[REBOOT]
Oh, hey. Been a while.
Life rolls on.
Probably most people do not know about how or why I first started Philbert’s Phables. In May of 2019 I had just suffered the loss of my grandfather, broken up with an ex, had to undergo surgery. For a moment there, I was in a bad place.
However, I am fortunate to have friends and family who support me, and the resources with which to support myself. And as part of getting better, I decided to start writing and posting my writing again, posting to the blog, as a form of creative self-expression in the face of despair. And you can see the bars below, of the people who came to visit the site and read, in the ensuing months, of my work.

Shortly after moving to China, COVID hit, and this site suddenly seemed rather quaint, to be chatting about Starbucks menus and work and temple processions after a global pandemic, which is, unfortunately, still in progress.
So, truthfully, I found another direction for this blog:
| City | Date | Venue | Lineup | Genre |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: SOLD OUT | Venue 地点: YuYinTang Park 育音堂音乐公园 | Lineup 演出名单: Kirin Trio 麒麟三重奏, Peach Illusion 桃子假象 | Genre 风格: Indie Pop |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.28 8PM | Venue 地点: Mao Livehouse | Lineup 演出名单: Brain Failure 脑浊, The Fallacy 疯医, Invisible Elephant 大象无形 | Genre 风格: Punk, Post Punk, Rock |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.28 8:30PM | Venue 地点: YuYinTang 育音堂 | Lineup 演出名单: 黄硕N-Bomb, 刘悦Spam-生番, 艾迪Odd pluton, 刘锐SistaKilla.L, DJ Quaver | Genre 风格: Hip-hop |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.28 9PM | Venue 地点: C’s | Lineup 演出名单: Halloween Nightmare, Warshaped General Huge, Zulu Bob, Skinny O.G | Genre 风格: Metal, Reggae, DJs |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.28 8:30PM | Venue 地点: LOFAS | Lineup 演出名单: FuYi 伏仪 | Genre 风格: Pop |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.28 10PM | Venue 地点: ELEVATOR | Lineup 演出名单: Yaho Wang, Bertigob, B.C.K, Rochaos, Spacereturn | Genre 风格: Electronic |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.28 10PM | Venue 地点: ALL | Lineup 演出名单: Heatwolves, NØTH, Lizard, Velvet Robot | Genre 风格: Electronic |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.28 10PM | Venue 地点: POTENT | Lineup 演出名单: Tobias Patrick, Linfeng, Gaoqiao, Solo, Chiral, KPT, Thera | Genre 风格: Electronic |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.28 10PM | Venue 地点: 44KW | Lineup 演出名单: Jeff Chong, Motel77, 777, Warlock, Ce\\, KPT | Genre 风格: Electronic |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.28 10PM | Venue 地点: Specters | Lineup 演出名单: Fear of a Punk Planet | Genre 风格: DJs |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 SOLD OUT | Venue 地点: ModernSky Lab | Lineup 演出名单: Dirty Fingers 脏手指, Round Eye | Genre 风格: Punk |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 SOLD OUT | Venue 地点: YuYinTang Park 育音堂音乐公园 | Lineup 演出名单: Canvas Town 西西弗 | Genre 风格: Indie |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 8:30PM | Venue 地点: YuYinTang 育音堂 | Lineup 演出名单: Fliphouse, Flying Games 飞行游戏, Rat King, RayDio | Genre 风格: Emo, Noise Rock, Hardcore |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 7:30PM | Venue 地点: TRI第三空间 | Lineup 演出名单: Li Daiguo 李带菓 | Genre 风格: Experimental, Classical, World |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 7:30PM | Venue 地点: Mao Livehouse | Lineup 演出名单: Li Xinyi 李鑫一 | Genre 风格: Pop |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 8:30PM | Venue 地点: LOFAS | Lineup 演出名单: H_R_P 潘心意, GM5, REEBX, Shark., BoyYoung, Sailor, RXNIN肉 | Genre 风格: Hip-hop |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 10PM | Venue 地点: ELEVATOR | Lineup 演出名单: Hei Mu 黑木, XIWI, IVVVS, Vorbi | Genre 风格: Electronic |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 10PM | Venue 地点: ALL | Lineup 演出名单: 二娃, 小喇叭, Go See, Max Shen, SpaceReturn | Genre 风格: Electronic |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 10PM | Venue 地点: POTENT | Lineup 演出名单: ANK-A, Akkoii, NOTH, Murphy Kin, TAG, FAT-K, Chica | Genre 风格: Electronic |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 10PM | Venue 地点: 44KW | Lineup 演出名单: HUAN HUAN, MIIIA, Linbo_3, Brandon, OJO | Genre 风格: Electronic |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.29 9PM | Venue 地点: Specters | Lineup 演出名单: Punk Rock Karoke | Genre 风格: DJs x KTV |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.30 8PM | Venue 地点: Mao Livehouse | Lineup 演出名单: Wasted Laika 丢莱卡, Bob Is Tired 逃走鲍伯 | Genre 风格: Punk, Noise Rock, Indie |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.30 8PM | Venue 地点: YuYinTang Park 育音堂音乐公园 | Lineup 演出名单: Random Universe 随机宇宙, Termination of Teens 夏幕, Haishijiu 海石九, Potter Frog 波特蛙, Lululu 盧盧盧 | Genre 风格: Indie Pop, Funk |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.30 8:30PM | Venue 地点: YuYinTang 育音堂 | Lineup 演出名单: Mist Chromosome 迷雾染色体, Sispyhe 西西弗 | Genre 风格: Indie, Rock |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.30 8:30PM | Venue 地点: Bandai Namco 万代南梦宫 1F | Lineup 演出名单: Guo Xu 郭旭 | Genre 风格: Folk |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.30 8PM | Venue 地点: VAS Live | Lineup 演出名单: Tarzan 泰山 | Genre 风格: Pop Rock, Hardcore |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.30 8:30PM | Venue 地点: LOFAS | Lineup 演出名单: Halloween Nightmare, Rat King, Shift/Ctrl | Genre 风格: Rock |
| Shanghai | Date 时间: 05.30 7:30PM | Venue 地点: ModernSky Lab | Lineup 演出名单: Xia Hanyu 夏瀚宇 | Genre 风格: Pop |
| Hangzhou | Date时间: 05.28 8PM | Venue地点: 9 Club 酒球会 | Lineup演出名单: Pork 续弦 | Genre风格: Grunge |
| Hangzhou | Date时间: 05.28 10PM | Venue地点: loopy | Lineup演出名单: Star Jesus, Noia, Silkboi, Cika Koo, BLITSE, Juan Plus One | Genre风格: Electronic |
| Hangzhou | Date时间: 05.28 10PM | Venue地点: Lightning | Lineup演出名单: 冥, 江崎, 玲瓏, 空空 | Genre风格: Electronic |
| Hangzhou | Date时间: 05.29 5PM | Venue地点: Mao Livehouse | Lineup演出名单: Deep Water, Rolling Zoos, Neotea Store 新茶士多, Kirin Trio麒麟三重奏 | Genre风格: Indie Pop |
| Hangzhou | Date时间: 05.29 9:30PM | Venue地点: Mao Livehouse | Lineup演出名单: Wasted Laika 丢莱卡, GOINDOWN, 古龙十代, Bob Is Tired 逃走鲍伯 | Genre风格: Punk, Indie |
| Hangzhou | Date时间: 05.29 8:30PM | Venue地点: 9 Club 酒球会 | Lineup演出名单: N-Bomb, 刘悦Spam-生番, 艾迪Odd pluton, 刘锐SistaKilla.L, DJ Quaver | Genre风格: Hip hop |
| Hangzhou | Date时间: 05.29 10PM | Venue地点: loopy | Lineup演出名单: 777, oo-khiat, Tangfulu, YICAI, Aba, H0ng, XIA | Genre风格: Electronic |
| Hangzhou | Date时间: 05.29 10PM | Venue地点: Lightning | Lineup演出名单: TU2, Bugsy, Leonwill | Genre风格: Electronic |
| Hangzhou | Date时间: 05.30 7:30PM | Venue地点: 9 Club 酒球会 | Lineup演出名单: Never Before, Ironhorse 铁马, Doy Slayer 狗屠, Stabbing Xiaoming Again and Again 反复攻击小明, Naonaosi 脑脑死 | Genre风格: Punk, Stoner, Grindcore |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.28 8PM | Venue地点: Mao Livehouse | Lineup演出名单: The Upside Down 完美倒立, Young & Dumb 甜又丧, Seabed Time Machine 海底时光机 | Genre风格: Indie Pop |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.28 8PM | Venue地点: Omni Space 疆进酒 | Lineup演出名单: Bob Is Tired 逃走鲍伯, Default 缺省, The Hedwig 海德薇 | Genre风格: Indie |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.28 8:30PM | Venue地点: Yue Space 乐空间 | Lineup演出名单: The After Afters | Genre风格: Indie |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.28 9PM | Venue地点: UFO Space | Lineup演出名单: Boss Cuts, Pizza Face, The Ravages, The Slow Blade | Genre风格: Surf Rock, Garage, Punk, Blues |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.28 8:30PM | Venue地点: School | Lineup演出名单: F&D、RNA 核糖核酸、Amber Worms 琥珀虫、Fluoxetine 氟西汀 | Genre风格: Punk, Metal |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.28 9PM | Venue地点: CloudNine | Lineup演出名单: Ramblin Roze | Genre风格: Grunge |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.28-29 8PM | Venue地点: Tango 糖果LIVE三层 | Lineup演出名单: The Samans 萨满 | Genre风格: Grunge |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.29 3PM | Venue地点: Aotu Space | Lineup演出名单: Spittoon Turns Six | Genre风格: Poetry, Music |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.29 2PM | Venue地点: Theater Space 21号戏剧空间 | Lineup演出名单: Bliss Illusion 虚极, Old Tea 老茶, 返鸟, The Left、 White Beers, 企鹅狗、Vanishing Dolphins 海豚消失了, 解禁艺术公园, 第二场梦, Soul Train、Golden Prune 金色西莓, 七芒星 | Genre风格: Various |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.29 8:30PM | Venue地点: School | Lineup演出名单: NUBEER, Pure 纯, Chinatown 唐人街, Amber Worms 琥珀虫, The Prozax 百忧解 | Genre风格: Rock |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.29 7PM | Venue地点: Jianghu Bar 江湖酒吧 | Lineup演出名单: Ember Swift | Genre风格: Folk |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.30 8PM | Venue地点: Yue Space 乐空间 | Lineup演出名单: The Chocolate Factory巧克力工厂, 8 Immortals Restaurant 八仙饭店, The Bootlegs 靴腿 | Genre风格: Indie |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.30 8:30PM | Venue地点: School | Lineup演出名单: Hind Brain 反骨, Dressed to Kill 剃刀边缘、Basement Queen 地下室女王、Grey Silence 灰寂 | Genre风格: Rock, Punk |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.30 8PM | Venue地点: Mao Livehouse | Lineup演出名单: Scar Constitution 瘢痕体质, Dream Spirit梦灵, Devil Mask 画皮, Kiss Moment 甜蜜暴击 | Genre风格: Metal |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.30 8PM | Venue地点: Omni Space 疆进酒 | Lineup演出名单: Slap 耳光i | Genre风格: Folk Rock |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.30 8PM | Venue地点: Aotu Space | Lineup演出名单: QianZi 签子, Eric Allen, DaGun 大滚 | Genre风格: Folk, Blues |
| Beijing | Date时间: 05.30 6:3-0PM | Venue地点: Mei Live 魅现场 | Lineup演出名单: Fancy Wall 花墙, 风檐, 神思, LostExit, 万宝大药房, PaperBaker | Genre风格: Rock |
| Suzhou | Date时间: 05.28 8PM | Venue地点: Mao Livehouse | Lineup演出名单: Never Before, Loudspeaker 扩音器, Dogslayer 狗屠, Chimera Cult, Pynchanerve | Genre风格: Metal, Stoner |
| Suzhou | Date时间: 05.28 9PM | Venue地点: The Hillhouse 山丘livehouse 新光店 | Lineup演出名单: Galaxy Knight李老板/传琦SAMA/麦贰拾M20 | Genre风格: DJs |
| Suzhou | Date时间: 05.29 8:30PM | Venue地点: The Hillhouse 山丘livehouse 新光店 | Lineup演出名单: Blossoms on the Bar 杠上开花, Crispy Shark 夏日脆脆鲨, HOOK | Genre风格: Rock |
| Suzhou | Date时间: 05.29 8:30PM | Venue地点: SW 南窗文化空间 | Lineup演出名单: South Town 南方小镇 | Genre风格: Folk |
| Suzhou | Date时间: 05.30 8PM | Venue地点: Mao Livehouse | Lineup演出名单: Temporary Action 临时开机, 楸落, Twiison 暮鸩, ERR, 缺氧雾 | Genre风格: Core, Rock, Metal |
No, I don’t think anyone outside of China will be coming to Shanghai for these shows anytime soon. And these shows happened last week, so nobody can actually go to them anymore. But for now, let’s keep the mystery of what is happening a bit, so as to allow nature to take its rightful course.
Source (LiveCNMusic): https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/eZ0bdOp1OE52A9KNqrkqow