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Half Mile Radius is a Half American, Half Taiwanese band with a sound that is Half heavy and Half light.
Within the diameter of the band resides Dan, who likes the White Stripes a bit too much, and Brian, who wishes he was Jimmy Chamberlain.

Scumbus

Recent immigrants to the circle include Big [...]

Half Mile Radius is a band in Taiwan, previously incarnated as Orange Boy, that has recently gotten themselves back on track. They made a nice Christmas video to accompany their Christmas song, so give it a listen.. I mean watch…
There will be more information about them sometime this week for those of you [...]

In what is seemingly has become the norm, there are temple celebrations on a very regular basis here in Tainan. Fili goes into this a bit on his blog post Another weekend in Tainan : Another God has a birthday. It is impossible not to notice these events unless you never step [...]

This is a message for bloggers/photographers in Taiwan, as well as anyone that likes to see fun photos. We are looking at starting/organizing a photo scavenger hunt. If anyone wants to get involved, please let me know. There have been a few posts in the forum about this regarding content of the [...]

Scott Cook (The Anglers) has been a long time fixture in the music scene here in Taiwan and in Canada. Folky and groovy, A long Way to Wander is an album that deserves some attention.
Here is a little taste of what you can get on the album. Also, let Scott [...]

The Living in Taiwan forum that I started a few weeks ago is creeping along picking up new members here and there. I noticed more people commenting lately, so why not join in there. You can comment on bands and the state of music in Taiwan or about anything in the general chat [...]

I submitted a bunch of photos to the Armory Pub in Tainan to be looked through then chosen for use on postcards. Originally, they chose 8 photos to be turned into postcards. It was just my luck though that the resolution wasn’t good enough on 5 of them (probably the product of my [...]

I just caught this on the news, and was amazed. Foreigner Felix Baumgartner successfully base jumped off of Taipei 101, which I believe is still the tallest building in the world, and didn’t get busted. They also made a really nice film of it, with several cameras recording the action. In [...]

Underdog Pictures travels to Taipei to seek out and document the Wikipedia community, one part of a month long Asia tour. The making of “Truth in Numbers - the Wikipedia Story”

Going through alleys in Taiwan is akin to Forest Gump’s “Life is like a box of chocolates” line. You never know what you are gonna get. I was killing some time the other day waiting for a friend and ended up gallivanting around in the underbelly of a neighborhood I go through nearly [...]

The deadline is tomorrow for those of you that still would like to enter an essay for prestige and/or 700 Taiwanese beans. This is one of several stories we have posted that have been contributed to Wasai Taiwan. If you are interested in submitting an essay, the deadline for submition is December 10th, [...]

One of the benefits of my carrying around my camera 24/7 is I am ready to snap photos and it only takes me about 15 seconds to get ready (because my camera doesn’t activate very quickly). Anyhow, I have taken some photos of scooter accidents and car crashes that I thought might be interesting [...]

Here is the latest and last video we have have of this particular public pole dancing sex show in Taiwan. You can watch the video which is a short clip and some photos from that evening. You can also check out the soft core sex show slideshow here. Check out the previous [...]

It’s been happening in Taiwan for years now. Pot leaves are showing up in the damnedest places, and now they can be found on purses too. I always find it amusing when students come rolling into the bushiban with their pro marijuana shirts on. Makes me feel like I am back home, [...]

Last night was one of the best shows I’ve been to in Tainan. 5 bands - The Follows (A rocking acoustic duo with digital beats), Divebomb (Punk Rock Chuck Norris), Full House (Rockabilly with double bass), The Deadly Vibes (Rocking with Chutzpah), and Militant Hippie (Reggae, Will Kill For Peace) played and the crowd [...]