Monday, July 27, 2009

"Algae" Concert and More

We recently went to a free outdoor concert near ZhongXiao XinSheng MRT at the "Creativity Park" -- it is the old Taiwan Beer Brewery / Factory -- featuring a Taiwanese band called "Algae" whose lead singer is named Deserts Chang -- a folk singer here in Taiwan.




Lunch at Korean BBQ with Nathan and Grace -- really good and only $3 USD per person

Two other Taiwanese joined us from an English Bible Study Nathan teaches

The Venue of the Concert 4 hours before the show





Annie and I showed up at 1pm for the Show -- but they changed it to 5pm due to the Heat



We walked around the "Creativity Park"



Nathan and Grace

I climbed 1/4 of the way up the old Taiwan Beer Smoke Stack

The Venue started to fill up around 4pm after a couple hours of rain which cooled down the weather nicely

Annie getting ready to hear the Band

My friend Fleming came to the concert and brought his wife and two Sons (Ian is the older one, the 2 year old has no English name yet)





The lead singer's English name is Deserts Chang -- she is famous for her song "bao bei" which means "baby" or "darling" in Chinese -- she also likes to talk alot during her concerts about how bad the big record companies areMostly Students from the nearby Taipei Technology University showed up

The Rest of the Band



I recorded part of her folk song "Bao Bei"


Afterward we went to Dinner with Fleming and his family near the Venue -- the shrimp omelet was pretty good



2 comments:

  1. Interesting pics. BTW, does your apartment have AC?

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  2. most definitely -- it's hard to sleep at night without it -- even with a bamboo sleeping mat

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