REMINDER!! Sunday, 20th April 2008: Disaster – The Closure, MCPA

dean says:

do come!

be there early pls. let us start & finish on-time.

bands would be playing in the sequences of A-Z except for Off Minor.

bring yr stuff for sale & bring mo’ money as u might want to grab many other stuff. there would be official gig t-shirt on sale too!

this gig would also means to celeb8 our friends from Daighila who would be leaving for Aussie Tour a week later. best of luck guys!

let us all hv helluva of a great party!

dean says:

Hye all!

(COULD BE) FINAL UPDATES

1) Bands would perform according to A-Z sequences
2) Each band will only be allocated approximately 20-30 minutes set inclusive setting up time
3) Each band will be allowed to choose which amps suit best for their music – BANDS PLEASE CHECK YOUR INBOX!
4) There might be an exhibition against Arm Trades/Terrorism something by friends (Cem, please update me on this pls)
5) Tentative as the following:

3:00-3:30: Akta Angkasa
3:30-4:00: Bravo!Bravo!
4:00-4:30: Crimescene
4:30-5:00: Daighila
5:00-5:30: Deepset
5:30-6:00: OFF MINOR
6:00-6:30: Kias Fansuri
6:30-7:00: Killeur Calculateur
7:00-7:30: Lord Sunny Day
7:30-8:00: Lovesick Avenue
8:00-8:30: Onani
8:30-9:00: Orbit Cinta Benjamin

6) OFF MINOR set might be longer. Still… based on the schedule; the gig should end before 10pm!

7) Ok, on booth…For those who pay and going in, if there are an extra table, you could place your stuff there. For those that prefer to open yr booth outside also you are much welcomed. No need to pay mah. But i’m all for free stuff. Miahaha…

Guess that’s all for now. Do come! This may possibly be Papakerma final gig. No, no‚ĶWe are not quitting and all, hehe‚Ķ

Regards,

dean says:

Then again, some fucker like Madmax here dare to say me (or we at Papakerma as whole) practice cronyism. The gig is supposed to welcome Off Minor for their Malaysia tour. Awirth (Utarid Bookings) is responsible to book the S.E.A leg for their 2008 tour. Awirth has invited local bands to tour with Off Minor as well. Killeur Calculateur & Orbit Cinta Benjamin expressed their interest and determined to go for the tour (tak sembang kosong sucker). By the time, Awirth had invited Lord Sunny Day (who are now becoming my housemate & damn son – they help a lot setting up & cleaning up the venue & take care of the sound system making it like the best I heard at MCPA so far!) to perform as well. Awirth also want his band to play, which brings us to Kias Fansuri. They are such a hard working band so why not?

When I was first been given the task to organize the gig, I’ve already have 5 bands on the bill. This leaves me with limited choices of bands. Maximum no of bands I could invite are 5 instead of the earlier plans to organize the month long festival with like 30-40 bands performing (which are all my cronies as well, hahaha).

The first band invited was Lovesick Avenue. I’ve never once hung out with them nor see them performing. Love the pop-ish music they play so there goes the stories. Next was Akta Angkasa. They are supposed to be released by our label so hell yeah this is the band we should promote! Next, Daighila comes to mind. Yes, they are some close friends but they did not once asked to perform at the gig. It was me for God sake thought that they are going for their Aussie tour in May so this could be some if not their last gig before the departure. I need bands with strong political stand and/or shocking outlook which could deliver thought-provoking speeches and/or throw sarcasm to the crowd. It doesn’t necessarily need to agree with whatever they say, but to have alternatives school of thought and be able to exchange ideas would be awesome. Hey, we have been “Merdeka” for 50 years. Move on. Open up our mind. Be critical. Crimescene and Onani are top in the game. So I invited them both to perform. I’ve befriended Deepset since their “Joy” days. Eh no, ever since they have not even started the band. They were my housemate back in my student years at Shah Alam. But you know what; I’d NEVER invited them to perform at any of the DISASTER series gig since its inception back in 2005. They had long been one of the local band that I’m crazy about, so this is perhaps my last chance to have them performing at my show, so I should have them! Gosh… now I have 11 bands on the list. I hate odd number. Period. Then I came across this new band Bravo!Bravo! which put up their home recorded and mixed song in their myspace. This could beat Hujan at any time! I thought. Haha… Then I got know that I know the drummer and the bassist. I invited them to perform and this would be their debut gig ever. So now I have 12 bands and my objectives for every gig to have fresh new faces are now accomplished.

To say these bands are my crony is funny. I would like to know what does cronism means to you. I’ve never hang out with KC, OBC, Lovesick, Onani and Bravo! I know some of the line ups but we never hang out together. To be truthful, I don’t hang out much this days. Those other bands, yes I do know them but we only met like at gig… Meaning there are many other people with many other bands I met, I’m close with but no, they are not invited to perform.

When we come to the term of cronyism, it means that putting inadequate people (here it should be band) to perform a job/duties which he/she is not capable of. Please tell me one, at least ONE band on the bill doesn’t deserve to perform at yesterday’s gig?

Oh, Mr/Ms Madmax, why didn‚Äôt you tell me earlier your band wants to perform? Ahh… Surely I would turn you down because your band sucks!

dean says:

it have been eight (8) years since we first started Papakerma and tough luck, though many doesn’t even aware of our existence, we were always around and will still be. on the inquiries of any upcoming gigs, hurm… we are undecided. perhaps Nazier want to proceed, but he’s been occupied with his studies of late… Dhani on the other hand is getting married soon. so he might want to settle down in Kelantan (looks like it) and focus on family planning for this few years ;p and i might want to further my studies in LBS, UK (yes, my english sucks but apparently the prestigious LBS likes me! – Ehemm..KJ..Can I become ur crony now?) so that i could invite my favourite Malaysian band to perform in front of other Malaysian (or MELAYU alone) studying and working (though I know many won’t bother to attend) in UK… We’ll see how it goes lah. We will still however support gigs/events that is not shallow, narrow-minded racist, homophobic, sexist and fascist related. Worry not, we don’t belong in any “scene”. Do get in touch and let us see what we can do together-gather.