Archive for 2008/06


AC/DC To Wal-Mart

THIS is a mistake. Have you heard the new Eagles album? I’m guessing no. Even though 3 million copies were moved by Wal-Mart, it was an impulse item for baby boomers. Sure, some hard core fans purchased the disc too, but if you don’t care about the Eagles, it’s like the album didn’t even come […]

Dancing Eels & Jumping Shrimp

With a couple of hours to kill before our flight, the concierge recommended we go up to Johnston Road, to check out the outlet shops on the boulevard and delve into the market on the narrow streets behind. What amazed us at first was the bamboo scaffolding. This time going up DOZENS of stories. Would […]

Hennessy Road

So we went to dinner last night at an establishment called the China Club. It is a club, quite private, but our hotel got us in. It was on the thirteenth floor of a high rise. Hong Kong is an insiders town. If you don’t know someone, you’re out of the loop! Fascinating place… Kind […]

HK Right Now

The skies have cleared and it’s absolutely beautiful right now. Looking out the window I see the sun setting in the west, over a cluster of small ships. It’s exotic and intriguing, like Asia itself. As for the first day of Music Matters… The best thing I heard came from Rob McDermott, manager of Linkin […]