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Streets Of Fire

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Eddie

Well, I was wrong about the demon-dudes all being bonfired on the 24th. In point of fact, they’re being sent up in a handful of locations every night between now and the 24th. Here’s how it all went the other … Continue reading →

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Ghost Town

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Eddie

[dc]A[/dc]nd if this isn’t the trippiest, freakiest, weirdest, wackest, most tantalising, most spookiest, most stone-cold compelling spectacle you have every laid eyes, then, truly do I bow down to your dimpled ass in mute admiration, because you are the party … Continue reading →

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Project: Penang

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Eddie

There’s so much crack-a-lack jammed into the GTF schedule – music, theatre, film, visual arts, lectures, dance – it’s making this poor li’l white boy’s head spin attempting to get to as much of it as possible. There’s more coming, … Continue reading →

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Last Rites

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Eddie

I scooted and slithered one final time to Bao Sheng’s, where to-day we laid the Durian Season mournfully to rest. Well, I was to find out, nobody else is marking the occasion with sorrow. To begin with, two Malay gentlemen … Continue reading →

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The Gopher Hole And The Damage Done

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Eddie

And if you think that “Hot Puthu” sounds more like a medical condition than it does an Indian delicacy…well, shows to go you, you can’t win ‘em all. See, if Penang’s Upper Crust had its wits about it, it’d hire … Continue reading →

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