{"id":1072,"date":"2009-01-02T20:41:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T01:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2015-01-07T14:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:04:53","slug":"seeing-stars-punk-hijabi-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=1072","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Stars, Punk Hijabi Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

You all already know that Ghislain P<\/a> is a mean beatsmith and that I’m an unabashed bass booster<\/a>. But if you haven’t been paying close attention recently, you might have missed out on a key development: Ghis has been fitting his tracks of late to such striking visual accompaniment as lightbulbs being smashed<\/a> and, the latest, a face being smacked with cartoonish results (+ interactive version!<\/a>) —<\/p>\n

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Speaking of stars, sidereal<\/em> used to be one of my favorite words. So did eschatology<\/em>. I think I learned them from the same Tom Robbins book. They somehow occupy a shared space in my head. So do Ghislain and another worldly beatwizard that you all already know, Filastine<\/a>. <\/p>\n

What you may not all already know about Filastine is that he has a (b)log<\/a>! It’s vivid, full of sounds and images and thoughts about travel and music and relating to people and rocking renegade street parties — not to mention “charming” gigs like the one he played this Christmas in Borneo<\/a> —<\/p>\n

The gig was charming. Sorry I can\u2019t find a better word. They somehow got free use of an outside community center and mounted a dangdut sound system that had the custom-made look similar to funk carioca or jamacian sound systems. Graffitti artists tagged the place up, some local hiphop acts played, then everyone gathered around to intently watch me from a distance of about 10 centimeters. Eventually dancing broke out, even a brief mosh pit. After my set was finished there was a request for Autology, i put on the instrumental and the remains of the crowd yelled along.<\/p>\n

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Autology Live in Balikpapan, Kalimantan (Borneo)<\/a> from Grey Filastine<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This was the first gig I\u2019ve played that had a program intermission for the evening muslim prayer. Also the first audience with girls that somehow hybridized punk style with hijab. But it wasn\u2019t my first gig with electricity hot-pirated from a utility pole, and certainly it won\u2019t be the last.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more here<\/a> (the title of the blog, btw, inspired the eschatology reference).<\/p>\n

Keep em coming, y’all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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