Exciting times…

We are well in progress with recording with Max who is coming onboard as Bob Ho, the resident vocalist of The Lard Brothers. The 1st track is around 50% done. Just need to add the bass and Weiyuan aka Bob Seng would add in some synth bits. I’d probably pass it to my colleague Andrew to scratch over it. Hopefully, by mid September, we’d be done.

I should be going up to hang out with Adlin the 2nd weekend of September. The Lardies would be remixing Lied’s ‘Binky’. They’ve 2 versions of the tunes. Nice. The rock version is more urgent and well, “rock-ier” than the electronic version which I like as well; sounds like Nine Inch Nails. I was thinking of turning it to sound like a swing number. Don’t think I’m up to it.

Lied, which is the winner of the ‘Rock Band’ component of Heineken Thirst 2006 competition, would be playing in Zouk KL on Friday 8 September. It’d be good to meet the rest of the guys: Wan, Sen Kiat (KL’s 2nd sexiest man, after Adlin, of course) and of course, Matt who is as known widely in KL as Jessica. Seriously quite disturbing...

Ebichu the Homekeeping Hamster

Linda send me the link for this sexually perverse cartoon. Linda: "Why would I watch a cutesy cartoon?" Me: "Hurhur... Catholic girls are indeed over-sexed..."

Enjoy...

I wish I were a gamer...

... cuz this game looks too cool!!!

STOMPCAST

Rizman of Tiramisu's turn. He's quite serious but it's quite a hoot to see him teach students how to mosh... and the toe socks as well.

Fiona Xie vs. Ronin

Cock-rockers, Ronin has recorded a duet with Fiona Xie. While more well-known for her mammary glands and perky personality, she makes her singing debut here. Pretty decent effort. Low zand raspy. Pretty fitting for her sexpot image.

Download the song here. Apparently, it's to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation and the Joan Chan Trust Fund. Hmm...

War Machine

Rented Will Farrell's 'Anchorman' last weekend. It was fucken hilarious. I loved it. It's akin to Ben Stiller's 'Zoolander' which is a satire to the fashion industry. 'Anchorman' was a send-up of the television journalism industry in the 70's. Of course, the whole gang showed up for a cameo: Vince Vaugh, Ben Stiller, Luke Olsen (I guess Owen wasn't free) and even Tim Robbins whom I didn't realise was that tight with them.

I can't wait for 'Talledega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby', his latest film. Hopefully, it wouldn't stink as bad as Jack Black's 'Nacho Libre'.

Lunarin is our bitch... as usual

As Linda declare so lovingly in her blog. There are some disturbing photos in that thread.

The Love Experiment @ HOME Club

The bunch of bi-ped mammals also known collectively as The Love Experiment will play at HOME Club this Saturday 26 August. HOME Club is opposite the 7-11 across the road at Boat Quay. I think tickets are S$12, inclusive of a drink. Showtime is 8pm. I sure hope it starts on time. I've to go back to work after that.

We are playing with our friends Ugly In The Morning, The Super Illegals, Al Grande Terrorismo, Documentary In Amber and Sleeve.

Cheer Chen

Cheer Chen (aka 陳綺貞)'s as cute as a button. This song sounds exactly like Coldplay from the 'In My Place' drumbeat to the 'Yellow' chord progression. The fucker from Mayday (which I never even respected) has a cameo.

Camra is our bitch!

Just uploaded Camra's 'White Hearts Lane (The Lard Brothers' New Shop Mode mix)' here for a while. We'd be getting a friend to master the thing. We know jackshit about mastering anyway.

We are going to start work on a new tune soon. Just waiting for Max to get back to us on how we can tweak the song before we start recording his vocals. Hopefully, it'd be done by mid-Sept.

Porn foley artist

Outkast - Idlewild

The hillbilly duo also known as Outkast streams their new album Idlewild in its entirety on their MySpace page here. Chekkit chekkit, yo!

Stompcast TAG24

This is a series of vodcasts where the STOMP team follows our own rock stars around for a day to see what makes them tick. Last week featured David of Electrico and his pooch, Schloof (hilarious name).

This week features Linda from Lunarin or also known as Lindarin The Slut/ Whore (hey, it came from her!) in her bedroom (Don't start beating your meat... It's a family show. No porn here. So don't get your hopes up.), her work as a lawyer and her bandmates Eng Teck and Kah Wye. Fuzz makes an appearance.

Next week's Rizman (of Tiramisu)'s turn. He's awfully serious in real life (even though he's a performance artist.), compared to his over-the-fucken-top stage persona. But then, it should still be fun.

Radiohead live...

Got the link from Sujin. 28 live fucken songs, mates!!! ENJOY!!!

The sexiest man in Kuala Lumpur

Adlin and his friend on the extreme right. Check out the cutie in the middle. That's We Are Scientists' band manager. Yeah, I couldn't be bothered to post their pictures.

Hurhurhur...

Picture of me and James, taken by Linda. I look like an extra in a Wong Kar Wai flick. Well, that's probably about it. Just an extra.

Please Just Buy…

An idea popped into my head that day while I was in the toilet taking a dump. All my good ideas do when I’m on the bowl anyway or in the toilet having a shower. The toilet: a true place of inspiration, indeed.

Maybe, The Lard Brothers could write an “anthem” i.e. something similar to ‘We Are The World’ or ‘Voices That Care’ but targeted at promoting Singapore music. Something like those cheesy 80’s anthems which are in support of world peace, etc. Then the idea is to get everyone to sing just one line each and to chip in the chorus. And it must have a 80’s-style heavily reverb-ed drums and a guitar solo straight from a cock rock track.

Sample chorus lyrics would be “Please just buy…/ Just this one time/ I know, you don’t really care/ But please just buy.”

Lesson learnt #3: Always bring reading material to the toilet. It prevents you from thinking nonsense.

The Love Experiment has new friends...

As with our tradition, we change our Top 8 (well, 7 actually) friends on a regular basis on our MySpace page. Yeah, I'm that free. So check out the latest 'cute girls' series here. Next update would be the 'porn queens' series. No shit. We've got Jenna 'I was a firefighter' Jamerson as our friend!

Aging Youth issue #25

OK Go - Here It Goes Again

They've done it again!!! On treadmills this time. Their music is okay, I guess. Just straight forward powerpop in the veins of the earlier Fountains Of Wayne. But Goddamn, they can DANCE!!!

Amen...

I've used this drum break in some of my early tracks before when I started trying looping and using samples a few years back. Cool! Thanks to Iliyas for recommending the video.

DVDs

When I'm broke, I rent DVDs and stay home to watch them over the weekend.

Over the past 2 months, I've caught quite a few flicks at the cinema. Honestly, most of them were quite disappointing. 'Pirates Of The Carribean: Dead Man's Chest' (Where was the fun factor? They took themselves way too seriously this time round. This is a popcorn flick. Not an introspective flick about wars, famines, etc.), 'Superman Returns' (I thought it'd stink. It stunk a little but not that bad.), 'Nacho Libre' (Great concept! Low on laughs. Hot looking nun though!) and 'How Much Do You Love Me?' (The only thing I love more than Monica Bellucci is a naked Monica Bellucci. Even that can't save the show. It was overtly absurd though I read somewhere it's supposed to be a sex satire. Hey, what do I know?)

So, I was very much pleasantly surprised at how all the 3 DVDs I rented turned out to be pretty good. In order of viewing:

1) Hellboy
I watched this when it came out (2004? 2005?). It still holds up to repeat viewing. In fact, I think I enjoyed it more the 2nd time round. Great show, great fun. Ditto 'Pirates Of The Carribean: Curse Of The Black Pearl'.

2) The Cooler
Always wanted to catch this in the past. William H. Macy does his forlorn "I'm-a-perennial-loser" schtick yet again. But he does it damn well. Great support from Maria Bello and the excellent Alec Baldwin as the film's heavy. You don't usually associate Alec Baldwin's acting with excellence in the past. Heh. But he's really good in this one. This one's about a guy (Macy) who is so down on his luck that he acts as a casino's 'cooler' to make casino guests to lose their luck at the tables. Until he falls in love with one of the waitresses (Bello). His boss (Baldwin) refuses to let "the best cooler in the business" leave him.

3) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The best one amongst the 3! The movie is hilarious! Directed by Shane Black who wrote the original 'Lethal Weapon' flick. It stars frequent drug addict Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan (who was in the last 'Mission: Impossible' flick). Basically, it's about a petty thief (Downey Jr.) is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation, along with his high school dream girl (Monaghan) and a detective (Kilmer) who has been training him for his upcoming role. Robert Downey Jr. has always been brilliant and reliable as an actor, whether dramatic or comic. The chemistry between him and Val Kilmer is great. Val Kilmer delivers an amazing performance in his role as Gay Perry, the, well, gay detective. You could probably forgive him for the piece of turd also known as 'Batman Forever'. Michelle Monaghan has struck me as pretty bland and nothing really impressive or interesting in 'M-I:3'. However, in 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang', she was irrepressibly cute and was rather credible in her role. Quite a perky character as the show develops. And that's not all which is perky for her as well. Hurhurhur...

The funniest thing...

Edwin aka Ed The Tech Guy being the person of unsavoury character that he is got Mogwai to autograph his concert ticket; addressed to one of his many monikers: Tan Ah Seng. I bet those Scottish laddies didn't know what they were getting themselves into...

Lessons learnt...

I went to catch Mogwai at the Esplanade last night with Yeeyong, Alvin, Fuzz, Bryan and almost the entire Singapore indie scene and half of the KL indie scene. Was hanging out with Marvin at Pearl’s Centre (the CD shop stocks the harder-to-find shit at a low price. I rikesss…), waiting for Mervin to pick us up. While walking over to his car, I misplaced my footing and twisted my ankle. So, I was pretty much in pain during the show. The concert was pretty decent… and well, loud. At least, I can say I’ve watched Mogwai live before. Good to see Billy, Grace and Jason Siau after such a while.

After the show, Marv, Merv and I went to Harry’s for the obligatory post-gig beer. Jesseca (Not sure if I got the spelling right), Tim and their friend Sage joined us as well, followed by Dionne.

Lesson learnt #1: 3 pints of Kilkenny can’t numb the pain of a sprained ankle.

Max was there last night as well. He gave me a sheepish grin as he mentioned his newly secured (yes, that’s the new term) girlfriend, showing me a photo of her with his dog on his mobile phone. And that’s when an epiphany hit me.

Lesson learnt #2: When you want to do some recording with Max and especially when he’s pumped up for it, do it FAST. And I mean, really FAST. So, him getting a new girl means the Novak project is on indefinite hold once again. There's only 3 guys I know who are huge fans of Bernard Butler. Yes, especially the pussy (read: whiny, love-lorn acoustic) stuff: me, Max and Billy. Ah well.

If I had moves like him...

I'd score all the skanky 'hos, yo! Got this off Grace's blog.

The Dark Knight

Yesh, that's the name of the sequel to Batman Begins. And yeah, Heath Ledger will be the Joker. Read about it here.

Chicken Chop For The Soul

Lied's Sen Kiat's personal blog here. A riot!!!