Evening Edition

A couple of days ago, a Malaysian columnist for TMI Dina Zaman, wrote a story called “Bidding Farewell To Malaysia.” It was a piece on the many Malaysians renouncing their Malaysian citizenship in favour of becoming Singaporean citizens instead. In exploring the theme of citizenship and what it means to you, we asked: What would make you renounce your citizenship?

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Tonight, we were joined by another hot upcoming DJ maverick, Kirstie Maximus! With a few years of performing under her belt, Kirstie is no push over when it comes to her mixing the decks in some of KL’s top clubs.

Studied Radio Production at Point Blank Music College in London, her love of bumping the crowd up into euphoria was sown deep. Kristie notes that she has been strongly influenced by Michael Jackson ever since the small age of two. Throughout her growing years, she’d been seen reading and writing her own compositions from pencils right up to using software like Fruity Loops.

Last year peaked with Kirstie launching her own single titled ‘Rockaby x’. Coupled with a music video to boot, the single has been highly regarded in the local scene with Kirstie being nominated as Producer Of The Year for the Choons Awards 2014.

For the record, Kirstie scored 10!

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Back in January 1992, Eric Clapton swapped his Stratocaster for an acoustic guitar for an MTV Unplugged special. He stunned the audience with reworked cuts from throughout his career, including "Layla," "Running on Faith" and "Tears in Heaven," and blues tracks like Bo Diddley's "Before You Accuse Me" and Robert Johnson's "Malted Milk.” This week, on (Untitled), Ezra and Uma listen to one of the most influential albums of all time: Eric Clapton Unplugged.

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30 years ago, on the 3rd of July, 1985, Marty McFly would take that DeLorean to 88 MPH and travel Back to the Future. The movie, a tightly woven mix of science fiction, of adventure, of comedy, of friendship across time and space would spawn two sequels and become one of the most popular franchises in history. This month, on Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah Dunia, Umapagan Ampikaipakan geeks out with Caseen Gaines - author of the brand new book: “We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy” - in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of this cult classic.

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Tonight we were joined by another multi-talented hailing from Penang, Chelsia Ng! Chelsia’s been in and around Malaysia’s entertainment scene with a decade’s worth of experience ranging from acting on television, film, theatre, singing and performing all over.

Chelsia made her first step into the entertainment world with the Malaysian-English comedy, Kopitiam. She’s made strides with appearances and performances in Papadom, Papadom 2, Setem, Sepi and for her first Mandarin film, Who’s Your Daddy. Chelsia when it comes to films as of late, will be acting in Saw Teong Hin’s landmark Penang Hokkien film adaptation, ‘Hai Ki Xin Lor - You Mean The World To Me’.

As a singer-songwriter, Chelsia has re-released her debut album ‘Here With You’ late last year, with new artwork and repackaged internals. Chelsia with her ukelele affectionately named ‘Kiki’ is out and about with melodic tunes and uplifting beats to accompany you.

For the record, Chelsia scored 5!

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Omega the Unknown was a comic book series you’ve probably never heard of. It focussed on the daily life of James-Michael Starling, an abnormally mature 12-year-old orphan, and the deeds of Omega-Man, a mysterious mute superhero, who only intervenes to protect James-Michael when he is threatened by killer robots. It was obscure. It was inaccessible.  It was misunderstood. It was cancelled after just 10 issues. This week, on When We Last Left Our Heroes, Umapagan Ampikaipakan speaks to bestselling author (and lifelong comic book fan) Jonathan Lethem about this long forgotten post-modern effort by Steve Gerber and Mary Skrenes.

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Democracy - some say it makes or breaks a country. It could encourage unity among its citizens or, as some notable figure has said, lead to people pulling each other down and the country remaining stagnant. This month on our monthly MIDP debate, we discuss if democracy is a threat or a unifying factor for the stability and progress of a country.

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Tonight, we were joined with the Sri Lankan born stand up comedian, Dilruk Jayasinha who's currently based in Australia! Coming here for a quick stay and headlining the always awesome Comedy Crack House for a couple of weekends, whilst taking in the sights and sounds of Malaysia.

Affectionately dubbed ‘Curry Casanova’ by himself and agreed upon by his fans, this rising star of Australian comedy had his amazing breakthrough when he first appeared for the comedy talk show, ‘Live on Bowen’. He left audiences laughing their stomachs out and producers that were so impressed, they immediately got him to be a regular presenter for season two of the show!

The ex-accountant, initially came over to Australia for studies and ho hum, found himself (happily) stuck for a good 11 years. Had his first debut solo show at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICM) with a packed sold-out show. Following up with a bit of ‘second album syndrome’, Dilruk hit it off the bat with his new show, ‘Immegrateful’ for MICM 2015. With an astounding, 12 out of 22 night seasons were sold-outs!

For the record, Dilruk scored _ !

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We are zooming in on the the culture of Hip Hop in our region with Sona One and Anusha Peterson; host and producer of Hip Hoppin' Asia TV show.

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Dark electronica, haunting vocals, thich subs, sick beats and emotional lyrics. These are some of the words from the ever-growing list used to describe +2dB.

Jeannie and Jo Ann joined to crew of TTON to talk about the future of Electronic music here in Malaysia, and what they're going to be up to over the next few months. 

For the record the duo scored 14 in Smartypants!

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