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David Brodsky I’m not! This is my first attempt at working with video. I conducted this mini-interview with Wormrot in their hotel room, just before they flattened the crowd at Scion Rock Fest this year.
In the interview, the band explains what Singlish is. Singlish is amazing to hear, and it has a rich history. The Singaporean government’s desire to stamp it out reminds me of the Kuomintang government’s ban on the Taiwanese language in public in Taiwan (in favor of Mandarin). The powers that be know that language is powerful; that’s why they try to take it away. It’s something we should never take for granted.
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Wormrot are on a US tour right now. (See dates below.)
Tombs join them starting March 21.
Wormrot’s new album Dirge comes out May 3 on Earache.
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I wish I could watch this right now, but videos are blocked on our work computers.
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My 2 cents is the best directorial decision you made is keeping this short. Awesome band and topic for the debut!
the world needs more creole grindcore.
damn i wish this tour was coming to canada, i mean tombs n wormrot on the smae bill.
btw that chick was nice to look at
I saw this show last week in Portland. They tore the place up! Unfortunately, they played a bar in the suburbs and there were only 50 people there. I was totally shocked as the cover was only $5. I’d love to see them again on a bigger stage.
Bandcamp has had tour updates for a few months now.
I was just talking to a friend who often visits Singapore about Singlish. Interesting stuff. Similar to what some Hawaiians speak “Pigin English”, mix-mash of two languages.
Anyway, do yourself a favor and go see these fellas in the flesh. I was at the Portland show also and despite the odd venue choice they completely destroyed. I couldn’t believe some of there stuff was played FASTER live.
There’s a blog post here which talks about Spanglish. It mentions the difference between a pidgin and a creole. Essentially, a pidgin is primitive and unsophisticated, while a creole is a full-fledged language.
i can’t speak singlish but wormrot is doubleplusgood.
Sri Lankans might object to Singaporeans claiming Singlish. Over in Lanka (where I was born), the national language is Singhalese. And what do you get when you fuse Singhalese with English? Singlish!
Growing up in the Philippines, media and schools communicated in English, Tagalog (the main dialect in the capital city and surrounding provinces), and Tag-lish, which is a mash up of English and Tagalog. Some Filipinos I’ve run into in the west coast still speak it.
I speak singlish. Hit me up for some Singlish lessons. And it really cool to see my Singaporean brothers hit up the us to grind your fucking ears out. Peace!