Mrbrown

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The correct title of this article is mrbrown. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

Lee Kin Mun, aka mrbrown, is a Singaporean blogger well known for his social and political commentary. Affectionately known by many as Singapore's "Blogfather", mrbrown is one of the more notable bloggers in the Singaporean blogosphere.

1 the mrbrown show
2 The WTF! Show
3 Censorship
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] the mrbrown show

Main article: the mrbrown show

mrbrown (right) and Mr Miyagi (left), the producers and hosts of the mrbrown show, shown here on the cover of Digital Life.

Created in March 2005, the mrbrown show is a podcast produced by mrbrown. It was formerly co-produced by Mr Miyagi, another local blogger, who has since left the show to pursue other interests. The show showcases guests from various quarters of Singapore, and parodies a wide variety of subjects, ranging from VISA's advertising campaign starring Richard Gere, to political satire. Zhng My Car, a recurring series in the mrbrown show, is a spoof of MTV's Pimp My Ride, and has seen over 100,000 downloads.

[edit] The WTF! Show

Similarly produced and hosted by mrbrown and Mr Miyagi, the WTF! Show is a vodcast that will cover the latest in video games, gadgets and technology. As of June 2006, the first episode of the WTF! show is still under development.

[edit] Censorship

See also: Censorship in Singapore

On 30 June 2006, mrbrown wrote an article, titled "TODAY: S'poreans are fed, up with progress!", for his weekly opinion column in Today newspaper concerning the rising costs of living in Singapore. ^[1] Three days later, on 3 July, an official from the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts published a response letter on the same newspaper calling mrbrown a "partisan player" whose views "distort the truth". ^[2] On July 6, the newspaper suspended his column.^[3] Mr Miyagi subsequently resigned from his column.