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HONG KONG–Just a quicky to recognize the crew that sent me a pile of the 800+ PVs this week. Note that you always leave a trail, kids. http://www.rathergood.com/punk_kittens/

This is also a creepo warning to myself, for reasons beyond y’all.

HONG KONG–It’s the shatters that matters. WABS: +852-9174-4096. Cheering myself up by DJing at ol’ skool HK haunt Chemical Suzy Saturday night (Sept. 7) – JANGLE! Craving TPE. HK is creaping me out seriously. Big shout-outs to Da-wai (I will return your mail when I get a sec), Homebound Bron and mincing Mio. Moment of self doubt follows.

HONG KONG–hi x,

well, i’m at one of those infamously seldom very-fucking-low points again, but they certainly are starting to become more frequent. i’ve just spent a good 20 minutes on the hong kong patio of a friend bawling alone, having just come off the phone with another grrrl i fell for who had to go away. for the first week – last week – it was just something i put to the back of my mind, for the last 3 days however i’ve been in agony. i am SOOOOO at the point you reached with your funny tummy – the fuckit zone, lets get back to reality time – following a complete realization that i will never have the person i want being a bloody wanderer, or even a stable one in hk or tpe. people leave this shit for a good reason, and i’m now suffering the second episode of someone i love just having enough of it before i have the good sense to. i just called y, who was minutes away from heading off to her first day of a new college year. i was a blubbering, uncontrolled mess, she was sparkling, but concerned, at the other end looking forward to new chapters and less grief of her life. me, i’m just laying one long fucking highway of hassle and frustration. who am i to kid that i wouldn’t fall for someone eventually ejecting from this environment after i’d previously sworn off such closeness on a northern beach on ko phan gan. but you know that bit. z was here in hk last week too, seeing her bro’s first baby. she’s snuggling up in a small town near verona, italy, and popping off to morocco and greek islands for the weekend with her man who she says is not much of a looker, but he looks after her. so cute! thankfully she wasn’t here as my walls have dropped or i’d be one painful critter to hang with. should i just rest on my laurels and hurry up and get on with it back in the west? what the fuck am i chasing here? is it insight into asia? i’m never going to have that! it takes a lifetime to attain what i’m not sure i want. maybe it’s just that shit-eating attention-seeking need i have to be different or some other adolescent bollocks left over from rtr. i’m not sure anymore that i will ‘grow up’ in asia, i’ll just be another maladjusted expat running from the palatable dinner conversation set to crave some fumbling command in chinese for a basic human desire – food, conversation with ANYONE, or whatever. i’m tired x, i want my own bed. i want to know that if i fall again for someone, they’re not going to fuck off or i’m not going to be such a twat as to not see the writing on the wall and run panting after them, because they are probably going to the better place afterall. washington dc? where y is. i don’t think i’m quite that fond of america, or melbourne for that matter :P but where exactly? next time i’m going to think about getting out of here when my partner says jump.

this isn’t the letter i wanted to write, and i’m not going to read back over it. just wanted to pour what is left of my heart out to the other greatest girl in my life. i blame all this on julie andrews and that fucking chistopher plumber from the sound of music that i watched sunday and which put me over the edge. he married a nun. that’s the right thing to do.

love and miss u,

a.

HONG KONG–Back in the land of my Bombay Sapphire-quaffing homeys. WABS: mobile in HK +852-9174-4096. Too many projects on the boil, professional and habitual, to mention. Note though, Saturday week at Chemical Suzy in TST – JANGLE! – DJ Adamus brings back 6 open-strummed stringsmithery after nearly 2 years away from the very-low roofed consol. As free as HK can be. Actually, cheaper than that. I miss Anji.

TAIPEI–Can now laugh without hurting, thanks to the fine craftspeople at NTU Hospital. Decided to take a chunk out of my savings while they were at my appendix. WABS: In Hong Kong for unspecified period from Aug 22. Phone in HK +852-9174-4096. Cannings and Connors back on the ground – aiya! VIDEO: New archive piece, PesoLateNite. Anji and Guillaume play silly. Peso playlists for 3 sessions also follow, including link to Humbug MP3 downloads.

TAIPEI–Three new-spankin’-new playlists from Peso. Note new Humbug single, For the Birds, available MP3-only from www.humbugmusic.com. New song each week ’til album launch.

Peso playlist Friday August 16, 2002

Mogwai – New Paths to Helicon Pt 1

Mogwai and David Pejo – Take Me Somewhere Nice

Shino Lin – Track 7 [Req. Bad song on a good album]

Dot Allison – Close Your Eyes

Humbug – For the Birds

The Rosemary Beads – Fur

Adam Said Galore – Crystal Beerhouse

Drop City – 10

Deus – Instant Street

Juice Monkey – Leaving You

Scare-electric – Rattlesnake

Blaze and Palmer Brown – Do You Remember House?

Duji – Be Careful What You Say [and sampling A-bian!]

Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood (mix)

Jamiroquai – The Kids

St Etienne – Pale Movie

Blur – Boys and Girls

Kylie – Can’t Get You Out of My Head

Ladytron – Playgirl

The Stone Roses – I Am the Resurrection

XTC – Generals and Majors

The Charlatans – How High

The Posies – Dream All Day

Sheena Ringo – Track 1 CD 1

Aphrodite – Be With Me (featuring Miss Bunty)

Transglobal Underground w Justin Robertson – International Times

Sounds of the Underground – Track 14

Elliott Smith – Son of Sam

The Lemonheads – Confetti

Kings of Convenience – Toxic Girl

Wu-bai and China Blue – Broken Heart Poetry

Radiohead – Karma Police

Ride – Vapour Trail

Shonen Knife – On Top of the World

That Dog – Never Say Never

Nina Gordon – Number One Camera

Lush – Single Girl

Teenage Fanclub – Star Sign

Sticky Rice – A Lu Ba

The Stone Roses – Fools Gold (Rabbit In The Moon’s Message To The Majors)

Fatboy Slim w Bootsy Collins – Illuminati

Kool Moe Dee vs Bad Boy Bill – I Go To Work (Bad Boy Bill Vocal Mix)

Bloodhound Gang and Pet Shop Boys – Mope

Leftfield – Afrika Shox

Jesus and Mary Chain – Tumbledown

Yo Le Tengo – Cherry Chapstick

Primal Scream – Exterminator

Curve – Crystal

Stereolab and Shonen Knife – Hot Chocolate

Stereolab – Parsec

Stereolab and Herbie Mann – One Note Samba

Astrud Gilberto – Goodbye Sadness

Combustable Edison – Objet D’Amour

St Germain – Rose Rouge (Spiller mix)

Basement Jaxx – Samba Magic

Kylie – Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Again! Me = gay magnet)

Shino Lin – Cinderella

Faye Wong – Track 8 (Ai’s compilation)

Sounds of the Underground – Track 1

Aphrodite – Karma Sutra (Slinky mix)

DJ Hype – Peace, Love and Unity

Scott Walker – Big Louise

Ash – There’s a Star

Weezer – Tired of Sex

Yatsura – Last Day on a Brand New Planet

The Pixies – Trompe Le Monde

Spiderbait – Buy Me a Pony

Nirvana – Negative Creep

Fugazi – Do You Like Me?

Wu-bai and China Blue – Lonely Tree, Lonely Bird

The Fall – Two Librans

Inspiral Carpets – I Want You (w Mark E Smith)

My Bloody Valentine – I Can See It (But I Can’t Feel It)

Beauty 4 – Bang Bang Boom

Sticky Rice – Paris Strawberry

President of the R.O.C Chen Shui-bian – Lovers Pillow

[and that’s got to be a great ending!]

Peso playlist Friday August 9, 2002

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Bomb the Bass and Kruder and Dorfmeister – Bug Powder Dust

Aphrodite – Karma Sutra

Stereolab – Analogue Rock

Sammy – Neptune Ave

Yo La Tengo – Cherry Chapstick

Adam Said Galore – Hiawatha

Sonic Youth – Purr

Nirvana – Love Buzz

Grandaddy – AM130

St Etienne – Pale Movie

Blaze and Palmer Brown – Do You Remember House

Bloodhound Gang – Mope (Pet Shop Boys mix)

Stone Roses – Fools Gold (Rabbit on the Moon mix)

Blur – Boys and Girls

Woodbine – Neskwik

Salad – Drink the Elixir

Weezer – Don’t Let Go

Elastica – Annie

Placebo – You Don’t Care About Us

Swervedriver – Son of Mustang Ford

Jebediah – Steal the Show

Laidback – Coldrock

A Tribe Called Quest – Go Ahead in the Rain (Pimp Juice mix)

Fatboy Slim and Bootsy Collins – Illuminati

Aphrodite w/ Deadly Hunta – Ganga Man

Squarepusher – Dimotane Co

Lamb – Cotton Wool

Stereolab – Metronomic Underground

Kiera’s Comp. – Track 8

Handsome Boy Modeling School – Metaphysical

The Soup Dragons – I’m Free

The Charlatans – Only Teethin’

Clinic – Second Foot Stomp

Primal Scream – Trip Inside this House

Blur – Bad Day

Teenage Fanclub – Start Again

Pulp – Do You Remember the First Time?

Cocteau Twins and Faye Wong – Serpent Skin

The Fall – Two Librans

[Reqs. Note Mark E Smith in both]

Elastica – How We Wrote Elastica Man

Elastica – Smile

Lush – Single Girl

Joy Division – She’s Lost Control

My Bloody Valentine – Soon (Weatherall mix)

Radiohead – Morning Bell

A Tribe Called Quest – Footprints

Basement Jaxx – Samba Magic

Alex Gopher – The Child

T-Rex – Hot Love

The Smiths – Sheila Take a Bow

The Divine Comedy – Tonight We Fly

Ash – There’s a Star

Scott Walker – Big Louise

Pulp – Babies

Shonen Knife – On Top of the World

The Posies – Dream All Day

Sheena Ringo – CD 1 Track 1

Sticky Rice – A Lu Ba

Groove Armada – Superstylin’

Transglobal Underground – Slowfinger (Kris Needs mix)

Aphrodite w Miss Bunty – Be With Me

Copyright – Good For You

St Germain – Sure Thing (Todd Edwards mix)

Propellorheads – Velvet Pants

Urban Takeover – Coz We’re Rollin’

[Now I’ll stop because bar staff demand fast techno and I need to concentrate. Not a forte!]

Peso playlist Friday July 26, 2002

Primal Scream – Shoot Speed Kill Light

Luna – I Hop

T-Rex – Hot Love

Super Furry Animals – Ymaelodi A’r Ymylon

Elastica – Hold Me Now

Lambchop – Up With People (Zero 7 mix)

Tricky – Evolution Revolution Love

Handsome Boy Modeling School – Metaphysical

Eels – The Sound of Fear

Air and Beck – The Vagabond

Archers of Loaf – Scenic Pastures

Polvo – In This Life

Dinosaur Jr – Never Bought It

Sheena Ringo – Track 1 off the new 2CD cover album

Placebo – Pure Morning

Sounds of the Underground – Track 1 (ruing the day I threw away the cover of this CD!)

Bloodhound Gang – Mope (Pet Shop Boys mix)

Basement Jaxx – Rendez-vu

Front 242 – Happiness (dance mix)

Wu Bai and China Blue – Track 3

St Germain – Rose Rouge (Blaze mix)

Stone Roses – Fools Gold (mix of some kind, Track 14 from a friend’s comp.)

The Charlatans – The Only One I Know

Pulp – Do You Remember the First Time?

The Smiths – Girl Afraid

The Lightening Seeds – Pure

Woodbine – Neskwik

Stereolab – Cybele’s Reverie

Shonen Knife – On Top of the World

The Pixies – Wave of Mutilation

The Breeders – Cannonball

Teenage Fanclub – What You Do to Me

Curve – Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus

[ANOTHER police raid. Prepare for a “corrupt cop” story soon]

Faye Wong – Track 1

Radiohead – Idioteque

Duji – Be Careful What You Say

Friendly – It’s There in Your Eyes

Lamb – Cotton Wool

Kylie – Can’t get You Out of My Head

Sounds of the Underground – Track 13

Sticky Rice – Paris Strawberry

The Fall – Two Librans

Yatsura – Siamese

Spiderbait – Should Have Done What My Mum Always Told Me To

Suicidal Tendencies – Possessed to Skate

Boss Hog – Wynn Coma

Sonic Youth – Purr

Butthole Surfers – Who Was in My Room Last Night?

Ash – Shining Star

Primal Scream – Trip Inside This House

Groove Armada – Superstylin’

Leftfield – Phat Planet

Death In Vegas – Rocco (Dub)

Wide Receiver – Daylight Robbery

Fatboy Slim – Going Out of My Head

Transglobal Underground – Slowfinger (Chris Needs mix)

Track 1 from that comp mentioned before

Beastie Boys – Body Movin’

Track 2 from that comp mentioned again

St Germain – So Flute

Stone Roses – I Am the Resurrection

Blur – Boys and Girls

Ladytron – Playgirl

St Etienne – Pale Movie

Lamb – Sweet

Beauty 4 – Track 4

Turn On – Ru Tenone

Sheena Ringo – Track 1 (again! I’m in love)

Scott Walker – Big Louise

Sounds of the Underground – Track 14

Outside – To Forgive But Not Forget

Track 4 from that comp mentioned before

[Party at Claudine’s, I think :)]

TAIPEI–Hello kids. Can you spell appendectomy? **Ouch**, no laughing now. More soon. Also, NEW MOVIE from the same people who bought you “Busted by the Foreigner Police in Taiwan” and “Appendix Scar”, it’s Yomguih: Sex and Clarinet. Where’s me gin…

TAIPEI–Back in town and back on +886-95-383-6779. And boy, do I have a tale to tell of ‘Foreigner Police’ and the unholy pestilence of an election-year foreigner-kicking campaign involving a collection of instances I’m currently compiling, including myself being interogated for 6 hours yesterday. More on this soon, but read a primer to whet the appetite.