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14 發光的城市 A R O U N D T O W N FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009 • TAIPEI TIMES he fallout from the battle of the boobs T being waged by sex kittens Shushu (舒舒) and Yaoyao (瑤瑤), real name Kuo Shu-yao (郭書瑤), continues this week with Next Magazine (壹周刊) entering into extended speculation about how Shushu, real name Tseng Ya-ling (曾雅鈴), obtained her 32E bazookas. The National Communica- In Once, Upon Hearing the Skin Tone, audiences are invited to tions Commission (NCC) had solve a murder mystery that involves 12 performers, 40 settings voiced its disapproval when and Cheer Chen’s music. PHOTO COURTESY OF ESLITE the pair gave a comprehensive rundown of their cha-chas on national television. Seeing as young men across the country seem to Murder most foul have achieved unrivalled levels of excitement from nown for his playful experiments with watching Shushu get to grips theatrical forms and languages, theater with a pneumatic drill while director Wang Jia-ming (王嘉明) teams up wearing a sexy workman’s K Above: Yaoyao, the original. with songstress Cheer Chen (陳綺貞) and composer outfit and low-slung tank top Top: Shushu, the contender. and music producer Chen Chien-chi (陳建騏) for in an ad for the Internet role- PHOTOS: TAIPEI TIMES his latest work Once, Upon Hearing the Skin playing game Prophecy Online Night trippers Tone (膚色的時光), a mystery thriller musical about (預言Online), Next’s line of really specify the number of love and the atrocities and madness it entails. inquiry appears immaterial. inches of cleavage shown in For Wang, a sense of violence and death belies Whether Shushu’s turn in the contract.” you couldn’t make it to Spring Scream or if you (Shinichi Wakide), but didn’t get “serious and busy” until the seemingly sweet surface of Cheer Chen’s the advertisement is more or Staying with the theme did but didn’t get enough, don’t worry. A few of Sin (Shinichi Kosuge) and Kojiro (Takashi Sasaki) joined music, a contrast that he uses to comment on less sexually suggestive than of exhibitionists, a new face the international acts are sticking around and you the group a year ago, T2low said. They tour extensively If lovers’ passions and desires. rival Yaoyao’s now infamous ad is likely to capture major can see them at two venues in Taipei this weekend. to “show people that Japan is not just samurai, sumo and Wang uses a stage divided in half by a wooden for Kill Online (殺Online) — in paparazzi attention if the Tonight Bliss hosts After the Scream, with post-rock geisha,” he said. wall as a device that obscures the actors behind which her breasts are shown reported relationship between soundscapes from instrumental band Collider, the hard T2low cites Nine Inch Nails and The Prodigy as it. This enables the director to exaggerate the swaying as she straddles an porn star Maria Ozawa and rock of Doublewide, Gross Fugue’s multimedia electronic influences, but he’s into “anything that sends a message work’s suspense and mystery. undulating exercise machine local actor Bryant Chang (張睿 rock, The DoLittles’ progressive rock and The Pinetop of people living hard and moving to the next level.” Audience members sat on either side of the — is open to question, but both 家) takes off. Surgeons — the odd band out in this mix — playing He chose the band name Skunkrice because rice is a wall can only gather clues as to what is happening have been pulled from public Ozawa, who visited Taiwan bluegrass. The night finishes up with French reggae/dub staple in Asia and is “a big part of our lives.” As for the on the other side. broadcast for the present. to attend Spring Scream selector Zion Selectah. skunk part, T2low said he’s “kind of cute but stinky,” “The idea of creating a dual stage is closely Shushu’s ad has been taken last weekend, has a role in It will be interesting to see how the crowd reacts to just like the animal. “There’s another meaning for skunk related to the voyeuristic and possessive nature down from buses. Invitation Only (絕命派對), such an unusual mix of genres. but [I] don’t think you can put that in the newspaper,” of love. We want to be an omniscient seer and Fortunately, for those billed as Taiwan’s first slasher Gross Fugue’s last show at VU Live House (地下絲 he added. know everything about our lovers, but that’s not bent, in the spirit of objective horror film. 絨) was sadly under-attended, given the band’s high- Nevada 51’s sound is self-described as “rock with a possible,” said Wang. The format greatly increases research, on determining the Chang has a starring role energy performance, which features a stand-up bass conscience.” The band, which was first formed by high the logistic complexity of coordinating actors, live relative merits of Shushu and in the film, which is scheduled that is played with a bow to elicit a variety of sounds school classmates in 1997 under the name FID (Fighters projections and music. Yaoyao’s ads for themselves, for release on April 17. and effects, guitar, vocals, visual media and highly in Destiny) but changed to Nevada 51 just before they The play begins with an optometrist taking they are still available on The star of such eccentric lyrics. graduated in 1999, plays music in support of various the audience back to a scene in which he is YouTube. hardcore fare as Shemale Tomorrow Japan’s Skunkrice plays its driving heavy causes, especially anti-war events. murdered. Twelve performers, including many Yaoyao’s agent has accused Orgy Gangbang Rape and electronic rock at VU Live House for the Asian Rock The group’s moniker references Area 51 in Nevada seasoned stage actors such as Fa, Betsy Lan Shushu of being a cheap Enema Clyster Large Jet Festival. They share the bill with KbN, Collider and South and the band members’ interest in UFOs and the (藍貝芝) and Mo Zi-yi (莫子儀), traverse the play’s knockoff of the original jug Best Collection for Japan’s Korea’s Nevada 51. paranormal. Influenced by Red Hot Chili Peppers and 40 settings, which include a clinic, food stall, jiggler, but Next magazine DAS porn production house, Skunkrice’s music is darker and deeper than standard Limp Bizkit, it’s no surprise that Spring Scream organizer gym, bar and Egyptian hotel. helpfully quotes Shushu’s Ozawa’s visit was much club fare. But with catchy, gritty bass lines and an Jimi Moe described the outfit as performing “really fun, Pieces of the plot fall into place as each agent rebuffing allegations of anticipated, and according to industrial hard-core meanness, it is made for dancing. poppy rap like Blink 182.” character reveals his or her secrets and thoughts breast enhancement. Next, super-stud Ethan Ruan The band was established four years ago by T2low Underground experimental group KbN has been through murmurs, monologues and song. “I’ve felt her tits, and they’re (阮經天) had publicly expressed playing unique electronica for over a decade now. And In the skilled hands of Chen Chien-chi, Cheer soft, not hard,” the unnamed an interest in meeting her. Collider’s music has a moving, hypnotic quality that Chen’s songs have been adapted to various styles agent is quoted as saying. The magazine quoted would put the dance floor to sleep were it not for the ranging from Broadway, Indian ballads to a The maelstrom of publicity Ruan as stating that he hoped way the music spirals up in intense crescendos. cappella numbers. has seen Shushu lose a his girlfriend would not be — ALITA RICKARDS For those interested in seeing both sides of contract to open the season jealous, but there were things the story, ticket-holders can obtain a 25-percent for the Uni-President Lions. Ozawa could do that his discount for a second viewing. Yaoyao opened the season for girlfriend couldn’t. — HO YI the La New Bears on March 29. Ruan reportedly got a slap PERFORMANCE NOTES: Yaoyao has responded on the wrist from his handlers to the brouhaha by saying at SetTV (三立) for making PERFORMANCE NOTES: that she will now keep her inappropriate comments and WHAT: After the Scream woofers under wraps and any meeting between the two WHERE: Bliss, 148, Xinyi Rd Sec 4, Taipei City work on cultivating a cute and was nixed. (台北市信義路四段148號) WHAT: Once, Upon Hearing the Skin Tone (膚色的時光) vivacious image. In response to the WHEN: Tonight from 10pm WHEN: From today through April 26 at 2:30pm on This does not, however, publication of photos showing ADMISSION: Entry is free with proof of entry to Spring Saturdays and Sundays and 7:30pm from Tuesdays to preclude the publication of a Chang and Ozawa getting up Scream, or NT$200 (includes one drink) without Saturdays photo album later this year in close and personal, the porn Where: 6F Performance Hall, Eslite Xinyi Store (誠品信義 which Yaoyao dons nurse and star would not commit herself WHAT: The Asian Rock Festival 店6F展演廳), 6F, 11 Songgao Rd, Taipei City (台北市松高路 sailor costumes. beyond saying that Chang WHERE: VU Live House, B1, 77, Wuchang St Sec 2, 11號6樓) “As to how much cleavage was a nice boy who was very Taipei City (台北市武昌街二段77號B1) ADMISSION: NT$600, available through NTCH ticketing will be shown, we’ll keep that considerate. WHEN: Tomorrow from 11pm or online at www.artsticket.com.tw to a minimum,” her agent is — COMPILED BY ADMISSION: NT$350, includes one drink ON THE NET: www.wretch.cc/blog/eslitestage quoted as saying.

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