Etc :: Wedding Singers Went Home (for H.O.M.E)

Donald Soh took some photos at the gig Etc played after a best friend's wedding.

It was at Home Club in Singapore. And proceeds from the gig went to the charity called H.O.M.E.

Our Best Friend's Wedding

"This weekend is going to be life-changing for me," he says... 

We're Chuffed to be part of this. 

See also: the Facebook event page here.

Etc :: Wedding Singers Go Home

Etc are truly, madly, deeply honoured to have been invited to play WEDDING POP! - a gig that coincides with THE WEDDING OF ONE OF OUR OLDEST PALS AND A HERO OF SINGAPORE MUSIC, PATRICK CHNG, TO THE LOVELY STEPHANIE! Cheers to that!

That's THE Patrick Chng who we've known fronting THE ODDFELLOWS, drumming for PADRES, doing stuff w/ PRIMITIVE PAINTERS and much, much, more in his many years of playing music, helping other musicians, teaching kids, organizing gigs and doing good work for charity - including Music for Good and Migrant Voices projects., while still he finding time to support Liverpool F.C. (and he was a pretty decent footie player last we saw him in action).

So, a pretty class event. But wait! There's more! Not only does Etc getting to play alongside Midnight Marvel and Typewriter (featuring, by the way, PATRICK CHNG! MULTI-TASKER EXTRAORDINAIRE... EVEN ON HIS WEDDING DAY!); but the gig's headliner is: Livonia - long-time no-seen, and now back after a decade of musical adventures elsewhere! Wow.

AND THAT'S NOT ALL FOLKS! All proceeds from WEDDING POP! will be donated to the charity organization, H.O.M.E. Check out their good work here: http://www.home.org.sg/home/index.html

When: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Where: HOME Club, The Riverwalk #B1-01, 20 Upper Circular Road, Singapore
First band: 8pm
Free entry before 9pm
After 9pm: $12 (includes w/ one drink)

Facebook event page: http://www.tinyurl.com/wedpop

Etc regrets that the Management of Home Club is not permitted to admit those under-18 years old.

Big Star tribute content? Confirmed.

Austin Power

The Pinholes is a band that you are certainly more likely to have heard-of than Etc. - and if you have heard of Etc it could be because we got to ride the 'hole's groovy coattails when they covered "Handphones on the Dancefloor". Don't worry, The Pinholes got over it. In fact, Bukit Batok's smiling ambassadors of sound are about to set off in the footsteps of Singapore bands Electrico, Great Spy Experiment and I Am David Sparkle, and make an appearance at the SXSW Festival held in Austin, Texas. That's in the USA. 

And for those of us wishing them all the best for Texas, there's Blazin' Saddles (or Blazzin Sadders - depending on who you ask) - a gig to raise to funds for The Pinholes' gas, food, lodging, whatever... Considering what popular gents they are, we'd imagine Pinholes are spoilt for choice with who they could ask to play, so how nice they should call on Etc to part of this fundraiser. There's also The Lost Hat and The Rejeks plus - it says - 'Special Guests'. One can only imagine who these might be - at least, we're interested to find out. Maybe they mean You. No kidding. We think you're special. Say hello if you're there. 

The Facebook event page for it is >here<.

BLAZIN' SADDLES :: Pinholes SXSW Fundraiser Fun on Friday

Friday, March 5, 2010 :: 8:00pm - 11:00pm

HOME CLUB, The Riverewalk, 20 Upper Circular Road, Singapore

Our Gang Maybe Wee, But We Love It etc.

Wasn't expecting to have an Etc-related post so soon into 2010. The lazy half of Etc (me) was hoping to keep the calendar clear for recording, but -so far- that's not been happening; and just as juggling things that may/may-not happen in other countries was getting bewildering... all of sudden: we get an invitation to play at a party featuring the band AND the DJ that make us smile the most these days. So how could we refuse? Jet-set Harvey Etc might not even be in the country when the show commences, but he's keen (Note to self: ask him about any Phil Collins at Live Aid fantasies he might have)
 

 

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010. 9pm till 2am

Venue: BluJaz, Bali Lane*, Singapore 

DJ MiLuvYouLooongTam (aka Roger) presents: 

Glorious eclectica spun by his very self

 

plus live music from: 

 

WeGANG 

super-singalong-a-six-piece

 

and guests who hope they don't spoil the party: 

Etc

 

The Facebook event page is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=445357380007

The listing in Power of Pop says "Here’s one for the S-ROCK fan... two creative, iconoclastic S-ROCK bands that prize wit in their presentation of good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll, principally of the Brit persuasion". 

The fact is, we have no idea what to expect. Hopefully, we can make the most of being on Roger-Time here. Recent shows have all been on schedules that have meant we're maybe more buttoned up than at our longer-set, smaller-venue gigs. Not that much more buttoned-up, but a wee bit more? Dunno. Doesn't matter. Whatever. Better go change my strings. 

Hope you're having a happy 2010. 

Next week: Etc Malaysia gig - might not. 
Manila: postponed till April.... 

Keep in touch. 

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. 

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