{"id":10434,"date":"2015-11-01T15:05:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=10434"},"modified":"2016-05-08T19:49:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T19:49:54","slug":"the-rougeur-open-mic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=10434","title":{"rendered":"The Rougeur Open Mic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma1.jpg\"><br \/>\n29th October 2015: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1507744849535846\/\" target=\"_BLANK\">The Rougeur Open Mic<\/a>, at Rougeur, Menara Tokio Marine Life. Quite a cool elevator poster. Now where can I find camera insurance?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma2.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe event poster!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma3.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe toilet signboard!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma4.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe entrance!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma5.jpg\"><br \/>\nInteresting piping going on above.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma6.jpg\"><br \/>\nRougeur is an interesting space, with a few different themes, with one part looking like a color-cycling club which has tables that look like big plastic yoyos laid sideways.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma7.jpg\"><br \/>\nIn one corner, the open mic was set up. <b>Bobby Tan<\/b> opened the stage officially.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma8.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Melissa Toh<\/b> was next.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma9.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe club part makes for a good background!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Melissa Toh covers Death Cab For Cutie - A Lack Of Color\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U1iyrmPlUAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nShe did a cover of <i>Death Cab For Cutie &#8211; A Lack Of Color<\/i>. Awesome! She made it her own while still playing it note-for-note.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma10.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Sounds Of Kites<\/b>. Good name sir!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma11.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Happy Fingers<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma12.jpg\"><br \/>\nI have to revisit this place with a 35mm and 85mm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma13.jpg\"><br \/>\nA wide view of the stage, in the dining area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma14.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Samuel Lopez<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma15.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>George Wong<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma16.jpg\"><br \/>\nA view of the bar. Beyond it, a quaint little cafe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma17.jpg\"><br \/>\nMelissa&#8217;s Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 55mm F1.8 ZA came in handy for framing shots like this.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma18.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Alien Lipstick Fire<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma19.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnother cool band name. They played some covers of bands I&#8217;d never heard before. Interesting indie sound.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma20.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Ian Tai<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rgoma21.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnd finally, <b>Shaneil Devaser<\/b>, host and organizer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29th October 2015: The Rougeur Open Mic, at Rougeur, Menara Tokio Marine Life. Quite a cool elevator poster. Now where can I find camera insurance? The event poster! The toilet signboard! The entrance! Interesting piping going on above. Rougeur is an interesting space, with a few different themes, with one part looking like a color-cycling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11291,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10434\/revisions\/11291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}