUMS
MAGIC MOSSE, MAGIC MIRCO AND, MAGIC MOREIRA AND THE UNITED NATIONS OF HORSE RACING There was magic in the air on Sunday at Shatin when...
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Nov 4, 20141 min read
RYAN MOORE GUIDES PROTECTIONIST TO MELBOURNE CUP GLORY IN DRAMA CHARGED RACE.
Favourite and Caulfield Cup winner Admire Rakti collapses and dies after race.
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Oct 21, 20141 min read
RIP DON ASHLEY, HONG KONG’S ONLY ROCK DRUMMER GOD
He was well known for many things- his temper, his distrust of Hong Kong music companies, recording contracts, publishing contracts, his...
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Oct 12, 20143 min read
IF JOHN LENNON WERE ALIVE TODAY: GOD ONLY KNOWS
It’s a beautiful rendition of a pop classic and one respect the reasons for recording it, but give me Brian Wilson’s original recording...
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Oct 10, 20143 min read
WHY THE BUTCHERS CLUB IS WINNING AND OTHERS ARE FAILING
These are days filled with angst in Hong Kong- dark days made darker by a surreal Mexican standoff between an ineffective government and...
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Oct 9, 20144 min read
COULD HONG KONG FINALLY FIND ITS MUSICAL VOICE AFTER DECADES OF BEING SILENCED?
It was interesting to read a recent interview in the SCMP with Angel Leung, below, former Hong Kong deejay-turned-politician-turned-music...
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Oct 7, 20143 min read
FROM REWIND TO PRESS PLAY AND FAST FORWARD
All too often, one must ruthlessly and completely delete the past in order to move forward, whereas, especially in movies and music,...
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Oct 7, 20142 min read
WHY OCCUPY CENTRAL IS BEING USED AND HAS BECOME GOOFY
HONG KONG VERSUS THE SINGAPORE LA LA FACTOR. For decades, Singapore has been competing with Hong Kong for tourism. It’s also waged a...
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Oct 4, 20145 min read
HONG KONG: HOW THE HELL DID WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO GET TO THIS POINT?
Even the sky was crying over Hong Kong on Friday morning- a great city and home to over seven million suddenly reduced to a meandering,...
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Sep 29, 20144 min read
I’D LIKE TO PROTEST AGAINST THESE PROTESTS
Bob Dylan warned on “Subterranean Homesick Blues”, “Don’t follow leaders and watch your parking meters,” and while watching from the...
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Sep 28, 20143 min read
SUNSHINE POP AND THE END OF THE INNOCENCE
After watching one of those wretched hotel lounge singers who sounded as if they belong on The Love Boat absolutely murder “California...
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Jul 19, 20143 min read
Why Watching E! Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
It was going from one headache to an even bigger headache. Having come down with a dodgy tummy that had me disoriented and barely able to...
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Jul 16, 20144 min read
THE NEPALESE TAKEOVER OF WANCHAI (AND HOW IT CAN BE A GOOD THING)
Hong Kong owes the Nepalese population that once lived here so much, and yet they have been pretty shoddily treated over the years by a...
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Jul 13, 20142 min read
IS SHE THE COOLEST MUSO IN HK?
I really can’t figure her out. Not because she’s Chinese, diminutive and plays drums with a smile on her face and a kick up her bass...
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