Studio 188 Shindig

The Studio 188 gig was a private party here in Shanghai.
It was at a big house over in Michael's neighborhood...

Mighty Zhou picked me up at the Mayfair at 9:00, then we got Mal ("bad" in the Latin, as I keep telling him...) and we hit Michaels house right at 10:00am.
We broke down all the equipment in the garage and loaded it into Zhou & Michael's vehicles and drove them the 300 yards to the house where the party was being held.


Studio 188 - Soundcheck. Yo! Michael! More Cowbell!

Why "Studio 188"? you might ask...
Well... it's a garage band. And the address of the garage is 188...
Simple, no? (Don't ask the street name...)



Michael and the youngest (provisional) member of Studio 188
singing "Day Tripper" during the sound check.



First set- the guys rocking out on Seger's "Old time Rock and Roll"



The girls dancing to Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl"...



The boys playing "Come Together"...
Alex, Mal, Michael, Carl and Adrian.
Not pictured - Jay (the Original Jay) and Clive

I met some nice folks at the party- the guest of honor- Jim Rice and his family...
Some of the folks from Xin Xin Sports were there, Mal's wife Michelle and his daughter. Michael's wife and his two children were there- Leo and his better half, Neal (Neil?) and his significant other... Christina, one of the court services girls from last year was there with
her father...
I also met (again, appearently) Ralph and Karen, the proprieters of The Thirsty Monk...
Really nice folks...
I had a great evening at The Monk last year when Studio 188 played their first public gig. I was here testing with the original video cube guys and coincidentally they were playing one evenig that I was there.
If you visit Shanghai and you want a change from the downtown bars that try to cater to ExPats, give The Monk a shot... Definitely worth the 60 or so RMB to get out there.

The Thirsty Monk...Website and map.

The gig wrapped about 8:00...
I got a ride back to the Mayfair- about a 30 minute taxi ride. Not too bad...
On the way back I saw this...

Pretty scary, eh?
Know what was more scary?
The bees that were pollinating that thing...

Wow.

Famous, Out-