Lu Wan Rock

originally posted june 3

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destination: wuhan. capital of hubei province and home of some really spicy bbq. also home to the awesome av okubo . sadly they couldn’t play with us as their guitarist was driving a train to guangzhou. as you do.

we were the headliners last friday night at vox bar in wuhan. we played a long set – around 15 songs i think and it was just pure rock n roll. veronica and cyntia joined us from shanghai. and veronica took some killer pics. any shots of the band are hers. xx

here’s john playing what looks like a D, but i am not sure.

dan and i playing E – it’s probably apathetic mutation

is that A minor? might be candle to burn

and there’s fabs on the kit. it looks like dan is playing a F# in the foreground. i think it must be blood sweat strut .

veronica also put a great video of us playing blood sweat strut on facebook. it’s well worth a look.

and here’s cyntia rockin out.

wuhan is very big. huuuuge. so i didn’t see all of it and i don’t wanna make any sweeping generalisations about a city that i haven’t seen. in fact i’ve really only seen one street in wuhan. and it is filthy. full of trash. a dump. a tip.

so what else???  there’s a big show this sunday – my good friend, sandro, is leaving shanghai and leaving a huge hole. he is the bass player with the dovetail joints and was also the bass player in our old band, the cardinals. so we are having a farewell show at melting pot 288 taikang lu at 9pm. the dovetails will play, the cardinals will play. and sandro’s other band, the dark roast will play. i hope you can make it.