Kung Fu Komedy

The guys who stole Winston’s ride were brave souls; he builds custom Harley Davidsons and runs chopper tours from Shanghai all the way to Tibet. He’s also a boxer, a paramedic, a qualified helicopter pilot, and did we mention he also ran his own shipping company? Today’s closing track is Us & Them by LCD […]

Real-life rockstar Hassan Mahmut, a Uighur from the far west of China, talks about escaping to Shanghai as a 13 year old to become a music legend.

Comedy Central stand-up comedian Joe Klocek reached a level of fandom for Star Wars he says is spiritual.

Dashan is unquestionably the most famous foreigner in China. In 1988 he appeared on the nation’s NYE gala TV show to an audience of 550 mln people. He leveraged the exposure to launch a career as a master in traditional Chinese comedy and is now reinventing himself as a leader in China’s brand-new stand-up comedy […]

For our first show in the Year of the Horse, we’ll bring on Senator Saloon’s head bartender David Schroeder, and Guillermo Garcia, who’s in charge of the San Ginés churro and chocolate brand here in Shanghai. Recorded live at the Kung Fu Komedy Club

Butch is back from Las Vegas, and he’s kicking off a new season of the Gathering with Devan Firoozi, the man behind fashion label Raised In China. As always we’ll also have hilarious comics and a few other surprises. Recorded live at the Kung Fu Komedy Club

This Saturday, Butch welcomes travel blogger Maggie Wu of FlyWithMaggie.com, and Clay Roup, who started Homerun Jerky, Shanghai’s own jerky and snack brand.

This Saturday, we have parkour superstar Martino Chen, and Mike Elefante, the Division I lacrosse player who’s been instrumental in bringing the sport to Shanghai. Plus we’ve got Frank Gong, China National Toastmasters champion.

Butch talks to singer Brooke Palmer, Chinese film critics Harry Xu and Edward Dong, and flamenco guitar player Miguel Jonsson. Harry and Edward are on the selection committee for the Shanghai International Film Festival, and they write for the cinephile blogs iMoviegoer.net and Ethermetic.com. They’ve also got a podcast called 埋汰电波. Recorded live at the […]

Butch is joined by Cotton Club manager and Shanghai jazz scenester Greg Smith, and one of the leaders of European female boxers, herself an undefeated Super Bantamweight world champion, Michele Aboro. Plus interview with comedians Barney Rivera, Audrey Murray, and John Shea.

To kick off the Gathering now being on Saturday night, we’re bringing on sitarist Sal Haque and singer Kevin Maxim! Standup from Kung Fu Komedy regular headliners Andy Curtain and Tammy Imig. Recorded live at the Kung Fu Komedy Club

We’ve got art, music and fashion icon Redic and his whole band, who’ll be performing two never-before-heard songs*, and DJ Spenny a.k.a. Spencer Tarring. Plus standup comedy by Benny Bosh and Tammy Imig. Spencer also produced a video of his appearance on the show: *Redic performs “As Long As You’re There,” and “Just to Make It […]

The singing beauty herself Apphia Campbell, and Sherpa’s founder Mark Secchia. PLUS standup comedy by Audrey Murray.  

Butch jams with Roman Zhivalzhi, whose electric guitar stylings are matched only by his luxurious head of hair. Next: performances by traditional Brazilian dancer Maria del Sol, and Colombian Salsa singer Shirley Carranza: We’ll also hear from Kung Fu Komedy comics John Shea and Turner Sparks.

This round we bring on jazz singer and Chinatown cabaret-dancer Raina Skar. Hailing from the plains of Uzbekistan, Raina leads the Cotton Club house band, the Royal Hombres, and is a force on Shanghai’s live-music scene. We’ve also got DJ Caution and DJ Cavia, plus Kung Fu Komedy’s own Andy Curtain and Leia Luo.

What better way to ring in the Year of the Snake than with tales of fraud, vengeance, and the Shanghai restaurant scene? We’re joined by City Weekend Managing Editor and Dining Editor Geoff Ng. We’ll also get Kenny from International Recovery Services (partner company of China Scam Patrol) on the phone to talk about what […]

For the first show of 2013, we spend the hour with Andy Best: he’s the author of the novel The Dao of Wagas Parkour Girl and Yellow Fish Car, and the creator of Shanghai music blog Kungfuology.com. When we asked him “where your fucking band?” he, DJ Cavia, and Kaine quickly formed Astrofuck just to throw it back in our faces. We’ll also review […]