Comments on: Odds and Ends from “Modern Music”

By: Merry

Merry — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:06:20 +0000

Thanks, Crystal! I’ll have to update the page.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:56:20 +0000

Hey, the translation for Qing Gong from Time Machine is probably Elevation Skills.

By: Mich

Mich — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:18:12 +0000

Clearly I’ve been given instructions here about what I need to do. But I’m sure I can’t be the only Sodagreen fand in England!

By: V

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:16:52 +0000

My mother sent me an email saying that an Indonesian newspaper recently reported that Jay had died of a drug overdose, and the year before that they reported he’d been killed in a car accident.

The sad thing is I kind of understand that newspaper’s mentality.

By: Merry

Merry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:55 +0000

Oh, well, to be fair to the magazine, this was the October 15th issue – it just turns out that by subscribing, I get it two weeks later (and not any cheaper) than I could get it on the newsstand. When my subscription runs out in December, I will return to the newsstand.

But they did a feature recently where they rewrote Taiwan’s top 200 albums including mainland artists. Now that I’ve gotten all the issues containing parts of that, I’m going to start posting it. Should be interesting….

The thing about Jay, though, is that when it’s remotely controversial, he seems to let the company speak for him so he can disavow it later. I remain unimpressed.

By: hobielover

hobielover — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:19:17 +0000

There have been a few oddities with statements put out by JVR recently, where the “representative” from JVR said one thing and then Jay said something different. When Jay decided to go to Hollywood, for example, the “representative” denied it, but then Jay came and said that yes, he was going to act in the “Green Hornet.” There seems to be some communication issue between Jay and his company.

The Chinese paper from New York I sometimes buy seems up-to-date in comparison with your magazine. (I draw mustaches on Jolin in the paper. Good fun!) Of course, it’s not a magazine solely dedicated to Chinese music. It only has an entertainment section, which has one page dedicated to Western entertainment, then it has separate pages for Taiwan, HK, and Mainland China.

By: Merry

Merry — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:02:09 +0000

Hah, well, another reason to like this magazine – it’s as behind on the news as I am. This is the latest issue with the news about Crowd’s single (though I see it’s only been out a little over a week – and not yet on the mainland. That makes me feel marginally better).

The cockroach story was ridiculous, because there’s Jay’s company claiming he’s never invested in the restaurant, and all the reporters were digging up quotes from Jay about how they’re the only companies he’s invested in that have made money, etc. etc. Pick a story, Jay.

By: hobielover

hobielover — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:27:39 +0000

BTW, the A-Mei song is “掉了.”

It’s odd that I didn’t hear about the roaches. I can’t stand roaches! (You can probably hear me from the other side of the world when I see a roach.)

By: hobielover

hobielover — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:02:22 +0000

Crowd’s single is old news…because his album is out.