{"id":692,"date":"2006-08-17T05:13:59","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T05:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=692"},"modified":"2014-10-22T15:50:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T15:50:16","slug":"yes-2-kapitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=692","title":{"rendered":"Yes 2 Kapitalism!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb10.jpg\"><br \/>\nIt has been a while since I&#8217;d been to Paul&#8217;s New Place; since the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=591\">screening of Ciplak<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.20six.co.uk\/justin_guber\">Khai<\/a>&#8216;s independent movie. I was there for the <a href=\"http:\/\/y2k.fyi-entertainment.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Y2K<\/a> &#8220;<b>Pizza Salsa<\/b>&#8221; album launch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb1_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\"><i>(Picture can be clicked for enlarged version.)<\/i><\/font><br \/>\n<b>Left to right, top to bottom<\/b>: The crowd; <b>FYI Entertainment<\/b> expresses how they finally got around to producing Y2K&#8217;s album; <b>Rina Omar<\/b> was the host and one-time Y2K drummer; a projection screen shows hilarious short clips of <b>The Making Of<\/b> the album (parodying Nacho Libre, Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster documentary, Karate Kid, Star Wars, and many others that Khai gets inspiration from); the sound-engineer&#8217;s corner; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/triple6poser\" target=\"_BLANK\">Triple6Poser<\/a> performing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb3_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\"><i>(Picture can be clicked for enlarged version.)<\/i><\/font><br \/>\n<b>Left<\/b>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.20six.co.uk\/faith_in_ink\" target=\"_BLANK\">Eddy Lim<\/a>, tattooed frontman and long-haired harmonica player; <b>top-right<\/b>: Khai rocks out; <b>bottom-right<\/b>: <b>Jay<\/b> on bass and <b>Henry<\/b> on guitar complete this hard-rocking bluesy classic rock\/heavy metal band.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb12.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Stonebay<\/b> was the next opening act, with grunge-tinged vocals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb11.jpg\"><br \/>\nCheck out his guitar, yo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb2_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\"><i>(Picture can be clicked for enlarged version.)<\/i><\/font><br \/>\nThe last act before Y2K breaks onto stage is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragonred.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Dragon Red<\/a>. <b>Adam<\/b> croons and shouts; <b>Amil<\/b> makes orgasmic faces while playing nu-metal riffs, while <b>Natalie<\/b> keeps it low on bass.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Adam found a hammer on stage, but I did not get to take a picture of it. Him holding a hammer in one hand and a mike in the other reminded me of Anchorman:<\/p>\n<p><b>Ron Burgundy<\/b>: Brick, where did you get a hand grenade?<br \/>\n<b>Brick Tamland<\/b>: I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb5_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb5.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\"><i>(Picture can be clicked for enlarged version.)<\/i><\/font><br \/>\nFinally, Y2K makes their way on stage, masks and all; <b>Monsieur Poubelle<\/b> was a rapper who lost his face and now plays bass.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb13.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Hermano Grande<\/b> is the lucha wrestler on a Flying V guitar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb14.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>The Naq<\/b>, fear-striking space creature, is not seen in the background. After a series of Spinal Tap-like drummers (from Asai the original cute Japanese drummer who drummed punk rock beats and sang at the same time, to Rina Omar, and some others, they were finally graced by The Naq.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb15.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Nazneen<\/b> joined on stage when they needed female vocals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb6_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb6.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\"><i>(Picture can be clicked for enlarged version.)<\/i><\/font><br \/>\nLook ma, no flash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb4_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb4.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\"><i>(Picture can be clicked for enlarged version.)<\/i><\/font><br \/>\nThey then swap positions! Unfortunately, it wasn&#8217;t as easy as just swapping instruments; Monsieur Poubelle was left-handed!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb7.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Ahmad<\/b> of <b>The Blumps<\/b> joins them for a crazy angry bridge! Check out the punk rock rage, yo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb8.jpg\"><br \/>\n(A second-curtain flash would help in this slow-shutter-speed-flash picture, so his trails would be behind him.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb9.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe finale.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb17.jpg\"><br \/>\nOh, but that&#8217;s not all; check out their album case!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/y2kb18.jpg\"><br \/>\nRM19.90 for 19 songs of good, clean punk rock production, with hilarious lyrics and a few not-so-punk-genre songs. I&#8217;m not sure where you can get this uniquely packaged CD, but you can check <a href=\"http:\/\/y2k.fyi-entertainment.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Y2K<\/a>&#8216;s official site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a while since I&#8217;d been to Paul&#8217;s New Place; since the screening of Ciplak, Khai&#8216;s independent movie. I was there for the Y2K &#8220;Pizza Salsa&#8221; album launch. (Picture can be clicked for enlarged version.) 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