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apple daily
Yesterday Joe and I did a great interview with Apple Daily – yes, THAT Apple Daily, the one notorious for causing tons of problems in Hong Kong with their brash and often outright inaccurate reporting. Were we worried about what kind of interview was going to happen? Of course we were! It’s Apple Daily man! But once we met the reporter, I know that I was totally relieved. He is someone that is incredibly passionate about our band and wanted to know the background to this band and what we’re about. To me, I took it as a wonderful way to introduce hardcore to more people in Hong Kong. I do think that people who are interested in hardcore are probably NOT readers of Apple Daily – but still, it’s nice to even give the most typical local HK person a chance to read about a whole DIFFERENT type of mentality that does exist in Hong Kong. We are not guys that need nice cars, or tons of money, or live in big mansions, we don’t care about any of that shit – we’re very simple people that just need to be able to pay our bills and be able to continue doing what we love.
Thank you to Ah Bun for that wonderful conversation…I thought it would’ve been over in 30 minutes…but we ended up talking for almost 2 and a half hours.
Can’t wait to see how the interview came out…
Peace,
RizPS: Gotta say – I love Joe. It’s so funny how similar (and different) the both of us are…last week in an interview he said “even though I only joined the band 2 years ago, I feel like I’ve been in this band for a LONG time!” HAHAHAHAHAHA…that’s so true. Good dude – an honor to be in a band with such a stand-up guy.
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lawmakers pay-rise issue
Ok…
Thoughts about this bullshit pay-rise from the lawmakers in Hong Kong – keeping in mind that some people work hard representing the views of their voters, and some do not – there is a SIMPLE solution that most businesses use anyway: PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY! There should be an assessment done over a period of time based on 關於最近社會的事件， 我有幾個意見。問題是 – 我們的立法院的議員覺得他們的薪水需要加 – 但是不是加一點點，是加到每個月的薪水是差不多十四萬！那 – 我們大家都知道有些議員是十分努力代表他們的選民，但是事實是很多議員完全不負責任。我有個十分簡單的解決方法 – 很多公司已經用這個東西 – 是叫PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY – 就是你的薪水高不高是看你怎麼工作，比如說看:
1. attendance 出席
2. how pro-active the lawmaker is 你怎麼主動
3. how many bills they table 你有提到幾個立法
4. how involved they are in discussions 你怎麼主動參加不同的討論
All of this is WHY they were voted into the legislature in the first place! So I think this discussion about how ALL lawmakers should be given the same pay is STUPID and RIDICULOUS. If I was a lawmaker that is incredibly active but someone like Timothy Fok Tsun-ting who doesn’t show up at meetings or comes late, and gets paid the same amount as me – I’d be PISSED. 這樣都是議員已經應該做得。但是事實是有的議員完全不跟這樣的規則 – 他們有遲到或者不出現，他們十年裡從來沒有提過什麼立法 – 這樣的人怎麼樣deserve加薪水呢？No way. 所以不可能是每個議員的薪水是一摸一樣 – 這樣，很主動的會覺得“我做那麼多東西但是我的薪水是跟那個什麼不做的一樣？哪我也做少一點了!”
But our government doesn’t know how to make any decisions and is not bold enough to lead the pack so I don’t think anything logical is going to happen.
Peace,
Riz
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interview and photos
Yesterday an interview I did yesterday for an online webzine came out so here it is! Head over to our PRESS section to enjoy reading it…it’s the first one called “AWEH” – good interview I think plus the layout comes with free music and our Time Will Prove MV which is an awesome way to package everything together. 昨天AWEH網站雜誌上載了我上個禮拜跟他們做得採訪。你們可以去我們的PRESS頁看看。
In our PRESS section I’ve also put up the Time Out interview that came out a few weeks ago…enjoy that as well! 上個月本地香港Time Out雜誌也跟我做了個採訪 – 這也可以在PRESS頁那邊看到。
Photos from our album release show are up too – our friend from Guangzhou named Ted Liu took them and they look SO FUCKING GOOD!!! They’re all up on our facebook page unfortunately so people in China use your awesome PROXY shit to check it out
我們CD發佈會的照片現已可以看看！我們從廣州來的好友Ted拍的照片十分好看！可惜 – 我們只放了在我們的FB頁 – 內地的兄弟姐妹現在就是proxy的時候 hahahahaha…LINK: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150580613909866.404028.109969519865&type=1
One of the worst bands on the planet – EMMURE – has released a new music video. And the first words of the song is “i want to watch you suck his dick…I know you love it bitch”. WHAT THE FUCK? Stupid horrible band – with stupid horrible lyrics. I can’t believe there’s a band on the planet that has taken “breakdowns” and made them a WHOLE SONG. 這個地球上其中最垃圾的樂隊 EMMURE 剛發了一個新MV. 特傻逼的 – 首歌的一句是”i want to watch you suck his dick…I know you love it bitch”. 白癡樂隊，白癡歌詞。我猜不到有個樂隊拿了breakdown的意思然後拿了做了全首歌 – 全首歌是個breakdown?!?!? 太無聊。希望這個樂隊可以盡快CHOKE.
Alright…
I’m out,
Riz
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monday morning
Yo…
6am Monday morning – much like most of you, it’s back to the daily grind. Luckily it is a job that I do enjoy…working with children is a great thing and so I don’t mind dragging myself out of bed and getting to work with 20 amazing kids as they continue to grow in so many amazing ways.
This weekend was pretty cool – Friday was sick as a dog, was able to get on stage SOMEHOW and rocked through about 6 songs with KLC. That was an outSTANDING show!!! Anti-flag were great and humble…
Then the next day I stayed home and tried to recover as much as possible…I tried not to get too close to Sofia, but that’s impossible. She’s so darn cute right now it’s crazy…Joe and I moved the last 2 cabinets back to Evocation’s room so that was good. After that we had time to so we went to support a local band called The Hungry Ghosts who had an EP release show that night. I went there especially to watch the HK band called Modern Children – they ARE SO GOOD!!! If you haven’t checked them out then do it NOW – not hardcore or metal – they’re just good music. Watching them as a huge “feel good” factor because the musicians are always laughing and smiling as they perform. I loved that the musicians kept switching instrument after each song! Hahahaha…hilarious…their bells sound awesome, their moody emo moment sound incredible…and then they have this “get up and dance” song which was beautiful! Good band:
https://www.facebook.com/ModernChildrenAlright – time to get to work…Joe will be figuring out distribution of our new record so that they’ll be in stores by the end of this week.
Peace,
Riz
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anti-flag
Oh my god…Anti-Flag was un-fucking-believable. I don’t even know what to say…I don’t think I had any real thoughts prior to getting to the show. The show was on Friday night, but on Thursday night I suddenly got the flu and a horrible sore throat. I went to work in the morning but left early because I was so sick. I was dizzy driving back home and stopped at the doctor’s first. She looked at my throat and looked at my records and said “You ALWAYS get sore throats. You sure you don’t smoke?” hahahaha – I was like no I do not smoke and have never smoked. She gave me some medicine and I was home by 11:30am and slept until 8pm!!! The show started at 8pm by the way…
I finally dragged myself off the couch but I decided that if I was going to play this show then I’m going to use this opportunity to sweat everything out – so I wore:
1. t-shirt
2. long sleeve shirt
3. flannel long sleeve
4. hooded sweaterI wore ALL these things on stage!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHA…but it was awesome – as soon as we got on stage I just felt great. The reason I felt great though was because of the audience – everyone in the audience was just completely ready to go fucking NUTS. It was amazing…there were only 270 people at the show, but THIS show was more fun to play then our album release show which had over 400 people. So again, the point we’ve mentioned many times before, it doesn’t matter HOW many people are at the show, it matters what kind of people are at the show. Last night’s show was full of people who were there to have a good time and go crazy…right away I forgot I was even sick and screamed my ass off. And also – we DID NOT PLAY REFUSE!!! YESSSSSS!!! THANK FUCKING GOD!!!!!
While we were playing all the Anti-Flag guys came by the stage and watched us play…we have played with some HUGE punk rock bands (Bouncing Souls and NOFX) and none of these band members have stood and watched us play. Not only that, but when we got off stage Anti-Flag came by and introduced themselves to us. I couldn’t believe it – such a HUGE punk rock band and they were coming by to introduce themselves to us…unbelievable. I have always loved Anti-Flag but after this, I am a supporter for LIFE. What a great band…great bunch of guys…and they’re humble as fuck – that’s all that matters!
Great band…all I want to do today is listen to their records all day long! Their new album’s coming out in March and you fucking BET that I’ll be ordering this thing online!
Peace,
Riz
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<時間證明>MV!!!
中文video已經上載了！請幫我們轉發!
Peace,
Riz
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show thoughts
Hey,
Sorry for the lack of posts lately – last week we were obviously busy getting the album release show ready to rock for you guys. 對不起大家 – 最近十分忙所以很久沒有寫個日記。。。
So the show went on and we had over 400 people come! That was great…we don’t believe that a lot of people in Hong Kong like us very much so we didn’t expect many people to come. I thought only 200 people were going to show up, but was surprised that over 400 people were there. We of course want to thank Rock Motel first and foremost – especially Tim – because this show wouldn’t have been successful without their support and passion for King Ly Chee. I remember reading a message that Tim had left in 2011 after the Tie Shu Lan show where he said “usually, I’m not that into King Ly Chee, but at the Tie Shu Lan show they were awesome!” – but while working with us this time, I feel he gained a whole new level of respect for us that was AMAZING to see. He just fell in love with King Ly Chee and with HARDCORE and even said “through working with you guys, I learned so much! Like PMA!”
During the show I saw Tim in the pit moshing like crazy with his glasses on! Hahahahaha…我們的發佈會真不錯 – 不是最理想的 – 我可以直接說 – 但是還是不錯的。。。我們一共有超過四百人來參加！這完全是很大的驚喜因為我們很清楚在香港不是很多人喜歡我們，不是很多人欣賞我們，所以我們真的以為不會超過兩百人會來撐我們。但是完全猜不到會有四百多人來！真不錯。。。首先 – 一定全心要多謝Rock Motel和Tim的幫助，愛和熱情。我們有那麼多人來看就是因為他們付出很多功夫來做這個活動。我還記得去年我們玩完Tie Shu Lan的演出我見到他網上的留言說 “荔枝王 – 通常對我來說是馬馬的 – 但是今天十分棒!”, 但是這次跟我們一起做我們的發佈會我見到他對我們的態度完全變！hahahaha…他十分投入這個樂隊，十分愛上了我們的努力，十分開始尊重我們 – 這些我們大家都感覺到。怪不得我們演出的時候在moshpit裡見到Tim瘋狂帶着眼睛mosh
Because of Tim’s help we actually launched our first real music video! What a dream come true…the story for this music video was something that I had in my head for many MANY years. I always wanted to attach a much more ASIAN IMAGE to hardcore (because let’s face it, everything about hardcore seems to be USA-centered…which is unfair because hardcore is WORLDWIDE) – so to be able to show the story about how one Chinese school kid finds this underground world of hardcore and how he falls in love with it and walks out of the record store with a Minor Threat album in his hands – was something that I and the rest of the KLC guys are SO proud of. Please help us take this video and share it EVERYWHERE! 因為Tim的幫忙我們荔枝王終於拍了一個認真的MV! 十分開心終於有機會拍一個有故事的MV. 這個故事已經在我腦裡存在了十分多年 – 我就是給全地球的硬核人一個比較亞洲角度的MV – 讓大家明白硬核不是只是屬於美國。。。這個是個worldwide活動。故事是很簡單 – 就是想給大家見到一位本地人怎麼樣找到這個非商業的文化 – 然後這位人怎麼樣全心投入這個文化。。。最重要他離開CD店買了那張黑膠！大家要留意！還是那一句 – 想明白一個文化，就要瞭解和尊重那個文化的歷史！所以這位人不是拿着Terror或者Lionheart離開店 – 他是拿着Minor Threat的黑膠離開! 對我們荔枝王的成員來說 – 這是一個十分有意義的位子。
The Chinese version will be launched later tonight – we promise to all our Mainland supporters! 內地的朋友們請等我多一兩天！然後我終於可以上載中文版給大家享受！
I was very proud to see members of NT and Screw in the audience! That was so great to see members of the 90′s era of heavy bands come out to support us – I could see in their faces how proud they were of us that after 13 years, we’re still here playing heavy music and never changed our sound to become more commercial. We don’t do any “clean” singing – we scream our asses off, we don’t wear any crazy outfits on stage, we don’t have any silly photos or album covers. We just play heavy music and scream our hearts out. I’m happy that people who truly love heavy music in Hong Kong respect us for that…we never gave up and we will never give up. 在演出到見到香港90年代重型樂隊的成員來支持我們，我十分自豪！他們就是NT和Screw的成員 – 在香港中興音樂歷史上他們有很大的影響。他們來支持我們一隊非商業文化的音樂，我們十分感謝他們因為十三年後我們還在，還沒有加什麼商業音樂的元素在我們的歌和樂隊到。我們不會上台穿很奇怪的衣服，我們CD封面肯定不是很尷尬的照片。。。等等。我們只是我們自己 – 吶喊唱我們的心聲。很開心見到他們來撐我們的堅持！
Of course, we have to thank all the bands that lent us equipment, promoted the show on their pages, and came to the show to support us. It was great to see members of Evocation, Protoss, Daybreak on Monday, Shepherds the Weak, Mensheng, Qiu Hong all in the audience singing, screaming and jumping along…I don’t think many people in HK find much in common with our music or lyrics, but it’s nice to know there are SOME that do. I’m sure there were members of other bands there as well so thanks for coming if you were there! 當然我們要感謝很多本地的樂隊來接他們的樂器給我們用。。。還有那些樂隊在他們自己的網站宣傳我們這個活動。在現場見到這些樂隊真開心: Evocation, Protoss, Daybreak on Monday, Shepherds the Weak, Mensheng, Qiu Hong…我真不覺得在香港有十分多人跟我們的樂隊，音樂和給有什麼共鳴，所以我不知道有多少本地樂隊和人喜歡我們。但是當晚見到其實我們真的有幾個樂隊的支持。肯定還有其他樂隊還在看着我們的演出 – 所以謝謝你們來參加！
My real wish though – was if other people who we had influenced these past 13 years would’ve also come to the show. I wished that members of other heavy bands that are still around would’ve come too. But anyway…to each their own. 但是我真希望還有去其他收到我們影響的樂隊都來看。。。但是他們有自己選擇來不來支持我們。
Thank you for coming – and I especially want to thank those people who came to the front of the show and went crazy with us. We were on stage jumping around and screaming our asses off for 23 songs – it feels so weird to look at out an audience that is standing there with their arms folded. We’re a hardcore band – not a rock n’ roll band – for hardcore, the crowd interaction and energy is what fuels our performance…without it, it makes everything feel awkward, which unfortunately it did feel like. 反正 – 謝謝大家來看我們！特別是那些人特意出來台前跟我們瘋狂！我們在台上演了二十三首歌！有時候望着觀眾全部都是站一邊不動，是好辛苦的情況。我們是一隊硬核樂隊，不是一個好傳統rock n’ roll的樂隊 – 所以對我們來說，大家跟樂隊們的氣氛和熱情是十分重要。你們的動力就會給我們多力量演得更爆炸。但是當天的氣氛真奇怪 – 老實說。
Anyway…we sold SO MUCH merch at this show! Thank you for putting some of your hard-earned money to support us! We sold only around 100 CD’s which is weird – but that’s the sign of the times…bands all over the world talk about how they always sell more shirts, hoodies, jackets, etc., then CD’s…and that happened last weekend. 我們當天賣了十分多衣服！謝謝大家的支持！我們只賣了一百多專輯 – 有奇怪但是全地球現在就是這樣。大家的習慣都是買衣服，買少CD.
The King Ly Chee machine is continuing to roll…in April we’ll be doing a China tour to promote the album, we’re planning on going back to the Philippines for a couple shows, and May 12 we are confirmed to play a music festival in Malaysia with our good friends in Love Me Butch! So we are taking King Ly Chee and sharing it with the world – letting them know what hardcore from Hong Kong/China sounds like! 好了 – 到我們的將來的活動。在四月的第一個禮拜我們將會去內地做個小小的巡演，然後去菲律賓幾天做個巡演，然後五月十二號去馬來西亞參加他們一個很大的音樂接。今年我們肯定很忙去全地球給大家見到什麼叫CNHC!!!
We’re playing this Friday at the new Hidden Agenda opening for Anti-Flag so SEE YOU THERE! We will be selling merch and CD’s at that show so bring money! 這個禮拜五我們在Hidden Agenda的新場將會做Anti-Flag的開場樂隊！到時見！到時肯定會賣衣服和唱片！
Peace,
Riz
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LIVE WEBCAST OF OUR SHOW!!!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/safetyrabbit
That’s the link!!! For all of you guys outside of Hong Kong who have supported us – this one’s for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See you LIVE tonight at 8pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peace,
Riz
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TOMORROW!!!!!!
TOMORROW’S THE DAY! For anyone that has supported my band or me – tomorrow’s the day to come out and show your love and support! A band that has survived in HK for 13 years now and STILL doing the same shit that they were doing when they started is not an easy thing! COME OUT! 明天就到了我們荔枝王最緊要的一天！如果你有支持過我們或者我 – 明天就是到你們給我們見到你們的熱情和愛！:-) 一隊沒變過風格的香港樂隊堅持了十三年不是容易的事情! 來吧跟我們慶祝一下！地下音樂世界 – it’s time to rise!ADDRESS 地址 and TICKETING INFO HERE: 荔枝王 King Ly Chee 《時間証明Time Will Prove》CD Release Show
演出8pm準時開始 Starts at 8pm SHARP: We invited our brothers from Wuhan, China – SMZB – to open this show for us! YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS CHINA PUNK ROCK w/ bagpipes and flutes! 我們邀請了我們武漢兄弟SMZB來做開場隊！你一定別錯過！
SMZB PAGE豆瓣頁: http://site.douban.com/smzb/
Peace,
Riz
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TIME WILL PROVE MUSIC VIDEO UP!
The English version of our TIME WILL PROVE music video is up now on youtube! We are SOOO proud of this so please check it out and share it with the world! Let the world know how we do shit out here in ASIA! 我們MV的英文版已經上載了！下面你們可以享受！然後請幫我們轉發給全地球看！讓他們知道在亞洲我們怎麼樣代表hardcore!
The Chinese version will be up soon – I know our supporters in China are eager to see this too and as up to this point they still can’t get onto Youtube so we’re waiting for Rock Motel to send us the Chinese version and then we’ll put it up! 我們中文版還沒做好 – 一做好馬上放在優酷！需要你們等多一會兒。。。
Enjoy!
Also – below you can see our 23 song setlist for this Saturday! Are you ready for this shit?!?!?!
下面你們可以見到我們這個禮拜六的二十三首歌的歌單! Peace,
RizShow Setlist:
Peace,
Riz
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