Shanghaiist Labs: Jake Newby's Profile: Comments

On April 29, 2008 12:39 PM in Review: The Analog Girl live at La Bella, they said:

I saw YACHT at Yue festival last year and he turned up, put his tracks on on his Macbook, and then sang along and danced around like a crazy person. It was basically a bloke dancing to a CD and singin...

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On April 29, 2008 7:54 AM in Happy and harmonious torch relay through Pyongyang, they said:

of course KJI wasn't there, do you have any idea how f**king busy he is?...

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On April 28, 2008 1:49 PM in Actor John Cusack spotted at Shanghai's MAO and Bar Rouge, they said:

He clearly didn't check the contributors' bar recommendations then. I'm sure he would have loved C's...

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On April 28, 2008 8:04 AM in Residents protest on Taikang Lu, they said:

@hotshotdebut The banners were there from lunchtime (at least) and the police started taking them down about 2pm. The whole incident lasted around an hour...

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On April 25, 2008 8:58 AM in Kommune: Great Ozzie Barbecue is back, they said:

Thank you, thank you, thank you. With the weather getting better the last few days i was just wondering whether Kommune stil did this and now i know. I went last summer and it is amazing. With next...

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On April 24, 2008 12:41 PM in Photo of the Day: Abortion, ultrasound, they said:

has anyone else seen the film 苹果? Unfortunately, I don't think places like this are all that rare...

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On April 23, 2008 8:20 PM in Breaking News: Beijing Midi Festival postponed, they said:

Sina is now saying that the festival is definitely off, although there's been no official announcement today. The most likely scenario is that a postponement will be officially announced tomorrow, w...

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On April 22, 2008 8:00 PM in Pictures and videos: Olympic torch protests in London, they said:

apparently this debacle cost £750,000, much cheaper than the proposed costs for the London Olympics and i'll bet far more entertaining. Maybe London can forgo the actual Olympics in 2012 and just hold...

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On April 22, 2008 7:39 PM in Beijing Olympics: Who'll stop the rain?, they said:

some interesting speculation on cloud seeding from China Sports Today...

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On April 21, 2008 6:29 PM in SH Mag reveals chefs' secret spots; we play along, they said:

Glad you liked it James. You're right though, if you're taking people you need to warn them about the waiting room bit. To be honest, for me, that's all part of the experience... you can always take...

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On April 21, 2008 5:10 PM in Buy your own "I Love Tibet" T-shirt on Taobao, they said:

"hey irene, where do you usual hang out ? if by any chance closing by why not let's meet up and have a drink, we can further chat about how we love our country and the Olympic, what do you think sweet...

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On April 16, 2008 9:00 AM in Sa Ding Ding: China's next major export?, they said:

she won the BBC 3 World Music Award for Asia in the end by the way... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2008/2008_sa_ding_ding.shtml...

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On April 8, 2008 7:46 AM in Is Chinese search engine Baidu endorsing Barack Obama?, they said:

Maybe the "dapper" donkey is meant to be Hillary?...

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On April 6, 2008 6:13 PM in Pitch invader steals the show at Hongkou Stadium, they said:

Another good win. I hope the pitch invader didn't get in too much trouble, I thought he made a fair point -- Ricard didn't look bothered the whole game, he just fell over a lot. The ever-excellent fa...

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On April 5, 2008 2:55 PM in It was written: Nas coming to Shanghai, they said:

This post has been updated... some good news (confirmation) and bad news (confusion)...

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