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| author | rekado <rekado@elephly.net> | 2015-08-16 05:15:04 +0200 |
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| committer | rekado <rekado@elephly.net> | 2015-08-17 22:56:02 +0200 |
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diff --git a/posts/2010-06-01-chapman-stick-on-national-tv.markdown b/posts/2010-06-01-chapman-stick-on-national-tv.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index a39d0d7..0000000 --- a/posts/2010-06-01-chapman-stick-on-national-tv.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: The Stick—Live on Chinese TV -date: 2010/06/01 -tags: show, tv, chapman stick, video, music ---- - -Once upon a time, there was a mediocre musician with a dream. The story has not -yet ended, so I cannot say much more than that. If this story would, however, -be written down by my sentimental alter ego one day (long after the last polar -bear will have surrendered before the army of blind manatees, oh, the huge -manatee!), it would probably make mention of the following event. - - - -Tossed around on the waves of his whimsical nature, the mediocre musican fell -into the path of an opportunity. In a way as to apologize for the accidental -collision, the clumsy musician offered to make up for the damage by playing -tunes and singing songs for pure entertainment. Not without a hidden agenda was -it that on that day the musician decided to bring an instrument, playing which -he was not even capable of. - -Lo and behold: ’twas the Chapman Stick the musician had strapped on, -knowing well that the juxtaposition of the minimalistic yet noble instrument -with the silly cowboy dress... What can I say? There is no way I could justify -that preposterous appearance. - -Anyway, I participated in a popular Shanghainese show and played the Stick. The -show was broadcast live on February 8, 2010 and despite the promise to be given -a reel of the performance, it took four months and lots of effort on my part to -find [this low-fi snippet](http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTc3OTAyMTY0.html) of -the very first appearance of the Stick on Chinese TV. - -What you can see here is part of my introduction, a teaser of sorts, to keep -the audience hooked till the actual performance later in the show. The song I -was playing is a somewhat funkier adaption of Wang Li Hong's -"龙的传人". - -You can [download this historical video clip -here](/downies/videos/qjdls_chapman_stick_1.mp4). |