Tag Archives: ChinaShop

Art Gallery Artsy-Fartsy in Suburbia: The Echo Park Art Walk

by Jeff Nau and Zoetica Ebb
May 23, 2011 - 11:11 am

Echo Park is the perfect place to have an art walk (preferably during the day, before the Tec-9 fire/stabbings erupt). It’s also a somewhat chaotic affair, strung throughout suburbs surrounding the local paddleboat haven/mini-tropical Watts: galleries in garages and lofts; museums in backyards, and hawkers peddling hand-crafted wares in front of their houses. Obviously it ain’t like walking into your local MOCA/MOMA, especially since the actual ‘museum’ is 2+ miles long and a good 15 degrees hotter.

And pleasantly disorienting: my accomplice and I got lost almost immediately; thank god those starving artists had child laborers to provide us with chalk drawing-maps and cotton candy!

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Gallery Music The Big 4 and The Road to Hell: Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer Play Indio

by Jeff Nau
April 27, 2011 - 11:20 am

When asked about Coachella in a recent interview, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian stated his feelings in no uncertain terms. “Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.” Then, for extra emphasis: “I don’t want to have anything to do with you, I don’t like your music, I don’t like your scene, I don’t like your ironic mustaches, and I don’t like your stupid hats.”

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Geek Geek in a ChinaShop: Jessica Mills Holds Us In An Awkward Embrace

by Teresa Jusino
March 21, 2011 - 12:17 pm

Jessica Mills

If you haven’t been watching Awkward Embraces, you’ve been missing out on one of the best shows to come along in any medium. Yeah, you heard me. It’s that good, and that funny. Awkward Embraces tells the story of three friends – Jessica, Candis, and Lyndsey – and their dating misadventures. It’s a simple concept, but what makes the webseries special is not only the incredible chemistry between the three leads and the sharp writing, but the fact that the lead character is an honest representation of a geek girl.

Awkward, but charming; naive about relationships, but willing to learn; beautiful with a real body, not the anorexic “beauty” too often favored in Hollywood; Jessica is a joy to watch because she feels like a real person. She also feels like a real female geek, dropping Star Trek references as easily as she breathes; feeling the desperate need to explain why her Star Wars t-shirt is funny even when it’s clear the person she’s speaking to won’t get it, or care. When I saw the episode where Jessica loses herself in talking about “Darmok,” her favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, I squealed loudly thinking, “That’s my favorite episode, too!!” What every woman I’ve introduced to Awkward Embraces, geek or not, has said to me after watching is “Oh my God! This sounds like me and my friends!”

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Event How To Survive in Austin, ChinaShop Style

by Rich Thomas and Dustin Downing
March 17, 2011 - 3:53 pm

Where are the roadies!!!!! SWSW 2011

Here in Austin, there’s just as much good stuff happening on the street corners and outside of venues as there is on the inside. From dawn to dusk and beyond, it’s nothing but end-to-end music, which leaves very little time to remove oneself from the slipstream and relax. That’s where ChinaShop comes in. We’ve always fancied ourselves as purveyors of good taste, communicating the best of what’s out there straight to your computer monitor, but this week we thought we’d go the extra mile provide a tangible service to the band’s themselves. The music makers. The dreamers of dreams. So here’s what we did.

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Featured Gallery Music The Real Deal: Dani Deahl

by Nicole Pajer and Dustin Downing
February 21, 2011 - 11:58 am

Dani Deahl is well on her way to becoming one of the most widely recognized female DJs. A Chicago native, Dani conquered the local club scene in her first year spinning, going on to tour internationally while releasing records along the way. She has played at Lollapalooza twice, hit the Billboard charts for singles such as “Poppin’ Bottle,” and runs Satellite Records, a label that produces some of today’s best dance music. Dani also writes for top industry publications including URB and TimeOut and runs a music blog titled D Squared.

She’s known for rocking her signature pink and black locks and bringing her rock meets electro vibe to the DJ booth. Her career keeps expanding and she isn’t planning on stopping anytime soon. ChinaShop was able to nail down this electronic superstar for a quick Q & A and a photo shoot that may or may not have resulted in her falling into a swimming pool fully clothed in designer threads.
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Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Tokio Hotel, Jesse McCartney, and Shackleton

by Shop Keeper
December 28, 2010 - 2:20 pm

Shackleton, yayy

Wow, the holidays have brought us, well, basically nothing this week…unless you love one of these 4 bands! Next week won’t be much better, but in a couple weeks the new release from Cake is out and we’ll have some other stuff. In the meantime, check out our best-ofs for 2010…

Tokio Hotel - Best of

Jesse McCartney – Have It All

Shackleton – Fabric 55: Shackleton

Prime Suspect – Prime Suspect

Event Red Bull BC One Announces Winner: ChinaShop Holds Contest

by Shop Keeper
December 1, 2010 - 5:47 pm

BC One Championships Tokyo Japan 2010

In celebration of the Red Bull BC One championships that just took place in Tokyo Japan Last Saturday, ChinaShop is giving away 3 prize packages each containing a custom Nintendo DS unit and a Red Bull BC One game.

If you don’t know about Red Bull BC One, I invite you to take a gander at the amazing video below. This year, Brazilian power mover Neguin from the Tsunami All Stars crew took the crown in a spectacular finale battle against Just Do It, a Dutchman from the Rugged Solutions crew. The annual competition, now entering it’s eighth consecutive year, continues to raise the b-boy bar.  The talented competitors have taken the art form to a whole new level with double back flips, triple gainers, and self levitating windmills that boggle the mind. These chaps are hardly human, and while the odds are that you probably will never land a triple gainer, at least you could thumb a couple radical maneuvers on your new hand held (should you win).

Custom Nintendo Unit and Red Bull BC One Game

Contest rules; To win the ChinaShop Red Bull BC One prize package, you must correctly answer the below questions in an email to info@chinashopmag.com.  ChinaShop will choose 3 contestants at random and announce the lucky winners this Monday 12/6/10 at high noon.  Entries must be received by midnight Sunday and you must be 18 years or older to win.  Winners the will be contacted via email Monday end of day.  Best of luck!

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