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January 06, 2005
Tsunami Fundraiser @ Carnegies
dave
04:09 PM
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Just received a communication on the musician's grapevine:
This Saturday there will be live music in Carnegies (Lockhart Road, Wanchai) in aid of the Tsunami Disaster appeal. Carnegies will be giving 50% of takings to Oxfam and there will be donation boxes around the bar so that you can chip in with much needed extra dosh. See you there.
Carnegie's Presents:
TSUNAMI RELIEF
Two of Hong Kong's Best Live Bands,
One Night Only
9th State
Tunnel Vision
w/ Special Guests
Your Donations and Half of Every Purchase to OXFAM
This Saturday Night (8th Jan.), 9PM
December 04, 2004
Hallelujah
dave
11:06 PM
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It turns out that the song was called Hallelujah after all.
November 17, 2004
Folk Festival time again
dave
09:53 AM
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It's that time of year again - the Hong Kong Folk Festival is on next weekend, with guests including Gilly Darbey, Jim Condie and Ben & Joe Broughton.
March 09, 2004
So Beautiful
dave
10:45 AM
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One thing which is notable about Australia is the amount of music playing on the radio by people you've never heard of unless you're from there.
One song which I heard everywhere I went was 'So Beautiful' by Pete Murray. It's haunting and beautiful and has a very clean and elegant mix. You can listen to 'So Beautiful' if you have RealPlayer.
November 10, 2003
Harbourfest
dave
12:54 AM
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Yan, the 'glutter' blogger has some good reviews of harbourfest. She's a pretty good writer, and has a great perspective on things.
October 12, 2003
Bob Geldof
dave
11:27 AM
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There's a great interview with Bob Geldof here.
October 08, 2003
Playing again!
dave
12:07 AM
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Next Saturday at the Globe on Hollywood Road there's a Folk Society musical night. It's free to get in and it starts about 7:30pm-ish. Music will be provided by:
- Chris Hoskins
- Dave O'Brien
- David Dudgeon
- Pete and Iris Benzie
- July Levy (back from Australia for a while)
- Atlantic Bridge
Yep, that's my name up there. It'll be the first time I've played in public since Wanchai Live back in June, so I'd better practice!
Don't worry about the 'Folk' aspect - it's not all woolly jumpers and fingers stuck in ears. These nights are a good night of live music which isn't blasting your ears off. Anything and everything from Jazz through Beatles through Richard Thompson to Pop songs, and even the occasional Diddly-Aye.
Also, the beer's good in the Globe, and the prices are usually reasonable. The Globe is under the Escalator on Hollywood Road, Central.
August 31, 2003
Off Kilter
dave
07:03 PM
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I've just downloaded the most amazing MP3 - it's by a band named 'Off Kilter' and its a rendition of that old Dick Dale and the DelTones song: Misirlou. (The Pulp Fiction theme). Why is it so good? It's played with the Bagpipes!
The band's official website is: Off Kilter Web Site and it features Corkman Mark Weldon among others.
June 28, 2003
RTHK 28/06/2003 - Phil Whelan
dave
02:02 AM
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Tune in to RTHK3 tomorrow morning at 11:00 am for a prelude to Wanchai Live.
June 23, 2003
Wanchai Live
dave
12:32 AM
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Well, it's coming around again and here's the timetable so far:
| Saturday 28 June 2003 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Start Time | Carnegies | Wanch |
| 1300 | Seretonin | - |
| 1400 | Pull your socks up | DIU |
| 1500 | Wig & Em | Shallow Falls |
| 1600 | Firefly Conspiracy | Dave O'Brien |
| 1700 | Mr Softee | The Retro Years |
| 1800 | Hei Sha | Time Raider |
| 1900 | Mind Your Head | Mydriff |
| 2000 | Spank | Dr. Thirsty |
| 2100 | Led Zebra | Ultrastatic |
| 2200 | Thinking Out Loud | The Bastards |
| 2300 | 9th State | Dave Colquhoun |
| 0000 | - | Don't Panic |
| Sunday 29 June 2003 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Start Time | Carnegies | Wanch |
| 1300 | Another Life Story / Spermatic Chord | - |
| 1400 | SIQ | - |
| 1500 | Airtub | Dave O'Brien |
| 1600 | The Small Corner Band | Tornier |
| 1700 | Da Guelos | Whence He Came |
| 1800 | Milk and Cookies | Los Tabernacos |
| 1900 | 2 Tonnes | Papa Jack |
| 2000 | The Macs | After Hours |
| 2100 | Deja Blue | One Crowded Hour |
| 2200 | Dirty Sanchez | Boludo |
| 2300 | Beats Working | Pok Guys |
March 30, 2003
More Cancellations
dave
12:00 AM
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Moby and Andy Williams have both cancelled their Hong Kong dates.
March 28, 2003
Graceland
dave
12:00 AM
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I'm listening to the Paul Simon Anthology at the moment. The reason I'm playing it is that my son picked it out of the CD rack and brought it over. Complete fluke, as he's only eight months old.
This is a double CD. The first CD is full of the Simon and Garfunkel stuff. The second CD is magic: it's the South African stuff he recorded against the wishes of many people. All those wonderful liquid fretless bass lines by Bagithi Khumalo, almost the only constant on the album. Fantastic stuff. Paul Simon was pilloried initially for recording in a South Africa divided by Apartheid, but I think his great achievement was showing that there was great music there, despite the political system. Bagithi Khumalo is an extraordinary bass player. Why doesn't everyone try to play like him? (It's bloody hard, is why.) That wonderful fluid, fretless bass style is seriously hard work. Whenever I try and cover a song from the 'Gracelands' album, I have even more respect for the superb musicians Paul Simon recorded with. That album is one of the reasons I have a fretless bass. I suspect that it'll be considered one the the canonical albums of western music.
March 27, 2003
Stones
dave
12:00 AM
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News just in is that the Rolling Stones have cancelled their gigs here at the last minutes because of the Atypical Pneumonia scare.
February 17, 2003
Ultrastatic
dave
12:00 AM
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Local Hong Hong Kong band Ultrastatic have a website now.
They're playing the Wanch next Saturday 15th Feb, so go down and support them, if you're in the area.
May 13, 2002
Aftermath.
dave
12:00 AM
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Well, that was fun. I'm referring to Wanchai Live, of course. Twenty four hours of noise, beer, noise, heat, sweat, more noise, more beer and the occasional musical interlude. Next year I'm definitely not carrying around that GT-5 again. The damn thing's way too heavy. Also, I think I'll play the ukulele instead. Or maybe the triangle.
May 09, 2002
Wanchai Live VII Timetable
dave
12:00 AM
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As of this moment, the timetable is as below. This will probably be subject to change over the course of the days, as people sleep in, fall over, run away, etc.
| Time | Sat - Carnegie's | Sat - Wanch | Sun - Carnegie's | Sun - Wanch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Dave O'Brien | - | - | - | |
| 13:00 | Just 78 / Shallow Falls | Dum & Mad | Makeshift Haven / Inappropriate Manner | One of a Kind | |
| 14:00 | Milk & Cookies | Dave O'Brien | Dave O'Brien | Couch | |
| 15:00 | Schneider | Los Tabernacos | Doctor Thirsty | Milk & Cookies | |
| 16:00 | Harvey's Cream | Tunnel Vision | Whence He Came | Dave O'Brien | |
| 17:00 | Medusa | Mind Your Head | Touch | Uncle Joe | |
| 18:00 | Dum & Mad | Mydriff | Henries | Medusa | |
| 19:00 | The Macs | Shakespearoes | 2 Tonnes | Beirut Carpark | |
| 20:00 | Mydriff | Touch | Shakespearoes | Causeway Bay City Rollers | |
| 21:00 | Thinking Out Loud | Bastards | Don't Panic | 9th State | |
| 22:00 | Causeway Bay City Rollers | Henries | Los Tabernacos | Fish Lips | |
| 23:00 | Helter Skelter | Don't Panic | Bastards | Hyperstatic |
May 05, 2002
less than one week to go
dave
12:00 AM
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It's less than one week to go until Wanchai Live VII. Taking place in The Wanch and Carnegies pubs on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of May, Wanchai Live is twenty four hours of live music. From noon to midnight both days, a new band every hour. If you're in Hong Kong and feel like a beer and some music (or even lunch - the pub grub in both places is ok), stroll along to either venue and check things out.
The Wanch is at 54 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai, and Carnegies is at 53-55, Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, just around the corner or so.
I'm playing in the afternoon on both days, and there should be a list of acts pasted up on the windows of both pubs.
April 15, 2001
Another Kely Karnival
dave
12:00 AM
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I probably should have posted this up sooner, but there was another Kely Karnival on the Peak last Sunday, 15/05/01. It was a cold day, but the Bastards were playing, and that was pretty good.
I played too, of course, my usual acoustic stuff.