Baybeats ‘07

By strint On 28 July 2007

Baybeats 2007 has started off with a chance for everysingleoneofus to get personally involved. With the sticker competition, where we could design a possible logo for Baybeats, and where we can then choose our favourite and put our vote to it (you still can!). And then the chance to turn into ‘official’ photographers for the events. […]

Aristocrat said it right

By strint On 27 July 2007

(and I mean below, not someone from long ago). Something seems to be happening in Singapore.
 I was reading Off Centre not so long ago, the way I’m sure most people were catching up on at least this particular bit of Singapore Literature when it was staged. I didn’t realise it then, but Singapore seems to […]

Trippy hip

By aristocrat On 21 July 2007

As King Lear ends its run today and The Seagull picked up the baton, is it a coincidence that we are having another Shakespeare event? No matter. Literary fans wouldn’t complain as Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies, John McRae, makes Shakespeare eats his words.
By using the Bard’s (some people calls this a blasphemy) […]

all publicity is good publicity

By aristocrat On 6 July 2007

Some people preach that all publicity is good. Like some of the companies that have gotten into the news recently, for things good and bad.
But like all maxims, it’s not a one-size-fits-all.
We have suffered another loss, a loss of individuality and talent subjected to unwanted attention. Once more, the blogmos takes another step closer into […]

Fiesta del Sol

By aristocrat On 3 July 2007

Something is happening in Singapore. There is an almost prosperous number of arts festivals in Singapore: we have the Singapore Arts Festival from 25 May – 24 June, WOMAD from 24 – 26 Aug, ARTSingapore from 5 – 8 Oct, da:ns festival from 12 – 22 Oct, and many more engagements on the calendar this […]

Feeling Good with Nathan Hartono

By xr On 2 July 2007

The debut solo concert of local Jazz boy wonder, Nathan Hartono on 29 June 2007 proved to have been well worth concert goers’ money. Both shows, the 7:30pm and 9:30pm were sold out, not bad for someone who has yet to take his GCSE ‘O’ Level Examinations.
An attempt to shake off critics’ comments on the […]