Broken Scar, Everybody!

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Now, for pictures from Broken Scar‘s final farewell show, 7th September 2006.


Ariff Akhir of The Sofa Sessions: Eh Daphne, you know ah, you damn pretty lah. I like you.
Daphne the emcee: Ehehehe thank you!


The Sofa Sessions, featuring bass slut Alda. I used 1/3rd-power flash, ISO 200, 1/25th (to expose the colored lighting but keep motion blur down). The 1/3rd-power flash helped to increase detail in the shadows, especially on Alda’s face, but not enough to give him an unsightly blue/white tint.


Top left: Sometimes, slow-shutter flash can make interesting effects; bottom-left: Velan, who runs Jamasia, looks like Gene Frenkle of that famous Saturday Night Live Cowbell skit; right: Daphne shows off her legs.


Spot the odd one out of Qings & Kueens.


Yep, Ariff is not a band slut. Meng played bass for Qings & Kueens, filling in for Kevin Theseira. Vima, frontman, was cracking jokes non-stop. 😀


And now, for Broken Scar, stealing Paul of Qings & Kueens.


Another picture with 1/3rd-power flash; Alda’s face would be dark otherwise.


They played a cover of KISS – Rock And Roll All Night!


I recognize this act from another band!


Post-gig interview.

Kevin, have a safe flight. I’ll miss the philosophical car rides to gigs, and untying my hair and headbanging!

My, So Jam. Best!

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And now for pictures from the Cineleisure MYSO Jamfest, dated 15th July 2006. WHOA!


How do you get to Cineleisure Damansara? Follow The Street! (Note the upside-down trashcans.)


Live music in front of La Cucur, place of scorching hot Teh Tarik.


Clockwise from top-left: Graffiti; artist at work; sumo wrestlers taking a break; headless rodeo.


Before K-sized cars, there were these…


Top: Estranged atop the Xfresh Xplorer; bottom-left: Stonebay; bottom-right: Edge Of Fire.


There was also a skate competition, but I don’t know the names of the tricks so here are some slow-shutter pictures.


It was a sunny evening, so to get perceptible motion blur, I used ISO 50 and Aperture Priority, with the aperture set to F8, the darkest possible for my camera, to get as slow a shutter speed as possible.


Alright, so there’s also some cheap attempt at desaturation.


Don’t judge me I’m slipping!


This would be a normal shot without slow shutter.


This was zoomed all the way in with F8 and ISO 50, the shutter speed was still a quick 1/60th of a second. However, panning (following the subject through the optical viewfinder) gives a blurry background.


The dudes don’t look too impressed.

Traffic King

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Here’s a post in the style of politics, a break from the pictures. ‘sides, I’m trying to cut down on my bandwidth usage, hence the 10 posts per page (instead of the usual 20.) It’s just temporary until I work out a good ratio of text to pictures.

“We do not want your money. Keep your money. We only want you to behave and drive safely. We do not want a single sen from you

Rock4Hope!

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Don’t forget to come for Yvonne Foong’s Rock4Hope!

“ROCK4HOPE is a charity concert organized to raise funds for the surgery of 20-year-old 2005 Dream Malaysia Awards winner, Yvonne Foong, to remove a tumor in the brain.

Yvonne, who spends her time studying and writing freelance articles for local dailies, is currently in need of funds to remove a brain tumor called Acoustic Neuroma that had made her deaf in both ears. The avid classical singer and pianist she once was, is now living in a world of silence.”

Yes that’s right, she cannot rock out to Deja Voodoo Spells and A Day At The Zoo! Tis indeed a pity. You know, Deja Voodoo Spells, one of the best shredder bands in Malaysia, with Rithan the frontman/guitarist shredding with Steve Vai once upon a time in Singapore?

What: Rock4Hope charity concert
Who: Deja Voodoo Spells and A Day At The Zoo
When: 7:30pm, 9th September 2006
Where: Multipurpose Hall, Sunway University College
How Much: RM20 only.

I’m going, yo. If you’ve secretly thought that headbanging was cool and was loads of fun, look for me and I can teach you how. 😀

Moonshines And Bazookas

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10th August 2006, Laundry Bar, The Curve: Moonshine KL


Zalila Lee, with Melina of Tempered Mental playing bass.


Jerral Khor plays the same instrument Zalila is playing and sports the same cool chicken hairdo that Zalila is having.


Brainhead.


Slow shutter/night mode flash; flash, then move the camera about.


Deserters were a lot more alive and a lot more indie rock.


…I remember them being atmospheric before; perhaps the other members changed their vibe?


Fathulistiwa Soundscapes. Fathul lost his badass long hair from before.


Shelley Leong and band.


Behind, the never stationary Az Samad.


I didn’t get to stay to catch the open mike acts. 🙁


And now, for some time-space-continuum confusion – a slight jumble! Bottom-left: Az does a tribute to Zack Kim; bottom-right: Az duels with Alda. Top-left: Cheryl and I rock out; top-right: I steal stim-girl‘s funky hat. 😀 Yeah, the upper pictures are from the gig below.


What gig? Project Bazooka presents Rhapsody versus Tempered Mental, 17th August 2006, Laundry Bar as well.


The lighting makes it seem like I desaturated all the other colors, leaving only red.


Rhapsody borrowed Tempered Mental’s drummer, Jimmy…


…and Tempered Mental’s bassist and vocalist, Melina.


Nicole the R&B/jazz/soul diva has an amazing voice.


Are you seeing triple?


Khai-Lee: Alright, Nicole, it’s now time for Tempered Mental to play.
Nicole: But… but… I haven’t finished thanking everybody yet!


Dear God…


…may everybody who watches buy our CD, coz we’re cool, and if you buy our CD, you’re cool.


Heck, buy as many as the number of people you see in the glass!


Alright, so Jack shreds along to Melina’s progressive rock basslines; he interestingly gets a few bars to throw in a solo where there wasn’t one before.

So what about the versus bit? I felt conned. Damn you Khai-Lee and Yu-Ri! Dashing my hopes. Rhapsody and Tempered Mental all got on stage, and Nicole harmonized the backing vocals (while Ywenna played keyboards) to Tempered Mental’s Pure. But that was it! And we all wandered around aimlessly after that, since it ended so quickly and early.

Blue Skies

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The winner for the guess what I thought of the moment I saw this quiz is Fazri. Well, I don’t quite know what to pimp him with, other than that he makes excellent webcomics and takes excellent pictures with feel (very few people have the gift of taking a picture in such an emotive way) and has been my geek buddy. Too bad you dropped your long hair for a crew cut.


And so, I shall post a few pictures in the style inspired by his; inserting pictures in between emo posts. 😀 Though if these pictures are emo enough, they would make the text redundant.


I once had leaves.


Twirly clouds.


High and dry.


Second to the fourth on the twenty-fifth.


I don’t know what I want… but I’d sure like it back.


…and back to Taman Jaya.

Final Sunrise Set

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And now, for pictures from the third week of Sunrise Mont Kiara Jazz & Rhythm Fest, 11th August 2006 and 12th August 2006.


But first, a stop by Bestari…


…for triple Indomee. 😀


Smile, Mr. Bassman…


…you’re being captured on Suzanne Lee‘s 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM lens. Though the body behind the lens is just as drool-worthy.


Happy potter.


And of course, Mr. Gambus himself, Farid Ali!


Besides shredding fusion ethnic jazz on a funky 12-string, he also sings.


Tinderbox, with Savy on keyboards.

…and Eu Gene on bass.


Damn mountie guards wouldn’t let anybody take pictures. Without a pass, at least.


Thank goodness for Shaz and his pass-getting ways, then. 😀 (No, that’s not a picture of Shaz.)


Familiar faces from the scene on the next day were Jimmy of Tempered Mental, Izwin of Plush Ground Xero Plush. I think.


Andy Peterson! Where’d his guitar shop go?


The order of the day was Noryn Aziz. Piping hot.


As usual, stage games.


I can’t decide if stim-girl is juicier than the apple.


“Then the piper will lead us to reason…”


…with the Aseana Percussion Unit, featuring a guy in dreadlocks whose picture raised a smile on the face of a girl and her younger sister. This one’s for you.


“Damn, he gets all the attention.”


Obligatory black-and-white shot.


This one’s for the ladies gentlemen.

You can also read about the Second Week and First Week here.

Sparks Fly

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I was at The Curve to shoot fireworks.


I went in to Laundry Bar, to check out the crowd, and they started counting down 5 minutes early, so I rushed out, to get stuck near the bar. I present the roof as proof.


Initial overexposure caused a torch-like effect.


I also zoomed all the way in to try panning shots.


Sprinkles!


Corny ears!


Overexposure argh. On a technical note, lower your ISO to its minimum, say ISO 50 or ISO 80, since you don’t need it. Set the mode to shutter priority and dial in EV -2 (to darken the smoke clouds, and to have brightly colored trails rather than whitened out trails). Add a polarizer filter to darken the smoke clouds as well (I forgot to bring mine.) I used shutter speeds from 0.5 seconds to 1.6 seconds, looking through the viewfinder upwards. My neck hurt but I was amazed at how stable that position was! (Bring a tripod next time.)


Shrubs.


Splash into a mash! Handshake can be artsy.


Faster shutter speeds capture fireworks at the apex, like floating spermatozoa.


Watch out it’s the glowing ball of energy, draining power from Cineleisure Damansara!


Longer exposures leave room for more explosions.


Poppy!


Finally, a mainstream fireworks shot everybody loves.


…and one more, for the encore.

Happy 49th Independence Day, Malaysia. I hope you’ll mature and may we not be harrassed by undercover triggerhappy gunmen.

…and here’s some text copied from Alda‘s blog.

From Paul Millott, owner, Solar Power Training Centre, 8, Resource Industrial Centre. Old Klang Road, Kuala Lumpur

The following incident occurred OUTSIDE in the car park, not inside any premises

Natasha (witness):

I was walking towards the restaurant next to Rajoo Flour Mill. Just as I saw Paul at the restaurant and went over to join him, I heard gunfire. The first two or three shots were from the opposite side of the car park, but at first I could not see the gunman.

Suddenly a crazed gunman in jeans and black T shirt appeared, running towards Paul and fired shots into the air. He did not identify himself or give any reason why he was firing his gun. He then pointed the gun at Paul and shouted “You get over there”, indicating with the gun the direction he wanted him to go. He had just fired two shots about ten feet from the people seated in the restaurant They promptly ran, terrified, knocking over tables and chairs. People in the car park also ran but the gunman turned around and ordered them to come back. At this point Paul ran back to the entrance to his cafe, which was empty but one half of the two shutters was still half open. I saw two or three people rushing out of the cafe and the glass door was shattered in the panic. This was plate glass and will cost something like RM2