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鈑機+88顆芭樂籽籽

按照慣例
星期二 學生樂團的NIGHT.

今日來賓:鈑機+88顆芭樂籽


鈑機很酷,
我記得他們說他們一張EP有30首歌
我笑了,真是物超所值!給我留一片可好??哈。
沒插電,別有一番風味!請繼續加油!


88顆芭樂籽,還好我中文很好
有沒有給他很饒舌阿= =

主唱怎麼那麼搞笑!
音樂還蠻喜歡的,但是他們的EP只有 六 首 歌 !
哈,JUST KIDDING...

在音樂的世界裡工作
找到快樂!
我想,你們一定比我更快樂。
學生們,衝八!

BY JOLIE.


WONDERFUL SATURDAY NIGHT

準備好要忙翻天的星期六晚上
猜猜誰要來??

David Foster!!

他很高 人很親切
我期待他的音樂到十點鐘引爆!

雖然整晚很忙碌
David的音樂卻讓我們
忘記忙碌
忘記疲勞
忘記腿快斷 哈!


節目最後 還加上咱們當家的
薩克斯風 神來一筆 是完美結局!!

不累了 再來首 安可八 !! BY JOLIE.

A guy walks into a bar...

Tonight I was behind the bar, and had an enjoyable evening long conversation with a guy named Jeff Falcon. Jeff was a big time martial arts guy who spent about 15 years in the HK movie business. I googled Jeff Falcon later to see what movies I'd seen of his, and the one that popped out was a great flick called "Six String Samurai." Hilarious movie! It turns out I've probably seen a half dozen of his movies on the bus to Taichung. You never know who will walk into a bar and ask for a drink.

JOLIE說

2006•04•04 突然忙翻天的星期二

THE TOUCH & FEEL MAJOR 兩個BAND.

THE TOUCH 請原諒我只記得你們的觀眾很HIGH!

椅子補不夠•椅子補不夠•椅子補不夠•椅子補不夠!
一進來都是兩位數的觀眾,正!


FEEL MAJOR 你們讓我覺得褲捏!

椅子補夠了•椅子補夠了•椅子補夠了•椅子補夠了!
於是我被你們主唱的二胡吸引過去聽了!
還有吉他手的笛兒。印象深刻!

加入了中國古典樂器,你們還真多才多藝。
雖然觀眾多累的是我,哈。

JOLIE說

上週四 實驗劇場日。

ZACH一夥人 整個大瘋狂!

印象中,

他們讀一些書本,有氣質。
他們也自彈自唱,很好聽。
他們可愛脫口秀,超幽默。
他們輪流來熱舞,大瘋狂。


表演一段一段,記不了那麼多
但是不管你是台灣人•外國人•日本人...

一起唱
一起跳
一起搖
一起笑

每個人臉上掛著的
就是 開 心 的 笑 !

那天我腿快斷了,我記得。
但我還是發自內心的笑了!哈!


The Twin Identical Twins

The Twin Identical Twins came to the Living Room this evening and told their amazing story to about 100 people at the bar.

After dozens of beers, the truth comes out!

The Twin Identical Twins were not born, but they were created as a freak of nature. Their father, Clark Kent, cheated one night on Lois Lane, and out of that amazing night, The Twin Identical Twins were created.

One carries a double dick, while the other inherited all the brains. Guess who is the lucky one?

Twin Identical Twin #1 likes the group "Zenga" and "The Raggende Mannen", while Twin Identical Twin #2 likes "Babik Reinhardt" and"Marco Borsato," and all of them love "Frans Bauer"!!!!

Their life water is called "Grolsch."

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Gary then, Gary now

Our friend Gary turned 50 at the Living Room recently. We had a couple of drinks, played some music, and talked about the view.

Gary also brought along a photo he found when he was 1 minute old.

This is Gary at 1 minute and counting:

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This is Gary at 26,280,001 minutes and counting:

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Africans in Taipei

What a great night at the Living Room. Some friends from Burkina Faso played a show here, and showed the audience what a deep groove was. I think it was the first time most of the crowd had heard the drums so up close and personal. It felt like you were inside the drum!

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Here's a little sample of what you missed!

Also, the Taipei Times wrote about the show...

ET TU, BRUTUS?

The pro-toga contingent made it out for the 1st Annual Living Room Toga Party.

Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est.

Corbetticus, Marcus, Danolius, and Bretticus...

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...with pluribus Hotticus Chickius...

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...shaking that Gluteous Maximus!

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Cabaret video

Black Pearl and the White Diamond made a superb video of one of their recent performances here at the Living Room.

Next time you have to see them live!

To download: Right-click here and "save target as" to your computer.

"Will you marry me?"親愛的,嫁給我好嗎??

93年8月27日情人節前夕,
小森寫了封訂位函來,
要求我們為他達成在情人節求婚的心願.
於是,
我們跟身陷愛河中的小森串通,
為他親愛的未婚妻安排一場精心設計的求婚晚宴.
除了男女主角之外,
小森特別提出邀請主人高培華先生當最佳男配角.
當高培華性感的薩克斯風吹出"without you",
一顆求婚戒在女主角面前從薩克斯風中滑出時,
整晚的高潮終於到達頂點,
小森的熱吻在女主角熱情回應中,
讓情人節的溫度到達沸騰.
恭喜!!
有情人中將成眷屬.........

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Shake that belly...

If you weren't here, you missed out. Some of our customers wanted to slip into something a little more daring and give their bellies a good shake.

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Oriented

Oriented held a happy hour here. We met lots of interesting people from different walks of life. We even met a submarine salesman (no not the kind you eat).

Nice pictures are posted here on the Oriented site.

Registration Day Poem

9/11 was a patriotic day here at the Living Room. We provided voter registration (thanks to Tammy) for local Americans who wished to register to vote in the upcoming presidential elections.

John J was one of the first people to stop by, and while having dinner he wrote down a poem on top of our table about how he felt to be an American.

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America: Where is the love baby?
by John J.

I'm an American (and not a very good one I might add ). I registered to vote on this day in the Living Room - I knew I had to, I think of both my grandmothers - one from Italy - one from Ireland - both of them orphans who immigrated to America so long ago - and in their memory I shall dedicate my vote. If I was ever going to be a good American - today was the day I stood up to be counted. I've been out of the "system" so long I doubt if anyone in the Federal government knows that I exist, a political hermit, a rowdy member of the silent majority. I'm no longer going to be faceless, nameless and powerless. My "1" little vote may only be a single drop of water against the rock of injustice - however it shall fall on election day. For my grandmothers who slaved in low paid jobs, who left the countries of their mothers - I shall vote for them. For my uncles and cousins who served in the armed forces in 3 wars - proving that they were "real" Americans - I shall vote. I love so many thing about America: Central Park in Autumn, The Blues, Baseball and the NFL, Hoagies, Apple Pie, Philadelphia cream cheese, Pacific Coast Highway, Harley Davidsons, Fender Guitars, Pontiac G.T.O.'s, July 4th picnics, the Lincoln Memorial, the Appalachian mountains, cajun food, Chicago Blues, California sunsets and Humboldt marijuana, Hobo poets, nameless surfers, I love the street preachers in North Beach, the Grand Tetons, the sand at Cape May and the hot Santa Ana winds, I love blue jeans, the ferry from Okerkroke Island, driving to or from Las Vegas through the desert at night, the smell of pumpkins the day after Holloween, I love the national parks, and most of the American saints: Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Jack Kerouac, Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jerrerson, Black Elk, Pontiac, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, Nate Scott, Muhammed Ali, Groucho Marx, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Lenny Bruce, Malcolm X, Hank Williams, Nikolai Tesla, Charlie Byrd Parker, Emerson and Thoureu, e.e. cummings, Gene Kelley, John Coltrane, Link Wray - father of the power chord and 1/2 Pauite Indian, Muddy Waters, William Penn, Jimi Hendrix, and of course our poor, broken father of our Republic- Abraham Lincoln. I love as much about America as any American does, Maybe I just love bits of America not the entity as a whole, I'd hate to lose those things - maybe my memories hold these "bits" in a sacred amber - however I do love them. For the ghosts of the saints, the land that we have so abused yet still remains sacred and beautiful, and for my grandmothers - I shall vote for the entire world, to keep this giant experiment called "America" alive, free, compassionate and Just, Today I've become an American.

Student Talent Contest

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Future rockers of Taiwan (or possibly teachers, insurance salesmen, secretaries, stockbrokers, and politicians).

Hot salsa action

Daphne held a party for Black Pearl's 50th birthday. It was a Thursday jam night, and this was the first time we heard Pearl sing. Equally impressive was this hot salsa action...

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Helen on the boards

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Sky Burial's Last Gig

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As they say, the gig is up. Sky Burial was the first bands to play here. We really enjoyed hearing their songs like Filthy Sanchez, and Those Were The People Who Died, but now Lance is off to greener concrete in NYC, and Brian is off to get married to Kitty. This is a shot after their last gig. Adios!

失物招領/Lost and Found

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Dear Customers,
Here are some items found at the Living Room. probably left by accident during one of our parties. We've collected these various nice pieces of clothing over the past 6 months, and now need to get rid of them. If any of these items belong to you or a friend, please contact us and we will save it for you. Otherwise, they are going in the trash. Thanks!

各位親愛的朋友們,
小客廳的失物招領百寶箱裡,有些被您遺忘的寶貝遺失物正在尋找他們的主人喔! 如果在過去的六個月裡,你曾經參加過我們的派對,而且掉了某些物品,我們都還幫您保存著,如果看到了屬於你的或你朋友的物品,請六月底前與我們聯絡,因為7月1日我門就要進行"人道銷滅"的行動囉!!


Who is Coralie Clement?

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A lot of people have asked us, "What is that CD you always play there? The French girl?" As you can guess, we like this CD a lot. It's relaxed, jazzy, retro, musical, and a little sexy.

The singer's name is Coralie Clement. She's 22 years old, French, has a voice that mixes traces of Astrud Gilberto and Jane Birkin, and floats along like a butterfly bell. This is her first release.

The Unnamables

The Unnamables may not have a name, but they're starting to sound like a band. Here's a recent bootleg from a Friday night. The song is called "Alligator Bogaloo" by Lou Donaldson.

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You can usually catch these guys on a Thursday night.

Lanny - Guitar
Dazz- Drums
Aaron - Bass
Corbett - Sax

Getting ready to scream

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This is Tiff. She's preparing some lyrics before a gig. We think she could have played a part in the Blair Witch Project. She's in a band called Residual who plays here regularly.

Tiff is really into a style of underground music called "screamo." What is screamo?

Think you are fit for screamo? Take this test and find out how screamo you really are.

Brian and Kitty get engaged

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Brian plays guitar in a band called Sky Burial that plays here often. He left on one of his frequent vacations, and while in a boat, on the river in Bangkok, he proposed to Kitty. We think it went like this: "Honey, will you (...by the way, say yes, or swim back through the putrifying water and maybe catch cholera...) marry me?

Congratulations Brian and Kitty!

Good luck Josh!

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Josh frequents our Thursday jam sessions, and left recently for L.A. to study jazz piano. We hope he comes back soon as Herbie Chancock...

St. Ann's Orphanage Benefit Party

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It's always nice to throw a party. But it's even nicer to throw a party when it's for a good cause. Alita organized the bands and DJs, we got Corona to donate some beers, and we provided the space. The party rocked, and now some little orphans have extra blankets and diapers to last through the winter.

Triple Birthday Bash

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Not one, not two, but THREE birthday parties at the Living Room tonight!

Mickey turned 22, Jo turned 22 + something, and Jack turned 42.

Mickey had his first tequila shot ever. Jo was dressed to kill, and Jack passed out at 12 after we finished the tequila bottle and seven bottles of wine.

Outstanding food from the kitchen!

Happy Birthday!!

Captain DJ Fresco

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Flora brought in some cool friends, and DJ Fresco asked if he could run home to grab some albums and spin his own breaks. He doesn't have any chance to spin in the army. He's a captain and will be out in two months, and his dream is to come back and spin a killer hip hop party for his Taiwan U friends here at the Living Room. Cool.

Christian's 30th Birthday

Our friend Christian turned thirty here at The Living Room. He couldn't drink too much because the next day he was asked to shoot a Lord of the Rings commercial for the Taiwan Lottery. This means that in a few weeks everyone in Taiwan will wonder who that tall Swede is, and ask, "Why does that guy have a fish on his cell phone?"

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書架上的書

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小客廳的非吸煙區有一排書架,
書架上有女主人收集的一些書,
雖然書妹書弟們自在的在書架上排排站著,
看來有點凌亂無序,
其實,
和這些書們多年培養的深厚感情,
我們都叫的出他們每一本的名字,
也知道他們都站在哪個位置上.

很多來小客廳的朋友們,
喜歡隨手捻一本書翻翻讀讀,
遺憾的是,
有些來訪的美女帥哥們,
竟會悄悄的趁我們恍個神時,
將我們的書寶貝們綁架回家,
還有父母帶兒女來全家聚餐,
也將我們的藏書夾帶而去,
我們的心情非常非常的難過,
無法清楚形容.......

後來,
我們做了小告示牌子,
放在每層書架上,
提醒大家取書前要先告知主人,
使用完畢後不要一時大意帶回家.

但是,
事先告知的人幾乎沒有,
忘記把書歸回原位,
迷糊把書的帶出場的賓客們依然迷糊.

我們只能每天祈禱上蒼,
奇蹟出現,
讓書寶寶們自己找到路,
回到溫暖的......
家........

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DJ Shiuan

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Relaxed People

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不管是和好友們在音樂區廝混,
或是聚在浪漫的tatami區聊天,
在小客廳的感覺是絕對的放鬆,
這裡,
時間在快樂中流逝,
一杯小酒,微醺的燭光,
和死黨共享的親密時間,
讓情緒變的很不一樣.......

Happy people

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如果在10瓶啤酒1000元的鼓惑下沒有喝醉的話,
至少也會盡興而歸的!
我們的外籍朋友們,
總是會在小客廳找到一解鄉愁的親密感,
好像回到了家,
幾個好友相聚,
乾他個幾瓶啤酒,
過癮的音樂,
除了小客廳, 台北沒有其他的地方.

Triplestage 650 Launch

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這是一個盡興的夜!
100多個來賓在DJ D.J.的音樂裡沉醉,
美麗的金髮饒舌美女的即興演出,
100%的爽!!

THP (The Hot Pots)

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主唱柔柔的聲音一如她的名字,
當她嘶吼時,
讓我們在一陣驚嚇後,
感到一股發洩後的暢快感覺.
THP的成員組合乍看下很是詭異,
但當音樂開始時,
融合於音樂中的協調竟是一種自在的享受.
來聽聽THP,
台北絕無僅有的emo新音樂.

中秋夜的浪漫求婚 Moon Festival Engagement

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健文哥哥在911中秋節的下午打電話來訂位,
下午,
他捧了一堆禮物和一束鮮花來小客廳,
要宜縉幫他先藏起來.
晚上,偷偷向他打探是否一個特別的日子?
他才靦腆的說,他將要向小玲求婚.
於是,我門馬上全體總動員,
老闆高帥哥找了一首Olivia Newton-John的經典情歌,
[If you love me let me know]助興,
在燭光與眾人的祝福下,
小玲答應了健文哥哥的求婚,
而且他們也答應我們,
永遠在小客廳慶祝這個特別的日子,
我們的第一對才子璧人,
祝福吳健文先生和唐小玲小姐,
愛在每一個浪漫的月光下.........

Iju Wang Jazz Quartet

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台北的另一種爵士組合,
沒有華麗的包裝,
絕不刻意做作的慵懶,
YJ的唱腔和團員的真誠,
好像一碗老奶奶下的宵夜麵,
味道盡在不言中,
偶爾還會遇到高老闆興起,
吹起感性的Sax 助陣喔!

Jam Session

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即興演出之夜一直是我們最期待的時刻,
一群因為熱愛音樂的樂手湊在一起玩音樂,
永遠不知道下一個驚喜將會是什麼.
在這裡的樂手,
不會先問演出費是多少?
在這裡也不會有點歌的掃興玩意兒,
沒有負擔的演出,
愛玩什麼就玩什麼,
創意可以任意的飛揚,
真的很過癮!!