BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Shanghai BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260709T075640Z - 72260@iZuf69e0i0z4ibdboqb33jZ DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20251230T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20251230T210000 CREATED:20260709T075640Z DESCRIPTION:True Blues Music: Taboo Topic s & Hidden Meanings \nWhether you know nothing\, a little\, or somethi ng about the blues\, it doesn't matter\, you're welcome in this club! You' ll learn cool stuff and we'll have an awesome\, smart\, and very human dis cussion! What are blues songs really talking about when the words seem sim ple\, even innocent? And why do so many of the most powerful themes in blu es music live just beneath the surface? In this discussion\, DJ BO\, a hig hly sought-after speaker on music\, culture\, and film at embassies and un iversities across Asia and the US\, invites us into the hidden layers of t he blues. Using the short film St. Louis Blues as a starting point\, we’ ll explore how the blues developed not just as a musical style\, but as a clever\, creative response to social limits\, censorship\, and unspoken re alities. Together\, we’ll unpack why blues songwriters so often relied o n coded language instead of being explicit\, and how this gave rise to lyr ics filled with double meanings\, humour\, resistance\, and desire. We’l l listen to classic and surprising examples\, talk about how these codes w ere understood by some audiences and missed by others\, and ask what gets lost\, or debated\, when meanings stay hidden (we'll touch on famous contr oversies like “YMCA!” which was used heavily in Donald Trump's preside ntial campaign). Expect a smart\, fun\, and eye-opening conversation that reveals an entire world behind the music\, and opens the door to deeper li stening\, richer cultural connections\, and conversations you may never he ar the same way again. 不管你对blues一无所知、略懂一点，还 是平时就会听，都没关系，反正都欢迎来这个小圈子！ 你会学到一些很酷的东西，我们也会来一场很带劲、很 有料、也很有人味儿的讨论。 那些听起来很简单、甚至 有点“无辜”的歌词，blues到底在说什么？又为什么blues 里最有力量的主题，常常不写在明面上，而是藏在字里 行间？在这场讨论里，DJ BO会带我们走进blues的“隐藏层 ”：他经常在亚洲和美国的使馆与大学聊音乐、文化和 电影，这次会用短片《St. Louis Blues》当作起点，一起看 看blues是怎么发展成一种不只是音乐风格的东西——更像 是在社会限制、审查和那些说不出口的现实之下，人们 想出来的一种聪明又有创造力的表达方式。我们会一起 拆解：为什么很多blues写作者更爱用“暗号”而不是直说 ，而这种写法又怎么催生出充满双关、幽默、反抗和欲 望的歌词。 [...] DTSTAMP:20260709T075640Z LOCATION:China\,\, Shanghai SUMMARY:True Blues Music: Taboo Topics & Hidden Meanings END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR