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It rained, it poured, and people danced. Just right for Reggae Beachfest, which drew hundreds despite a not so jammin forecast. Because true to the reggae spirit, all the rain did was add a little bit more soul into reggae heads who swept in from all over the island. More importantly, it brought out the [...]

So Digital came and played at VU. It was always gonna be tough competing with the Soccer World Cup but all who were there had a wicked night. The majestic Sir Vigar came with his camera all funky and fresh after not having his artillery for NO PHOTOS the previous night. After a little confusment [...]

DatA DatA DatA DatA DatA. The hottest word buzzing around Taipei in the last few weeks, sparking quite the hype that fully carried over to the event itself. Karma and E for Electro presented DatA (Ekler’o’Shock-Naïve/France) at the Wall on 5/29, a banger of a party with the most eccentric and eclectic blend of electro [...]

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 celebration of all the money [...]

After going through the usual stages: teaching… then studying Chinese… then thinking i had made all this effort to study i should try and get a job where i had to speak it - I started to apply for jobs other than teaching.
Interviews for teaching English were artificial worlds in which every compensation was given [...]

People often boast that they’ve attended, or thrown, the party of the year. Only every weekend. But Fantasia 2010 will long be remembered of this status, with the after party unarguably winning best after party of all time. The LOOP pulled out no stops for their 10th anniversary bash. Taking over the Forumosa Fun Coast [...]

Taiwan’s 2010 River Bash was a nice start to the party season in Taiwan. Roving photo-journalist Steven Vigar was on the scene and prepared as usual.

From packed clubs in Shanghai and London, Beijing to Taipei, Tainan, beach parties and back, I’ve covered a bunch of Milkmen shows, nothing can beat how well they are received in the dirty South. By far one of the best shows, good crowd, energy. Everyone at Brickyard Kaohsiung got milked once again!
Painting with light [...]

Islandjam Reggae Beachfest is a one day reggae festival featuring Taiwan’s reggae stars and special guests . Walilei provides a great rain or shine venuefor all night party by the beach. this year will featureJECK PIPIL & PEACE PIPE from Philippines, CARIB ROCKS and recording artist MIFFER from Japan and Taiwan’s SKARAOKE, MATZKA. Taiwan’s rising [...]

No, not a video about jugs of binlang. It is a video of a scantily clad betelnut girl dressed in some sort of bikini getup. What drew my attention to her was the amount of cleavage protruding into the betlenut chewers car.

After watching the video completely, you can see that the girl was defiant to the cop, but I’m not sure if that warranted her getting thrown out of her booth and then slammed to the ground, arm-barred and then choked. Amazing that this was caught on tape. A beat down for a bad [...]

As the Internet grows, so does the amount of bin lang videos made for general consumption. This video contains an example of the elusive and infamous “buy one, get two” phenomena that always seemed realistic but also like a myth for those that had never seen or done it. I feel like Mythbusters [...]

A short 20 minute scooter ride west of Sanxia will take you to Wulai. Wulai has awesome public hot springs and it’s a great way to mingle with the locals. Another great video from Bacon and Alisha!

April 17th - Islandjam and Hunter’s Gold present Unity Sound Live for the first time in Taiwan. Unity is a worldclass sound system playing all the best in reggae. The sound has branches in Atlanta it’s home, UK and now in Japan. They have played with some of the biggest sounds in [...]

John was working hard to turn over a new leaf after leading a rather wild youth. Taxi drivers are always a huge problem; driving recklessly, cutting people off, and never apologizing for doing so. Things had to snap one day.
We had just met John at the bar. He had his arm in a sling, and [...]