Articles & Publications

Flyers from the Golden Age of Cinema by Paul Augustin Penang Monthly, 04.24 THE GOLDEN AGE of Malaysian Cinema, spanning the 1950s to the 1970s, saw moviegoers lining up to […]

Record Covers From the PHoM Vault: A Visual Journey By Jocelyn Marcia Ng Penang Monthly, Issue 03.23 THE USE OF album cover art was credited to Columbia art director, Alex […]

Jimmy Boyle: The Man and His Music by Paul Augustin Penang Monthly, Issue 03.23 Probably one of the most brilliant and imaginative musicians in the Federation today…… As a Malayan […]

Echoes, Shadows & Footprints: A Symposium on the Upkeep of the Arts By Adil Johan, Paul Augustin Penang Monthly, Issue 03.23 IT IS GENERALLY observed that there is a chasm […]

Indian Music and Arts in Malaysia Have Many Roots By Paul Augustin, Duraagashini Kathigesu Penang Monthly, Issue 04.22 INDIAN MUSIC IN Malaya before the 20th century was mainly of the […]

Remembering Penang’s Municipal Band by Paul Augustin, Kelvyn Yeang Penang Monthly, Issue 04.22 DID YOU KNOW that in the late 1800s, Penang had its very own municipal band? The exact […]

Radio Request Cards: A Blast from the Past by Paul Augustin Penang Monthly, Issue 04.22 ONE FEELS A sense of enveloping nostalgia, reading through the collection of old radio request […]

“Listeners Calling”: Radio Enters its Second Century in Malaysia by Paul Augustin Penang Monthly, Issue 04.22 IMAGINE BEING ON the lookout for new music in the pre-war days, and you […]

A Very Brief Note on Entertainment Magazines in Malaysia by Paul Augustin Penang Monthly, Issue 12.21 FROM 1940s THROUGH to the 1980s, magazines were a promotional tool for the film […]

Penang – Motherland of Musicians by Paul Augustin Penang Monthly, Issue 02.19 As a small state, Penang is certainly not short of talent – perhaps it’s in the water we […]