the2ndrule Issue 51
the2ndrule
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November/December 2004 email edition
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web edition: http://the2ndrule.com
Contents
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0. Edit
1. Beijing [Gorgeous Productions]
2. Instant Cafe Radio Episode 28 [Koh Beng Liang]
3. Running Away [Wong Zijia]
4. Desafinado [Daren Shiau]
5. Russian Greats [Sharlene Teo]
6. Doll [Edlyn Ang]
7. Panoremix: Babes [Shannon Low]
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Distance does help. We can all relate to those tales of shipwreck (the accidental kind) and hermitage (deliberate). They occur frequently in our myths and tales that teach us the importance of finding ourselves, being alone, gaining perspective.
It is unfortunate, though, that our world no longer affords us the ability to put things out of sight and out of mind. The ties that link us squeeze the planet smaller, forcing us to feel the raw stupidity of those many timezones away.
Back home I see the curious phenomenon of the increased outpouring of emotion aided by distance. I wonder if there would have been so many people coming out of the woodwork to look for a missing local girl. Or as many people making her mutilated corpse the object of their gambling lust.
Please send your comments, suggestions and contributions to: editor@the2ndrule.com
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2ndrule team : Koh Beng Liang, Shannon Low, Benety Goh, Russell Chan, Jason Tong, Adelina Ong
Contributors : Damien Brachet/Gorgeous Productions, Wong Zijia, Daren Shiau, Sharlene Teo, Edlyn Ang
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Beijing
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A take on Beijing, brought to you by Gorgeous Productions.
http://the2ndrule.com/issues/issue51/bj.html
Click the image to play movie.
Music by Chen Je Zhiang and Dolly aka Method0013
Check out http://www.gorgeous-productions.com
- Damien Brachet/Gorgeous Productions
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Naughty, naughty. Very naughty.
http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com
And more where that came from: The Neistat Brothers
http://neistat.com
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Instant Cafe Radio Episode 28
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Instant cafe episodes will never win the popular vote. So what?
http://the2ndrule.com/issues/issue51/instantcafe.html
Playlist:
National Anthems - Ukraine
The Funk Brothers - You Keep Me Hanging On (instrumental)
Mr Scruff - Come Alive
Etta James - Something's Got A Hold On Me
Bono and The Edge - Original of the Species (Apple iPod special edition launch)
Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game
Faye Wong - Sky (unplugged)
Gilberto Gil - Oslodum
The Ventures - Bumble Bee Rock
[Donald Rumsfeld doing kettle-pointing on Al Jazeera]
Raul Esparza and Amy Spanger - Therapy (Tick Tick...Boom! soundtrack)
Various Artists - Pretty Woman (Kal Ho Naa Ho soundtrack)
Muppets - The Song of The Count
Billie Holiday - Eeny Meeny Meiny Mo
Bai Guang - Ru Guo Mei You Ni
Dokaka - Minato Zake
John Lennon - Watching the Wheels (acoustic)
- Selection and mix by Koh Beng Liang
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Test-drive a Macintosh SE System 7.0 replicated using Flash!
Isn't that grand?..
http://myoldmac.net/webse-e.htm
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Running Away
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http://the2ndrule.com/issues/issue51/runningaway.jpg
- Wong Zijia
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Decepticons breaking. Too cool for school!
http://www.wilenkin.com/transformers/Video_player_06_content.html
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Desafinado
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I was waiting to cross the road at the junction of Cross Street and Robinson Road the other day when suddenly the No Parking sign uprooted itself from the pavement. There was a crunching sound as it wiggled its last few inches out. The skinny thing streaked down the sidewalk past where I was standing. At the traffic light it took the opportunity to do a little taunting jig in front of the cars while the light was still red. The lady standing next to me was dumbstruck. I put my envelopes on the ground and would have rushed out to subdue the sign but it was dancing to a bossanova tune I really, really like.
- Daren Shiau
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Enjoy the show..
http://www.craigos.net/looks_can_kill
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Russian Greats
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I remember last november,rushing to our seats inthe round theater. Half-way through, the man infront of us fell asleep,opening and closing hismouth like a strangefish. The music swelledand dipped, and it meantalmost nothing to me:the small crowd in the pit,each torrid maze of notesI could not read, thelovely curve andgleam of that cello,that violin.
- Sharlene Teo
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http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting
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Doll
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Oasis is here, in the mirage on the long highway.
Thirst is ripping through heatwaves to the taste of asphalt,
sucking stones for the illusion of water;
and hunger is something else altogether.
In a ballroom of ghosts and desires
a doll stands perfect between the punch bowl and rows of champagne flutes.
Scanning the jeweled, fluttering crowd with black spooled eyes; silence
a pin that falls and falls, never hitting ground.
Trying to find the thread to home;
never quite believing the promise of the sign.
_Stay perfect through the years love and Ill keep loving you_
And all I hear is silverchairs dreams of dying alone.
- Edlyn Ang
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Free Radical
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Panoremix: Babes
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She said, "I have nothing more to say."
http://the2ndrule.com/issues/issue51/babes2r.html
- Shannon Low
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Alien Loves Predator
"In New York, no one can hear you scream"
http://www.alienlovespredator.com/index.php?id=1
by Bernie Hou
See you again soon!
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Beijing (c) 2004 Damien Brachet/Gorgeous Productions
Instant Cafe Radio Episode 28 (c) 2004 Koh Beng Liang
Running Away (c) 2004 Wong Zijia
Desafinado (c) 2004 Daren Shiau
Russian Greats (c) 2004 Sharlene Teo
Doll (c) 2004 Edlyn Ang
Panoremix: Babes (c) 2004 Shannon Low
