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It’s been a very hectic last few days getting this Rock Weekend organised.

We’ve given out most of the free tickets, in fact we had some very excited young students jumping around outside the store when they got tickets in hand. Some didn’t quite believe they were going to get free entry.

Its very exciting for me to see these young kids so enthusiastic about Chinese rock music. Tonight is the finals of the student band competition at D-22. Previous nights have been great with loads of interesting and some really good bands taking the stage… and some mediocre ones but all in all the standard is pretty high.

On a bit of a side note – I’d forgotten how much I loved Haidian district – very energetic  and creative area that reminds me of living out in that area in ‘95. At each student night we’ve had members from GAR, Carsick Cars and P.K.14 judging.

BBC will be filming the student bands tonight, too so some good exposure for them.

Come by and cheer on your favourite. Tonight’s the night they decide who makes the cut to play the big three tomorrow night…..

D-22 Beijing  No.242, Cheng fu Lu, Wu dao kou,  Haidian District

The 4 city tour was brilliant, we started in wu han where they had put up a huge billboard to welcome me and stuck up a big marquee too, i was a little nervous but it went down really well, tones of media which was all good publicity.

I also got to meet some really fun and creative types from the universities too.

Here are some pics from Wu han

We held a 5 day sales in the shops last week. Quite simple, buy one and get one free, but only if you sign the giant 8 we put up on the wall. Here are the 8s and pics of our great customers at work. Thanks to all who were involved I hope you can all find your bits in the photos. Click on them for larger version.

Plastered T-shirts is bringing Beijing the best in rock, showcasing Beijing’s top bands (P.K.14, Carsick Cars, and GAR) as the headliners. The event is a three-day rock fest that takes place over the course of one weekend – September 18 – 19^th.

Plastered Rock Weekend marks the launch of our new website featuring our “Plastered Backstage” site that is host to our cooperation with China’s rock music scene. We collaborate with Beijing’s top bands to create artwork and plaster it on t-shirts, available in our shops, and from our new website. Beyond the artwork, “Plastered Backstage” is host to a bilingual forum for all events, news, images, and community related to China’s rock scene.

Starting with Friday night (September 18, 2009) at D-22, Plastered brings you the next generation of Chinese rock with the city’s best student bands vying for a spot as warm- up band for the following night at Yugongyishan (panel of judges to select and the winner will be announced at the end of the night). That night (Saturday, September 19) P.K.14, Carsick Cars, and GAR will take the stage at Yugongyishan (all on the Maybe Mars record label). This is the last chance to catch these bands before they take off on their international tour.

Tickets for the event at Yugongyishan are RMB 60 but we’re giving away hundreds of free tickets online starting September 1st. Sign up for the free tickets at www.plasteredtshirts.com. On top of the free tix, expect free giveaways.

Maybe Mars bands’ music is exclusively available on Wa3.cn

Great video of P.K.14 on tour.

Beijing never fails to surprise me, which is one of its many appeals. Everyday pretty much I walked down Hei Zhi Ma hu tong after work and go to my local xiao mai bu and buy a beer and enjoy it outside some where nearby. I’ve been doing this for nearly 6 years now. Last Friday I took my 3 girls with me and ran into Will Smith with his son right outside the shop with a few on lookers. They were filming his son on a skate board being pulled by a 3 wheeler. Anyway we said hello and he seemed really nice. He is also now the owner of 5 Plastered T shirts so I’m keeping an eye out online in the hope i might find a pic of him wearing one of them.

Here is the artwork that Mao Mao did for the Plastered Rock weekend, we will also Plastering this on t shirts.

That pic is me and Mao Mao…. Mao Mao is the brilliant artist who is responsible for the P.K.14 design. The design has been a huge success so I flew her over to Beijing from Shanghai where she lives to work together on some more stuff.Mao Mao is also doing the artwork for our upcoming Plastered Rock Weekend which I am very excited about, we collaborated on the idea and now she’s back in Shanghai painting it.

You can expect more and more of Mao Mao’s art work at Plastered T shirts this year as we have started work on a whole range of t shirts and other items!

Here is some of her previous art work.

After many hours of work it now seems that we have a Plastered Music festival of sorts on its way. Working with Maybe Mars we have managed to get 3 of Beijing’s biggest acts to pull off what will be 3 great nights.

Plastered Rock Weekend marks the launch of our new website featuring our “Plastered Backstage” site that is host to our cooperation with China’s rock music scene. We collaborate with Beijing’s top bands to create artwork and plaster it on t-shirts, available in our shops, and from our new website. Beyond the artwork, “Plastered Backstage” is host to a bilingual forum for all events, news, images, and community related to China’s rock scene.

Starting with Friday night (September 18, 2009) at D-22, Plastered brings you the next generation of Chinese rock with the city’s best student bands vying for a spot as warm- up band for the following night at Yugongyishan (panel of judges to select and the winner will be announced at the end of the night). That night (Saturday, September 19) Carsick Cars, PK-14, and The GAR will take the stage at Yugongyishan (all on the Maybe Mars record label). This is the last chance to catch these bands before they take off on their international tour.

Tickets for the event at Yugongyishan are RMB 60 but we’re giving away hundreds of free tickets online starting September 1st. Sign up for the free tickets at www.plasteredtshirts.com. On top of the free tix, expect free giveaways.

The Plastered Rock Weekend night at Yugongyishan will be streaming from the Plastered site for those who choose to watch and rock at home. It officially marks the launch of the site.

I recently got sent this, a brilliant bit of animation.

胡同的梦 The Dream at Hutong from dealchina on Vimeo.