Re: Hong Kong Music

1999-04-06 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://destinations.previewtravel.com/DestGuides/0,1208,WEB_98,00.html has a good overview of whazzup in the former colony. I don't think you'd like most of the Hong Kong popular music (based on what I hear here in San Francisco - not enough twang). You should be able to get incredible deals

Re: Hong Kong Music

1999-04-06 Thread BARNARD
Although I just wrote CK an offlist post, I'll repeat the gist here, in case anyone cares g. Two years ago, right before handover, there were a number of "indie", "alternative," and "rootsy" bands. When I was there in Spring 96, I even played 4 or 5 shows with a local Chinese-British blues kid