Wrote a piece for today’s Sunday Leader called Cowards of Colombo. It’s about the choking apathy of this city, and how we need to wake up. Actually, apathy I don’t even mind, it’s about this city which complains yet does not act. I think we need to put our money and our time ...

Buddhi From Wagon Park, Representing Moratuwa from Indrajit Samarajiva on Vimeo. This one wasn’t magic, till the very end. The thing about open mics is that they can be boring, but then you get stuff that really surprises you. This time, at the very end of the night - when many people had left...

So, Open Mic is on at Punchi Theatre (Borella, near junc) tonight. It’s hard to miss, it literally looks like it was built by termites, near the Lido Cinema. I was stressing the fuck out but things kinda settled. We can hang out in the rehearsal room upstairs. Jan will make some gal arrack tea...

So, we can have another Open Mic this Thursday (the 5th) at the Punchi Theatre rehearsal room. Has to be 8:30 because there’s a Latin dancing class before. If you’re familiar with the Punchi (Borella), the room we’re in is directly up the stairs to your left. Note that this is not ...

The late editor of the Sunday Leader. I’ve started writing a column for the Sunday Leader (the late Lasantha’s paper). The first one is out this Sunday, being today. I generally avoid the local papers, because I don’t want to spend the day weeping uncontrollably. But I suppose i...

My dear friend Hania has a captivating voice. She’s singing this Friday at Underground (Taj Samudra club, née Onyx née MKOP). She’s playing with Ranil from Hollow Point Halo and Pabalu Wijegoonawardane. Personally, I know that her and Ranil are damn good musicians, and Pabalu I assume....

Delon Weerasinghe Reading Stand-Up Comedy (Part 2) from Indrajit Samarajiva on Vimeo. These are two of my personal favorite performers from the Open Mic. This is Delon Weerasinghe reading (basically) stand-up comedy and Hania Mariam singing. My other fav was Harean’s Terrace From Hell Story, b...

Photo by Twiggy I’m uploading stuff. If it pisses any one off or violates their privacy leave a comment and I’ll fix it on an ad hoc basis. I guess we’ll need some sorta policy on this. These are from the House Party Open Mic at Barefoot on February 12th. It was an informal gatheri...

Some peeps and I are having a small Open Mic at Barefoot. Was quite encouraged by the poetry reading at the Galle Literary Fest. Personally, it was captivating seeing people sitting quiet, just listening to words. I think it’s something that we should keep going, so in that interest we’r...

Journalists are now being called ‘Paper Tigers’ and, given the current climate, it’s OK to kill them with impunity. To quote the Daily Mirror, “The government warned yesterday the LTTE members were now attempting to infiltrate the South under the guise of being journalists.&#...