Underflow @ Malaria Relief Concert 6/5, Bliss

This is the info on the concert:


Friday June 5th Bliss will be hosting Malaria Rock Relief. This is a rock show to raise funds for the Karen Human Rights Group.
The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) is a small and independent group documenting the human rights situation in rural Burma by working directly with rural villagers who are suffering abuses such as forced labour, systematic destruction of villages and crops, forced relocation, extortion, looting, arbitrary detention, torture, sexual assault and summary executions. The vast majority of these abuses are committed by soldiers and officials of the State Peace & Development Council (SPDC), Burma's ruling military junta.

The group was first formed in December 1992 to help villagers in rural Burma to get their story to the outside world by translating their stories and testimonies into reports for worldwide distribution, accompanied by supporting photos and documentary evidence of the human rights situation. We also work to overcome outside perceptions of Burma's villagers as 'helpless victims' and to support their strategies to resist human rights abuses.

Currently the Karen are suffering from large cases of malaria.

All the funds raised will be going to medicine to treat those affected by this debilitating, deadly disease. The doctors donate their time and effort but require medicine to treat the people.

Entry is 250NT
We will have an informational video from 930-10pm. Afterwards there will be performances by Pine Top Surgeons
David Foster
Gross Fugue
The Belly Angels Dancing Troupe
Underflow
The Deposers
& The Sinister Sound Syndicate

We would like to thank all the artists and volunteers that have donated their time for this cause. Hope to see you all there for this great cause.

For more info go to www.khrg.com

Concert Frenzy!

So basically this coming weeks are full of concerts!
Red means new!

• 5/23 (Sat) 8:00 pm. Underflow @ Gunbao, East Gate, Hsinchu

• 5/29 (Fri) 10:30 pm. Jo Jo Ma Jazz Quintet @ Sappho, Taipei

• 6/5 (Fri) 10:30 pm. Undeflow @ Bliss, Taipei

• 6/5 (Fri) 11:00 pm. Jo Jo Ma Jazz Quintet @ Sappho, Taipei

• 6/12 (Fri) 11:00 pm. Giros Latin Band @ Bliss, Taipei

• 6/18 (Thu) Jo Jo Ma Jazz Quintet @ Sappho, Taipei

• 6/19 (Fri) 09:30 pm. BoPoMoFo @ Capone's Italian Restaurant, Taipei
  

• 6/20 (Sat) Jo Jo Ma Jazz Quintet @ Tone 56, Taipei
  

Jo Jo Ma Jazz Quintet Debut

The debut for the Jo Jo Ma Quintet turned out to be pretty successful.
The first set was a bit shaky, partly due to the late start and Kate's absence in the first half hour.
However, after a nice intermission and a couple of free drinks, the band seemed to have a more comfortable feel.

As expected, all of the musicians were up to the task and did a great job soloing and basically filling the room with flavour-filled chops.

As to my drumming, well, this was my first real jazz gig, and even though I felt pretty comfortable most of the time, I know that my jazz skills are as mature as a 3-day-old gestating embryo.
Hopefully after this great experience with JJM I will become a fetus, or who knows, maybe a baby :)

Thanx to the people that came! You know who you are hihi... and sorry for the unusually high minimum fee at Sappho.. wish it was up to me to decide!