{"id":631,"date":"2006-05-12T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2006-05-12T12:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=631"},"modified":"2013-11-15T05:52:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T05:52:01","slug":"troubadours-this-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"Troubadours This May"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now, for a trip down Changkat Bukit Bintang, for the Troubadours<\/a> gig at La Bodega KL on the 7th of May 2006. This marks the first time I use slow shutter speeds with flash (instead of the default 1\/60 seconds) at this venue, always getting frustrated otherwise. (Jamasia has colored lighting, so it’s not so bad.)<\/p>\n

They started with the open-mikers first, like Jay<\/b>, the guy I once said<\/a> sounded like Billy Corgan singing Kurt Cobain, which I missed. Why? I went to pee at the male toilet upstairs, and couldn’t unlock the door! A guy climbed in from a panel above to break open the handle and unscrew the bolt, but that didn’t work either, until he used the handle to open it again. I came out to some cheers. The guy who was stuck in the toilet!<\/p>\n


\nI came out in time for Khai-Lee<\/a> who might’ve found it a bit dark to find the guitar frets. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n


\nI think this dude was Imam<\/s> Piko (thanks Mung for the correction!) He received roaring applause. The best display of shared sarcasm. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n


\nI think these dudes were Chi Too<\/b> and Hon Mun<\/b> on the right. (And yay he can sing.)<\/p>\n


\nI think his name was Amin<\/s> Hakim (Freedom Film Fest 2005 award-winning filmmaker for Romantik ISA, thanks Mung again!), and he sang bluesy love songs to Azmyl Yunor<\/a>. (Though I think there are better excuses to get free entry to his gigs. :P)<\/p>\n


\nMekarnya Satu Matian<\/b> read some poems, and some could sniff his rapperness from a mile<\/s> meter away.<\/p>\n


\nEstrella<\/b>, oh how pretty and sweet voices they had to jazzy beats.<\/p>\n


\nA haw-haw-hawt chick makes up one third of Oddstars<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nAlang<\/b> of alternative-ish grunge unit Men Under Zero Effort<\/b> is the other third.<\/p>\n


\nHeadliner Broken Scar<\/a>, featuring Zalila Lee<\/b> on percussion, Jerral Khor<\/b> on guitar, Kevin<\/b> on guitar and vocals, and Alda<\/a> on bass. Subject to change; parts may vary.<\/p>\n


\nBesides singing soundtracks for documentaries that were recently banned despite approval<\/a>, Zalila also supplies beats.<\/p>\n


\nJustin Wong<\/a> is recognizable with his black Suzuki acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n


\nShock System<\/a> had the white political rap sound. Great guitar riffs and song dynamics. I thought they’d sound like Rage Against The Machine on electric.<\/p>\n


\nZalila and Jerral back Nicole<\/b> of Rhapsody<\/a> for an Alanis Morissette cover. Gig old-timer Peter Hassan Brown<\/b> then joins for the cover of Time After Time<\/i>.<\/p>\n


\nAzmyl Yunor takes the after-headliner open mike slot because nobody else wants to play.<\/p>\n


\nThese church guys are fantastic, (plus they got stage<\/s> performing stool persona) and they’re later joined by who I assume is a church girl.<\/p>\n

Damn my memory, must be all those drinks people ask my assistance to finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And now, for a trip down Changkat Bukit Bintang, for the Troubadours gig at La Bodega KL on the 7th of May 2006. This marks the first time I use slow shutter speeds with flash (instead of the default 1\/60 seconds) at this venue, always getting frustrated otherwise. (Jamasia has colored lighting, so it’s not […]<\/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-631","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\/631","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=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1903,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}