Tag: flaming lips

  • Oklahoma’s Chainsaw Kittens,Tyson Meade Kickstarter project

    Hi Everyone! Sometimes lemons do become lemonade. I was forced to leave China for visa reasons, though I have now procured a new Chinese visa here in the State and I will be returning to Shanghai after Chinese New Year. Packing an apartment, booking an air ticket, not to mention picking up a beautifully hand…

  • Trek through the Chinese wilderness

    Hi Everyone, Next week, our new brilliant brilliant brilliant Chinese teacher – who at 16 entered China’s Fudan University think Yale or Princeton in terms of prestige – is taking the class, me included, on a trek through the Chinese wilderness. Along the way, he has told me that we will be able to record…

  • Halloween Dance Mania in Shanghai to Everyday I’m Shuffling

    Hi Everyone; Some of my students here in Shanghai surprised me with a zany dance performance! Enjoy! LOVE Tyson To plan your trip today: All About Travel 6104 Northwest 63 Oklahoma City, OK 73132 info [at] allabout-travel.com 405.384.3880 About All About Travel Opened in 1978, All About Travel is located in the Oklahoma City area. …

  • Hafffijy cutting a track in China

    Chainsaw Kittens frontman, Tyson Todd Meade has raised funding via Kickstarter to record a new album. You see links below for more information. We are following this project since we sponsored the airfare to Hong Kong where some of the recording will be done. Here you will see Haffijy, one of the students cutting a…

  • In China warming up before recording session

    “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and a life to everything. ” ~ Plato Bridging the cultural gap and starting to record for the new album, Chainsaw Kittens frontman, Tyson Todd Meade brings us a video of Haffijy. Haffijy is warming up for the recording session.…

  • Student Choir Gone Bad – Song for Tyson Meade in China

    Here we are with another update from Tyson in China. Hello Everyone, The students wanted to sing me a song. This is what they sang me. It is an old Chinese classic that they have made into their own. They are now ready for vaudeville. The student leading is the class monitor to whom they…

  • Tyson at his Fudan Apartment in Old China

    We are still following Tyson in China where he works and will be making his album. Here is another edition to the video’s/messages from Tyson. Hey Everyone, I am getting settled in Shanghai near the Fudan campus. I teach at an international school that is attached to Fudan University. I thought you might enjoy seeing…

  • Rayfont Hotel in the South Bund area of Shanghai with Tyson Meade

    We are happy to be receiving updates from Tyson while in Shanghai. He is offering us a hotel review here. Meade is working towards what many Chainsaw Kittens fans (new/old) are looking forward to, a new album. At the very bottom you will find other links regarding this project. We will be updating here with…

  • Oklahoma’s rocker in Shanghai talking about new album

    On July 20th I did a write up on Oklahoma’s native rocker, Tyson Meade and shared his Kickstarter project that will help him record his project in China. Today we bring you Tyson interviewing Haffijy in Shanghai. I will let Tyson take it from here… This is Tyson Meade. Many years ago, I had a…

  • Oklahoma’s native rocker, Tyson Meade Records an Album in China

    Oklahoma’s native rocker, Tyson Meade of Defenestration and Chainsaw Kittens fame is recording a new album. Meade has spent the last five years running a boarding school in Shanghai, China. Tyson has been home, in Oklahoma, the last couple of months.  While in Oklahoma he has been performing in order to raise money for his…