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+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.
+
+![The Chapman Stick on Chinese national TV](/images/posts/stick-on-tv.jpg)
+
+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).