Posted Zara: Making H&M look like Target to Shanghaiist
Creating a middle ground between the Qipu Lu market and the pricey brands of neighboring Plaza 66, Spanish retailer Zara opened its first Shanghai store last month on the ever fashionable Nanjing Xi Lu. By "middle ground" we mean that Zara patrons pretend they came over from Plaza 66 but dig through the racks like shoppers at Qipu Lu. Zara is the flagship chain store for the Spanish Inditex Group, headquartered in A Coruña, Galicia,...
Posted 'Say Hello' to Deep Dish to Shanghaiist
The validity of DJ rankings can certainly be debated, and frequently is. Lucky #8 on the oft-lauded DJ Mag poll is Grammy winning Deep Dish. Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi are two Americans (born in Iran) from Washington, D.C., who are among the most well-known and respected artists/producers in electronic dance music today. They hit it big with debut "Junk Science" in 1998 and have been producing and DJing consistently since then. In demand...
Posted Play me some of that old timey music! to Shanghaiist
Strumming her banjo and singing in English and Chinese, Abigail Washburn performed traditional American music last night at the Cotton Club with three esteemed bandmates. Playing a mix of bluegrass, country, gospel and old-time music, the former Beijing resident was joined by eight-time Grammy winner Béla Fleck who is considered the best banjo player in the world. With Casey Driessen on the fiddle and Ben Sollee on the cello, the packed club audience enjoyed a...
Posted Eat Me: In the future, we dine seated on cardboard chairs to Shanghaiist
a FuturePerfect on Huashan Lu Shanghai's latest gourmet concept restaurant officially opened Sunday night with a private dinner, cocktail party and, of course, a model show. a FuturePerfect is tucked away in a lane off Huashan Lu -- just where it curves west near the JingAn Hilton hotel. Provided the model show was just a one-off for the launch event, expect aFP to combine quality food, clean design, and attentive service for breakfast, lunch and...
Posted Dance music for rock people to Shanghaiist
The Crystal Method at Miami's 2005 Winter Conference music festival Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland met while working at a strip club in Las Vegas -- thankfully they were just the DJs! Better known as The Crystal Method, they moved to Los Angeles and made their fame mixing breakbeats into rock riffs. Their arrival in Shanghai later this week -- July 16 at La Fabrique -- follows an ascension over the last decade to...
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