Rex, Matt, Tyler
I know it’s been a while, but I had a moment and saw this in the comments section of the site. This post just kills me: We are three friends from Chicago, and Ohio and we are here in Taiwan for the winter holiday. We have been going around on our own for a couple [...]
Possible Job in Filming of Life of Pi
I just saw this info in the comments. No idea if it is legit or if they’re still looking but it’s worth a shot. Ang Lee needs your help! New movie ‘Life of Pi’ shooting in Taiwan – Looking for an Indian background actress and Mexican background actor! Hi, we are looking at all expat [...]
Taiwan Music: feardrive
feardrive is a rock/punk band formed in the dawn of 2010 in Taipei. Influenced heavily by bands like the Ramones, SNFU, The Smalls, Face to Face and a variety of 80’s and 90’s metal bands, feardrive has created a unique and simple sound which shouldn’t put you to sleep. Choices Enemy
Song: 8 分 醉 – Drunk
I was listening to some old recordings the other day and this one stuck out for a few reasons. The first is, the guy I recorded it with reminds me of a modern day terracotta warrior. He’s a really cool Taiwanese aboriginal guy that goes by the name Joe. He’s a profession is singing and [...]
Taiwanese Men and Stripping
This is an odd subject to be brought up here at The Real Taiwan considering that all of the contributors at this point are woman-loving red-blooded males. I’ve been out at bars and discos in Taiwan too many times to count, and I’ve seen way too many times where Taiwanese men get goaded into stripping. [...]
Betelnut On My Shoes
A song and video from Moodphase5 on Youtube. I wretched a bit when the betelnut actually went on his shoes. It is some nasty stuff.
No Photos Pre-Party Interview Series Pt. IV
By Matt Gibson What: No Photos Interactive Art Party and Exhibition When: Friday, June 11th. Where: Roxy Roots Notorious party photographer Steven Vigar (http://www.stevenvigar.com) is moving from Tainan to Taipei so that he can blind partygoers with his flash and post embarrassing pictures of them on his website on weekdays, in addition to weekends. In [...]


