ETC at FluxUs 27 Aug 05

In-store performance at FluxUs - Penisula Shopping Centre (#04-34) w/ very special guest, Melissa (seemingly out of retirement), sharing guitar, vocals & looks. "Playing folk songs from our country - which you won't find on a map. Maybe it's on another planet."

- Astrogal (adapted-lyric duet version)
- Guilty Party (adapted-lyric duet version)
- The Engine Driver (The Decemberists)
- Wake Up (Arcade Fire)
- Stupid Supermarket

Too-kind review from Patrick Chng (who played later that night in Typewriter):

"After our soundcheck, we went to check out Ben and Melissa at Flux-Us. Their interplay was sublime. CK said he wished he could bootleg their set. I agreed. It was a beautiful heartfelt set."

Translation might be required for account by Lennat:

"Then we watched Ben & Melissa and Adrian do their thing at Flux Us. Ben & Melissa's version of "My Engine Driver" and "Wake Up" made me tear. Like Jon would like to say, I am damn "ham pao" lor. Always "ham foo ham fatt" one. But it was a true emo moment for me."

Back on Planet Earth, Lennat also said the adapted duets were "cheesy". So did Adrian: "A good kind of cheesy".

Also playing: Circadian (laptop), Engineered Blue Blood (drums & guitar feedback) and Rocket Scientist (excellent debut solo acoustic set - finally showcasing some of the songs Ben has always maintained are ace).

Though ETC forgot to mention it at the time, the set was dedicated to the memory of John Loder (1946 - 2005).

(O yes, was Ben's Mum (a passing tourist) asked to keep it down during Circadian's set? Or was it Melissa?)



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