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Photo Wednesday: Pop Ice

Mar 19th, 2008 by Jinja

I think E.C. Segar would have been amused. (And asked for free delivery, if he lived in Cambodia.)

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He’s Not Heavy, He’s My Blogger

Mar 12th, 2008 by Jinja

If you’ve read

http://www.andybrouwer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/warning-my-blog-was-stolen.html

It’s time to change your links to

http://www.andybrouwer.co.uk/blog/

(And if you haven‘t read this site before? You’re in for a treat.)
Andy, I think there’s a bidding war in the making for a docudrama on the last three weeks.

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I Wonder

Mar 11th, 2008 by Jinja

…if I can get my arse in gear to have everything sorted for this promising exhibition.

Some interesting artists from all disciplines will be mixing it up! Join the fun on Thursday. I’ll be back to blogging by then.

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I’m currently retroblogging the events of the Spotlight Festival. I’ve got heaps of pictures, and had a great time. I was hoping to do a daily writeup, but when blogging interferes with ‘having a life‘ I veer towards the latter, unless there’s urgent news.

Death; power: also getting a life is our very own Buddhist Adjunkt, Erik. Like the departure of Phnomenon, it’ll be missed: there are very few informed blogs discussing both Buddhism and contemporary Khmer culture in such an informed fashion. Our immediate loss is the academic world’s gain; stay tuned for some seasoned academic writing on similar topics.

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Master Musician Visits Melbourne

Mar 1st, 2008 by Jinja

Melbourne friends: if you can handle public television and have a musical bent, this should be of interest.

Be sure to say ‘hi’ to Mongkol (the translator) or Jai (the one with the lip ring). Tell ‘em that Jinja sent you.

March

~~Buena Vista~~ Northcote Social Club

with Ouch Savy

Benefit show for Cambodian Living Arts

Kong Nay hits the Australian shores as part of ‘Womad’ festival and in support of Cambodian Living Arts!

Respectfully dubbed “The Ray Charles of Cambodia,” Master Kong Nay is a charismatic blind musician whose trademark dark glasses and pock marked smile are known all over Cambodia. Nay is renowned in Cambodia as one of the great artists to survive the genocide of Pol Pot. Kong Nay is a master of the Chapei, a traditional form of improvised song-making that is often compared to American Delta Blues. Accompanied by his own spirited strumming on the chapei dang weng (a Cambodian long-necked lute), Kong Nay uses his lively voice and tenacious word play to cleverly improvise poetry and song. Kong Nay routinely gets his audience dancing in the aisles. Ouch Savy is Kong Nay’s protégé and is part of the new generation of Chapei musicians who are at the beginning of an emerging musical awareness that could come to rival imported karaoke and pop!

‘The Flute Player‘ – an extraordinary story of survival – will be screened at 10pm.

Cambodian flutes and merchandise will also be available on the night.

$18+bf on sale now through the Northcote Social Club box office – 9486 1677 or www.northcotesocialclub.com or $20 at the door if still available.

More Information - www.cambodianlivingarts.org

Media contact –

Julien Poulfon – julienpoulfon@hotmail.com