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Commutes can make people angry. This guy got angry at two women he felt cut in front of him in a line to board a bus at a big public transport station, although witnesses say he was the cutter. While they waited for the next available bus, he raged. From the video it looks like he tries to fart on one woman (twice), and when that fails him, he spits in her face (twice). He gets pretty ridiculous in front of a lot of onlookers, and public transportion workers of some sort, but they’re pretty ineffective. The Straits Times reported that police were investigating the incident, but he’s been arrested already and now faces sentencing. Singapore gained “news of the weird” notoreity when word got about its fines and punishment for spitting in public and inappropriately disposing of chewing gum. Singapore is one metropolis that Banksy and his publicity machine are likely to avoid for any public stunts. The last foreigner sentenced with vandalism in Singapore was Michael Fay. He got caned (only a little bit) and no one cared. Caning is also dished out for visa violations. The comments from Singaporeans in response to angry bus rider are pretty harsh. They are calling for caning, lifetime jail sentences and beheading. Others are reacting a bit more reasonably though. No caning planned for the spitter, no beheading either, but he is going to have to talk to some therapists and work on his anger issues.    
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It doesn’t suck to live in California, where you get to see bands like Best Coast play free record-release shows at Amoeba. Yes, the brand-new EP is as amazing as the RSD 7″ led us to believe, perfectly combining honesty and polish, and the new songs sounded great live. So did favorites like “The Only Place,” “Crazy for You,” and the closer, “Girlfriend.” The place was packed and stoked and so was Bethany, who made a point to repeatedly thank all the fans and friends for being there. Watch the set at the Amoeba site when you have the time!

Afterward there was a record signing where Eloise got to give Bobb and Bethany band portraits that she drew while we were in line. I’ll occasionally run into Bobb at shows or the market, and he is not only the most talented musician and producer but one of the raddest guys. Glad Eloise got to see him in action and say hi. Hopefully next time we’ll see him over donuts in Highland Park!

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It doesn’t suck to live in California, where you get to see bands like Best Coast play free record-release shows at Amoeba. Yes, the brand-new EP is as amazing as the RSD 7″ led us to believe, perfectly combining honesty and polish, and the new songs sounded great live. So did favorites like “The Only Place,” “Crazy for You,” and the closer, “Girlfriend.” The place was packed and stoked and so was Bethany, who made a point to repeatedly thank all the fans and friends for being there. Watch the set at the Amoeba site when you have the time!

Afterward there was a record signing where Eloise got to give Bobb and Bethany band portraits that she drew while we were in line. I’ll occasionally run into Bobb at shows or the market, and he is not only the most talented musician and producer but one of the raddest guys. Glad Eloise got to see him in action and say hi. Hopefully next time we’ll see him over donuts in Highland Park!

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Katsuya Terada LIVE DIGITAL took place on Sunday, the day after the Hot Pot Girls reception. GR2 was packed, standing room only and pouring out the door to see Terada create a work of art from scratch. Guess what? We’ll have the data (yes you can download it and print it yourself) and a limited amount of small prints of this image for FREE for any future visitors for a short duration. Enjoy the photos.
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Katsuya Terada LIVE DIGITAL took place on Sunday, the day after the Hot Pot Girls reception. GR2 was packed, standing room only and pouring out the door to see Terada create a work of art from scratch. Guess what? We’ll have the data (yes you can download it and print it yourself) and a limited amount of small prints of this image for FREE for any future visitors for a short duration. Enjoy the photos.
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