Gig Details

Finally, it is confirmed!!!
Yes, boys and girls, brings your cotton white panties with flowers (heheh.. inside joke) and barf bags on Tues April 1st.
Hey, it falls on April Fool's Day.

NO it's not a joke.
We are still and really playing.

Apologies to Mynn for coming down on Wednesday 26th to an empty Moot Court.
Sorry!!!

Venue: NUS Law Moot Court
Date: Tues April 1st
Time: 7:30 pm

Rolling Stones gig on 26th March

Thanks to Roy's auntie, we managed to watch the gig free. Apparently, she bought 28 tickets to support her boyfriend who owns the event company which brought the Stones in. That's like friggin' $10, 000 spent on tickets!!!

Anyway, to me, the Stones weren't exactly something easy to get into. I've heard some songs a few years ago, like 'Jumping Jack Flash', etc. Honestly, I din like it as I thought it sounded way too raw and badly recorded. However, the Stones slowly crept into my consciousness. There was a certain undeniable quality about their songs that resonate at an emotional level. In a way, it reminded me in a way where I didn't get Radiohead's "OK Computer" and Spiritualized's "Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space" at the 1st .. even 10th try. They had balls, they had passion and they had that unbeatable sense of rhythm n blues as well.

However, for the last 20 years, they are just a money making touring machine. But hey, that doesn't mean I wun go to their gig if I dun have to pay jackshit for the ticket! They kicked off with the peripheral favourite, 'Brown Sugar' followed by a slew of songs which I can't really remember or know. But I believe they played 'Angie' which is always hilarious. They brought out all their classics (though they played 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' on Mon 24th March, crap...) and did an excellent version of 'Sympathy For The Devil' which lyrics totally kicked ass.

After which, they plunged into my all-time fave Stones tune, 'Gimme Shelter' which was pretty decent with excellent back-up vocals by the black mama. They bungled up 'Honky Tonk Women' or some other songs but it's good to know that even if you play with the same buggers after so many years, you can still fuck up. It makes me feel much better. They closed the set with extended jams of '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' and 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' with Keith Richards pounding away on his sliver plated Telecaster with a pink, yes, neon pink fretboard. Keef is still one of the coolest guitarist around. Who the fuck would actually stop mid-way into a song and tie his shoelaces and carry on playing afterwards? You just gotta respect that.

Did I enjoy myself? Well, I thought it was pretty decent but nothing much to shout about. They were all professional about it. At least, I can say that I've watched the Stones live before.

P.S.: I'm ashamed to say that Mick Jagger who is 60 this year has more energy and is slimmer than someone who is not even half his age. Fuck....


Sympathy For The Devil (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long long year stolen many man's soul and faith
I was around when Jesus Christ had His moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed His fate
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game

Stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Tzar and his ministers, Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank held a gen'rals rank when the blitzkrieg
raged and the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name. Oh yeah
Ah what's puzzling you is the nature of my game. Oh yeah

I watched the glee while your kings and queens fought for
ten decades for the Gods they made
I shouted out "Who killed the Kennedy's ?" when after all
it was you and me
Let me please introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I lay traps for troubadors who get killed before they reach Bombay
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name. Oh yeah
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game. Oh yeah
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners, Saints
as heads is tails, just call me Lucifer 'cause I'm in need
of some restraint
So if you meet me, have some courtesy have some sympathy
and some taste
Use all your well learned politics or I'll lay your soul to waste
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name
But what'

Gig postponed

Yes, unfortunately, due to a law professor who vetoed us on the booking of the location. The gig will be postponed, not indefinitely, thankfully, to a later date.

The earliest date we are looking at is the following Wednesday, 2nd April.

However, nothing is tenative as of date.

Watch this space for further details.

Are you ready to rawkkkk???

That's it, true believers.

In true politically correct alphabetical order, Abdul Basheer (more commonly known as AB), Andy Tay, Weiyuan, Willy (that's me) and Yeeyong will be playing our 1st gig together since 7 years ago. Kelvin Ma, AB's friend who plays a mean piano came up with the idea for the gig and approached AB with the setlist. Though the setlist was not decided by us, it was agreed that it would be good exposure and a good experience for us, besides a chance to get young, nubile law undergrads as our groupies. So come down to take a look if you are free. We'd still love you if you don't. You just gotta buy us more beer....

Date: 26th March, Wednesday
Time: 7 pm
Venue: NUS Law Faculty Moot Court

Parental Advisory Warning: The good taste police has warned that the abovementioned band might not be fully clothed or sober during the performance. Exercise caution while watching the performance.

I'm coming home, country road

Looks like my gd fren, Lolo is finally coming home after his 50 days trek thru Thailand. I've no idea whay the fuck he is doing there or where he has been for the last 50 days there. Fucker... wish I was there as well, instead of slaving my ass away. Sigh ....

I'm beginning to think Richard Ashcroft of the Verve was right. "It's a bittersweet symphony; that's life/ You are a slave to money; then you die".

Ah well, thk I better get my ass ready for work.

Pink Floyd fuckin' rawkkkksss!!!

Man, was out with AB and his fren Alvin Hoon yesterday. Hoon showed me this live clip of Pink Floyd live in the excavated city of Pompeii, playing 'Echoes'. It's a 20 minutes clip. After I just watched the 1st 10 mins, I nearly creamed myself. To say it was fuckin' amazing is a bloody understatement!

Man, when I grow up, I wanna be Dave Gilmour ....

Latest update from Perth

Just got the word from someone went to someone's house yesterday's morning. For those in the know, this is exciting news. Well, kids nowadays move very fast. Isn't it lovely?

The 16th Singapore Film Festival and some cool links

It's back again. I'ven't really looked through this year's selection yet. I was pretty broke last year, so I didn't go for a single screening. Hopefully, this year's situation would improve. Then again, knowing me....

Click here to visit the official site

In addition, I've added some links to some sites which I think are really cool. Independent movie sites.
Unfortunately, most of these independent flicks are eaten up by mainstream, multi-million productions whose hearts and souls are usually lost in the production process. Though not all of them are evil, of cuz.

Star Wars Episode X: Lords of the Sith

Bikini Bandits (brainless fun, I suppose)

Wishing Woman

Word to your mother

Well, just read Sujin's blog. Nowadays, it seems that we are conversing with each other through our respective blogs rather than on icq. I quote my good fren, Clement Wong, well-renown skirt-chaser and the neighbourhood friendly alcoholic, "It's like having the foreplay without the sex at the end of the night." Whatever that means.

Technically, the Les Paul Custom is 95% Alvin's and 5% mine. By Monday, hopefully, I can improve the situation by making it 33.33% mine. In another few mths, it should be 100% mine. Thanks, Alvin (membersss) for coming through on this one for me!!! I've been playing Alvin's Gibson Explorer recently. I guess it takes time to adjust your usual playing patterns to something with a thicker neck and broader fretboard (like Yeeyong said, it's almost like playing an acoustic). But it's all good and sounds bitchin' !!!

* Note: Notice there wasn't any double entr�dres or puns in the 2nd paragragh at all.