TRAGEDY (USA) Friday 22nd March Ceylon Sport club

Friday 22nd March 2013
venue: Ceylon Sports club 
101 Balestier Road, Singapore 329678
(opposite ITE Balestier, take bus 145 from Lavender MRT, few stops away) 

with: TRAGEDY (US)
ABRASION
VAARALLINEN
starts: 7pm

$20
no tickets will be sold at the door/show. 200 tickets only.
get your tickets from:

Blackhole 212 - +65 94817382
Epidemic distro- +65 94746702
Transcendence666 - +65 96496272

or look for us at upcoming shows.

TRAGEDY (Portland, Oregon) formed in 2000 and was born from the ashes of influential modern hardcore bands His Hero is Gone, and Deathreat. The band has toured extensively around the world and is finally making it to our part of the world! 

DUCT TAPE SURGERY from JAKARTA! Sunday 17th March

DUCT TAPE SURGERY plays 80's style hardcore in the vein of Jerry's kid,Black flag etc.
feature ex-members of legendary bands like Tanpa batas,Taste of flesh..


17th March - 7pm - LCUBE studios 
Hardcore Destruccion 4. with
DUCT TAPE SURGERY (Jakarta's 80's hardcore worship!)
YUMI 
VULGAR WORDS
$8 at the door.
     support the touring band!!!!

*Tragedy tickets will be sold at this show

Celebrating the re-opening of The New Lithe Paralogue Studio.

The Lithe Paralogue Studio was first introduced in 2009 back at The Old Fire Station at Upper Bukit Timah as an all purpose space for musicians. 

"There were the days when the studio held intimate, jam-packed, sweat laden shows, regugarly headlined by touring and local bands alike," Suhayl of Canopus. 

The studio moved to Joo Chiat, the heart of Peranakan heritage in 2011 but had its short existence there as it closed down on April 2012. It has now re-opened to re-ignite its legacy, known as a unique and homely space and provide support to the local music scene.

Celebrating the re-opening of The New Lithe Paralogue Studio.

With performances by: 
TAPESTRY
THE PSALMS
SUB:SHAMAN
THE LIVID SUN
THIS IS ATLANTIS
BAY TAKSEN

3 March 2013
6pm till late
20B Haji Lane
Entry $5

DARKER DAYS AHEAD.

More info will be up real soon. watch this space!

Meanwhile...

after sitting on this thought all night.. 

i am not going to repost the photo of the 'gross misrepresentation of punks' that occurred yesterday at Hong Lim Park (ie some dude i don't know and have never seen at a punk show before fully decked out in 'punk gear' holding a placard that said 'Singapore for Singaporeans'- a statement with purportedly xenophobic and nationalist connotations). Instead i am going to counter post with an image of what i view as a larger, more pressing issue than what people's stereotypes lead them to think about me and my lifestyle, and those of my friends who also identify as punk.

Just to be clear, i DO NOT support blind nationalism and xenophobia, NEITHER AM I SYMPATHETIC towards those who harbor those views.

Anger and discomfort were the main emotions portrayed by those i know who have seen the placard at the protest or the photo which was posted by TOC and Say 'No' to an Overpopulated Singapore's page. While we discussed 'damage control', i took notice of how often we referred to ourselves as 'kita', 'we' and 'us' when referring to the person in the photo, as if to say it's 'us (the punks)' against 'him (the fake outsider punk)'. the idea was a little unnerving, as the entire focus of turning up at yesterday's protest with the banner below shifted from having something to say to.. 'saving face'. Even i was guilty of repeating the line 'the public are going to think it's us!' (wait.. when did we start caring what 'the public' thought? WAIT WAIT.. aren't those sentiments somewhere along the lines of nationalism, just on a smaller, social group scale?!).

Punk to me has always been about self-education. but how many of us can actually say we've learnt everything we've had to learn, literally on our own? did we not have friends to correct us/argue with us, music and books written by friends, penpals, band mates, an international network of amazing, supportive people? i can safely say that i've said, thought and felt my fair share of fucked up things while learning through punk, and the journey to growing into a less fucked up person is still in its due process- it will probably never end. the learning and unlearning, the building and destroying of my mindscape will not stop until there is equality in this world.

we know this person has never been to a punk show. we know he is younger than most of us (not saying that age as a numeric is a good guage on a person's credibility, but we all know he probably hasn't identified as 'punk' for a very long time). we know that whatever was portrayed in that photo does not encapsulate how we think and feel. we also know that reposting the photo of him and swearing at it is counter-productive within the bigger picture.

what i'm suggesting now is that if you are worried about people getting the wrong idea, speak up. no one bothers if you have a grade A hold on the language you use, no one cares if you 'spell funny' or can't tell past-tense from present. if you have something to say, say it. put up a photo of a banner/placard that you agree with along with the post. COUNTER POST. glorify the just, not the wrong. Write to him, encourage discourse (giving him the benefit of the doubt, i am not dismissing the possibility that he could mean something entirely different and i hope he speaks up too, if that is so), keep the discourse going. and always remember,

OPPOSING THE WHITE PAPER IS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE, AN ISSUE OF THE GOVERNMENT FAILING THE PEOPLE, NOT ONE OF SINGAPOREANS VS IMMIGRANTS.

stop xenophobia. fight power not people.

credit : Vanessa Victoria 

Spread this around : from the recent demonstration against over-population

Spread this around.

Seemingly minor issue but important enough to correct possible misconceptions.

The above picture you see on the link above shows a guy dressed up in 'full punk gear', whom interestingly has never been around at actual punk shows, events and the like, holding a 'Singapore For Singaporeans' placard.

This can be misconstrued as punks supporting blind nationalism and xenophobia. 

Please be informed that this does not represent the punk community at large, we oppose blind nationalism, racism, xenophobia and other forms of bigotry in principle, though admittedly many of us may also say things that seem politically incorrect from time to time, we urge COMMON SENSE and INTELLIGENCE to read between the lines.

Giving the benefit of doubt the message 'Singapore For Singaporeans' could mean something else that isnt particularly xenophobic or nationalist, but its simply more sensible to prevent a mistake than correcting one.

Love // Peace // Defiance.

credit : Shaiful Zerox 

= VISUAL DISTORTION = Last Chaos 24th Nov 2012

= VISUAL DISTORTION = 

Photos from Hardcore Destruccion with LAST CHAOS 24th Nov 2012 at The Substation

Taken by: apitphotography.tumblr.com

SHOW THIS SATURDAY! 16th February

SATURDAY NIGHT FASTCORE

16th Feb 2013

8pm - 1030pm

L-CUBE Studios (145 Jalan Besar, tip of Hindoo Rd, nearest MRT Little India or Bugis)

$8 at the door

with

MARTYR (hardcore from Medan, Indonesia)

FOREVER YOUNG (punkrock Malaysia)

FALSE PLAINTIFF (emotive hc)

SMILING JOHNSON (thrash/sludge, first show!)

Singaporean filmmakers being investigated and equipment consficated.

Videos they produced interviewing 2 ex-SMRT drivers allegations that they have been beaten by police during interrogation. 

read on here. 
Police investigates ex-bus driver’s allegations of abuse during interrogation

CONGRESS OF WEIRD FOOLS #4 / 9th Feb 2013

CONGRESS OF WEIRD FOOLS 4

* A Visual De-composition *

Sat // 9th Feb 2013 (CNY eve)

The Substation Theatre

6pm - 11pm

$10 at the door

with

FILASTINE (Indo-Espanol, soundscape!)

The PSALMS 

VULGAR WORDS

CIRCUIT TRIP

TAPESTRY

SJANSE

Prohibited Projects