The indomitable mr brown spoofs this year’s National Day theme song:
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A Litany of Complaints
(If you haven’t heard of the Complaints Choir Project yet, just watch the following clip.)
The Project’s coming to Singapore, and looking for Singaporeans.
The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008
presentsTHE COMPLAINTS CHOIR PROJECT
by TELLERVO KALLEINEN & OLIVER KOCHTA-KALLEINEN (FINLAND)(co-presented with The Arts House)
WORKSHOPS FROM 07.01.08 – 25.01.08
THE CHAMBER @ THE ARTS HOUSE
BY REGISTRATIONPERFORMANCES FROM 26.01.08 – 27.01.08
VARIOUS VENUES
FREEhttp://www.singaporefringe.com
http://www.complaintschoir.org“…. griping and whining were the fifth most cited essential traits
of a Singaporean. ”
– The Straits Times, 12 August 2007A spectre is haunting the world – the spectre of the Complaints Choir. People all over the world – in Helsinki, Birmingham, Jerusalem or Alaska – have joined together to sing out their complaints with fellow citizens. No complaint is too big or small: from broken underpants to snoring husbands to offices with Siberian temperatures, the choir members decide on their favourite gripes that will be made into the song.
Join the Complaints Choir of Singapore – see our call for participants here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/singaporefringefest/video/x34kfw_the-complaints-choir- project-call-fThe movement has finally arrived in Singapore. This is your opportunity to show our uniquely Singaporean complaint culture. Come and join the Complaints Choir of Singapore! Show your pride for our infamous complaint culture and sing, Singapore! Anybody is welcome – no singing skills required.
For more information or to register, please email info@singaporefringe.com or call us at 6440 8115.
Get involved.
Aside from the formation of and performances by the Singapore Complaints Choir, all four Complaints Choir Videos – Helsinki, Birmingham, Hamburg and St Petersburg – will be showcased as a 2-channel video installation at The Art House Gallery from 13 – 18 January and 20 – 23 January 2008. Admission is free.
Ievan Polka x Vocaloid2
First you wonder: “What the heck is this?” You listen to the whole thing, then click the play button because you can’t quite believe what you’re hearing and seeing. Then play it again. And gradually, imperceptibly, you find that you can’t pull yourself away…
Everything you need to know about the context behind that clip, you can find in the links in the description sidebar on YouTube.
In Amsterdam for IBC 2007
Taken outside the Oude Kerk. The flagstones are uneven, giving the ground a lumpy look. This bronze addition fits right in — referencing the specific uses of the area and its immediate physical environment.
Relationships are like toast?
There’s an amusing conversation about the burnt toast on the cover for The Honeymoon’s Over at the Covers blog. An excerpt:
“It’s a metaphor. Like, if a relationship goes on for too long, it’s ruined, and there isn’t really any going back, that’s what this book is about.”
“That doesn’t make any sense. How was it a relationship in the first place?”
“Well, they were perfectly good pieces of toast, but they didn’t take it out of the toaster fast enough.”
“How was the relationship while they were in the Wonder Bread bag?”
“That was courtship, I guess.”
“So the toaster is a metaphor for the duration of the marriage?”
“No, it kind of symbolizes… it’s the wrong toaster maybe. Or the pieces of bread didn’t belong together.”
BLURB on YouTube
If you were at the Not-the-launch Party on 14th July, then you managed to see my little video on a big screen. Thank you for coming!
Justin has uploaded photos of the happy event, taken by Keyang.
And if you weren’t there, I’ve uploaded it on YouTube (yes, I know, long overdue):
Huggable meat
Sweet Meats are handmade plush objects that look like various cuts of meat. They are made out of super cuddly polar fleece, cotton quilting thread and polyester fiberfill stuffing. All of the meats come in individual (toy) size and some also come in family (pillow) size.
Browse the whole range at Sweet Meats
Then check out The Food Section for a Q&A with the maker of these meaty plushies.
(thanks! ;o) )
DON’T PANIC
It’s Towel Day today!
A cartoon that could end the war in Iraq
How to create a Golem
Creating the golem from clay will take several hours. Be sure to start early in the day.
More at Religious Studies: How to Create a Golem From the Comfort of Home
writing without rhythm 