{"id":286,"date":"2004-08-22T11:58:09","date_gmt":"2004-08-22T11:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=286"},"modified":"2016-09-18T18:44:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T18:44:34","slug":"my-yearly-trip-to-taylors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"My Yearly Trip To Taylor’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, I headed to KLCC to er, run some errands. During the awkward distance between post-errand and rock-on-at-Taylor’s-Battle-of-the-Bands, I called a friend. I found an auspicious, less crowded place to chat – the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra entrance, near the RHB Bank. Not only was the air-conditioning auspicious, the flow<\/a>, was, too! All I had to do was stand in one place, by a pillar too big to hug<\/a>, and I’d bump into Stephanie<\/a>, she-robot-trekkie<\/a> and a mat motor girl who carried an extra helmet in case her friends wanted a ride to the Battle Of The Bands. Unfortunately, mat motor girl hitched a ride on her friend’s now full car, so I had to find my own way again. I found another way to whittle time away, registering to take my driving exam again<\/a>. From Asia Jaya, I took a bus to Sunway Pyramid. I called Hannna<\/a> to ask, “Eh which way to walk out to Taylor’s?<\/i>” How nicely my timing was, and she sent me as she was passing by there, driving rather neurotically.<\/p>\n

There itself I met an ultimate lean mean drinking machine and her friend, Ali G<\/i><\/a>, Ian<\/a> (I didn’t know he read my blog), Frus<\/a>, Isabella<\/a>, and undie<\/i> we-are-rockers-too Shelley<\/a> and Az<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oh, and Debbie<\/a> was one of the emcees! I’d say she did a better job than the female emcees of last year’s<\/a>. She wasn’t booed badly. Hehe. The sound was worse at the beginning though, and did not do justice to John’s Mistress<\/b>. Limestone<\/b>‘s vocals sang (and meant) “sorry I can’t be… perfect.” Mad Fish<\/b> was cool, with a guitarist singing A Perfect Circle<\/b> with proper Maynard James Keenan growl (and later a female vocalist who for some reason reminded me of Dee<\/a>, singing The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love<\/b>, which was the point where the crowd started jumping properly.) Versatile<\/b> was cool too, doing interestingly modified versions of Metallica’s For Whom The Bell Tolls<\/b> and Fuel<\/b>, though they either couldn’t find a distortion pedal and used a fuzz pedal, or they had to use the amp’s effects.<\/p>\n

The sound system was worse than an average small-time gig… last year’s<\/a> was better. Funky Dogs<\/b> was cool, playing Jamiroquai – Canned Heat<\/b>, while Trash Dogs<\/b> did Deeper Underground<\/b>. Beat The System<\/b> looked the part for their P.O.D.<\/b> sound. Virtuoso<\/b> and Larva Eve II<\/b> did tributes to Guns ‘N Roses<\/b> (with the latter doing a cool 7-string guitar, 6-string bass solo.) Dragon Red<\/a> (featuring C. Loco) and Disagree<\/a> ended the show.<\/p>\n

The crowd, despite having a considerable balance of the sexes, was far less considerate<\/i> than Hoobastank<\/a>‘s, to my delight. I retired to the backstage (security didn’t care already) and met someone who had been randomly thrown into a MSN chatroom with me by a nefarious dentist-by-day self-promoting rock star. What a small world.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, my neck didn’t hurt<\/a> the next day.<\/p>\n

Yes, I have spared you readers the pictures; my el cheapo digicam<\/a> doesn’t have optical zoom or a proper autofocus system. There was one picture I wish I did take though, during the prize-giving ceremony – it would’ve featured Debbie patting Loco’s bald head as he squatted on stage. The caption would’ve been “Debbie shares a tender moment with Loco on stage.<\/i>”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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