Photos: Converse Block Party mad fresh while it lasted
Shanghai's edition of the Converse Block Party on Saturday was simply brand perpetuation at its finest. At least until the police became adamant about keeping it real, closing the event down due to overcrowding. With a street section next to M50 Creative Garden cordoned off for the festivities, Converse came through and provided the very with-it crowd an awesome opportunity to chill out.
Videos: Converse's Love Noise documentary, featuring Beijing bands PK14 and Queen Sea Big Shark
Via City Weekend we learn that the documentary film about last year's Converse-sponsored (and Split Works organized) Love Noise rock music tour of China is now viewable at a DVD player near you. Love Noise put Beijing bands PK14 and Queen Sea Big Shark on a converted bus and sent them on a two-week, six-city tour during the height of Olympics craziness last August. The trailer to the Love Noise film is embedded in this post, and after the jump you'll find a slew of related clips, uploaded to YouTube six days ago. The director's first name is Hammer, so it's got to be good.

