{"id":7866,"date":"2014-08-25T17:14:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T10:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/?p=7866"},"modified":"2014-08-26T20:36:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T13:36:33","slug":"the-durian-apocalypse-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/2014\/08\/25\/the-durian-apocalypse-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Durian Apocalypse Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Remember that old Robin Trower song, \u201cToo Rolling Stoned\u201d? Well, two months in, I think that I am now officially Too George Towned. Wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. Got a bunch of clips that I\u2019ve uploaded, but don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever get around to blogging about. I think they\u2019re pretty entertaining, however, so shall embed them here for your viewing pleasure.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Hungry Ghost Festival wrapped up Sunday night \u2013 not really in climactic style, to be honest; but mucho-entertaining nevertheless. Can\u2019t believe how quickly that month flew by\u2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The first vid is a musical performance from a week or so ago. I kept thinking I\u2019d just watch this one more time, and then delete it. But the song is so catchy (I find it creeping into my head all the time of late), the performer\u2019s outfit so goofy, her dance moves delivered with such confidence despite looking quite awkward, the lighting so perfect, and the attendees so <em>Penang<\/em>, that I decided to upload it instead of deleting it. The last three clips are from the final night of the Festival &#8212; a procession, a bonfire, and a scene of aftermath (from two different locations). Will include a few photos as well.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">All month long,\u00a0 I kept trying to come up with some kind of very clever Caspar reference to use here vis a vis the Hungry Ghosts, but, looks like my time&#8217;s up and my pen ain&#8217;t got no ink. Too bad.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2KyZj2c2x9Y&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2KyZj2c2x9Y\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2KyZj2c2x9Y<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gO8JXPQCT6U&#038;_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gO8JXPQCT6U\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gO8JXPQCT6U<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W2U99qIjxzk&#038;_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W2U99qIjxzk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W2U99qIjxzk<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QvokY0ZFXuc&#038;_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QvokY0ZFXuc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QvokY0ZFXuc<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7887\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235742-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 235742\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235742-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235742-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235742.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7886\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235612-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 235612\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235612-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235612-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235612.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7885\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235519-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 235519\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235519-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235519-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-235519.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7884\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234542-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 234542\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234542-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234542-940x1253.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7883\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234504-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 234504\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234504-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234504-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234504.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7882\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234248-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 234248\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234248-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234248-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-234248.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7881\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-231823-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 231823\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-231823-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-231823-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7880\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-224434-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 224434\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-224434-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-224434-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-224434.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7879\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-222308-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 222308\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-222308-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-222308-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7878\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-220841-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 220841\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-220841-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-220841-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7877\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-215931-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 215931\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-215931-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-215931-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-215931.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7876\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-191157-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-24 - 191157\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-191157-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-191157-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-24-191157.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Walking through Little India in the morning is a much different experience that it becomes just a few hours later: the streets aren&#8217;t quite abuzz with activity, there\u2019s not yet any hustle in the bustle. While there <em>is<\/em> music coming from the video shoppes&#8217; speakers, it\u2019s not the full-on Bhangra rave-up to which our ears will soon be treated, but rather a mellower, more contemplative selection. It\u2019s all a bit like a dream; just seeing a shop-keeper hosing off the street in front of his place seems so evocative that one just wants to burst out in tears. (Of course, that may have much to do with my irrational emotions toward the enclave \u2013 it can\u2019t be as wonderful\/beautiful as I\u2019ve gradually built it up in my mind to be\u2026yet to me, it <em>is<\/em>. Pure sap, I know &#8212; but what can I say?)<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7893\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-19-095355-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-19 - 095355\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-19-095355-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-19-095355-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">This clip is from later in the day. I very frequently find myself frozen in my tracks by a particularly compelling musical number; and thought this song an oddly appropriate soundtrack to the onscreen goings-on \u2013 as well as to the scenes playing out live on the street.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-5\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ichjO7a1Qg4&#038;_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ichjO7a1Qg4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ichjO7a1Qg4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\">Also from Little India, this briefie-but-goodie; a Lemonade-seller doggedly making his rounds through deserted streets in the middle of a downpour, his radio singing out sullen songs of yesteryear.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-6\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xvQM9fxRZMQ&#038;_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xvQM9fxRZMQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xvQM9fxRZMQ<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Muslim Cricketeers. They were out there at Esplanade Park one day a few weeks back. Dressed in their pyjamas as they are, and shot in the wondrousness that is sepiatone, it looks so much like a scene from the very early days of baseball. Don\u2019t know why I didn\u2019t take more footage, because, man, c\u2019est bon!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-7\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BeJZb9wJSXg&#038;_=7\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BeJZb9wJSXg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BeJZb9wJSXg<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7892\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-183036-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-04 - 183036\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-183036-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-183036-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7891\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-183006-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-04 - 183006\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-183006-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-183006-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7890\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-182907-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-04 - 182907\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-182907-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-182907-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7889\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-182827-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-04 - 182827\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-182827-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-182827-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7888\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-182821-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-04 - 182821\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-182821-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-182821-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7868\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-183339-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-04 - 183339\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-183339-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-04-183339-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A pop-up watch shoppe near Campbell Street Market employing the mesmeric audio-looping sales gimmick learnt from the Thais. Unlike this one, which was in effect on this one day only, the one at Chowrasta Market blasts its few-seconds of loopage throughout the duration of the Market every single day of the year. While I\u2019m personally transfixed by its insistent rhythm, I can\u2019t help wonder how it is that the owner of that stall has not by now become completely insane?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-8\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EJzFNzxj_3A&#038;_=8\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EJzFNzxj_3A\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EJzFNzxj_3A<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-9\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rcR8H1FEk-Q&#038;_=9\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rcR8H1FEk-Q\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rcR8H1FEk-Q<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">And a last-minute addition!\u00a0 This one, another pop-up, inspired by a deep-fry-pan price-slash, may be the most entertaining of them all. Unfortunately, I botched the recording on the day; went back the following day, and while the promotion was still on, the audio loop was now in Malay rather than English.\u00a0 Still a lot of fun, however.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-10\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sHOSCn47Ufc&#038;_=10\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sHOSCn47Ufc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sHOSCn47Ufc<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A musical performance given in conjunction with one of the GTF\u2019s visual exhibitions. The group, consisting of Ernest and MingLi, performed a set of incredibly stupid songs about Jesus\u2019 love. But Ernest closed the show with this fine instrumental piece \u2013 his playing technique here is pretty fascinating.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-11\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6BPbJnlgfvQ&#038;_=11\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6BPbJnlgfvQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6BPbJnlgfvQ<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Also from GTF, the fourth of five Konserts Kopitiam. First a didgeridoo jam with some members of Culture Shot &#8212; which has over the space of two performances established itself as my favourite band in the city \u2013 and then two clips from Culture Shot itself (missing two of its six members).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-12\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hgcfqFa4Xqc&#038;_=12\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hgcfqFa4Xqc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hgcfqFa4Xqc<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hEui15seOSk&#038;_=13\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hEui15seOSk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hEui15seOSk<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-14\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uSnEhokJTtg&#038;_=14\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uSnEhokJTtg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uSnEhokJTtg<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Yet <em>another<\/em> GTF performance. This time, two clips from the <em>fantastic<\/em> presentation of the Thai Classical Small Puppet Theatre. The second, \u201cHanuman vs. Michael Jackson\u201d, is pure gold.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-15\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PD8aHKSEJ6g&#038;_=15\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PD8aHKSEJ6g\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PD8aHKSEJ6g<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7866-16\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o-vwd77q3Rw&#038;_=16\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o-vwd77q3Rw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o-vwd77q3Rw<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Ironically, I <em>didn\u2019t<\/em> take any footage from this film-shoot happening just a few blocks from my hotel. So here are some photos instead. In case it\u2019s not apparent, the action is to do\u00a0 with the fuzz violently beating down a protest march.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7875\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-124205-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-21 - 124205\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-124205-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-124205-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7874\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-124117-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-21 - 124117\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-124117-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-124117-940x529.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7873\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-124004-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-21 - 124004\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-124004-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-124004-940x1253.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7872\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123959-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-21 - 123959\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123959-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123959-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123959.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7871\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123955-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-21 - 123955\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123955-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123955-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123955.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7870\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123951-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-21 - 123951\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123951-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123951-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123951.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7869\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123932-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"2014-08-21 - 123932\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123932-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123932-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-08-21-123932.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\">GTF closes up shop on Sunday, and with that I will leave Penang. My imminent departure has already cast over me a pall dark as the rain-soaked clouds now, with the monsoon&#8217;s recent arrival, being served up daily. It&#8217;s quite frustrating reading through the blog, feeling that in these two months I&#8217;ve been wholly incapable of communicating the island&#8217;s wonder. Huhn, you&#8217;ll just have to come here and find out for yourself.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Well, I&#8217;m too rolling stoned<br \/>\nI&#8217;m too rolling stoned, yeah<br \/>\nLike a rolling stone<br \/>\nJust, just, just like a rolling stone<br \/>\nRolling, rolling, rolling, rolling stone<br \/>\nYeah, too rolling stoned<br \/>\nOh just like a rolling stone<br \/>\nWell, like a rolling stone<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Don\u2019t get lyrics as profound as <em>that<\/em> these days\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember that old Robin Trower song, \u201cToo Rolling Stoned\u201d? Well, two months in, I think that I am now officially Too George Towned. Wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. Got a bunch of clips that I\u2019ve uploaded, but don\u2019t think &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/2014\/08\/25\/the-durian-apocalypse-film-festival\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}