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View This Page 14 發光的城市 A R O U N D T O W N FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2009 • TAIPEI TIMES Fringe CONTINUED FROM P13 Leaving the world of childhood behind, the Taipei Arts Festival offers a showcase of the darker side of human life with a program One would think Edison Chen is all mouth and trousers, that is partially built around that after having his most and jeans. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES contemporary reworkings of intimate moments splashed Shakespeare’s plays. across countless tabloids, somewhat morbid fascination The opening event, a ver- his genitalia picked apart in with the miscarriages (real and sion of Macbeth (Aug. 12 to minute detail by thousands, if alleged) of female stars. The Aug. 15) by the Teatr Biuro not millions of strangers, and glossies, which breathlessly Podrozy of Poland, is already gangsters threaten him with covered pop queen Faye Wong’s sold out, and only a handful mutilation (or worse), Edison (王菲) miscarriage last year, are of tickets remain for director Chen (陳冠希) would be happy now targeting actress and singer Peter Brook’s Warum, Warum to hole up in a monastery and (and former Chen paramour) (Aug. 28 to Aug. 30). dedicate himself to a lifetime of Cecilia Cheung (張柏芝), who they The LAFA production Ode to celibacy. But, no. say lost what would have been Joy (Sept. 4 to Sept. 6) featuring Hong Kong gossip rag her second child with husband Taiwan’s own Sheu Fang-yi (許 東方新地 Oriental Sunday ( ) Nicholas Tse (謝霆鋒). 芳宜) has also sold out. Tom Hu and his band Skaraoke, left and below middle, performed reports that the pop star, who A Hong Kong news outlet Fortunately, lesser-known at the ������������opening party for Roxy R���������������������������������oots, below left and below right, is gradually emerging from his said that the star has been groups promise some very last weekend. PHOTOS COURTESY OF SKARAOKE AND ALYSON SCHILL self-imposed exile, enjoyed depressed since the alleged exciting theater, particularly a hot night out in Malaysia a miscarriage and refuses to K. Lear (Aug. 14 to Aug. 16) by few days before arriving in leave the house. But Tse and France’s International Visual Taiwan on Tuesday. Chen was his mother both angrily denied Theater and Spain’s Teatre in Kuala Lumpur for the grand the rumors. In an interview Lliure’s European House opening of his clothing store with a Chinese newspaper, Tse — Hamlet’s Prologue Without and celebrated afterwards by snapped to a reporter, “if my Words (Aug. 21 to Aug. 23). Both throwing a bash at a nightclub, wife were pregnant, don’t you adaptations from Shakespeare where he was photographed think I would know?” plays, the former uses sign with scantily-clad revelers In somewhat happier news, language and the latter body clinging to him, despite a strict Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) and her language to convey the story. ban on cameras at the party. venture capitalist fiance Aviv Summer Lei’s (雷光夏) Apparently, female guests had Nevo are still very much in concert of music inspired by managed to stuff mini-cameras love, even though the two have Shakespeare’s sonnets, promises down their (presumably just as no time to get married. The to reveal the acclaimed singer- tiny) panties to take souvenir peripatetic duo had originally songwriter in a new light, and photos with Chen. planned to get hitched next the work of choreographer The Hong Kong actor and month on a private island in Italy, Arco Renz will feature former singer spent the early part of but have now postponed their Taipei Dance Circle member the evening chatting with his nuptials indefinitely because The root of the matter Su Wen-chi (蘇文琪), who is male friends and studiously of their work obligations. The now principal dancer at Renz’s avoiding contact with the Liberty Times reported that Kobalt Works. opposite sex. But a few drinks Zhang gave an interview last year Further details of all the later, he was unable to resist to a Chinese newspaper where he space between popular crowd may spend more money, they to NT$350, with drinks from NT$200 to performances can be found on temptation and, judging by his she expressed some trepidation nightclub Room 18 and lounge bar may demand that the club water down NT$300. the festival’s Web site. wide grin in the snaps, didn’t about matrimony, despite her T In House in Taipei’s upscale Xinyi its music with hip-hop, a genre Harley To promote the Chinese menu, on With activities of the Taipei mind being photographed in happy relationship. “What do you District (信義) is an unlikely spot for a believes “has been murdered.” Sunday at 4pm the club is offering a free Children’s Arts Festival aimed the act. do if the marriage goes wrong?” reggae bar. But with a street patio, dance Harley said there is a two-tier system brunch buffet for �������������������members of the Roxy at kids aged 3 and over, the A few days later, Chen (and she asked. “I want mine to last a floor and stage, Roxy’s newest venture for every musical genre and this results Roots Facebook group who RSVP. Taipei Arts Festival featuring his four bodyguards), looking lifetime, because the person I am — Roots — is pulling in more than the in a lot of DJs and bands “playing Top 40 There is currently no entrance fee, with some of the best known names none the worse for wear, with is wonderful.” expected crowd. for fashion” while the real music stays DJs nightly spinning reggae, two-tone, in their respective artistic fields discreetly arrived in Taipei to Zhang and Nevo may still be “A lot of the clubgoers only know Room underground. Because “reggae is so close ska, dancehall, Calypso and roots, and live and the Fringe giving first-time film a commercial for a certain going strong, but it seems that 18 and Lava,” said Skaraoke front man to the underground roots” there is a shows are planned twice a month. artists a step-up onto the public brand of jeans. Ironically (or Taiwanese-American basketball Thomas Hu (胡世漢), whose band played at danger of it becoming a fad and fading out. The decor is colorful, with red walls, stage, the three arts festivals perhaps intentionally), the star James Mao (毛加恩) and the opening party last Friday. “This gives “It’s a ballsy thing he’s done,” Harley and a red, yellow and green ceiling. A cast a wide net. clothing company that hired model Bianca Bai (白歆惠) have them something else to check out.” said of Roots’ owner Ling Wei (凌威). giant mural of Bob Marley graces one him also counts Jolin Tsai (蔡依 finally split for good. Tittle-tattle The grand opening also featured Promoter Alyson Schill said Roxy DJs wall, and potted palm trees are scattered 林) among its roster of celebrity has been rife about the status of Taimaica Soundsystem (台買加環繞音效), Jonny Marr (馬奎元), Joyce (李菊華) and Fei around the long, narrow room. models. Followers of Chen’s the duo’s (known collectively in and both bands played to a packed house. Wen (周斐文) have been specifically trained Low sofas and tables are positioned sexcapades might remember the media as Bai Mao, or white “I couldn’t see the floor. There were to this end, and Wei said in a previous on an L-shaped platform that goes around that Tsai was briefly sucked into fur) on-off relationship, but Mao so many people,” said Hu. He feels having interview he is not interested in having two sides of the dance floor. Long tables the photo scandal when pictures seemed eager to proclaim his a reggae bar in a posh area is a good any hip-hop played in his establishments with bar stools line one side. Ambient of a woman resembling the single status at a nightclub last opportunity for the scene. except at Roxy 99. lighting adds to the atmosphere. pop singer in a compromising weekend, reports NOWnews. Black Reign’s Oliver Harley, aka Lion, Roots, located at 90 Songren Rd (台北市 The patio has a view of both the street position found their way onto He was cavorting with an who was also at the opening night, agreed, 松仁路90號), is open 24 hours a day. and the stage and is a comfortable place the Internet. The lingerie-clad assortment of lamei (辣妹), or but added this caveat: “It can have a The drinks menu features classic to watch — and to be watched. beauty was dismissed as a hot chicks, allegedly nibbling positive effect with what is happening Caribbean rum cocktails and blended “A lot of people don’t think that look-alike, but Tsai continued on one lady’s ears. The 196cm with reggae,” he said. fresh fruit drinks. something other than hip-hop or house to battle rumors that she’d tall Mao had to stoop to talk “But it’s got to stick with the roots and Burgers, fries and deep-fried can work,” said Schill. made sex videos with Chen, a to many of his admirers, but make it real reggae, provide a space for appetizers are served around the clock, “Only �������������������������������[jazz bar] ��������������������Brown Sugar has been rumored ex-boyfriend. Gossip NOWnews cheekily reported us [Black Reign], High Tide, Skaraoke, with a menu of Chinese dishes available able to penetrate [the market], but from Sobd, Aurora and Elysium performs rags reported that the two will that he stooped so low — Wailin’ Soul …” for lunch and dinner. what I’ve seen over the past couple of Explosion of Bellydance! in the upcoming not be appearing in commercials figuratively and literally — that His concern is that while the upscale The food prices range from NT$100 days, everyone loves it.” — ALITA RICKARDS Taipei Fringe Festival.
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