Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน

London, or northern China, or E Asia other. Traveller, musician and occasional recorder of sound 说中文

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

Ah, thanks @marcrileydj - I didn’t know about the London show - will have to make one of the 2025 shows!

[Marc Riley ⚽️🍺🐳 @marcrileydj]

Better late than never mate. As discussed every show 👀 👇🏼 @themarkrad

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@themarkrad @marcrileydj I taped your final Mark & Lard broadcast in 2004. Bought a bluetooth tape player at Tower Records Tokyo and now listening to it for the first time - it’s like no time has gone by! #markandlard

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@TheEconomist Then they should time their visit for when the pubs all shut and they honestly won’t be disappointed.

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

Oh the irony in this website’s name @seetickets #oasis #oasistickets

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

And I quote:

[Hannah Al-Othman @HannahAlOthman]

Really enjoyed writing this one!

‘It’s amazing’: talk of Oasis reunion sparks excitement in Manchester

https://t.co/wXg1XR4XFL

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@StephenMcDonell could be of interest.

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

Newsweek, June 22 1987. Fascinating insight into Chinese politics pre-Tiananmen from Lu Keng. I bought this copy from a bookseller on the streets of Yangon in 2011. @Newsweek #lukeng

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@JonnyGarrett Although you must admit there’s something nice about flour’s firm rejection of plastic packaging.

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@TheEconomist It should be clear that it’s not the turmeric that’s deadly:

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

Just found this in a copy of Newsweek, June 1988. Epson seemingly predicted the smartphone. @EpsonUK @EpsonAmerica @Newsweek

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

I’d like to thank the awesome dude at the @csssuxxx Oxford gig with all the CSS vinyl for recommending Parquet Courts to me. Light Up Gold is a spectacular album.

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@MrTomGray I don’t want to be *that* guy, but: “reel in the feeling, making our way through the storm” :)

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@csssuxxx I lost my sunglasses at the gig or outside the gig on Sat, but… it was worth it! @O2AcademyOxford if you found some sunglasses please let me know :)

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

Two CSS gigs this week & first time seeing them for 16 yrs. I can honestly say two of the best gigs I have been to. So much energy, passion and good vibes shared between band & audience. Also to hang out with the band after Oxford was amazing. @csssuxxx Please come back soon! x

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

In ‘08 I saw CSS at Academy Oxford then a few days later at London Astoria. I had the setlist from the Ox gig and met the band after the Astoria who signed the list, but Lovefoxxx wasn’t there. So, meeting the band on Sat I took it along, and Lovefoxxx kindly signed. @csssuxxx

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

This in Tokyo is genius and should be rolled out worldwide without hesitation. Train arrives, 1st train queue boards, 2nd train queue moves over to 1st train queue. Waits for next train whilst 2nd train queue forms.

As a Brit it brings tears of joy to my eyes. #queuing #japan

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

Ahh jetlag. On the bed in lonely dark, wide awake and hungry, regretting the late-afternoon snooze that I knew would never be just a snooze and now lamenting missed opportunities of culinary deliciousness that can’t wait until daylight when I know I’ll be ready to sleep. #时差

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@fuchsiadunlop That looks delicious - far from the norm for 辣子鸡 in the UK. Still my go-to Sichuan place has to be 儿眉!

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@TimeOutLondon Nice piece on Hong Kong food in London, but the prevalence of the egg tart in HK is nothing to do with the British - actually comes from Portugal via neighbouring Macau. The Chinese 蛋挞 (dan ta) is very similar to a pastel de nata.

[Simon G 西蒙 サイモンไซมอน @sometravelnotes]

@TimeOutLondon You have a nice article about Elvis on your webpage but misspelt his name in the opening paragraph. Always available to proof-read/edit. Feel free to DM me.