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Review: Howard Kaylan – Shell Shocked: My Life With the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, Frank Zappa

# 2013-05-21 16:53:20, Hongkie Town
Early in his freshman year at UCLA, Howard Kaylan told his father he was quitting college to make music. His parents were naturally livid but he promised them that if he didn’t have a hit record within 6 months, he’d go back to school.  It didn’t take 6 months for his first hit record, it [.....

More Quick Movie Reviews

# 2013-05-18 06:18:24, Hongkie Town
A few more quickies from movies seen this week.  There may be (mild) spoilers in these reviews ….

Another 2 Smokers Who Were Non-Smokers

# 2013-05-18 04:02:02, Hongkie Town
 

Get Crazy – A Great Movie No One Knows

# 2013-05-16 07:31:20, Hongkie Town
I had a feeling I could find this entire film on Youtube and, proven right, I wanted to share it with you.  The film is called Get Crazy, it’s from 1983, and it may not be the Godfather or 8-1/2 but it’s a movie I’ve always loved and I think a lot of you will [...]

Family Tree – New Christopher Guest TV Series

# 2013-05-14 07:13:28, Hongkie Town
To me, Christopher Guest is a Comedy God. This is Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman, Best in Show,  A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration – Guest’s brand of improvisational comedy, the “mockumentary” – well, I’ve loved his work ever since he was one of the writers and cast of National Lam...

HSBC Gives the Middle Finger to Customers Again

# 2013-05-13 05:02:50, Hongkie Town
HSBC is in the process of mailing out new ATM cards with some sort of smart chip embedded in them. They’re making a big deal about this. And alongside that they’re making a big deal about how, for your protection, before you travel overseas you need to activate your foreign overseas withdrawal a...

Tech Tip: Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Drive

# 2013-05-12 03:11:26, Hongkie Town
Note that my desktop PC runs 64-bit Windows 7.  This tip may or may not be useful for people running Macs. My C: drive is a solid state drive.  The suckers are expensive compared to traditional drives and come in much smaller sizes.  Mine is 224 gigabytes. I’ve got things set up so that only [....

PCCW is STILL Charging Me for 2 Land Lines I Don’t Have

# 2013-05-07 05:10:10, Hongkie Town
Even though I’ve had no service from PCCW since February 9th.  Even though I’ve called them and spoken to numerous “managers,” even though I’ve complained multiple times to the Communications Authority, even though Emily Lau’s office has written multiple letters to PCCW on my behalf …...

Iron Man 3 and Other Recent Movies

# 2013-05-04 20:58:37, Hongkie Town
Iron Man 3 – Marvel’s movies have pretty pretty consistently entertaining once they figured out the formula and Iron Man 3 is no exception.  One reason I figured in advance I’d enjoy this was because it was directed and co-written by Shane Black.  I might try to put together an argument that...

I Got the Samsung Galaxy S4

# 2013-05-03 16:05:41, Hongkie Town
It never fails. Thursday night, exactly one minute after I boarded the bus to Tai Po, I got the SMS alert from SmarTone that I could go to the Wanchai shop to pick up the Samsung Galaxy S4. Later I got an email with all sorts of instructions about how I could go to the [...]

Up and Down with Spotify

# 2013-05-02 00:15:25, Hongkie Town
Call me crazy, call me nuts, but when I run across an interesting video on Youtube, I’ll download it in MP4 format and toss it onto my iPad for later viewing. Such was the case with this wonderful BBC 4 Arena documentary on Brian Eno that was done in 2010. If you’re an Eno fan, [...]

Greed in Action – Hong Kong Movie Theaters

# 2013-04-27 03:19:47, Hongkie Town
Iron Man 3 has opened in Hong Kong a week ahead of the US opening. It’s playing in 3D Imax, 3D and 2D. Prices vary from cinema to cinema and according to the time of day. If you want to see the movie in 2D, a night time show will cost you around HK$75. 3D [...]

More on Spotify

# 2013-04-26 16:20:21, Hongkie Town
Sometimes being a blogger doesn’t suck. The folks at Spotify‘s PR agency noted my previous post on their opening in Hong Kong and invited me for lunch with Sriram Krishnan, Spotify’s Head of New Markets Asia Pacific, the man behind Spotify’s recent launch in Hong Kong as well as Singapore and Malaysia. I should also [...]

Samsung – HTC One Review Round-Up and My Choice

# 2013-04-25 01:12:50, Hongkie Town
If you’re tuning in late, I’m getting a second phone that will be dedicated for business use. I receive an almost overwhelming amount of emails daily and also want to be able to separate my personal stuff from my business stuff. I decided not to get a second iPhone 5 for several reasons, not the...

How Does Hong Kong Get Out Of This?

# 2013-04-22 04:55:31, Hongkie Town