Tag: Beijing

  • SSP27 – New Age of Decay

    SSP27 – New Age of Decay

    Recorded on Saturday, September 25, 2021 This episode has another band joining me, The New Age of Decay. The band / project is made up of Michael Burton, aka NotAnotherPoet, and Dann Gaymer, aka The Slow Blade. They join me online as Michael has recently returned to the UK while Dann and I are still…

  • May You Make Your Movie – May 10, 2021 – Moving Pictures

    Another video composed with pictures. This time, however, I wanted to see if there was an APP for that. Turns out, there is. There are several APPs, as I’m sure you are already well aware. But which one to use? Should I pay? Do I have to? What would be the easiest thing to do?…

  • SSP23 – David Horton

    SSP23 – David Horton

    Recorded April 17, 2021. This week I bring on another fellow expat here in Beijing and we talk a lot about what life is like in China both now and when he first came over over a decade ago. Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, David is a writer and editor now based in Beijing, China and…

  • Spring Festival 2021 – The Year of the Ox

    Spring Festival 2021 – The Year of the Ox

    It’s here again, the Spring Festival, China’s celebration of the lunar new year and the change from one animal’s time in the zodiac to the next. This year we move from the Year of the Rat to the Year of the Ox. Previous New Year’s blog posts: Chinese New Year 2015 – The Year of…

  • Things are (strangely) quiet this year

    Things are (strangely) quiet this year

    Looking back over the years it seems that, around this time of year, I usually write some sort of post titled “Things are getting quiet” in Beijing. The strange thing is, although I’m writing another one this year, things have been quiet for a while. If you haven’t seen the news as of late, China…

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