A bit of a cheat this morning, but this one is on my mind. Last week, I posted something Japanese from Trump's Asia trip, but I missed his swing through China. While I do know slightly more about music from China because of an instrument called the pipa (a Chinese lute), I'm going to cheat today and use Gary Lucas. In 2000, weirdo guitarist Gary Lucas recorded The Edge of Heaven, which was a set of Chinese pop tunes, done with Lucas's guitar showiness. Here's "Pretense." (Obviously, that's the English translation). So much pretense right now... so much pretense...
