An update, GASP!

Other than being that annual event with the largest amount of tapered jeans seen in one place, Baybeats also have the occasional good music in there. I was only there on Friday and the incredible variety of music on show there just blew me away. They had post-hardcore, punk/post-hardcore, polka/post-hardcore, trance/post-hardcore and post-hardcore! AMAZING! But ahh, who am I to complain when the crowd enjoyed the music so much?

There were a couple of good performances of course, I'm not such a hater. The Great Spy Experiment is a local band who, obviously, have been listening to a lot of Franz Ferdinand. Very foot-tappingly catchy but really, they reminded me a little too much of everyone's favourite Scottish band, especially in the vocal department. Tiramisu's music is less accessible and catchy but they're all about the lead singer's flamboyance and stage antics. They are not exactly good but Ingride's lead singer looks a little too pretty for safety and I can say that because I'm confident of my heterosexuality. Yes, I am.

But really, the star of the whole event is the whole spectrum of subcultures you see, there were indie kids, hipsters, punk rockers and security guards. Somehow, everyone (except for the security people, maybe) has this urge to speak in fake American accents. I don't think they realise how hollow and dumb they sound when they do that. Sure, Singlish may sound like ass when compared to how the beautiful and admirable people on The O.C. speak but we sound A LOT MORE natural speaking Singlish. Seeing a Singaporean curl his/her R's so much is just...awkward unless of course, that person was born in America.

And erm..I don't really have a lot to write about at the moment. So I will see my dear devoted (YOU MUST BE) readers next month then.