Sensing that our caffeine levels were low, we recently made trip to the convenience store at the end of the block. There we saw Christina Aguilera on the cover of a magazine on the bottom of the rack, which upon closer inspection was the new Chinese Rolling Stone. You might recall that we wrote about this back in late March, after the inaugural issue came out with Cui Jian on the cover. They ran into problems with the publications authorites back then, and it looked like that even coming out with a second issue was going to be a problem. more ›

Maybe we'll try to hit the MIDI next year, although it doesn't seem like it will be the same. The movie's message is that the festival is getting more corporate -- selling out, as they say -- and that next year people selling homemade T-shirts, buttons and other souvenirs won't be welcome. more ›

After performing at Ark in Xintiandi last weekend, Dou Wei（窦唯) decided to stick around Shanghai a little longer and play one more show at Live Bar on Monday. A true rock pioneer, Dou Wei was the lead singer of Black Panther (黑豹) and is still one of China's most famous musicians, although sadly he's now more well known for his high-profile divorce from Cantopop diva Faye Wong (王菲). He doesn't talk about that, though -- he says he wants to let his music speak for him. more ›