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Thoughts on the final Improv Lab @ Findars
Improv Lab normally takes the format of this: three invited artists present their compositions based on improvisation. That's act one. Act two is all three artists putting together a devised performance without rehearsal. You might think this kind of performance is hit or miss, but it's the most exciting performance series in KL right now. Shame that Findars is closing at the end of the month.
Taxis get a bad rap, like in this Star article. Even though I've paid some ridiculous fares in my time, I find myself having to defend taxis to my friends. I take a lot of taxdis so here's what happens with the new meters, straight from the horse's mouth. To re-calibrate the meter, a taxi driver has to book an appointment with the meter shop. It's RM70 for the service. Although the Star article
That's why he eats at home
The taxi driver broke it down for me:RM1,500 downpaymentRM50 per day for road tax and other upkeep costsRM20 for gasHe made RM120 working the whole day.
Collective Action and Clay Shirky
Here's the slideshow for my presentation. Aizat recorded the talk so I'll put that up when I get hold of it.
Collective action and Clay Shirky
I've talked myself into giving a session at BarCamp KL on Sunday. After I picked up Here Comes Everybody a couple of weeks ago, below is a summary of the ideas found in Chapter 6: Faster and faster. Ultimately, I'd like to use look at the use of social tools in last years general election, the 2006 Bersih and Hindraf rallies and the May 13, 1969 incident.I've been buzzing about this idea of
Poetry Slam April '09
I'm trying to find info on the last Poetry Slam in KL. It took place last June at URBANscapes 2 at KLpac. The theme was "Death by Pudding," which means that competitors had to pudding, chocolate or some desert in their first poem.Here are two photos.Reza uploaded a video of The Happy Unicorn Collective's performance.Many of the top hits refer to the slam only in passing. Another blogger said that
What have I done?
There wasn't anything in the fridge except the vegetables I bought from Yahqappu yesterday. I'm a rice-meat-vegetable-tofu person. I like my basic food groups. I stood around thinking about what to do. I decided to walk towards Village Grocers and make up my mind on the way.When I got to Village Grocers, I felt a strong desire to buy some mushrooms. A nice lady told me that I should pick the
My writing elsewhere
Government, Publishing and the Infinite Game at Project MalaysiaHigher Standard of English Needed at The Nut GraphShort & Sweet Festival '08 Week 1 review at Writers Connect
BFM 89.9 interviews
I wish I could subscribe to BFM podcasts in iTunes, but the RSS link doesn't seem to work. They need to put the podcasts on Odeo or something instead of using their own in-house RSS feed.
Speaking truth to power (March 2009 edition)
Quick post (which is what I should have been doing all along).The phrase "speaking truth to power" originated from Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci in relation to his concept of "hegemony."I learned this when after I heard a conversation between Poetry Magazine editors Christian Wiman and Don Share and literary critic Robert Archambeau. (Conversation begins at 17:02, the Gramsci reference is at