This is a little old, and I'm sure everyone is hard at work, doing whatever you do to pay the bills...but, there's a sloppily written yet interesting photo blog (by the British born promoter living in Bejing) chronicling Sonic Youthâ??s brief tour in China back in April the week before Coachella.
Iâ??ve been to Asia but never to China proper, and was quite surprised that they would be allowed to play let alone have such a rabid responseâ?¦is this further evidence of globalization, the corruptive effects of western culture, a positive side effect of the technology age???
I donâ??t know but the whole thing is pretty cool, whatever the larger implications. Since my work focuses on Europe, I may just be ignorant of the fact that China has steadily co-opted palatable parts of western culture and sought to enhance and flex its economic might, seeking to usurp our global dominance without firing a shot.
Far from being a China alarmist, Iâ??d like to see a counter weight to some of our shenanigans in order to create a global balance that would cause our leadership to think twice before doing stupid shit.
But back to SYâ?¦.
http://web.mac.com/archiehamilton/iWeb/Work/Sonic%20Youth,%20China,%20April%20%2707/7E03238E-2548-446A-98C7-4ED3BB8FB15E.html
