From f5f793124fe7ae9950b0fd9457374946b3b6c294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rekado Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:05:17 +0800 Subject: use Hakyll instead of middleman --- ...010-06-01-chapman-stick-on-national-tv.markdown | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/2010-06-01-chapman-stick-on-national-tv.markdown (limited to 'posts/2010-06-01-chapman-stick-on-national-tv.markdown') diff --git a/posts/2010-06-01-chapman-stick-on-national-tv.markdown b/posts/2010-06-01-chapman-stick-on-national-tv.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a39d0d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2010-06-01-chapman-stick-on-national-tv.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +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). -- cgit v1.2.3