Well, my chinese name (see my previous post) has received only a lukewarm reception. I told it to my artist, and she said "but these are words, it is not a name...". True enough. She's just as guilty, though... Her name is Fan Yin Jia, and she decided that her English name would be "Van". When I told her that a van is a large car, she said "yes, I know, but Van sounds like Fan". The same problem as me. I'd be walking around calling myself "Fortune with mouth", which might have worked in the movie "Dances with Wolves", but in chinese society, and western society, calling yourself a series of words doesn't work (unless you're parents are hippies and you're name is Moonbeam).

For Fan Yin Jia, I suggested "Francesca", which is a pretty Italian name and she's taken to it. Jury is still out on what my Chinese name will be.

This weekend, I go "on tour" with my buddy, roomate and fellow DJ Dave (DJ Slackerton is what he goes by). Tonight we fly to Xiamen for a gig and tomorrow night we play at Quanzhou. Both clubs (they are sister clubs) are called "House Music Club", so I guess it couldn't be clearer that there will be no Hip Hop played there! :-) I'm looking forward to the gigs, though this time I'm just going to be helping Dave out if he wants me to. Next week I go to these same clubs to play gigs on my own - it's my solo tour next week! :-)

This is my first time in China outside of Shanghai. Our other roomate Derek is coming along too, so we'll all be having a mini 2 day vacation together while the Penthouse remains quiet and empty (much to our neighbours' delight, I'm sure).