Photo taken with that Seagull camera I bought a few weeks ago, so the flash works too

I’ve been to see a load of stuff in the last few days; Hamlet at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre (I don’t want to ruin the plot, but he choses “to be”, and then ends up “not to be”), a great acrobatics show at the Portman Centre (the French lady sat next to me literally said “Ooh la la!“), but the pick of the bunch was definitely The Subs on Saturday night.

The Subs are a rock band from Beijing- and when I say rock, I mean rock.
One girl from the audience passed out and was carried off on someone’s shoulders from all the hardcore rockery that was involved. Beer and sweat rained down on the crowd and I got elbowed in the eye about 8 times, it was fantastic.

They played at a club called Windows Tembo which used to be renowned for having a 30RMB (2 quid!) open bar on Tuesdays and is now, on the strength of last Saturday, the best place in Shanghai to see live music. 10RMB for a bottle of Harbin too, it sure beats The Spot.