Joshua Samuel Brown's work has appeared all over the world in a strange and eclectic variety of publications. He has been hailed by noted Discordian thinker Lago Von Slack as “the Mahatma Gandhi of restaurant criticism, the Rudyard Kipling of professional boxing, and the Lance Armstrong of economic planning.” Available on Amazon, Josambro’s first book Vignettes of Taiwan offers tales of betel nut beauties and how to avoid jail time by impersonating a Mormon. Having spent the better part of 2006 researching and writing sections of Fodor’s upcoming China guidebook, Josambro is currently in Taiwan working on Lonely Planet's Taiwan 2007 guide. Follow him around at Stinky Tofu, a regularly updated weblog. Click Here to order Vignettes of Taiwan

I've also been uploading videos to youtube.

Slightly Less Recent Work Kingdom of ashes The future of the Mosuo tribe is hazy after fire destroyed a village important to their heritage and commercial development threatens to restore it Disney-style HK Weekend Standard, July 2006 Shenzhen Subway Hassle  The Shenzhen Metro is a slow and shiny beast, crawling tentatively along its tracks as if still unused to the concept of light rail.Things Asian, June 2006 Pining in HK for fresh Taipei air  Had someone suggested to me in 1994 that in 2006 I'd be pining for the clean air of Taipei, I'd have suggested they pay a visit to the Mackay Hospital psychiatric ward.Taiwan Journal, April 2007 A Hong Kong Cat's Tale A heartwarming tale of great significance to cats and people who like seeing them neutered.Cat Fancy Magazine, February 2006 Spring Scream in the Year of the Dog When the lead singer screamed "Hello how are you I'm fine and you please give me some toast and eggs"at the crowd, I was gripped with metal bloodlust and nearly knocked myself unconscious bashing my head against the stage.HK Weekend Standard Version, April 2006 You've read the story. Now see the photo essay. Not your everyday doctors  Escorting the ill, injured and occasionally deranged across the globe...HK Weekend Standard, March 2006 Magic in the Cards  A fantasy game is thinking big about its future fanbase in China.HK Weekend Standard, February 2006 A searching and fearless moral inventory regarding James Frey.  Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, January 2006 Flippin’ Bird Flu the Bird ...A dish that is at once fragrant, delicious and a total insult to nature. Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, December 2005 Seven Hours in the Soul of Seoul Despite the well known Korean love of brawling, I'm surprised at the sight of two middle-aged denim-clad men beating the shit out of each other on the sidewalk... Things Asian, December 2005 Monks, Baguettes & Shopping Too The French left their subjects with an appreciation for coffee and baguettes. Things Asian / City Weekend, December 2005 Dubyafall ... In the hermetically sealed “Unter-Oval Office,” a presidency is disintegrating... Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, November 2005 Going Nowhere on the Bolivan Plateau Using a bamboo pole I'd picked up to ward off snakes I slowly battered a path to the source of the roar... Things Asian, October 2005 The Business of Art ...Hard-nosed Shenzhen is muscling in on a growing interest in painting - but all in the name of making money... HK Weekend Standard, October 2005 Money and Art...Shenzhen people might not be the nation's greatest art appreciators, but they're definitely China's most voracious art consumers.City Weekend (Beijing/Shanghai) September 2005 Hard and soft ..."In my country we call this a police hold,'' I say, wincing in pain. "Yes, it can be used for that too.'' HK Weekend Standard, August 2005

Featured Journalistic Forrays Hip-hop Hong Kong ...Ghost Style is a man who thrives on clamor... HK Weekend Standard, July 2005 Open PrisonIt's my second trip to Green Island, home of Taiwan's once feared political prison. And once again, a transvestite is involved. South China Morning Post, May 2005 The Fool Monty... Michael Palin is no stranger to dealing with mystified geeks... South China Morning Post, March 2005 Confessions Of A Sweatshop Inspector"Calvin Klein, Wal-mart, Kathie Lee: They all want the same thing. Chinese labor, the cheaper the better..." The Albion Monitor, 2000 In the Boot Camp of the MindAll sensation shares the same quality of impermanence. An itch, an ache, a pain. They all are born. They all rise, then they disappear. Topics Magazine, 2003 Daughters of Mother LakeAll-You-Can-Eat Mutton, Walking Marriages, and the future of the Mosuo matriarchal society. Clamor Magazine, July / August 2004 Supper in Uigherville "We’re having a cash flow problem," he shrugged, handing me a pipe filled with black Xinjiang Hashish. Dim Sum Literary Journal, 2003 Blood and CondimentI'd forgotten how to say "I cut myself"in Mandarin, and was reduced to pidgin linguistics. "This blood...its mine."But how could I explain the trail of soy sauce flip-flop prints on the stairs? Dim Sum Literary Journal, 2004 Late Night Taipei SmackdownIt was a hot August night in Taipei, and I was about to be beaten up in public, perhaps severely. Things Asian, 2003 Searching for PabloI emerged from the darkened auditorium with all thoughts of Picasso gone, replaced by visions of myself leading an upwardly mobile urban lifestyle. South China Morning Post / Things Asian, 2004 Newfoundland, Codless and Charming...We made good time, and were soon crossing over the narrow isthmus onto the Avalon Peninsula, on the easternmost edge of which lay St. John's, and the promised drunken debauchery. South China Morning Post, 2004 Minority Rapport - Return to Mother lake with Namu Yang"I read these articles about my so-called promiscuity...Wow, if only I were this person that everybody thinks I am, maybe I wouldn't be so damned lonely." South China Morning Post, 2003

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Political and Media Links Canned Revolution Antiwar The Albion Monitor The Week in Congress Indy Media Democracy Now! Freespeech.org Clamor Magazine Danwei Spiritual Links Vipassana Meditation Church of the Subgenius Other Links Alternative Radio HK Literary Festival Chris Davis Bronwen Hyde Raztrip Foreigners and Exiles Cherry Bleeds Things Asian The Writer's Bridge Negativland WFMU Manju The Emperor is Far Away Swap Links? Email me

Political Writing The Yahuda Bangs Archive Selected Politics & Other Dirty Words2000 - present. Full archive Reaching to the Right The Unwelcome American The Bloody Sympathy Swing Voter It's (Still) the Economy, Stupid P&ODW : A Brief Retrospect Cry Havoc and Let Loose the Lapdogs of War The Chronicle History of King George II Bizzaro World Chinese Politics God Bless Us Oil, Every One American Foreign Policy ~ Beating A Sack Full of Cats Albion Monitor Confessions Of A Sweatshop Inspector2000 A Simple Fix For Our China Crisis2001 Nauru Island: Far Side Of Paradise2003 Killing the Chicken to Scare the Monkey2003 In China, Doubt And Disdain Over Shock And Awe2003 A Season Of Fear2003 Antiwar.com Damn the Torpedoes Di sdain and Doubt Over Shock and Awe Ki lling the Chicken to Frighten the Monkey

Selected Off the Rails(China Post) Death by Cholesterol at the Shilin Night Market Shopping, Voyeurism, and Indelible Ink Love Hotel Etiquette Vestments for all Tastes or None

Selected Music Reviews (Taiwan News) Nick Cave / Velvet Underground Cypress Hill: Stoned Raiders Innocent & Vain: an introduction to Nico Michael Jackson: Invincible Bjork: Vespertine

Topics Magazine Not Your Old Man's Hsimending The Tightwad's Guide to Taipei The Lighter Side of the Drought Majestic Eastern Taiwan Searching for the Heart of Shanghai's Taiwan Town In the Boot Camp of the Mind An Afternoon at the Juming Museum Sunrises, Serenity & Lions on the Beach Las Vegas of the Orient? City Weekend Money and Art Kick Ass Summer Camp A Womb with a View Yabaolu, We Hardly Knew Ye Give Me Six Reasons to Spend Chinese New Year in Taipei Short Stories Blood and Condiment Supper in Uigherville. Duty Free at Last A Holiday To Remember There will be no dancing in the streets Crime and Capture in a small Chinese Town

Rocky Mountain Bullhorn Virgin in the Drop Zone The Imperial Sushi Conspiracy Sayonara, Strom Cry Havoc and Let Loose the Lapdogs of War Waiting for Godot at the DMV Like Ayn Rand on Steroids Tuning my Chakras Yuppies, Freaks and You (A Day Trip to Boulder) Assorte d Items Negativland - True or False? A Drunkard's Life Bobcat's Big-ass Interview More Than a Foot Rub: The Ancient Art of Reflexology Nihao Magazine Finding Shanghai's G Spot China's Dark Underbelly Orphans Mothers and Daughters of Lugu LakeClamor Magazine In Search of the Holistic Vasectomye-margaux Another Day in ParadiseSilkroad, October 2003 Rejected Unknowns Gee But its Great to be Back Home Eulogy for Doris

Tales from Things Asian A Late Night Visit to the Great Mall Urban Proletarian or Three Wheels of Squeaking Doom: Pedicabs in Beijing A Night, A Day and Some Petty Larceny in Okinawa Nighthawks at the Night Market Down, Out and Delicious Dining - Eating out in Taipei on $10 a day Riding the Waves Taiwan Style  Far from Silent -- Christmas Eve in Yangshuo

South China Morning Post Newfoundland, Codless and Charming Feng Mengbo Got Game Minority Rapport - Return to Mother lake with Namu Yang Glitter, Corruption and Free Speech on the Amateur Mandopop Circuit A Male Malady - A Visit to a revolutionary Prostatatis Clinic in Xian Weight Off their Minds Trek king in Troubled Times Perfect Ten: Xian

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