Check it out – Beth Gibbons (Portishead) joins Gonga to do a version of “Black Sabbath”, from the band’s first album, with a video of images from the 1963 Mario Bava movie Black Sabbath, with Boris Karloff. Brilliant!! Of course, since Beth is singing, they re-name the song “Black Sabbeth“!
Archive for April, 2014
Beth Gibbons, Black Sabbath, “Black Sabbath”, and Black Sabbath (1963)
Saturday, April 26th, 2014Bands in Singapore: Arrogant Moron, Sintoxicate, Truth Be Known, King Parrot, Rudra!
Saturday, April 26th, 2014Checked out some great bands last night at the Aliwal Arts Centre here in Singapore. First up was Arrogant Moron. I didn’t see them, because I was outside hanging out with friends and thought that they were sound checking. Turns out that it was their show, and I missed it! Oh well. The other bands were amazing, though, and the crowd was good fun. Ar Boy was doing the sound, talked with him for a while, bought a King Parrot split single, got the first Rudra release/early demo on CD, and a CD-EP from Sintoxicate. Looking forward to the upcoming Truth Be Known release.
The audience was cool, with some kids wearing Sintoxicate or Rudra back patches on their jean jackets!! Saw a lot of Sodom patches!! Nearly everybody got picked up for some crowd surfing, from the slightest girls to the burliest ogres/guys. At one point, Truth Be Known invited the audience to climb onstage. I had no idea what it was about, but then the lead singer, bass player and one of the guitarists got into the audience pit and played for the audience from there, doing “we’re not worthy” bowing. Wow! King Parrot were mental, of course, partying Aussie style. The lead singer dragged Theresa onstage and danced with her a bit, she was mortified of course.
Had a great time talking to the bands between set, met Matt from King Parrot and talked about band stuff. Great show all around, and every band kicked out the jams!! Thanks, Eric, for putting it together and giving us our fix of awesome!!
Sintoxicate!
Truth Be Known!
Three of the guys from Truth Be Known invited us all onto the stage and played from the audience area, doing a lot of “we’re not worthy” bowing. Wow!
Here’s the Truth Be Known drummer, took the pic while onstage.
King Parrot. These guys were nutso, agitating the crowd to party, throwing water at us, and antagonizing people (like me) who were taking pictures. Each member was such a character, especially the bass player, who was sort of a four-string Bun E Carlos. The drummer is tattooed all over his body, including shaved head and neck!
Wow… RUDRA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heave ho!!
Been a long time since I’ve blogged
Saturday, April 19th, 2014Yes, it’s sure been a long time since I’ve blogged, here are a few recent pics.
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Green Lodge no more!
With our friends the Pinholes!
Zen at his first at-bat with his new high school team. He earned their first hit of the year, and made first base!! They played at The Padang, a huge field in downtown Singapore.
Zen fielding third base.
Zen and his mom!
Here’s what it looked like the last time Zen was new to a team – that was the Coconuts in 2008.
Celebrating afterwards with No Signboard Seafood!
No Signboard Seafood’s famous chili crab.
No Signboard Seafood’s signboard.
Bought me some classic vinyl!!
Nobody on the train with us!!
Ridin’ the bus!
Back at No Signboard Seafood with our visitor Mei, from Taiwan.
At the movies with Zen to see Captain America: Winter Soldier.
