Kom Auie Knyom Deik Sruel
The comic was drawn at an internet cafe - there's a reason this site is called 'Quick Draw'. Lyrics I worked out on the bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh.
It was during Khmer New Year (April) that I first heard the song. At a farewell party for one of German Apsara's restoration workers, everyone was dancing to this one.
Later my friend Alexandra looked for a copy and I asked her to get me one too: "Phek Aow Mindael Kheen Doh". (Put on shirt never see take off). The verb 'take off' also sounds like the noun 'breast' so it's an amusing bit of wordplay for listeners. The song is by a Khmer Surin performer - Cambodian language but from a province bordering Cambodia. The original CD subtitles were in phonetic Thai.
After Khmer New Year the song continued to be popular and was performed by no less (and probably more) than four other singers.
One singer did a song in reply: "Aow Thmei Min Kchei Doh". (I have a new shirt, I won't take it off for you to borrow). The first song was more popular with the men, the second appealed to women.
With the election coming up, it wasn't long before political parties began appropriating this popular tune, and adding new lyrics. The result?
"I can't sleep" Thomas complained; "it's this election music starting early in the morning."
Hence this comic, and the accompanying song.
Everyone seems to have an opinion on the song and more importantly, the election. Keep your eyes on this space for more informal information.
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Update: still quiet after the election, English lyrics are up! If you care about that sort of thing, that is.
Sunday, July 27, 2003
Word from Lisa Mandel: Phare (Battambang) Comics workshop is put off until September.
Link-a-links courtesy Comics Journalista:
Kyle Baker interview
http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/tommy47b.html
Critical Commentary on the Comics Industry.
http://www.idwpublishing.com/books/book_tilting.html
Jim Woodring Interview.
Tatiana Gill hits San Dee.
Friday, July 25, 2003
Silent No More
Silentarmy.com is back up! Congrats!
Word from Athonk: Two comics shows in Indonesia.
Show #1:
arts n design faculty,we'll invite you to come to our comics party in malang EndonEsa, oCtoBer 5- 10.
Show #2
august 24 a national convention, this is the big one comicus from all over indo.
More news as I hear it.
also:
NZ's comix battlers make the news.
Plus some kinda Japanese messageboard about Moomins. Crazy about 'em over there.
You know those military card decks of Iraq's most wanted? Now we've got 'Hidden Agenda' trading cards.
http://www.operationhiddenagenda.com
Sunday, July 20, 2003
You know those 'reality' TV shows like 'Big Brother', 'Road Rules', 'Real World' etc? Was squizzing the producer sites for a few of them for a comic idea and this logo was what I rean across. eugh.
Apparent Indo comics convention coming up. Watch this space.
Have just checked out 'Mental Moon' and 'Ghost of Angkor Wat' from Jerry Swaffield, who reportedly may be moving to Cambodia.
You heard it here first.
Saturday, July 19, 2003
The sad facts for Eagle Scouts
And on the current politics angle...
Go to http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/faq.html for the frequently
asked questions about the CIA and read the last question about eagle
scouts……
Hopefully the above picture is of a diagnostic facility....
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Tempest in a teapot:
Review of Jihad against America, and Ben's response, and the ensuing fallout at Mono.net. Hee hee.
Band Site
June 29 2002 show
Saturday, July 12, 2003
Blast from the past: here's a PDF file a friend did - a picture of some characters I used to draw in Junior High. Will have to scan a few samples of that when I'm next in the States. (Thinkin' Christmas.)
On that note: My family has asked me to tidy up my huge pile of comics and zines I've stored in their garage. Cambodian work continues for the time being, which means I won't be doing much with my stateside stash.
Stuff I'm sorting:
- Massive amount of zines. Perhaps for the Independent Media Resource Center in Portland.
- I've got a vintage collection of pre-web Wired and Mondo 2000 magazines (as well as Boing-Boing).
- When in junior high I had a subscription to Analog Magazine, and have a few copies of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. Stacks of those.
- A set of Factsheet 5 issues beginning 1988 and concluding with the Gunderloy era, as well as Zine World and Alternative Press Review.
- Many issues of the Comics Journal, from 1990 'til 2000.
- Fifteen-twenty copies each ofWhole Earth Review and Utne Reader.
- Pop Culture magazines: Your Flesh, Deadline, Adbusters etc.
- Sassy Magazine, starting from just after the Curt n' Courtney cover, concluding when they were bought out by Seventeen and turned evil.
- Longboxes of comics. If you want to take some on indefinite loan and read your way through, I'm happy to share. I'm a reader, not a collector.
- Lots of small press comics.
- Hardcover/Softcover books on comics - McCloud, Feiffer, a large hardcover Donald Duck book, Eisner, many graphic novels.
- Lots of novels, but the names will have to wait.
- An embarassing number of cheap science fiction paperbacks.
- Books on Cambodia. These I will want back at some point.
That about covers it. you know how to get in touch.
Saturday, July 12, 2003
This just in:
ModernTales.com headlines Eddie Campbell in an Australian invasion across July!
Australian? Last I heard he spoke with a Scottish accent.
(But hey, gotta give him a big hand for barracking for the Aussies.
Mandy Ord is in as well!)
http://www.digitalwebbing.com/news/070903-7.htmlhttp://www.moderntales.com/series2.php?name=mtlp&view=archive&seq=4393
Meanwhile, Top Shelf makes Pure Evil available for sale via credit card. http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?title=154
Hey, here's a cartoon from Aaron O'Donnell.
Saturday, July 05, 2003
Google helps GWB find WMD
> Google helps GWB find WMD: Just in time for the Fourth of July
> weekend, Google has shown true patriotism with a giggle for the nation
> and especially for G. Dubya.
>
> Try this: Go to www.google.com. Type:weapons of mass destruction (no
> quotation marks). Do NOT click Google Search. Instead, click:I'm
> Feeling Lucky. Then read the whole error message carefully.
>
> If you're one of those people who have no time for a couple of clicks
> because you're leaving town now for the holiday, you can go straight
> to the error message. But it does spoil some of the fun.
Or if you're lazy, the URL of the error message is here:
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
best
- J
http://www.qdcomic.com/blog/
Friday, July 04, 2003
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