{"id":5260,"date":"2014-04-14T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T11:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=5260"},"modified":"2016-05-08T19:59:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T19:59:57","slug":"ballsy-an-open-mic-show-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=5260","title":{"rendered":"BALLSY! An Open Mic Show #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd2.jpg\"><br \/>\n7th April 2014: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1398645750407413\/\" target=\"_BLANK\">BALLSY! An Open Mic Show #4<\/a>, at Page 2, Publika! This quiet bar above Plan B is an intimate setup for an open mic, and conversation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd1.jpg\"><br \/>\nYou can see its location, near the big pink Publika sign.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd3.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Kenneth Leow<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd4.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>The Propositions<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd5.jpg\"><br \/>\nIan Tai makes a face.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd7.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe amazing, upbeat <b>Eloise Lau<\/b>!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd6.jpg\"><br \/>\nShe played country music and came in boots. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd8.jpg\"><br \/>\nVery refreshing!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eloise Lau - The Road Not Taken\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLftPTUuNsA?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 \/>\nI recorded a video of her performing Robert Frost&#8217;s The Road Not Taken, to country music. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd9.jpg\"><br \/>\nAn undiscovered gem, I&#8217;d say!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd10.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Cat<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd11.jpg\"><br \/>\nShe did spoken word poetry. I hope she&#8217;ll find Sheena and the gang who organize such things, too!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd12.jpg\"><br \/>\nBackup notes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd13.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Basil Foo Music<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd14.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Riz Rashid<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd15.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Shaneil Devaser<\/b>, host and organizer of this open mic which &#8220;doesn&#8217;t seem to attract hipsters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ballsyd16.jpg\"><br \/>\nThey shared the stage and became each other&#8217;s second guitarist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7th April 2014: BALLSY! An Open Mic Show #4, at Page 2, Publika! This quiet bar above Plan B is an intimate setup for an open mic, and conversation. You can see its location, near the big pink Publika sign. Kenneth Leow. The Propositions. Ian Tai makes a face. The amazing, upbeat Eloise Lau! She [&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-5260","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\/5260","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=5260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11316,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5260\/revisions\/11316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}