Photo: Trista di Genova By Marc Feltham / Wild East Comedy / Contributing writer It was 2001. I had reached the pits of despair and was seriously contemplating suicide. My previous life as a rock star was over, due to some ridiculously stupid life decisions and a penchant for chemical relief. I took a job…
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Xi Jinping approves of sarcophagus and CCP officials sign-off on extending Xi’s rule into the afterlife
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General-Secretary, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), Xi Jinping, currently standing as the highest-ranking official in China, approved of a sarcophagus presented to him today, February 15, 2020, as senior officials, also wearing surgical masks, sat in front of microphones and bent forward while scribbling with pens. I approve…
Read more‘Ridin’ with the wind’: A jazz singer is born in Taiwan
American writer, artist and now singer/musician Trista di Genova, who is following her bliss in Taiwan, performing her first show ‘Riding with the Wind’ at Chez Maurice in Tamsui on Christmas Eve. The Wild East recently caught up with American comedy writer, artist and now singer/musician Trista di Genova, who is following her bliss…
Read moreWhy Xmas sucks, and what I’m doing about it
The Wild East / Comedy I’ve always enjoyed being in Asia for Christmas because they really don’t give a rat’s ass about it. For this very reason, we are able to have such niceties as Chinese restaurants to eat Christmas dinner in the West, for those who are too lazy to cook, and the hordes…
Read moreNewsflash! U.S. writer/publisher declares presidential candidacy
American educator and anthropologist, Trista di Genova, declared her candidacy for the U.S. presidency, taking the opportunity of her press statement at the Taiwan legislature, to congratulate Taiwan students for their show of 'utmost democracy'. She urged them to continue their struggle, until the power to the people is fully restored. . The Wild East…
Read moreHow to tell someone off in Chinese
Here's some stuff your Taiwanese friends won't teach you! 吵架必备汉语 The must-learn Chinese words when you are fighting with someone. 1. Go to hell. qù sǐ ba 。 去死吧。 2. You’re a jerk! nǐ shì gè fèi wù / hún qiú ！ 你是个废物/混球！ 3. Who do you think you are? nǐ yǐ wéi nǐ shì…
Read more‘Gonzo’ returns for night of glee @ Taipei Comedy Club
Dan “Gonzo” Machanik in Association with The Taipei Comedy Club Presents “Gonzo Returns to Treasure Island” 10pm Friday 10th January, $200, Taipei 卡米地 comedy club. 忠孝東路4段553巷20號, Taipei, Taiwan 110. Nearest MRT: Taipei City Hall. One Night Only, Taiwan Comedy Legend Dan “Gonzo” Machanik brings his no-holes-barred, brand of Ex-Pat humor back to the Club where…
Read moreGeorge Psalmanazar: Taiwan’s first diplomat!
George Psalmanazar (1679? – 3 May 1763) claimed to be the first Formosan to visit Europe. By Sean Kaiteri / Culture Vulture for The Wild East In 1703, England received her first ever exotic traveler from Formosa (Now Taiwan): a charming man who enjoyed telling everyone all the crazy and foreign things he and his…
Read moreYour Temple Is My Office
Hard at work this week at my new temple-office, a most tranquil and productivity-conducive environment. By Trista di Genova / The Wild East / Comedy There’s a temple I frequent in East Taipei, but I won’t say exactly where it is for fear other people will come and ‘rush’ it. For when you hear how…
Read moreHungarian loses appetite at Taiwan breakfast shop
The place in Kaohsiung where I can buy my garlic-chemical toast, or perhaps some other chemical-toast offerings. By Frank V., for The Wild East Offering my Hungarian-Jew-style comedy to Taipei Comedy Club guests for the third time some weeks ago, I felt the support of the local audience again, which is the best drug for…
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