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2raumwohnung in Nanjing

// October 20th, 2007 // 2 Comments » // People's Republic of China, Videography

Yesterday was the first official day of the german festival here in Nanjing. The first act on the big stage, where I got an job as a camera man, was a chinese orchestra which performed german classic songs. Was nice. But then came the main event: The german-nationally famous electronic pop band called ‘2raumwohnung’ and boy did they make the chinese people dance! The audience was kinda calm during the first songs but then switched to dancing and clapping and whatnot. Without any alcohol! Unbelievable, I’ve been to some concerts but I’ve never seen anything like this before. Just watch the video I uploaded to get an idea (so how was I able to shoot this while I had to do my real job as a camera man? 2raumwohnung didn’t need a live video stream, they had their own visuals for the background - so I was off work). YouTube is still blocked, I’ll try to make some more videos while being here.

 

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Eric Claptons Konzert in Shanghai war super!

// January 22nd, 2007 // No Comments » // Music, People's Republic of China, Photography, Photography - Shanghai

Geduldig wie ein Buddha habe ich am Wochenende meine Fotos des Eric Clapton Konzerts auf flickr geladen, und natürlich Berichte geschrieben - den deutschen Bericht gibt es hier, den englischen hier. Geduldig, weil das Internet hier immer noch so lahm wie der Film Speed Demon ist und es vor Mitte Februar wohl auch nicht repariert sein wird.

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Clapton live in Shanghai.

// January 21st, 2007 // 3 Comments » // Music, People's Republic of China, Photography, Photography - Shanghai

I don’t remember the exact year, but it must have been at least four or five years ago. Billy Crystal was the host of the academy awards that year and a hilarious clip was shown before the show or as advertisement: Billy Crystal goes to the cinema, buys a popcorn, goes to his theatre, sits down, watches the commercials and as soon as the movie begins, he pulls up a tripod with a camcorder attached to capture the movie. That was a brilliant joke, back then this crazy sport was just getting famous. What the hell has this to do with Eric Clapton, you ask?

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