LiHui Shen, GM of China’s largest independent record label, Modern Sky, and judge on the Chinese American Idol, Super Boy, is spending a few weeks in our office, getting to know the lay of NYC and America’s music industry.

Super Boy is an annual singing competition that premiered last year on China’s Hunan TV Network. It’s predecessor, Super Girl, was one of the most successful televised

So far this morning we’ve run through the gamut of some great 90s rock: Blur, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Foo Fighters and now Filter’s award-winning album Short Bus.  All over the PA system.  Kids getting their driver’s licenses today listen to this stuff on classic rock stations.

We wait with bated breath to see if Silverchair and Bush are coming up on the

Smiling is an essential part of human existence. Without it, the world would be an onerous, dour place, and the face would just be a mish mash of bones, tissue, and eyelashes.

It’s also an aesthetics thing. Without the grooves, ridges, and expressions of a smile, we’d probably all just look like Neanderthals. Or, even worse, that hopelessly ridiculed caveman in the comical Geico commercials.

Yep, smiling is

A well known (at least we know it) Chinese proverb tells us, “those who hear not the music think the dancers mad.”

But what about ringtones?

The E-famed Ring Tone Dancer is a member of a dying breed. What with his brightly colored costume and erratic movements, the Ring Tone Dancer is conspicuous to taunters, law enforcement and other predators. This doesn't have to happen any

Lhea is behind the camera and JahFurry here is just pointing out the culpable party.

So…..we kind of told our friends that this amazing musician, Matt Hopper, was going to play at our official happy hour

Unfortunately, with merely two hours before our guests arrived, Matt called to say he would be stuck at the airport and unable to play for us. Needless to say, this totally killed our tranquil vibe.

Frantically,

If you’ve been racking your brain for ways to make yourself and others happy……rack no more, it’s time to start rocking your brain.

Music Makes Your Brain Happy

Randy Dotinga of Wired Magazine reported today on Dan Levitin, a former rock producer turned neuroscientist. Levitin made the change from rock to rack in 1990. In the 16 years since his transition he’s amassed an arsenal of valuable