Written by lainie at 02:33 AM on April 12, 2008 in work?, Friends, Events, Arty stuff.

My article is up on Kakiseni - Tembak: Sunday Night Lights.

Reza Salleh’s stalker-like tenacity comes in useful as he continues to make more room for music, and music lovers in the city. Lainie Yeoh drops in on Reza’s Sunday Night Lights, outstays her welcome at No Black Tie and lives to write about it.
(introduction from Kathy's editorial)

Most late night Fridays I am easily found in Loft, dancing to indie / electro music. Tonight, I was in Annexe with Winnie, Zedeck, Sharon and Danlim, working out projector, lights, furniture and wall decorations for Jerome's album launch. They call me "art director", which I find an inflated title for.....er, telling people what to do. Which I suppose is under "directing". It'd be more ideal for me if I could command art to shape itself, without the need of human minions. That, and when I say "art" I use the term rather strenuously.

Shahril Nizam, Effa and Grace had also popped by earlier to help out (read: allow me the chance to drive them dotty). Effa helped me out a lot, in her usual patient manner, before she had to leave. I don't know where that woman gets all the serenity from.

Lainie: Effa, you're my favourite now.
Effa: I'd better!
Lainie: You are! See, right here. Lainie's List. Number one.....Effa.

(This is Effa Effa Effa!)

The rest of us stayed on after the galleries had been locked up for the night. We took a lil break in the next gallery, indie music blaring over the system. Three of us were dancing amidst paintings that cost tens of thousands, but we couldn't see them because we were dancing in darkness. It was kinda fun, felt like our own little party.

I do think the room's coming along nicely. We've already blown past our (non-existent) budget - I think all we had to do for that was buy sugar paper. I've asked for even more things to add to the mood of the room, which will cost. It's mostly been a question of lighting - we're trying to make it such that the room can handle a crowd, and still have place for fun.

Bau Bau Cafe will be setting up a bar to sell drinks. CDs and other merchandise will also be on sale. Jerome's part of the Troubadours KL, so the other two "troubadours" will be performing too - Sei Hon and Azmyl Yunor.

We have a surprise guest performer you really need to come watch (I promise), Bulimia is also making their debut on that night (a bunch of my friends got together to start up a band that I suspect will eventually be grouped with Ben's Bitches and Panda Head Curry). Bernice Chauly is doing a reading, Fern will be doing an acoustic set, and who knows what else.

Danlim and Sarchan (of WILD!) will be DJs for the night after that, for some dancing.

(winnie taking a break to camwhore).

I think we just need the drunken crowd to make it merry, and we're good to go.

Mark Teh told us a lot of people were looking forward to the night, which is the first party since the elections. Winnie and I looked at each other and said we didn't plan for that to happen. That was a slight "cool, but ooooooops" moment.

Jerome's performing at Songwriter's Round tonight, so he hasn't seen how the room looks so far - hopefully he likes it.

I suggested we put five super duper manja cats in the gallery Jerome's performing in, as part of the decor. I wish we could really do that, but I'm not sure how I'll deal with it when karma calculates all the cat exploitations and dishes it back to me.

At 11.45pm, we drove away from Annexe (the parking ticket came up to RM22.50, which I think is crazy).

Lainie: There's still time! We can go to Loft!

I was ignored by a very tired Winnie and Danlim. Anyway, I yawned all the way back, so I was more exhausted than I realised. I came home to a man outside the house, digging through my neighbour's trash.

Both photos by Danlim. (website). My connection's so bad it took almost half an hour to upload them, fuck!

What I've been talking about the entire entry: Jerome Kugan launches "Songs for a Shadow"

Okay, good night.