Your numb neurotic cells will tear up gradually

[devi]

I can`t seem to put the second day in Mongolia into words either, and you`ve already seen the pictures, so I give up. The travel journal is now in China, okay? Our hostel in Beijing was gorgeous, more like a swish hotel than a hostel, made entirely of shiny marble with a funky lobby where you could sit on leather sofas under red lanterns and drink beer while watching comedy kung fu on TV. In the magazine rack we found this:





The line-up for this festival included Azerbaijan Dancing Band, Russian Mumiy Troll Band, Johnson Super Boy From Finland, Girls Band from St Mary’s College of New Zealand, the Beijing International Standard Dancing Institute, and, bizarrely, The Urinals ("funded in 1978 when punk prevails in America").

I felt kind of guilty laughing at all the Engrish in China, though it was everywhere and it was hilarious (one of the doors of the hostel had a sign over it saying "Stuff Channels", and the fire safety notice in the room said "leave the fired spot with wet tower over mouth and nose"), considering how hard I found it to pick up any Chinese at all, of which more later. But I have to share these write-ups with you:

Cuban Babisi Band
Their music is wild, delight, sonorous, with fluctuating rhythm.

Hua Shaoli
His voice gives you a sense of hierarchy. He can sing various kinds of songs.

Mingmeng Pai
As a new boy-girl band, Mingmeng Pai has his own gloom musician atmosphere in which your numb neurotic cells will tear up gradually.

Billows Fairy Tale Band
Billows Fairy Tale Band is one of few British rock bands in Beijing, which belongs to grunge, another type of British rock with strong baroque style. After keyboard player joined the band, it will show more style of aesthetism.

Viewfinder Band
It has sighed up the New Bee Music Company.

Wang Feng
Wang Feng will use his voice to tear up your adamancy under disguises and hurt your heart when you are fragile.

Poland Pantomime Master
When light shines directly on him, Claunis in black, who stands at the center of stage, makes audience feel mysterious and seductive.

Canadian BLOU Pop Band
The band’s superior expressive force and power of control can always moves its thousands of audience and bring climaxes one after another to concerts that leave fans unforgettable memory.

Camel Band
From Oak, to Happy Park to Great Fortune, the band sings camels’ sorrowful rhythm that they hum while staggering in their hard trip.

(More about the hard trip later.)

Comments

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Maybe someone in Time Out Beijing was in Mark E Smith`s house... and on a really tight deadline... or um, maybe not.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Poland Pantomime Master

They've discovered some of the special moves for that guy now. I'll post a link to the FAQ later, but the jumping double-fireball move is devastating and really improves the matchup against Ryu and Ken.

[robot-mel.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to let you know that in my first week of Chinese class the story was about a guy going to China on the train from Russia to Beijing! (well actually it was the USSR to Beijing as it's an older textbook) I enjoyed the Engrish!

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Magnificent. I see sig quotes in my future.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Wang Feng will use his voice to tear up your adamancy under disguises and hurt your heart when you are fragile.

bastard! -- how dare he?

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Exactly! I like my adamancy the way it is, thanks.

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

Mingmeng Pai, I challenge you to a gloom musician atmosphere duel!

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I was thinking there was a crown to be defended there, all right...

strange_powers deciphers:

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

or What I think they sound like:

Cuban Babisi Band - [b]Paul Simon[/b] circa Gracelands
Hua Shaoli - the voice with a sense of heirarchy? It must be the chairman of the board, [b]Frank Sinatra[/b]! Or perhaps General Levi of [b]The Chairman of the Board[/b]!
Mingmeng Pai - [b]Mogwai[/b]
Billows Fairy Tale Band - British grunge? With keyboards? It must be [b]The Gigolo Aunts[/b]. Urgh.
Viewfinder Band - they 'sighed up' the record company, meaning they are gentle, emotional. No-one could help but sigh when they played. It's [b]The 6ths[/b]!
Wang Feng - [b]Danzig[/b], no doubt.
Poland Pantomime Master - it must be [b]David Bowie[/b], must it not?
Canadian BLOU Pop Band - [b]Mogwai[/b], again.
Camel Band - they hum the sorrowful rhythm of the camel? It sounds like the bit in When A Child is Born by Johnny Mathis. So that's my answer.

Next years ATP: sorted.

Re: strange_powers deciphers:

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I used the bulletin code instead of html, but only some of the time.

Re: strange_powers deciphers:

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Next years ATP: sorted.

You are so right. And they don`t need to change their writeups at all. "Mogwai smell louder than the sun."

[juggzy.livejournal.com]

I am completely besotted with China at the moment; was telling one of the less academic Y10s today that this will be the Chinese century, and telling her why it was a good thing. She looked puzzled. Oh well, back to pimping Chinese films to the Sixth form.