{"id":1537,"date":"2011-08-14T04:59:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T04:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2011-08-14T04:59:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T04:59:29","slug":"moonshine-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1537","title":{"rendered":"Moonshine, February 2011!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb1.jpg\"><br \/>\nMoonshine: A Homemade Music Show, 10th February 2011, at Laundry Bar. Here&#8217;s a round of Monopoly going on outside!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb4.jpg\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rezasalleh.net\" target=\"_BLANK\">Reza Salleh<\/a>, organizer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb5.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Seth Lael<\/b>, who plays whatever you can play with a banjo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb6.jpg\"><br \/>\nAlso guest starring his wife, <a href=\"http:\/\/shelleyleong.xanga.com\/\" target=\"_BLANK\">Shelley Leong<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb7.jpg\"><br \/>\nShe can smell curry laksa again and other Malaysian delights.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb8.jpg\"><br \/>\nLove the on-stage reactions!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb9.jpg\"><br \/>\nShelley was too jetlagged to perform her own set, so she took turns and sang together with Seth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb10.jpg\"><br \/>\nI&#8217;d admit this was the first time in the longest that I&#8217;d seen Shelley without a guitar!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb11.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe rocking <b>Tashya&#8217;s Ink<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb12.jpg\"><br \/>\nI told this guitarist that he reminded me so much of Randy Rhoads, with all his riffs. He didn&#8217;t know who Randy was, though the riffs were all there, citing Mark Tremonti as an influence instead.<\/p>\n<p>That said I have to credit Mark for going all out in Alter Bridge &#8211; sure there were some bits of suppressed genius in Creed but nothing like in Alter Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb13.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnother husband and wife this time with <b>Lab Rat<\/b>!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb14.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnd, of course, brothers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb15.jpg\"><br \/>\nSyahrul of Love Me Butch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb16.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Halfway Kings<\/b>, with the poetic Adeline.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb17.jpg\"><br \/>\nThis was a far more confident set. They&#8217;ve come a long way!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb19.jpg\"><br \/>\nGotta love the gritty lyrics. You don&#8217;t get much bands with so much vocal clarity these days.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb20.jpg\"><br \/>\nJoachim on guitar, the only instrument in the band.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb18.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe addition of pedals is new! I sold him my wah pedal. Unfortunately it cringefully spoiled while they were performing a wah-ful acoustic song on stage! For that I apologize. My wah had been sitting around for ages not wah-ing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb3.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnd now, for some outtakes from outside, at Gelato. From left to right: Yi Ching, Bryan, Xiang, and me on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7&#8243;, for sh*ts and giggles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/ms11feb2.jpg\"><br \/>\nBig-eyed Yi Ching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moonshine: A Homemade Music Show, 10th February 2011, at Laundry Bar. Here&#8217;s a round of Monopoly going on outside! Reza Salleh, organizer. Seth Lael, who plays whatever you can play with a banjo. Also guest starring his wife, Shelley Leong! She can smell curry laksa again and other Malaysian delights. Love the on-stage reactions! 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