Voices From The South Goes North! 在台北放映！

中文板: 從南方來的聲音

"Voices From The South: Kaohsiung's Independent Music Scene" will be shown on January 3rd, 2009 in Taipei at The Wall!! Also, four of the five bands featured in the film will also be performing live!! Fire Ex, KoOk, Shy Kick Apple and Orange Doll will rock the place after the screening of the film. Tickets are $400 NT, and includes a free drink, and as an added bonus, TO THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE WHO BUY TICKETS, WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY A FREE DVD containing live performances from all five bands (Maho, Fire Ex, KoOk, Orange Doll, Shy Kick Apple) and outtakes/scenes that were not included in the film!! Four bands, a free drink, a movie, and a free DVD! Not a bad deal for $400 NT! Advance tickets are available through The Wall's website. Come celebrate the first weekend of the New Year in a really fun way!!

The Coolest Thing I Ever Saw...

...was at the park tonight. Shy Kick Apple, in preparation for their first-ever unplugged show at Womb Bloc December 19th (see the previous post), rehearsed in the park on Ming Cheng Road Thursday night, December 18th, with nothing more than acoustic instruments and a bag of Taiwan beer. There was not another living soul in the vast expanses of the park at this hour, other than the band and me.

In the whole year I've spent filming all these Kaohsiung bands, I've never seen anything cooler than seven guys sitting under a tree in the middle of the night rehearsing. Even their flute player, who's now in the army, came back from Taipei to take part in the Womb Bloc show. Wen-Han played a melodica, PiPi played an acoustic guitar instead of bass, and Popo played his drum parts on a cajon borrowed from Fire Ex's drummer Indoa. There was a bit of a chill in the winter air, so everyone was bundled up in heavy coats and hoodies as they worked out the unplugged arrangements of their songs. At precisely 12:35 AM, a policeman came by and told everyone to shut it down, as the neighbors (who were hardly within earshot, as the nearest building was at least 200 yards away) decided to be tight-ass bitches and phoned in a complaint. The band complied with the cop's order, and trekked off to the nearby steak house for a late-night meal, lugging all their gear with them.

Those who will be at the Womb Bloc show are in for a real treat, as the unplugged versions of their songs are just as cool as the electric ones!!

VFTS @ Womb Bloc!!! 在子宮藝文放映！！

Only the second public screening to date! If you missed it the first time, here's another chance! On December 19th, Womb Bloc Arts will be screening Voices From The South after live acoustic shows from three of the five bands from the film! Fire Ex, Shy Kick Apple, and the FIRST-EVER ACOUSTIC SHOW from KoOk will take place on this evening, and the screening of the film will follow!!!

Location: Womb Bloc Arts 2F, #18, Lin Nan Street, Ling Ya District 高雄市苓雅區林南街18號2樓
Date: December 19th, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM- 12:00 AM
Bands: Fire Ex, Shy Kick Apple, KoOk
Tickets: $200 NT

It will likely be the last chance to see the film for awhile in Kaohsiung, as we will be doing a mini-tour of the island, with shows in Taipei, Taichung and Tainan in the works.