By Trista di Genova The China Post Watching Coach perform at The Wall tonight with Public Radio will be a ride through Funkytown you won’t want to miss. This is a rare funk-rock Taiwanese act that has perfected its sound by playing at venues around the island for four years
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‘Unrelentless’ unleash rock mayhem on Taipei
By Trista di Genova The China Post The band “The Unrelentless” has announced its intention to unleash rock n’ roll mayhem on Taipei, a rare convergence that is sure to be a shot in the arm for the local music scene. The Unrelentless is a formidable recycling of expat gentlemen
Read moreRendezvous with writer Philippe Adam
By Trista di Genova The China Post Philippe Adam, a visiting writer and scholar from Paris, will be reading excerpts in French from some of his recent works at Le Pigeonnier, the only French bookstore in Taipei, on Saturday afternoon. Monsieur Adam is a writer-in-residence in Taiwan, conducting research for
Read more‘Riverboat Queen’ Kathy Lamar has secret class act
By Trista di Genova The China Post From Las Vegas to Taipei is a long road for the best R&B vocalist around. For the past six weeks, Kathy Lamar’s been rocking the boat — literally — as THE entertainment act on maiden voyages for the new Mark-Twain era, Mississippi-style Great
Read moreWhat happened at the brig
This man lost his mind in U.S. detention. By Trista di Genova There appears to be no limit to the depravity of the current American regime. Read about Jose Padilla’s case here Who is the war of terror aimed at? Us all, apparently…. Note the suspension of basic human/legal rights,
Read moreDoctor from Ghana Improving Ties
By trista di genova the china post Dr. Kwame Abrokwaa-Yankyera is visiting Taiwan, not just because Taiwan is known throughout the world for its superb medical health management and practices, but as he put it, “because I am seeking help for my country.” A medical doctor specializing in plastic surgery,
Read moreBattle of the wits at Taipei comedy club
By Trista di Genova The China Post Taiwan’s first and only, new comedy club is hosting an evening with some of the island’s hottest local and foreign talent, for what promises to be two rib-splitting shows on Saturday evening. For diehard standup comedy fans, this is great news. But what
Read more‘Not a Thing’ Turns Perception on Its Head
LOCAL ARTIST CHANG NAI-WEN (張乃文) EXAMINES, CHALLENGES RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN NEW EXHIBITION OF SCULPTURES By Trista di Genova The China Post, 7.20.07 ‘Not a Thing’ is a powerful new exhibition by artist Chang Nai-wen (張乃文), opening Saturday at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM). The Taipei National University of Art
Read morePoetry for Congress
Dear Congress, Do you see this picture? It’s head-scratchin’! And inspires a new means of protest: Let’s all scratch our heads, shall we whenever faced with the presence of our not-so-dear Pretender to the Throne, the mad and mighty Mr. George WannaBe King/Anti-christ! Shall we? We shall! / Skall vig?
Read moreStudy explores the "Kinmen Identity"
See original article in the China Post here. By Trista di Genova The history of Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen Island, known in the West as Quemoy, goes back 1600 years. When the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan after the Chinese civil war of 1949, the battles didn’t stop there for the residents
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