The Departed

The names: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Warlberg, Jack Nicholson and Martin Sheen. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Do you really actually need to know what the plot is?

Okay, it's the Hollywood remake of 'Infernal Affairs'. Check out the trailer here now.

Lunarin is our bitch!

Okay, The Lard Brothers are streaming Lunarin's 'Ariel (File Under Easy Listening' remix) on our MySpace page here for this week. Let us know you comments!

They've just released the video for their single (which was released like last century) 'Silverpiece'. Loads of chicks standing around looking pretty and Linda's mighty proud of that fact. Sounds like a The Love Experiment to me though...

Almost done!

Finally, after a back-breaking 13 hours session of remixing Camra's 'White Hearts Lane', the bulk of the work is done. Just need to embellish it with some layers and balance some frequencies. Though I'm hearing some mistakes here and there... Guess I gotta go back and tweak it a lil more.

Next up: While the remixes were fun, I gotta do some original tunes.

This should be the new band T-shirt!

Check this out!!!

I shed a tear...

When Optimus Prime died...

This looks like crap...

Check out the story here.

Nice teeth...

Sunday Lazy Sunday

Went down to town to meet Marvin yesterday to pick up the raw files of 'White Hearts Lane' which The Lard Brothers are remixing. Their producer Randolf mentioned that these guys aka Camra suffers from option anxiety. I finally understood that when I opened up the DVD-R and realised that there were like a gazillion out-takes in it. All pretty much nicely compartmentalized by Randolf though.

Anyhow, I'm chopping the vocals up and fitting them into the remix. The bulk of the instrumentation is done. This should be pretty fast. In light of the remix which is called 'White Hearts Lane (The Lard Brothers New Shop Mode remix), it's shaped to sound like a tribute to New Order, Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode. Somehow, I've this feeling that Randolf will flip upon hearing the remix. Heh. He hates dance remixes.

Anyways, Marv and I were hanging out in the afternoon. We talked about how we should curb our spending and instead, we went out and started getting CDs which are on a discount. We both got Depeche Mode's Violater (Heh, I need the inspiration).

I'd need to spend less but my willpower is made of tofu. Sigh.

Lard Bros get phat and fat!

Went over to Weiyuan's to finish up the remix of Lunarin's 'Ariel' for good. We re-did some bits and did more frequency balancing. We finished it around 830pm. We were supposed to carry on with Camra's 'White Hearts Lane' but Weiyuan decided to let his stomach do the thinking this time round.

Andy, The Love Experiment's ex-drummer popped by to pick us up and we zipped to Geylang for an early supper. Basically, we sat down and ordered shitloads of food: frog leg's porridge, bak ku teh, braised pig's trotter and barbequed stingray. After that, we proceeded to the single lane lorongs to eat durians at the roadside. Good night out.

Heath Ledger as the Joker?

Says Latino Review.

Highly disturbing video...

Check it out at your own risk.

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap (live at the Jools Holland Show)

Also known as the new Nick Drake which has become the old Arcade Fire.

Lamb - Gorecki (live at Glastonbury 2003)

One of my favourite bands. I heard they are no longer around anymore. Anyhow, this is my favourite Lamb tune.

Proof finally...

Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush

Radiohead lite. Hey, Henry Rollins has his own show?!?!?

Borat

The trailer here. Pretty funny!

The Science Of Sleep

You'd watch it when it comes out. You know it. Michael Gondry's new flick, starring Che Guevara or otherwise known as the actor Gael Garcia Bernal. The trailer is here. Weird visuals, weird ass story. Still about a girl.

The Lard Brothers vs. Phorous

Even though we are outnumbered in terms of size, we probably could call it even in terms of weight.

I've just heard the Phorous remix of Lunarin's 'Ariel'. It was done in a slightly electro-pop manner. Rather whimsical sounding. At first, I didn't like it but it got better after repeated listening. It sounds pretty good! Still too much reverb though! Hurhur...

In any case, they just released an EP Timelessness. Check out the official site for more details. Four of the nicest guys I know. I don't really know Vijay that well but the dude's been around. Desmond and Jeremy are a joy to hang out with. Fuzz just needs to develop a stronger liver.

They have the radio edit of the single available for download. Refer to the right column to download the track. But you can get the EP at EarShot @ The Arts House and Roxy Records. I think it might be shelved in HMV soon.

The Amazing Screw On Head

Damn good animated adaptation of Mike Mignola's comic book here. Got it off Billy.

New poster

I'm a bit late to post this.

Here's lookin' at you, bub...

To prove that he's not just a good-looker with bad hair days in a comic book franchise, Hugh Jackman has another 2 major projects thus year. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain has him and Rachel Weisz. Check out the trailer here and the glowing review on CHUD here. It has an interesting concept and features great actors. Should be great.

In addition, he's pally with Christian Bale in The Prestige. Catch the trailer here. And Bale's butler Michael Caine and Scarlett 'I radiate sex from every pore' Johannson. Directed by Christopher Nolan, no less. David Bowie's in it, too...

Pet Shop Boys - Heart

Old 80's music video when they were almost 20 years younger. This was the song they wrote for Madonna but were too shy to send to her. It became one of their number 1 hits. Check out the video. It stars Ian McKellen (before he was knighted, before he became Magneto and of course, before Gandalf) as a horny vampire. No, I'm not shittin' you.

Goldrush - Wait For The Wheels

Not bad. Singer looks a lil like Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.

How Much Do You Love Me?

I read a little of the story's synopsis. But who cares?! It has Monica Bellucci and she's taking her clothes off for this one. You can already see that in the trailer here.

David Lee Roth - Jump

Bluegrass style!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Funny...

My good friend Simon's band Zero Sequence's live footage of them playing at Rock D' Fort last month. I love the extra clip at the front. Just like Beach Boys!



Check out this other video where he plays a ES-1275 aka the double neck SG. I still think he should buy a new pair of jeans! Hehehe...

Seat-warmers needed...

Got this from my friend from MTV Asia. If you guys are keen, let me know.

Hi everybody,

We are looking for 200 seat-fillers (male & female) on October 7, Saturday, for the MTV Asia Movie Awards. The event will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. And as always, it will be a star-studded event.

Can you please help to forward this email to your friends whom you think fulfill the pre-requisites below? Sorry but MTV staff will not be eligible at this moment.

Role of seat-filler:

Once a talent is pulled from their seat to present an award/receive an award/use the loo, seat-filler will take their seat so that the cameras will not capture empty seats in the audience. Once the talent returns to their seat, the seat-filler will have to vacate the seat and standby for the next round of seat-filling.

Pre-requisites of seat-filler:

- Well-groomed & must look good. Should not look too young/teenager-like. We are looking for a slightly more mature and poised audience

- Composed & well-behaved. No star-struck crazy behaviour, asking for autographs, etc. (They most probably might end up seated beside a big star so they should not maul him/her)

- Able to take instructions & respond quickly

Sorry, we can’t pay, but if they are selected, they will be able to attend the otherwise invite-only show and get a chance to rub shoulders with some major Hollywood & Asian stars!

Those interested may email me their names & a recent photo of themselves (image files should be less than 500KB).

Thanks for your help in advance!

I’d like to help but I’m afraid I might not be able to contain myself if I’m seated beside Jessica Alba/ Biel/ Simpson (delete where appropriate).

Syd Barrett passes on...

The guy who went to lunch and never came back in the late '60s, Syd Barrett, the original leader of Pink Floyd has passed away yesterday. Read abt the recluse here.

Fucken bastard...

That's my friend Jason in the middle. Bastard...

Picture from Kelvin's blog.

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again...

Got it from Billy. Fucken amazing!!!

(How Can You Expect To Be Taken) Seriously?

Was going through Pet Shop Boys's Wikipedia page and saw this bit. Hilarious. To read the rest of the page, click here.

Please started the Pet Shop Boys' penchant for choosing one-word album titles. It has also been noted that, when asking for a copy of the album, record-shop customers would sometimes have to say, "Can you help me find the new Pet Shop Boys album, Please?". It is said that because of this polite title, their first album was a big hit in Japan.

Note that I stopped crackling jokes about how I used to be a closet PSB fan. Doh!

Rocky Balboa

The official trailer here. Cue in Rocky theme song...

Scott Walker vs. The Divine Comedy

Heard from Randolf that Scott Walker just released an album The Drift last month and he recommended it. I'd hope to get it soon. Getting damn broke. Here's the official site. Of course, the man is still enigmatic as ever.

Among his many devotees which includes the famous ones like Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker (who actually worked with Scott Walker for their swan song album We Love Life - which is pretty good.), Neil Hannon flies his flag the highest. Over-the-fucken-top bombastic pop songs with orchestral flourishes and that baritone vocal stylings. The new Divine Comedy album Victory For The Comic Muse is apparently out as well. Check out the details here. I heard it's back to the old style of the band. Looks like it's probably worth getting. Then I could bitch about how the album sounds comfortably familiar but it's not ground-breaking. But the hell I give a fuck about ground-breaking anyway.

Beetle no more...

Just got from Billy's blog the latest pictures of the upcoming Transformers movie directed by Michael "If 50% of the movie budget isn't allocated to me blowing things up, I'm walkin'!" Bay. Bumblebee is no longer a Volkswagen Beetle no more!!! Quite upsetting.


He's gonna be a Camaro.


The transformed Bumbleebee.

For more pics, click here.

In other news, Billyboy proposed a new tee for the band. Nice. I like it.

Coldplay

Chicks dig Coldplay; I dig chicks. Therefore, I dig Coldplay.

Tonight's Coldplay's 2nd show in Singapore. I missed them the 1st time round. I'm a fan but I'm not particularly excited. Guess I've been watching too many gigs this year.

I'm just probably gonna do the lighter thing during the ballads which apparently Chris Martin hates. Or so I heard when they came in 2000. "Keep those lighters; this isn't a Bon Jovi concert." I don't give a flying fuck man... I mean, did I say anything about you being a Michael Stipe wannabe? No eh?


Michael Stipe


Chris Martin


Chris and Michael sharing a tender moment

In fact, I'm not too pumped by Baybeats as well. I used to be. Getting' old and the recent Baybeats (or actually, more like Harry's Esplanade) has been sucking my moolah dry. Well, I'd prolly turn up on Sunday to catch my friends playing and Saturday to hang out with Adlin who is sessioning (join the fucken band already!!!) with furniture.

Prolly will be going up to KL in early August.

Happy Father's Day

The Outsider

In an orgasm-inducing piece of news (which I've gotten pretty late), DJ Shadow announced the name of his 3rd album The Outsider on his blog-of-sorts. I think you can get to hear the 1st single '3 Freaks' on his official site here.

The man will be performing at Zouk on Saturday 5 August 2006.

Supergroup

Trent Reznor (who's looking more and more like Henry Rollins these days, sans the tattoos) of Nine Inch Nails (still one of my fave acts), Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and TV On The Radio (which I've never heard their tunes before) covering the only Bauhaus song I know: "Bela Lugosi's Dead'. You gotta love the song title.

The Lard Brothers are lazy... and fat

Me and Weiyuan's side project has kicked off finally. We've just finished a remix of Lunarin's 'Ariel', turning it into a pop lesbian love song.

As found on The Lard Brothers' MySpace blog:

Adlin of the old man angst- rock band Lied actually volunteered to sing for us! We lovesss the guy but he's too skinny for us. However, he promised that he'd try to put on 10 kgs to be fatter so that when he enters the studio, he'd be able to fit in our concept. He'd then shed those extra weight to rejoin his main band Lied. What a method singer! Gotta love him!!!

We'll be collaborating with the singer of indie band-in-planning Novak, Roger Maximilliam Christian Ho for a upcoming tune. Max (click on his picture to hear him cover a Haven tune) is best-known for his renditions of twee acoustic pop where he sings to make doves cry. We've found our man!

Bob Tan've always wanted to have a band where he can live out his electronic-organic instrument wet dreams. He lovesss bands like Lamb where there are warm soulful vocals over cold electronic beats. However, our good friends Phorous beat us to it by doing this earlier than us. But Bob Tan thinks that "What the hell? We will do it as well. And probably better cuz we are lazy... and fat!"

Bob Seng thinks that "You can take the man out of the 70's but you can't take the 70's out of the man!"

I Will Never Leave You...

Whilst Randolf is waiting for the birth of his son, Ramon (I don't think it's spelled with an additional 'e' even though the Arriolas named him after legendary punk rocker Joey Ramone. Hmm, Yeeyong named his dog after him too...), he took some time out from prepping for the birth to record a tune for his son. It's hosted on his MySpace personal page. It's a piece of quiet ambient music, which reminds me of what Bryan does. Hmm...

Marvin is the godfather. God help us all. Hurhur...

Patcharapa Chaichua

Just found out that quite a couple of friends think this ex-Miss Thailand Patcharapa Chaichua also known as Aum is pretty hot. Hurhur...

Free downloads!

Yeah, got this off Billy’s blog. Explosions In The Sky allowing people to download their 2005 EP The Escape for free on their official site.

Dragon Tiger Gate

Hongkie kung-fu action flick which is based on a popular martial arts comic book. Starring Donnie Yen (who's pretty cool. He doubles up as the action director for the show. However, it seems that his character has become the focal one in the movies as compared to the comics), Nicholas Tse and Shaun Yue. Here's the official site. It's pretty comprehensive.