...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!!
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