Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
Monthly archive December, 2014
What are you doing New Year's Eve?

What are you doing New Year’s Eve?

2014 is coming to a close, so what are your plans? No idea? Well, neither do I, but here’s a cute little song sung by Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Happy New Year!Continue reading
Click for Cute (12/31/2014)

Click for Cute (12/31/2014)

Hi everyone, and welcome to the last Click for Cute of 2014! Get excited for the new year, like this little puppy! (The older dog is basically me when presented with any outside stimulus.)Continue reading
What's Going On: 2014 to 2015 New Year's Eve in Taipei

What’s Going On: 2014 to 2015 New Year’s Eve in Taipei

Taipei is undeniably known for its amazing nightlife, with diverse options of pubs and nightclubs to suit every party goer. Taipei was even ranked higher than New York City, London, and Paris for the best place to countdown into 2015 this year. But with so many options, how do you know what spot to hit...Continue reading
A-mei tickets sell out in 12 minutes

A-mei tickets sell out in 12 minutes

Tickets for A-mei’s upcoming concerts in Taipei next year sold out in less than 15 minutes this past weekend. Tickets for the 10 “Utopia” concerts at Taipei Arena in April went on sale at 10 am Sunday, and all 120,000 tickets had been snatched up 12 minutes later. The high demand caused delays in the online...Continue reading
Taipei beats New York, Paris in online survey as best spot for New Year celebrations

Taipei beats New York, Paris in online survey as best spot for New Year celebrations

According to the results of a survey by hotel booking site Agoda, Taipei has beaten New York, Paris and London in an online survey as the world’s sixth-best spot to spend this New Year’s Eve. The survey showed Taipei has garnered 7.94 percent of votes from over 7,000 respondents during the online voting, ahead of...Continue reading
Bestselling Fantasy Writer Brandon Sanderson to Visit Taiwan

Bestselling Fantasy Writer Brandon Sanderson to Visit Taiwan

Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson will  visit Taiwan next February to meet with fans at the 2015 Taipei International Book Exhibition. Sanderson’s Taiwan publisher says the American author of the popular Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive series will attend three events on February 14. The author will talk about his work and take questions from 1...Continue reading
Swinging on a Star: An Earthly, Windy and Fire-ry Christmas Album Holiday

Swinging on a Star: An Earthly, Windy and Fire-ry Christmas Album Holiday

Well well, it might be hard to believe but it’s true: Earth, Wind & Fire has released a Christmas album! It might also be hard to imagine that in the last 40 years, two full scores of musical career sprinkled with 20 Grammy nominations and 8 Grammy awards, they never thought to make a Christmas...Continue reading
"Little Green Man" Gets Plaque for 15th Anniversary

“Little Green Man” Gets Plaque for 15th Anniversary

Taipei inaugurated a commemorative plaque Tuesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the “little green man,” the now ubiquitous animated traffic signal that tells pedestrians around Taiwan and in other countries when it is safe to cross the road. The plaque, which explains the origins of the made-in-Taiwan phenomenon in both Chinese and English, was...Continue reading
5 Albums I'm Looking Forward to in 2015

5 Albums I’m Looking Forward to in 2015

With 2014 rapidly coming to a close, it’s time to look forward to the year ahead, which promises to be a musical paradise for indie and folk band fans such as myself. 2015 marks the return for several veterans and newcomer indie and folk music bands. Here are the five albums I am eagerly awaiting...Continue reading
What's Going On: Weekend of December 19 to 21 in Taiwan

What’s Going On: Weekend of December 19 to 21 in Taiwan

Music See You Then – Elephant Gym x How to count one to ten Concert Venue: THE WALL Live House Address: B1, No. 200, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Wenshan District, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1) Date: December 19, 2014 Time: Doors open at 7:30 Tickets: NT$600 at the door Orientone, Beware the Sky Falling, 夫目前犯 Concert Venue:...Continue reading
A Crispy Review: The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies

A Crispy Review: The Hobbit – The Battle of the Five Armies

Bilbo contemplates wearing the ring of power. In the final installment of The Hobbit we start right where we left off in the previous movie, The Desolation of Smaug, in the Laketown which was set ablaze by the treacherous dragon, Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch). People were screaming and running for dear life, and it...Continue reading
Smoothie Maker Jamba Juice Coming to Taiwan in 2015 in Summer

Smoothie Maker Jamba Juice Coming to Taiwan in 2015 in Summer

Reuters is reporting that US-based Jamba Juice is hoping to open its first outlet in Taiwan. According to the report, the California-based maker of health drinks hopes to open its flagship store in Taipei as early as this summer. Quan Huang Gourmet Company, Jamba’s franchise partner, says Jamba estimates about 90 percent of the recipes...Continue reading