We decided to head on up to Dakeng again. It is about a 20 min drive from our house... we should go every week but we don't quite seem to get out there that often. Instead of going to the "trails" we just wandered into the bush. Found some pretty cool stuff there, including a nice little waterfall. Noseeums??? little black bugs that really bite you good.... really bit us good... (No see thems... cause they are so small???) i dunno.. thats what they tell us. ciao
The grooveyard is THE place in taiwan to play music... rather... experiment with music. The bar was started 2 years ago by two foreigners named Roger and Patrick. This bar, has arguably shaped the music scene in Taiwan.
The crowds at grooveyard are always composed of freaks and geeks.... prepared to encourage and support creative efforts. It is so very different from the music scene that we were apart of in North America... In this place, I am constantly reminded why it is so amazing to be alive.
At this show, our band lost a fantastic multi-talented musician named Kevin Lee, who could not only wail on the sax and twinkle the blue keys, but could also outsing anybody. anyday. On the up, the best rock and roll drummer I have ever met joined our crew and proved his reputation. Jubba, the south african always knows exactly what to do.
In the works for the band: 1. a concert in the mountains for the Taiwan Biker Assoc. 2. full length album of original blues. 3. Mainland China Mini-tour
In the works for jacqui and I: Thailand in less than 2 weeks!
Not really at all relevant to... us ... or this blog.... but it does kind of sum up the relaxed feeling here on the island. Enjoy! and back to real posts soon!
Lots of stuff has been happening, but no blog update. A nice big slew of blog updates will come soon though. This is the stuff that is in the works.
- We went on a beautiful beach trip to Kenting.. the very south of Taiwan.
- Jacqui has a beaut new yamaha scooter.. we'll post some pics and vids of her scooting around.
- Brad's band has a big show this week and another next week... posts and pics from those soon.
- We are taking, what we hope to be, an amazing trip to Thailand at the end of July... we'll be going for almost two weeks... we'll post some Thailand stuff.
- Brad's building a little recording studio here in Taiwan... dealing with the insane 85% humidity first of course... pics of stuff of that for the guitar/geek inclined (sorry to those with lives).
- and some other great stuff too..... Don't forget that we love hearing from all of you through email too. jvandeleygraaf@gmail.com & brad.tindall@gmail.com
peace and love,
jacqui & brad
What a great weekend for everyone involved!! Held at yet another beautiful mountain stage in the hills of Taoyuan (close to Taipei), this non-profit event, to raise money for righteous charities, was a bit hit. Our blues band got, what we feel, was the premium time slot... and we really rocked it hard. Over 1000 audience members, give or take, were witness to soaring fire lanterns, fire dancers, gigantic peace circles... and the list goes on. We pitched our tent, but never ended up using it, as we stayed up playing music and talking with a collection of some of the earths most interesting people. what a blast. more soon about... well... a lot of great stuff.
peace..... fest.
Heres a link to the Taipei Times article about the festival. Our band Boogie Chillin' was named the hightlight of the fest two years running. Not bad for the little blues band that could.
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