Remembering Zhang Ju

[kaizor]

Nine years ago tonight, Zhang Ju was killed in a motorcycle accident on the Zizhuqiao onramp near the Shangri-la hotel on Beijing's west side. At the time of his death, I hadn't seen him in two-and-a-half years: I said good-bye to him at the Paulaner Brauhaus one night in August 1992 just before I went back to the States to finish my MA at Arizona

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[anonymous]

Respect.

[perfect_gold]

A bunch of years too late, but I'm just getting into the Chinese rock scene. I've been googling and getting as much English-based stuff as I can and your stuff is normally the first or second link: reasonably so.

This is incredibly well-written. Poignant, but certainly not over-the-top. You've taken the good with the bad, it seems. Definitely an inspiration to someone who's dead set on becoming a full-time reporter in the music scene. I'm still trying to track down Tang Dynasty things, and I've been trying to grab songs of artists you've recommended here.

It's a shame that it seems that the more talent a band has, the more tragic it ends.

-Kat