It’s time for the annual Yalun Central Area Nightlife Awards, which—like many Hong Kong film festivals—is not based on merit but rather how much the organizer likes you.
Here are my top pics:
Best Early Cocktails Spot: Sevva. Wait, that’s just the most expensive.
Best Early Cocktails Spot: Le Boudoir. I like the cocktails, the French bartender, and the tequila shots with orange slices. It gets packed with cougars later so best to go early unless you own a tranquilizer gun.
It’s time for the annual Yalun Central Area Nightlife Awards, which—like many Hong Kong film festivals—is not based on merit but rather how much the organizer likes you.
HK Magazine: What did your parents do? What kind of music did you listen to growing up?
DJ Spooky: I grew up in a very middle class family in Washington DC's academic scene. My father was Dean of Howard University and my mother is a historian of design. My dad collected records, and that sparked my curiosity. I just thought that record sleeves like Miles Davis "Bitches Brew," or John Coltrane's "OM," or anything by James Brown just looked super cool. That inspired my art and ideas.
Directed by D. W. Griffith, “The Birth of a Nation” is a silent film that, since its 1915 release, has been a controversial Hollywood classic because of its portrayal of American blacks during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.
Now you can watch it in a different way—literally. Produced and performed
by American electronic/hip-hop DJ Paul D. Miller, better known by his stage name, DJ Spooky, “Rebirth of a Nation” is a live remix of the film featuring three screens and a surround sound system. Before the Asian premiere of his universally acclaimed multimedia show, DJ Spooky talks to Penny Zhou about his background, the project and Antarctica.
So I was at a dinner party where over wine and cheese, a white American male who’s spent some time in Beijing proceeded to tell us all that there’s really no point in learning Cantonese. According to him, in about two generations everyone in Hong Kong will be speaking Putonghua. Alright, say it with me now: [sau1 deh1 la1 fan2 tseung2 ngong6 geui1 ga4]. That’s more or less “SHUT THE FUCK UP” in Cantonese.
So I was at a dinner party where over wine and cheese, a white American male who’s spent some time in Beijing proceeded to tell us all that there’s really no point in learning Cantonese.
The stats prove it: our city is becoming more wine-obsessed by the year. According to a recent Vinexpo survey, Hong Kong’s yearly wine consumption is now at around 35 million bottles, which amounts to roughly 4.5 liters per person per year. Compare this number to Asia’s other leading regions, including Japan (2.4 liters) and Singapore (2.1 liters), and it seems we have a seriously alcohol-friendly city on our hands. It helps too that the city’s wine duty has been non-existent since 2008.
Wine appreciation is booming in Hong Kong, with collectors and consumers more discerning than ever.
I can’t claim to be born here, but I truly feel at home. That I can say with total conviction.
I grew up in Manchester. I left school at 16. I worked at the Manchester Town Hall for two years. I did two years military service in the RAF. I [finished] at 20, and I started architecture school at 21.
It was only late in life that I discovered that I could be an architect. That’s not surprising, because in the background I came out of, people didn’t go to university.
Star architect, marathon cross-country skier, international jetsetter: Norman Foster has a resume as big as the Beijing airport (which he also designed). The dapper 77-year-old British knight, the brains behind the HSBC building, Chek Lap Kok airport and countless other landmarks around the world, has won the rights to build the (much delayed) West Kowloon Cultural District. Reclining on couches in the Mandarin Oriental’s lobby, Foster chats with Hana R. Alberts about his connection to Hong Kong and what he does when he’s not working.
(USA/Spain) Written and directed by Woody Allen. Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates. Category IIA.
Slogans for rainy days such as, " Freddy says Aww", "Just Singin'" and "Typhoon 8?"
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