Beijing Blues title track video

It's been too long since I watched this original photo montage video I made for the "Beijing Blues" studio track. Watching it now makes me ferociously miss both the band and Beijing. I love street life there and man I loved all these gigs.It's…

Woodie Alan Poster – the one that got us started

My friend Keary Liu took this picture at our very first gig with our real lineup, featuring Zhang Yong and Lu Wei and then I asked her to make this poster. It was the first, important step towards promoting the band outside of our little expat…

A guest blog

I guest blogged today at Jo Parfitt's website. Jo is a well-known expat author and entrepreneur. The post is about how starting and keeping a blog (the one you are reading) helped fan my writing fires and eventually lead me to Big In China.

From the Archives: Gary Moore

RIP Gary Moore, 1952-2011 I was shocked to hear about guitarist Gary Moore's death at age 59. The news prompted me to pull this 2004 Guitar World interview out of my archgives. I interviewed Gary several times. He was a UK and Euro legend…

More readings added

...And the beat goes on. Seattle, Coral Gables, Berkeley. Please check in and check them out. Facebook listings Click here. AlanPaul.net: Click here.  

Andy Aledort and the Groove Kings

My man Andy Aledort, who will be playing both launch parties for Big In China - in Tribeca March 1 and Maplewood March 4. Jamming with these guys again may have been a good enough reason to write the book.

Tour continues…

Big In China tour continues. Appearance page updated, with Seattle, Ann Arbor others: http://tinyurl.com/6b7nyze.Please check in. come to a reading if I am coming your way. Send the info to someone else in the area if not. 

Happy New Year

兔年快乐!恭喜发财! Have a happy and prosperous Year of the Rabbit!
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From the Archives: Me on NBC talking about Chinese hoops

I finally found the NBC basketball clip featuring me. See below.I pop up twice, at 1:22 and 2:27. I was amazed by how many people saw this. It aired at halftime of the USA/China basketball game. I was sitting there watching the game and my email…

Nice review of Big In China

There's a really nice post about Big In China on The Book Case blog. I was happy to find this. It's hard to describe how satisfying it is to read something like this and find that the book is starting to make its way to people and they are liking…