Etc :: (How To) Singapore Idle One

'Never Mind the Taufiks... Don't Stop Till You Hady Enough!'
Etc gets out of the traction and into the action, after recent their brushes with the grim sisters of Illness and Accident.

Etc :: (How To) Singapore Idle One
Thursday, August 6, 2009 :: 9:00pm
P.O.W :: The Prince of Wales
101 Dunlop Street
Little India (between Sim Lim and Serangoon)
Singapore

Join the two-man power-duo of Etc as they dust themselves down to shack off the shackles that recently kept them off the road. Harvey Etc celebrates surviving lurgee, man-flu & jetlag; while Ben Etc is over the worst of the bloodloss, bruising & abrasions of the horrific crash-landing that ended his recent unscheduled and involuntary trip through space.

They're probably just as dazed & confused as they usually are, but that's not to stop them shaking off the maladies and bringing back the melodies as they unveil their Summer Collection of old favourites and new would-be classics for all your Singapore Idle psychopop & bop needs.

And if you want to join the Facebook's Etc Enthusiasts United clicking here should get you there.

Be happy. Be well. See you soon.

Etc :: Not Tonight, But Always Forever

Last-minute rumour-correction for 14 May 2009: Note: Etc IS NOT SCHEDULED TO PLAY TONIGHT.

Who IS playing? PINHOLES are. P.O.W. 101 Dunlop St, Singapore. 9.30pm. Last-minute notice if you didn't know - but no harm in mentioning since it's always good times w/ those chaps. They cover of Etc's 'Handphones on the Dancefloor'. Even released it. Maybe we put it online here. You want? Ask in the comments box (cue: silence).

And since you're here: might as well tell you that some recent Etc live-in-studio vérité recordings have come online. You might see it on the ReverbNation player on this very page or here and/or here. At Walk On Music (here) they mention it's "All live. Completely sweat-and-spit real. No right-click fakery" and call one of the songs "a a post-spacey epic. This would be the 14:27-minutes of the first time 'Love Is A Four-Letter Word/Cupid Stunts' was ever played. Ever. That means: the first time Harvey ever heard it. He didn't get an introduction either, which is a bit rude, but he's a gentleman and rose to the occasion. Since then, it's only ever been played at Etc gigs to keep it fresh. It's too shy to come to the studios w/ the band. So it's a rare beast. All audible phasing and flanging is 100% natural. The guitar is via reverb/amp and DD7 only. To mention this might mean someone's bragging.

There's also an off-the-cuff 'Bring Me My Dunce's Cap' posted online for the amusement of an Etc-enthusiast/friend as a good-luck for their exams. Needless to mention they like Tom Waits?

Let's Take Forever appears on the LastFM link. Myspace could be getting it soon too. Or some other stuff. Who knows. Etc aren't so techno-savvy. NB: Etc vérité recordings are not to be confused w/ Etc's 'proper' recordings. Yes, some stuff HAS been put down in a studio. Through real microphones. It remains a work in progress.

Hope you're well. See you around.

Etc :: Easter Treaty Songlist

These are the songs that Etc remembers playing on 9 April 09.
The order might not be exact.
The show was dedicated to Kurt Cobain on the anniversary of his body being found.
There was no functioning guitar amp. Etc used a bass amp. And got shocks off the microphone. But got there eventually.

• Promise Not to Promise
• The Late Great Planet Earth
• Just a Dream
• Reeling
• Let's Take Forever
• Pretty Fall
• I'm With Stupid
• Guilty Party
• Bring Me My Dunce's Cap
• Laid
• The Power of Negative Thinking
• Love Is A **** / Cupid Stunts

• Peter Panic
• Astrogal
• Dumb Waiter
• Handphones On The Dancefloor
• Crawl Babe
• Love Is No Alibi
• Dancing To The Smiths
• Superhero, Incognito
• Unsurprised Etc
• Malaysian Trucks
• Everything Breaks

Etc :: Easter Treaty

Thurs, April 9, 2009 :: 9:30pm
P.O.W: The Prince of Wales :: 101 Dunlop Street, Little India, Singapore

The Etc duo of Ben and Harvey break out of their shells to put some spring in your step with a lively holiday hop of top psychopop & bop.

A free-range fiesta of both Etc favourites and new songs to learn & sing, you're invited to spend the eve of your Public Holiday with these echo-loving bunnymen.

Etc Cinéma Vérité:: Just A Dream ('The Wong Kar Wai one')

Etc dancing in the dark at Blacksteps, 31 Dec 2008. Caught by 3how.

0:00 - 3:40 Just A Dream*
3:41 - 6:08 Unknown





* Song written by Ben Harrison / Etc
* Also known as 'Wong Kar Wai'; also known as 'Sleep, With Me'

Lyrics previously posted here

Etc :: Dancing to The Smiths

Etc's "Dancing to The Smiths" - played acoustically on 31 Dec 2008 (starting nearly a minute into the clip). Etc likes that the person who left the 'Truly Awful' assessment in the clip's youtube comments is a fan of CRANBERRIES and VERVE and BRAVEHEART. This means they know a thing about 'truly awful' then.

X's Cassettes :: Etc's set

PoW, Thur, 29 Jan 2009: Since 'X' was present, Etc ventured beyond their originals to include covers of songs first heard on or around X's formative mixes. These are the songs Etc played:

• Peter Panic
• Lairy Canary -> Astrogal
• Watch
• X's Cassettes
• Within You'll Ramone (cover of Tokyo Square: 'Within You'll Remain')
• Schizophrenia (Sonic Youth cover)
• Riding in Your Car (based on Oddfellows' 'Riding In Your Car')
• The Fire of Love (Jody Reynolds cover via The Gun Club)
• I'm With Stupid
• Love Is No Alibi
• Will Until
• You Got To Move (a cappella)
• Unsurprised Etc