New Star Trek Movie!

There's a bit of information floating around now regarding the new Star Trek movie, slated for December 25th of this year. At the official movie site, the trailer, currently showing with "Cloverleaf" is now up on the site, and will soon be available for iPhone & iTunes.

Also, a bit of "Viral Marketing" happening at http://www.ncc-1701.com. Currently it shows 3 out of 4 working cameras, showing the construction of the Enterprise.

I'm not one for Star Trek fansites or message boards, but some of the reactions I've read to the viral site suggests that some die hard trekkies are already hating the movie. "They show welding. Why don't we call it, Star Trek: The Welding Frontier" or "3 out of 4 broken cameras. Terrible." Someone seems to think they're real cameras apparently. This I don't understand. They wish death upon something they don't even have a clue about. Why?

I can see a trend on the viral Star Trek site. For the next several months, on ncc-1701.com we'll see the U.S.S. Enterprise slowly being built during the next year or so, and a final completion on or around Christmas. Perhaps during summer, they'll be working on the warp nacelles or deflector dish. Perhaps launching sections into space for more assembly. After all, it's meant to be viral marketing, right? Certainly can't have welders there for the entire year.

I'll post more as I learn it. Hopefully, Paramount accepts my app as "press" and sends me more details to release to the general public!

Here's a movie poster released about a year ago.



And here's a pic uploaded from the "Cloverleaf" trailer.

All I want for Christmas is Shanghai Fox!

And I'm giving it twice this week!

We're broadcasting TWICE this week! Today and Tomorrow!!! For the Christmas Season, we have a few old classics from the days of Dean Martin & Nat King Cole, as well as some Trans-Siberian Orchestra. We also have some newer stuff, such as Adam Sandler, and a few Christmas Comedy songs as well. Have a listen, and if you bookmarked the broadcast from last time, it's that time to change the bookmarks... new IP this week.

Current Links
For Winamp (and a few others)
http://124.77.227.103:8000/listen.pls

For Windows Media Player
http://124.77.227.103:8000

On Windows Media Player, you'll have to click "File" then "Open URL" and manually cut/paste the WMP link to get it to work.

For Winamp, VLC, Media Player Classic, iTunes... click the link & open in whatever player you want to try.

Leave a comment on www.chinaexcursions.com/shanghaifox if you like what you hear.
Also, check out the forums on ShanghaiExpat.com : http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/index.php?name=MDForum&file=viewtopic&t=66276&start=0
www.terascape.net/shanghaifox.htm will show you what's recently played.

No Name's back in Shanghai

Friday night, No Name is playing over at Yu Yin Tang. No Name is a punk band out of Xi'an that I used to see play over at the 8 1/2 bar (not to be confused with the hooker joint, 8:30 Friend-changing bar, on Dong DaJie.) Several months ago, they played in Shanghai, and I caught them again, only to be sort of chased out by this drunk Scot who was itching to either get laid, or get into a fight, and I had no intention of getting involved.

If you've ever seen my MySpace page, you'll know I don't use it. But when I do, it's usually to correspond with Y Ray, No Name's front man. Check out No Name's MySpace page for some of their music.

Facebook & MySpace Peeps

Before life on facebook, I was surrounded by pedophiles on MySpace. Now that I've moved over to facebook, I suddenly find that I really DO have friends! I mean just look!

From Shanghai, Chi...

I mean, really! Before Facebook, I didn't have ANY friends! I'd sit at home, stare at a wall for hours, then occasionally eat, sleep & various other things that I'll spare you the gory details. Now that I have Facebook, just look at all the friends that facebook tells me I have! I NEVER would've known this before!

I never understood MySpace, with all it's glittery links, chicks with webcams & every other hack on the net trying to profit off it or posting some of the worst music I've ever heard. And I doubt I'll ever understand Facebook, with it's numerous "Poke Him/Her" links and high school kids contacting ME, just because I want to the same school 18 years ago. The race for friend-count begins. Eventually, it'll become the same thing. When MySpace finally falls, where do people think all the paedophiles will turn to?

I can just see Chester the Molester scouring Facebook clicking "Poke Her" after "Poke Her" waiting for the responses he can get. On the upside though, I can also see Chris Hanson following right behind, ready to catch a predator.

From Shanghai, Chi...

Mac Tonight? No Thanks.

Remember THIS guy?

McDonalds Ad Campaign from 1986 featuring this moon man, "Mac Tonight".

Back in 1986, "Mac Tonight" was the poster "boy" for McDonalds. This campaign lasted maybe a year or so. But here in China, he's been resurrected from the ad campaign graveyard. Last night, while Mrs. Colourwolf was working, the tv was on and a new chinese Mac Tonight commercial was played 4 times within 15 minutes.



This one is the original from '86, and the Chinese one is based on this commercial. Note to advertisers: (and this is something people in the US figured out a LONG time ago) Even if you have the catchiest ad campaign around, repeating it OVER and OVER in such a short time may actually elicit adversity toward the ad! This is the same reason I hate Nao Bai Jin & their dancing grandparents ad. That and they advertise drugs to children. In other words, I'm ALREADY sick of this fucking commercial!

Did they resurrect this in the US too? Has McDonald's run out of ideas? I guess I'll find out soon enough.

3 more days!

LiveEarth Concert, coming to Shanghai

I admit. I like Al Gore, and I think he's making a tremendous effort to make people aware of the growing climate crisis. His movie, "An Inconvenient Truth" is a real eye-opener, and I highly recommend watching it.

His latest project is Live Earth, a 7-country, 24 hour concert to raise awareness of Global Warming. So who's playing at Live Earth in Shanghai? Here's the rundown:
Sarah Brightman
Eason Chan
Winnie Shin
Evonne Hsu
Huang Xiao Ming
Anthony Wong
Joey Yung
12 Girls Band

Ever heard of them? My wife hasn't. Sarah Brightman, and her overplayed Darude mix I suppose, but the rest, pretty typically Chinese (or Hong Kongese as it were.)

So how do you get tickets for Live Earth Shanghai? MSN is hosting the pages for Live Earth. On that page is a link on where to get tickets, which leads to www.ticketpro.biz. From there, click on "China" and that'll lead you to www.ticketpro.cn. And there you go! "Buy Tickets Now!"... which leads you to the page where MSN is hosting the pages for Live Earth. Circular logic at its best I must say.

The information concerning Live Earth Shanghai was pretty much non-existant up until recently, suggesting all the performers who wanted to participate were vying for the US, UK and other closer to home venues. What did we get? Sarah Brightman. Even Japan scored Linkin Park. Funny too, as Linkin Park would be a HUGE success in this country. But Shanghai is not last. There's still Turkey, where, even with only a couple weeks to go, has yet to announce a line-up.

In the US, the tickets through Ticketmaster are $362.95 for a Global Warming Survival Handbook & the best seating at the Meadowlands Arena in New York (where the New York Giants & New York Jets NFL teams play... in case you were wondering). The price here in Shangers?

RMB 1100- nearest seats to stage.
RMB 550- left & right of the stage.
RMB 220- to the left.

Scouring the Intarwebs has netted me nothing in regards to the actual layout of the concert area, so if anyone could push & shove me in the right direction, it'd be appreciated. Also, if ANYONE has actually seen this advertised anywhere in Shanghai, let me know, because I've seen it NO WHERE!

Sorry Shanghaiist. No Robin Gibb or Cui Jian.

Looking for a Secretary? Look No Further!

Looking for a secretary? Look no further!

I am 23 female, have good experience of dealing with foreign customers because I run trade business for the last two years,during which I export a lot of Chinese products to USA, Deutschland und Australia. I am quite familiar with the products source(factories), shipping companies and the custom clearance skills.

For some reasons I quit and now I wanna work as a trader, interpreter,. tourist guid, maybe we could cooperate to establish business in some potential area here.

Don’t call me for sexual service cause I aint booty call girl, not prostitute or money girl!!!!So pls respect me!!! No sex!!! Only business!!!

Contact me

Is the whole "Shanghai Girl/Gold digger" image going too far where someone looking for a decent job has to explicitly say, "NO SEX"?

Well... probably not. Perhaps this girl had a bad experience, but I'm pretty sure that ending isn't needed when posting your credentials online.

Every Advertisement has a Happy Ending

From Shanghai, Chi...

Only in Shanghai would a mainstream newspaper post advertising for a "happy ending." For those who don't know, A massage in China with a "happy ending" means they're basically giving you a hand job. This was posted in the Shanghai Daily ads section under "Health". And Yes, I'm absolutely sending this to Jay Leno!

And if you DO call that number, tell them Skyline5k sent you!:>>

And the Hits just keep on coming!

I originally found this on ShanghaiExpat.com, and after a bit of google searching, I also found it here and here. As google rankings do interest me as a web designer, I thought I would join in on the experiment. The experiment, you say? The story below consists of tons of popularly searched keywords on Google. If by posting this story, will my hits increase? Let's find out!

Oh, and for you PC people out there, there's... a little bit of improper content in this story.

Nikki Cox stared at her breasts, preparing to join Jessica Simpson and Darren Williams at the Saddam Hanging. Jessica, a staunch “Windows” defender, turned on her Dell computer with the Intel chip and went right to her MySpace page where she added new friends Orlando Bloom, Martina Hingis, Beyonce, Barry Bonds, Barack Obama, and Jessica Alba (who posed in Playboy naked and drives a Ferrari).

Angelina Jolie stopped by with Brad Pitt (who she has nicknamed “bebo”), both horny, having come from a sex orgy, which was really a charity benefit for autism and cancer. Of course Paris Hilton was there (raving about Metacafe which she discovered on Wikipedia and Radioblog.) as was Shakira who appeared just last night on American Idol where she caught Paula Abdul giving a blowjob to Chris Daugherty. It was quite a scandal but nothing like the Duke Lacrosse Rape Scandal, or the pictures of Britney Spears’ vagina.

Then Penelope Cruz put her "box in a box" then called on her RAZR V3. She had been watching 24, Project Runway, America’s Top Model, the Sopranos, Battlestar Galactica, and Dancing with the Stars and fell asleep in front of her HD plasma screen for under $2000. She couldn’t make the execution but was sending Tawny Little and Anne Hathaway instead. Apple Computer, Inc. CEO, Steve Jobs checked in from his spa. He, Justin Timberlake, and Family Guy writers were going to the UFC (ultimate fighting championship) where they would meet up with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models, Ana Beatriz Barros, Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Molly Sims, Anne V,Bridget Hall,Daniela Pestova,Elsa Benitez, Fernanda Motta,Petra Nemcova, and Carolyn Murphy. He was also hoping some of them were lesbians so he could catch a little hot girl-on-girl action.

Before they all left they checked the Dreamgirls showtimes, Golden Globe results (where they learned the winners included Hellen Mirren, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Scorsese, Ugly Betty, Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, and Hugh Laurie from House),traded podcasts, shopped on line for a Seahawks jersey to wear at the Superbowl (if they could get tickets and the cheapest airfare), downloaded tomcat wedding photos, lamented over the Paul McCartney divorce, discussed the latest Borat-Pamela Anderson rumors, and late arrival Madonna wondered where is Palestine? And, for that matter, where is Darfur?

They drove in separate cars. The Lamborghini, Hummer, Mercedes, and Porsche pulled out of the driveway. Wicked Ashlee Simpson was waiting in Jessica’s car sporting her New England Patriots shirt that featured Tom Brady, talking to Hilary Clinton about how to refinance. Meanwhile, Daniel Craig, already there but barefoot (he had a foot fetish), took Viagra just in case Eva Longoria or porn stars Jenna Jamison, Sophie Moon, Alaura Eden, Dragon Lily, Lauren Phoenix, Lexington Steele, Extreme Holly, and Stephanie Swift showed up for the hanging. Wentworth Miller sent his regrets, saying he’ll see it on CNN, the Colbert Report, YouTube, MSNBC with Keith Olbermann, CBS with Katie Couric (and her bare legs), the View with Rosie O’Donnell, the Food Network, or in Screw magazine.

Rain was beating down. Lil Wayne suspected Global Warning. “It’s almost as bad as Hurricane Katrina”, said Hannah Montana, who had her own bankruptcy problems. The guards were dressed like Spiderman. Fergie and Christina Aguilera swooned but Nicole Richie was preoccupied, wondering if the Deal or no Deal models were prettier than her. It was bad enough she was sitting with Heidi Klum, who kept pestering her, asking, “What is Hezbollah?”, “is Chris Brown performing?”, and “define web 2.0”. Donald Trump was giving sex tips to the Grey’s Anatomy cast and making erectile dysfunction jokes that Quentin Tarentino, Sean Hannity, Homer Simpson, Eli Manning, and Simon Cowell didn’t find funny. Ryan Seacrest and Rachel Ray were trading sex toys and Starbucks gift certificates, and Jennifer Aniston asked Tiger Woods if she should enroll in Boise State. He said yes but only if she can apply for FAFSA.

After Katharine McPhee sang some country’s national anthem where she was joined by the Dixie Chicks, Mariah Carey,the cast of "Chicago", and P. Diddy, the hanging took place, duly recorded on everyone’s latest cellphone camera under $30, and then they all checked flight schedules, the Weather Channel, found the best hotel deals, and flew to Hollywood for the latest Oscar buzz, the best pizza, celebrity graves, the top ten nightclubs, tech help, Universal tours, Grammy night, the Golden Globes, tattoos, Kobe Bryant, liposuction, Disneyland, and UCLA cheerleaders.

Here you go, Alex. There's the new post you've been asking about!

Doctor Who

After months of suggesting, pleading and saying, "Hey honey, lets watch Doctor Who!" I finally succeeded in getting my wife into watching Doctor Who. For those of you who are saying, Doctor..."who?", Doctor Who is a BBC production that's spanned almost 43 years and has had up to 10 "Doctors" now. During this time, the show's started, stopped, started again, LOST, FOUND and restarted. As with all Doctor Who seasons, eventually, we'll find ourselves with an 11th Doctor, as well as another replacement for Rose, Grace and any other former Who girls out there. Outpost Gallifrey, the #1 source on the internet for Doctor Who is already stating this.

And as Iain, an old friend from Jinan, now in Thailand once stated, "Doctor Who has THE best opening theme song of any Sci-fi show out there!" or something like that!



And for those of you in China, yes, Youtube is just as slow.

An Ascender is ME! (again)

Once again, I managed to ascend on Kingdom Of Loathing. While "Schwinglo" and I have actually started this game around the same time, he's probably on his 10th ascension while I'm only on my 2nd. That's okay though because I have a LIFE!!! (just a joke, Schwinglo) Below is a clip from my adventures before heading over to the Valhalladay Inn.

You wander the hallowed resting place of your ancestors and encounter your Grandmother. "Grandma! It's so good to see you! I missed you so much after you died..." You try to give her a hug, but she steps back. "Hrmph!" She stomps one tiny foot on the cloud you're standing on. "Missed me, did you? Did you ever once visit my grave? Did you pray to me before battle? Did you send flowers? Not once! You could have at least made something of yourself and let that be my tribute. But you couldn't even accomplish that much, could you? You're a failure and you'll always be one. Now go cut me a non-corporeal switch so I can teach you a lesson!" You quickly will yourself into another aspect of Valhalla. Next time you'll be sure to seek out slightly more ancestral ancestors.

Ahhh, a day in the life of KoL! God, why didn't I think of a game like this??!!