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We are home from our Asia Tour 2008. We arrived yesterday (tomorrow? — errr.. international date line confusion…) and are pretty tired. We’ll be posting the last few tour blog posts soon, with updated pics and videos. Before I fall asleep again, we want to THANK EVERYONE who helped us out. This tour was an extraordinary success thanks to all the incredible organization and planning that everyone in South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia provided us every step of the way. You set up the shows, met us at airports, bus stops, and train stations, helped up find food, showed us around, helped do merch, took photos and videos, had a place for us to sleep, got us to the departing trains, busses, airports on time or drove us through the night… all while being friendly, fun and positive throughout it all. Your efforts were amazing, and made this tour possible. We are eternally grateful, and thank you for showing everyone what DiY community is all about.

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz………

Tuesday, November 11th 2008

Utarid Booking, Killer Machine, Rainbowdrop Sound Alert present…

at GEMERENCANG STUDIO, Seri Manjung, Perek
RM6

with:
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Burn Paris to the Ground
Justkneeta
Dead Disco Dancer
Badsmell
Rainbow Die Yesterday
Mahizmah

Sunday, November 10th 2008

at Rainhouse, Taiping, PK
8pm / RM10
info +60124698615

with:

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Eyemore
Flake Poison
Colours
Giluor Kaki Lihour

We rented a van, and a friend drove us up the west coast of Malaysia to Penang. Arwith went with us as well, andit was about a 4 hour ride. We were paranoid we were arriving late, but as the show time was pushed back, we weren’t, and after riding the ferry from Penang accross to George Town island, headed for a meal at the much recommended Evergreen vegetarian restaurant. Freaking delicious.

We made to to the Soundmaker venue space. The turnout for the show was pretty thin, as it was a Sunday night, and there were exams for students the next morning. Despite that, the people were enthusiastic, and the low number of attendees meant the A/C kept up, and it was the first gig in a loooong while where were weren’t drenched in our own sweat afterwards. A rooftop hangout party, with a great view of the straights followed, and we did a taped interview for a music website.

(stay tuned for pics and videos!)

Sunday, November 9th 2008

at Soundmaker
RM12

presented by www.indiegoat.com

with:

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Dum Dum Tak
Rinky Dink
Hui Se Di Dai
Damn Dirty Apes

We took a 5 hour bus from Singapore to KL, and go into town after the all day Girl Fest had started. We then took the subway across the city to the venue, and missed about 4 - 5 bands, but got there in time to see the rest. This show was fantastic, with a hot room packed with people, all excited to see us and the other bands. Some great stuff. We met a lot of new poeple. There are a lot of photos and video from that night, but we haven’t had time today to get them prepared for this post.

(Speaking of which, we are slowly add vids and photos to our earlier posts, so check down from time to time to see what we’ve updated.)

Kammy addresses the grrrls…

playing the show…

big crowd…

friends…

After a looooong night, we went to get some late night food, and ended up at Arwith’s apartment. Arwith is the promoter who booked our whole tour, and it was awesome to finally meet him in person. We had a good night at his place, and had some Malaysian breakfast before heading out to Penang.

Gear Blog #7…

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Saturday, November 8th 2008

Smile Party Kolektif presents:

it’s GIRL fest 2008!

with:

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My Precious (Singapore)
Bloody Rejects (Singapore)
XLast MinuteX (Malaysia)
Oddity (Malaysia)
Moms on Strike (Malaysia)
The Pips (Malaysia)
Bottlecapt (Malaysia)
Vermillion (Malaysia)
From Cadillac to Geisha (Malaysia)
Regime (Malaysia)
The Street Soda (Malaysia)

@ Gudang Noisy
1pm till mute
RM 10 + free 1st drink

we arrived in Singapore…

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…and were met by hosts Glenn and Talib, and later Cher.

We went to grab some fantastic vegan asian food, walked around Singapore a bit, then settled in to get ready for the show. The venue was another practice space, or “Jamming Studio” as they are known, this time on the 4th floor of an office building. Lots of great people were there, and we played with 3 other bands.

Playing Salamander with Fur in Singapore…

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Gear Blog #6…

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Some 97-shiki buttons…

That night we stayed at a friend’s apartment, and despite having a ceiling light spontaneously emit massive amounts of burning plastic smoke, had a restful night with good internet. We also had a chance to do some much needed laundry.

Glenn and Cher of 7×0x7 were fantastic hosts, and made the whole Singapore experience a great time. We were sorry we had to go.

Friday, November 7th 2008

Utarid Booking, 7×0x7,  www.lioncitydiy.com, presents…

at Odiocrib Music Studio, Blk 261 #04-14 Waterloo St.
$6, 6pm

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Killeur Calculateur
the Psalms
Missused
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We had soto for breakfast with the staff of the radio station in Solo, and then caught the train to Jogya. Mandra, who set up shows for us in Jakarta, met us in the morning, and we said oiur goodbyes at the station. When we arrived in Jogya a few hours later, we were met by our hosts at the station. They walked us through a touristy/backpacker area to a cheap little hotel.

We went out explored a little of Jogya, and had a meal at a great traditional restaurant.  The headed off to the show, which was quite a ways across the city. The venue, Dennis Lounge, was an open air bar, and we played with about 10 bands of all types. Lots of people showed up, and we played a pretty good set on so-so gear. We hurried back to our hotel to catch a few hours sleep before the flight to Singapore in the am.

Super Annoying video sign! <blink>BLINK</blink>

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Playing Brother — watch as Kammy destroys the crash cymbal!

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Gear Blog #5…

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