Hmm… part 7

Overheard at work.

Guy A: “Hey man, I hope you appreciate me doing this!”

Guy B: “Yeah lah! Yeah lah!”

Guy A: “You accompanied me for Slayer. I’m following you to watch Rick Price.”

Hmm… The world of difference...

Hell On Earth...

Got this picture off LinkMachineGo. These few days with low internet connectivity are really killing me. I think we are totally screwed without the use of technology. And the ironic thing was that I was discussing this with Tobey, Jean's friend whom I've met on Christmas Day at her place.

Fantastic 4 2: Rise Of The Silver Surfer

Got the trailer link from Chee Ken.

Looks good to me. The Silver Surfer looks a little too CGI for me but I like the silent gliding bit. Chris Evans still proves he is the best choice for the Human Torch. And of course, I <3 Jessica Alba.

Wanna come home with me to check out my CD collection?

What constitutes democracy?

I've no fucken idea as well... But here's the song done by The Lard Brothers with Max on vocals.

Let us know your thoughts.

The Lard Brothers' gonna work it out!!!

We had a massive MrMisse (an internet forum which Yeeyong's customers gather online) gathering at Aston's, a restaurant opposite Katong Mall. Ed the Tech Guy brought his home brew as well.

Here's my S$38.50 (nett) Wagyu beef steak. Worth it.



The place was recommended by Ian Tang, bassist of Super Illegals. Bryan, Ian Ho, Kinho, Hakim, Iliyas, Ed the Tech Guy and Robin all turned up and made sure that cows are an endangered species from now onwards.


Ian Tang demostrating how much he loves the beef. Hakim who cannot take it at the back. The beef is that good.

We are preparing for our maiden show at the Arts House this Saturday 30 December, playing with guitar improv duo, TBFKAS (which Bryan plays in and strangely, Yeeyong is going to play keyboards and acoustic guitar this time round). Ian is helping us out on bass.


Ian demostrating why he's a Lard Brother.

We have finally finished the mix for 'Democracy' which Max sang vocals on. We should be uploading it on our MySpace page very soon. I'm finishing up one demo which I'm thinking if we should still get Max to sing on it or should we buy Jane shitloads of drinks and ask her instead? Hmmm...

Anyway, Weiyuan's new mixing desk. It's going to be a lotta fun in the next few months...

Jarvis Cocker on the Ali G show

Robin just sent this to me.

Jarvis Cocker - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time

Got it off Billy's blog. Ab-fucken-solutely brilliant!

Blowing shit up…

Michael Bay still does it the best! Check it out here!

Mansun - Wide Open Space/ Stripper Vicar (live)

Though I love the band, they seem pretty alright live, not excellent. Well, this is probably earlier in their career. God, guitarist Dominic Chad has really ugly teeth...

The Verve

If you read Max's blog, he often pays tribute to bands he loves by showcasing a series of their videos streamed by YouTube. Well, I thought I'd chip in as well.

The Verve - Slide Away



This is off the debut LP A Storm In Heaven. I love this song. The video captures the band in their early days with their hippie look. They probably thought they were Pink Floyd or something. Check out the video. Bassist Simon Jones's probably still the coolest one among all of them. What happened to him after the breaking up of The Shining? Anyhow, guitarist Nick McCabe still rocks though...

The Verve - Star Sail (live)



This is off their debut LP as well.

The Verve - On Your Own



Off their 2nd full-length A Northern Soul. I love this track cause I can play it. Heh.

The Verve - This Is Music



Still off the 2nd LP.

The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work (live)



By the time, the 3rd album Urban Hymns was out, they've totally lost their previous ambient/ shoegazer edge and became very much roots-rock like many of their peers Catherine Wheel and Ride. But what Dick Ashcroft had stronger than his contemporaries was his songwriting skills and he HAD them in spades. This album marked the last of his good work. His first solo album was decent. The following 2 were pretty bad...

The Verve - A Man Called Sun (live)



This is super old skool as the tune is from their debut self-titled EP. Love the groove.

Still Spanking The Monkey Good

Yes, being the self-indulgent fuckers we are, we're throwing yet another show for us to "spank our monkeys", Still Spanking The Monkey Good, a sequel to last year's We Spanked The Monkey Good. Yeah, we are probably gonna do it as a trilogy with the final one next year. Ha!

This is the first outing for The Lard Brothers as a live unit. We are asking our friend-in-lard, Ian Tang to help us on bass. Max might be performing with us. We don't know yet as we haven't had a single rehearsal yet! 12 days to the show and totally unprepared. FUBAR, indeed! Hmm, still deciding if we should cover a George Michael song...

And I've to rush off to help out at a wedding on the very same day!

In any case, Haykal and Sirraj will be performing as well as Terence and Marc.

A-Ha - Take On Me (live)

I've this video stashed away somewhere. I've always loved this tune. The band performs this live at Live8 Berlin but singer Morten Harket looks like he just came to attend a picnic. Hmm... but how the fuck is he still able to hit those hit notes?!?!

Max has a couple of their videos posted here and some pictures of Britney's bald beaver there as well.

Charlie Brown Christmas - Performed by the Cast of Scrubs

Tissue paper

Girls are very amazed that I as a guy carries tissue papers around. But no one really knows how important a packet of tissues is and how it can save lives in times of emergencies.

I was having a chat with Ed The Tech Guy on my mobile while taking a crap. We were talking about going to this place to eat copious amounts of beef. And I realised...

"Fuck, Edwin! There's no toilet paper in the cubicle!

"Luckily, I've got tissue paper on me!"

Eating chicken

Chicken is one of my favourite meat. Who the hell am I kidding? I love meat! So I’d take them all!

Anyway, I was ravaging a chicken drumstick when my sister came up to me.

Sis: “You know you shouldn’t eat too much chicken, especially if you are a guy.”

Me: “Why? I love chicken!”

Sis: “They’ve been injecting estrogen into chickens so that they can have more breast meat. Eat more, you’ve more estrogen and you’d get man-boobs.”

Fuck.

Guest vocalists

The Lard Brothers are currently shopping around for guest vocalists ala our good friends in Phorous. Do let us know if you are keen to work with us on our original material and send some love. Thanks!

The Ferns - This Sweet Refrain

Got from Adlin who presumably got from Warren.

Chivalry is dead...

Got it off Linda's blog. Hilarious. Apparently, it's an 8 Days article.

Spiritualized - Broken Heart (live)

My favourite Spiritualized tune. Probably, I could relate very much to it... Yeeyong was telling me to check out the live clips for Jason Spaceman and his merry band of astronauts.

Spiritualized - Come Together (live)

Here's another.

Drinking binge

Went out with Edwin, Gim, Chung, Roy and Kevin last month. Insane amount of drinking every Saturday. Got home after 6am for every party. The number of Martell bottles they open is insane… but all good fun!

MOS on Saturday 18 November:


Edwin (at the back), Kevin, Lip Peow (who’s back from Bangkok for the weekend), Chung, Roy and me at da bottom.


Showing the love…


Gim "Kong Ba Bao" Lim’s in the one in the middle




Kevin and his girlfriend, Yoyo. Somehow, I think they are made for each other…

Zouk on Saturday 25 November:


Andre and me


Gim, Shirana (the piranha) and Esther


This is madness…


Fucker’s acting cute again…


The love, muthafuckas, the LUUURRRVVVVVEEEEE…


This is sweet…


That’s just kinky…


This’s just plain sick…


My finger after Chung slammed the car door on it as we were going for supper.


He tries to make up for it…

David Blaine spoof

Murder on MySpace

Very interesting article about people dealing with murder victims and the aftermath on their MySpace pages from Wired here.

Creating A Pop Star

Press Play With Friends

I'd be playing my favourite gay anthems with Sujin and Lynn at Coccolatte which is at Gallery Hotel, Robinson Quay this Friday 8 December 2006. I should be pressing the play button around 1030pm. Happy hour whole night long.

Olympus advertisement

From Max. Pretty funny.

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Tears For Fears - Shout

Robin and Randolf asked me once if I were a Tears For Fears fan. I said I only knew 3 of their songs: 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World', 'Sowing The Seeds Of Love' and this one. But I love this song...

Blondie - Rapture

Never really heard Blondie before. The video's pretty hilarious. but I dig the song's reference to Chic.

The Clash - Train In Vain (live)

Not too sure if this is the original line-up though... Hmm... But Tony Blair has his go at 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go?' here.

'Fess up!

Okay, who borrowed my copy of Scissor Sisters debut album? Return it to me! Thanks!

Street Fighter: The Later Years

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