Tuesday, April 24, 2007

ChinesePod - Live Music

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Well, it's been a while. I've had a bit of a break from learning Chinese, but I'm trying to get back into it, and one indispensible resource for me is the ever-popular ChinesePod.com, providing daily podcasts to keep your listening and speaking up to scratch.

Here's a great lesson from ChinesePod.com about finding live music (现场演出). This was one thing that eluded me for the first year and a half in China. I couldn't find any kind of decent live music in Qinhuangdao, and only a little in Dalian. It wasn't until I got to Shanghai that I found a decent music scene, and went to see a few bands, including Crystal Butterfly, who I've posted about before, and the excellent Cold Fairyland. Anyway, here's the podcast:

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