Tuesday, December 29, 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAH!


Here's what we're doing with some auld acquaintances on the eve of the Eve:

A lively gathering with live music 
at
P.O.W :: The Prince of Wales
101 Dunlop Street, Little India (between Sim Lim and Serangoon) Singapore
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 
from 8 till late actually 8pm till not THAT late (because curfew is at 1am)

Featuring: 
Basement In My Loft Smart songs that might be new-to-you but sound like classics by the chorus. You'll be jones-ing for more as these well-versed men transform sleepy rust into pure rock n' roll gold. 
Pinholes Well-dressed gents with the preferred mode of retro-a go-go to greet the future with a smile. 
Etc Party like its 1999 (ie. worry about the Y2K virus, Nostradumus & whatever else you got)
We GANG Get friendly with dysfunctional family fun, as if Iggy went Pop with a chorus of hot blitzkrieg bops. Singalong a six-piece!

Q: Should auld acquaintance be forgot or not? 

A: Dunno... can't remember... lost too many braincells over the decade. What did they call them anyway? The "Naughties"? Were they that naughty? Didn't fell like it. The "Noughties" was it? Sounds like a load of zeroes best forgot... so why not fuggetaboutit and bid the blues adieu as this lot kick-offs the Countdown Clock early and lets it rock on the eve of the Eve. 

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Nevermind the Buzzcocks... this is RADIOCLASH


Etc is old enough to know better, but hopefully we're not too old for this: spending Sunday, 6 Dec 2009 at the SUBSTATION playing one of Bobby & gang's RADIOCLASH shows alongside cornerstones of Singapore's sound scene that we first met in the '90s. These would be: STOMPIN GROUND, STONED REVIVALS, FLOW and GLOBAL CHAOS. So, quite a high Just Like Old Times factor at play. Without it getting sentimental like, we hope.


Other names to conjure with include: DOWNE'S SYNDROME and DESERTERS (from K.L.). There's a Radioclash Facebook event page here... there will be merch on sale, and just how many little 'uns will be around while their dads and uncles play within?


Whatever the case -given the occasion- Etc reckons it's a fine time to chip away some ancient crust and play our old hymn TRANS*END - as heard on one of those old NEW SCHOOL ROCK comps that came with BigO Magazine back in the day. We might not do a half-hour version... but if the mood takes us - why not?


Tickets: $10 at the door

Brought to you by: THE END OF RECORDINGS; Supported by: TNT Music Studio. Reconstrux Records. Ignite and The Substation


Poster artwork of DAREN LAUCHENGCO (another name from early '90s secret-SG history to conjure with):




STOMPIN' GROUND

DOWNE's SYNDROME

STONE REVIVALS

FLOW

ETC

DESERTERS (K.L.)

RECAPTURING OTELLIS

HALLOW

AUTOMATED TIME MACHINE

GLOBAL CHAOS