The Philosophy of Kuning Pening
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Meet Kuning Pening, the eclectic performance artist with more stage personas than we can count. The latest of them, Abang Sham, is a throwback to the cool abang bus drivers of the ’80s who used to play rok kapak cassette tapes on the stereo while taking sharp turns.
Those in the know will recognise Kuning as the frontman of Think! Tadpole Think!—a legendary but short-lived experimental music ensemble that fused improvised jazz with freestyle lyrics, beat poetry, and goofy stage antics. Although he was frequently featured in JUICE, normies would often dismiss him as a novelty—but boy, were they wrong (and basic).
Kuning never stopped performing even when T!TT! disbanded. However, each persona would not last more than a handful of gigs. Keeping things…
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