Excerpt from British Council
This March we’re welcoming not one but two (!) poets to KL. First up, we have Jacob Sam-La Rose - poet, writer, playwright, performer and educator.
Described as “the backbone of the
To find out more about Jacob, click here or visit www.jsamlarose.com.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see Jacob while he’s in town from 7 to 11 March!
WAYANG KATA III: AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORD
Wayang Kata returns with a fresh line up to include Jacob Sam-La Rose alongside several Malaysian writers and poets.
Jointly presented with the Troubagangers (the joint collaboration of Tan Sei Hon, Azmyl Yunor and Jerome Kugan's Troubadours and Jasmine Low's Doppelganger Open Mic Gigs), this event has grown in popularity with fans of spoken word and newbies to the local poetry scene. Come and be converted!
Date 7 March 2007
Venue No Black Tie, 17 Jalan Mesui off Jalan Nagasari, KL
Time 9.00p.m.
Admission RM5 at the door
Here we go again with Doppelganger Indie Picks. Each time, we select one local and one foreign artiste to share with you. This edition, we are shaking with excitement as we reintroduce two punk acts, both of whom have been around for quite some time. Whilst our Balinese counterpart, Superman is Dead enjoys a fan base of over 5million on Facebook, the other closer to home (we're speaking of Ampang in Kuala Lumpur) has an insignificant amount of but in our opinion, have the promise of being a really really really (as my Italian friend Valentina says) a smashing big band! So the long and short is, the Malaysian band Y2K has been established since the early 2000s and is about to release it's second album. How many albums did Sex Pistols release? Perhaps this article (Sex Pistols' Steve Jones interview: 'We should do a covers album') could be an inspiration to them to reinvent, repackage and just bloody get their band out there more and more and more :P Can...
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