H.A.I.R. (Her Ass Is Righteous) of the month - Amanda Righetti
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Erlend Øye live
I'm not a fan. But his cover of Big Star's 'Thirteen' is pretty rock solid. No one writes songs about teenage heartbreak as well as Alex Chilton.
Courtesy of Dublab, here's a full version of the set which he covers Paul Simon, Prince's 'Purple Rain' and some other original tunes. The Prince cover's pretty good.
Lily Allen - Not Fair
The remix, taken from Stereogum.com, is on the right column.
I'm still undecided if I like the new album It's Not Me, It's You.
The Coldwave
The Coldplay camp calls it "a new dawn in crowd participation". This was shot about a week ago on stage at a Coldplay show in New Zealand.
Noice.
I also like the fact that the bassist (who really knows anything about the other band members, except Chris Martin?) thanking Mercury Rev for going on tour with them and being a major influence on them. Who would have thought? You'd naturally assume that they just wanna be U2.
Pharrell vs. McDonald's
On a connecting flight home from Malaysia, we stopped in Paris. At 6am, Pharrell tries anything to get McDonald's to open up early. Maybe a little song and dance might do the trick. or maybe not......
Their show last Friday was really dope! Had great fun. Went with Robin, Nat, Jay, Benita, Adam, Mark and Inch.
Heard from Alda that they were detained at Immigration after their performance at Kuala Lumpur's Sunburst Festival the following day. Because the promoters didn't apply and pay for N.E.R.D's performance licence. So they missed their flight to Jarkarta, causing that show to be cancelled. Fuck.
Where The Wild Things Are trailer
Spike Jones' latest movie. Looks pretty good. Though I'm no fan of that hippie lovefest otherwise known as The Arcade Fire, I thought the use of their tune in the trailer was pretty apt.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Dubstep - A Beginner's Guide
Interesting.
Terminator: Salvation trailer
Friday, March 20, 2009
Year One trailer
Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart
Karin Dreijer Andersson, one half of the sister-brother electronic duo The Knife (which I fuckin' love!) releases a solo album under the moniker Fever Ray.
Yes, it's still the same weird-ass Swedish accent female warble which is still an acquired taste.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Bathtub IV
Found this amazing video here. I wonder how the director Keith Loutit executed this 'shift tilt' technique. It makes everything look like an episode of Thunderbirds. Hahaha.
Godzilla Bukkake
Billy told me about this website: Godzilla Bukkake last night over dinner and drinks. The site is hilarious!
What is even funnier was Weiyuan explaining the concept of bukkake to Benita using beer mugs. Noice.
In the event, you, too, have no idea what bukkake is. Read about it here. If you have no idea who or what Godzilla (or Gojira) is, you can probably go fuck yourself. And bukkake somewhere else.
Have fun, boys!!!
The I Am David Sparkle guys are in the States, playing the South By Southwest show in the US. Here's a picture of them (and their entourage) in the transit lounge.
What the hell? All of them are Mac users?!
Nice sticker, Lesley.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
aspidistrafly
Ricks and April got their new site up. "Inspired by spring," according to them.
i hold a wish for you didn't do it for me as much as The Ghosts Of Things EP but I love what they do: subliminally quiet passages of sound. They will be doing a Japan tour soon for their Japanese distributer, Schole Records. Going to Japan. Woot. That's nice. Wish I were there again.
April takes very nice pictures as well. I think there's a link there.
The above video 'red toe nails' is from The Ghosts Of Things EP. It's beautiful. I had a weird ass moment once when I had the EP on loop. I was drunk going home from Zouk in a cab. When I woke up to pay the cab driver, the song was playing in the background. Suddenly, I was swept away with an overwhelming sense of beauty and sadness. I think being drunk helped as well.
If you like their stuff, you might wanna check out You And Whose Army?'s James' side project with his girlfriend Melissa. Issa's like aspidistrafly with lesser reverb and more traditionally constructed tunes. Check them out here. I like their stuff a lot too.
"My Grandmother Can Remix Better Than You, Fatboy!"
We are going to release a new project on Children's Day, Monday 1 June 2009. It will be a remix album where we dip our grubby fingers into other peeps' tunes. Titled My Grandmother Can Remix Better Than You, Fatboy!, it will be us remixing our friends' songs.
Look out for that! I will probably put up a remixed tune for download soon.
Some of you might know that The Lard Brothers started out in 2006 with the intent to provide remixes for Singapore acts and submit songs for Kylie Minogue to record. Like the Pet Shop Boys, we were rebuffed as well. So we have to stick to this.
And the second full-length Simply As Designed which Yeeyong and Robin have come onboard to help us with. We are about 80% done with our demos and are looking into full production soon. I hope.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Gigiantic trailer
Written and directed by Matt Aselton, the romantic comedy stars Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, Edward Asner, Jane Alexander, John Goodman, Ian Roberts and Robert Stanton.
In the film, Dano plays Brian Weathersby, a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents (Asner, Alexander), and the youngest son in a trio of successful brothers, a shady oil man (Roberts), a surgeon (Stanton), Brian is searching for his place in the world. Unfulfilled by his work he spends a good portion of his day pursuing his goal of someday adopting a baby from China. He gets swept up in a romance with the lovely but misguided Harriet Lolly (Deschanel) when she comes in to his store one day and falls asleep on one of the beds. To win her over, he must compete with her bear of a father, Al Lolly, (Goodman) an art-collecting loudmouth with a bad back and deep pockets.
When Zooey Deschanel asks, "Do you have any interest in having sex with me?", "No" is not an option for a reply.
Japanese Spiderman
The dialogue is really hilarious! This is from a series of live-action Spiderman shot in Japan by Toei Studios in the 70's, the guys who did Power Rangers and Ultraman (if I'm correct). The first episode is not just an origin episode; it seems to function like an entry guide when you start playing a game, eg. Warcraft, etc. "Here's your powers...". Hahaha!
There's another Italian Spiderman is even more wrong than this!
Monday, March 16, 2009
UNIQLO
This is pretty old news. The Japanese brand (which Nat calls the Japanese Giordano) is opening 2 stores in Singapore.
Got the picture off Grace's blog. Reading that blogpost reminded me that I didn't manage to get myself some stuff from their store when I was in Tokyo. Well, I don't think I'm going to get something overpriced here though...
I'm feeling an overwhelming sense of loneliness/ emptiness these days... I doubt it's the recent diet of listening to the old Faye Wong songs.
"There must be some way outta here..."
I dunno about you guys but there will be a missing gap in my life come this Sunday. Usually, that's the day when I'll catch the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica. And this episode is the series finale. The end. The last episode ever.
At least, I still have Yvonne Strahovski in Chuck to look forward to. Noice.
Bat For Lashes - Daniel
Ms. Natasha Khan sure has a penchant for single take music videos.
The Fray covers Kanye West
Dammit, I hate it when someone beats me to an idea... even though it's a simple one which probably everyone has thought of. Dammit...
Download The Fray's cover of Kanye West's 'Heartless' here. It's mellow but pretty good.
Well, there's still 'Love Lockdown' left to do. If not, there's always 'Robocop' which should be covered just because of the song title.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Nine Inch Nails (with Dillinger Escape Plan) - Wish (live)
The overtly-meaty and angsty one aka Trent Reznor will be bringing his little tribe of merry men to grace our shores for a live show on 10 August 2009.
Noice.
Doctor Quantum
Esther sent me this. Very interesting stuff.
MC HotDog - 差不多先生
Was out with Bryan last night to support Koflow and Garuda at this new event night 'Donuts' at O Bar. While we were drinking, both of them asked me to check out Taiwan's MC HotDog whom I'm only familiar with his hit '我爱台妹'. Bryan (of all people, hahaha) asked me to check this tune out. Pretty good.
The man will be performing live tonight at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre at 1040pm. Fo' free, yo! Not sure if I'm going down...
Check out this Beijing-based hip-hop unit called 隠藏 or the AngloSaxon pronounciation Yin Ts'ang. Very good stuff.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Being Human
The BBC Three show Being Human came highly recommended from Billy. It's basically about "three apparent twenty-something characters sharing a house in Bristol, trying to live a normal social life, despite being a ghost, a werewolf and a vampire."
You gotta love the premise of such a story...
I'm gonna start on this after I'm done with Chuck Season 2.
Scarlett Johansson is the Black Widow
First Showing just confirmed that Scarlett Johansson took over the role of Black Widow from Emily Blunt in the Iron Man sequel. While I can think of many ways to spend a few hours with the newly minted Mrs Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson is clearly wrong for the role. Emily Blunt was the fan favourite to take up the role anyway. Ah well...
Taken from the 'Daily Show with Jon Stewart'. I love Americans Christian fundamentalists. Don't you?
And Soon the Darkness
I don't really watch horror movies but there is going to be a remake of an old 1970 psychological thriller. And said remake is starring the 2 lovely ladies in the above-placed picture: Amber Heard (left) and Odette Yustman (right, who still hasn't added us on MySpace. That sucks!) That news alone got my panties in a twist...
Nice.
Star Trek trailer
I've always thought the original series starring William Shatner was hilarious. Then again, I was never a fan to begin with.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer
Not exactly overwhelming... but doesn't look overtly horrendous. Nothing can beat Ghostrider in terms of that anyway.
Modern Talking - Brother Louie
I'll like to dedicate this song to my fwens Edwin, Billy, Max, Yeeyong, Nat, Grace, Weiyuan, Benita, Inch, Kinho, Biddy, Pamela, Noel, Ann (and Drayden, of course!), Robin, Dionne, Hui Hsien, Linda, Simon and Adlin.
"Stay kewl and funkay always!!!"
Thursday, March 05, 2009
(500) Days of Summer trailer
This stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (whom I've read really great stuff about. I've not caught 'Brick' yet. Strangely, he's cast as Cobra Commander in Stephen Sommers' 'G.I. Joe'). I think it's coming out in July or August. Hopefully, it will be better than 'Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist' which I thought was slightly underwhelming. The intro of the trailer is damn killer.
"I love The Smiths too..."
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Röyksopp - Happy Up Here
Space Invaders!!!
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Kanye West - Heartless (live)
The man is a dickhead but goddamn, he rocks the suit and the white sneakers. Not to mention, he writes some great tunes. Unfortunately, without the ability to sing 'em. He managed to squeeze in his ridiculous tune 'The Pinocchio Song' into this great song. Check out the rest of his VH-1 series on his blog.
The Weird Sisters - Do The Hippogriff
Got this from Benita. It's a scene from the previous Harry Potter movie.
It features an imaginary band The Weird Sisters, fronted by ex-Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and backed by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway. Ex-Pulp bandmate Steve Mackey handles the bass duties while Jason Buckle of The All Seeing I is on rhythm guitar and Steve Claydon of Add N to (X) is on keyboards.
Jonny Greenwood appeared in an old movie soundtrack many years ago, forming a superband for the movie 'Velvet Goldmine' which starred Jonathon Rhys-Meys, Ewan McGregor and Christian Bale. The superband had Thom Yorke and Bernard Butler in it. Super cool. I can't remember where I left the CD though.
Apatow Productions takes over Ghostbusters 3
Got a mail from Billy this morning. Check this out.
God knows how much I love Ghostbusters. Such a classic horror comedy!
As with almost Hollywood's take on old movie franchises, I wouldn't be surprised if Judd Apatow (who directed 'The 40-Year Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up') rebooted the whole thing. C'mon, Bill Murray is way too old for this.
Well, what they could do is to get an entirely new team of Ghostbusters to match up against the old one. Well, my vote for casting goes to Steve Carrell as Peter Venkman, Seth Rogen as Raymond Stantz and Paul Rudd as Egon Spencer. I've no idea who should be cast as the token black guy but hey, I would venture with Common, the rapper than Martin Lawrence or Chris Tucker.
Will Farrell would probably do his own schtick if he were to be cast as Peter Venkman. I'd love to see Steve Carrell take the persona he created in 'The Office' (which was so much different from Ricky Gervais) and give it a spin in a shot at Ghostbusters.
INAPPROPRIATE. That was what 54-year-old retiree Pang Buck Seng was told of his neon green swimming trunks by two NParks officers.
The New Paper reported on Monday that the incident took place on Feb 17 at about 3pm. Mr Pang, a retired fisherman, had gone to the beach near the former Big Splash to swim and get a tan.
Well, thank Gods, I threw out my neon pink G-string swimming trunks a few years back.
Psychedelic fish
I read about this on BBC News. At first, one might assume upon reading the headline that eating the fish will take you a trip. Unfortunately, not so. It's basically a new species of fish discovered recently off Indonesia.
The live version rocks, retaining the studio's fragile beauty while adding a more upbeat outro. I'm still trying to get into the latest album The Crying Light though.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
The REAL Prison Break
'Prison Break' is a suck-ass TV series. The last I heard from a friend is that Season 4 sees them going back to the same prison which they were in once, trying to escape from it. Yes, they are jumping the shark nowadays.
However, this is the true prison break from one of the bleakest places on the planet.
Friday, February 27, 2009
David Byrne feat. Chali 2Na, Z-Trip & Gift of Gab - The People Tree
Beni sent me this video. The song is pretty meh but the video rocks. I love pop-up books!!!
Transformer: Revenge Of The Fallen teaser trailer
Holy shit!!! I can't wait!!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance
Found this on Grace's blog. It's damn amazing. I love it. I've always thought if Allura were to ever shoot a music video, they should do it stop-motion in a 'Pushing Daisies' kinda psychedelic setting.
Michel Gondry to direct Green Hornet?!
Director of 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind' (amazing movie) and 'Be Kind Rewind', Michel Gondry takes over from Stephen Chow for the live-action movie. It sounds so bizarre that it might actually work. Read about it here. I still think Ang Lee's 'Hulk' was very good but was crippled by a disasterous ending... like the Edward Norton's version as well.
All About My Dog: Marimo
Found this on Chingz' blog. Super emo short film...
N.E.R.D. - Sooner Or Later (live)
I'm not really a fan but for this year's Mosaic Music Festival, I'm just going to check out the acts due to the ferocity of their live shows. This should be quite fun!
Fennesz - Hunting High And Low
Electronic/ ambient sound musician Fennesz (interview here) covers A-Ha's 'Hunting High And Low' in his trademark sound. It's damn weird... but really cool at the same time.
Depeche Mode - Wrong
The new single off their upcoming album Sounds Of The Universe, out on 20 April 2009. Sounds pretty promising. Way much better than 'Barrel Of A Gun' back in the Ultra days.
I love Depeche Mode. Hopefully, they will add a Singapore tour date this year!!! I don't think I have enough appendages on my body to count the number of friends who will catch them if they are playing in town.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Funny People trailer
Directed by Judd Apatow, it stars Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, Eric Bana (going back to his roots as a comedian) and Leslie Mann and Apatow and Mann's kids who were in 'Knocked Up' as well. Oh yeah, Adam Sandler headlines the show. Not a fan of the man but he seems to be putting some good work here.
Land of The Lost clip
Will Ferrell rocks. And there's Anna Friel in this show as well.
Everybody should do their own side project...
Inch of Allura has her own solo project going on as well. It's a mish-mash of electronica (ala Psapp) and singer-songwriter stuff. Check it out here.
I must really get down to doing a singer-songwriter thing. Hopefully, one day I'll get around to it... and warble some tunes. You know, it's just a guy, an acoustic guitar and his feelings...
Saturday, February 21, 2009
The Softlightes - The Microwave Song
The video's pretty cute. There's a link to their song on the right, courtesy of Nat. The tune is from their album which is called Say No! To Being Cool. Say Yes! To Being Happy. Gotta love the title man!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Super Hyper Real
Found this on Kanye West's blog. The rest of the pictures are there as well. Very interesting stuff.
According to his blog:
It's shot by Super Hyper Real - Jing Quek is a Chinese photographer from Singapore.
Ahoy Envoy
Well, apparently, Mark of Allura has a solo side-project, Ahoy Envoy which he lets his singer-songwriter side roam free. Check it out here.
As much as I'd like to kickstart my own personal singer-songwriter project, I can't sing for shit. I don't even sing in the shower. I beatbox. Yes, that's one random fact about me I left out in the Facebook notes. That's right: I beatbox in the shower.
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel trailer
Ever since Biddy joined the trio of hairy men, the revitalised Breakbeat Theory has been on the roll. Their EP is done but I've no idea what they are going to do with it. Maybe if you ask them nicely, they will send the album to you. Heh.
In any case, all their recorded tracks are up on their MySpace page. Great stuff. Check that out.
I still wanna watch the movie 'The Wrestler'. Anyone keen?
The Lard Brothers Remix Sessions
So far we have 4 remixes down. I'm trying to finish up 4 more and get permission to put all of them up for free download as a 8-track EP. Sorta something to put out before we drop our next full-length album Simply As Designed.
The remix EP will tentatively titled The Lard Brothers Remix Sessions or My Grandmother Can Remix Better Than You, Fatboy!. If so, I can't wait for the sequel If Your Grandmother Is So Good, Ask Her Come And Remix Lah!. If got time, the 3rd one will be called Lai!!!.
In any case, the remix EP would come out probably in end April. As for Simply As Designed, we are still aiming for an increasingly impossible release date of National Day 9 August 2009. There is a change in the line-up. More details will be released in the near future.
One of the acts which I've consistently pestered to take their stems is Like Silver, Adlin and Chingz's electro-pop act. We were supposed to play together this coming Friday in KL for a JUNK-Heineken event. Unfortunately, they postponed our slot to an indefinite date in the future. Sianzzz.
In any case, Like Silver is still performing this Friday at Zouk KL. They uploaded a new song called 'The Pattern' on their MySpace page. I think Adlin also likes the new J.J. Abrams show 'Fringe'. Heh. They blogged "Our little ditty (is) about the master computer getting binary loving from its acolyte squad. The master computer is out to enslave us all!"
Monday, February 16, 2009
When I grow up, I wanna be David Gilmour...
... or Leslie Low.
He's just way too prolific!!! After releasing a new full-length, he's offering another EP for free download. His main band, The Observatory is heading up to Norway to record their 4th album. Cannot tahan! Too hardworking!
From his website mailer:
Hello my friend, There is an EP called Meandering Loss in the DOWNLOAD section of www.leslielow.com
This is shot during their The Bends era when they will pull out a weird cover or two. This is a cover of Carly Simon's 'Nobody Does It Better', the theme song from the 1977 James Bond movie 'The Spy Who Loved Me'. Nice.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (live)
They are back. The new album is pretty decent. Here's an old video of them playing 'The Fallen' with a couple of drummers. Multiple drummers rock.
Friday the 13th
Once in a while, Robin's ass gets itchy and he would wanna play some covers (namely 3 sets of 8 songs) with a friend singing. We did it last year with Bryan, his friend. And this year, he got the SYT above, Corrinne to provide her pipes. For a marine engineer, he sure knows a thing or two about marketing. Sex sells...
And I like to do stupid things like my friend. It's my hobby.
So I volunteered my services for the 3rd set, enticing the both of them to do some Beyoncé covers. Unfortunately, we will be playing the perennially irritating 'Zombie' by The Cranberries. Well, it was a real hoot when we did Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars' last year.
No matter, at least, we are doing 'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)'. Though I'm sure there're quite a few of you guys who will be willing to pay 2 beers to watch me dance like this:
No.
I'm not doing that.
But it still amazes me how the 2 music directors (the bassist with the blonde cornbraids and the female Lenny Krativz) arrange the entire tune.
Oh yeah. The details.
Venue: Cafe Domus, 124 Owen Road Date: Friday 13 February 2009 Time: 9pm Admission: Free Buy me a beer
Benita sent this over. The 2 of them did '15 Steps' with a marching band. Pretty cool.
Asher Roth - I Love College
The video's pretty hilarious. The ultimate frat boy anthem.
Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne & MIA - Swagga Like Us (live)
It's a bit too much. But MIA looks pretty funny in the get-up, being heavily preggers and all. Check this video of Chris Martin and Jay-Z on Coldplay's 'Lost' and it segues into 'Viva La Vida'.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Regina Spektor - Real Love (live)
The undeniably cute Regina Spektor covers John Lennon. She looks as if she can rock a blood red lipstick like Anne Hathaway. Noice...
Friday, February 06, 2009
The Land Of The Lost teaser
It stars Will Farrell, the amazingly funny Danny McBride and the irresistably cute Anna Friel who is sporting her natural British accent. There's something incredibly sexy about the British accent. I dunno why... There's a longer clip here.
Air - La Femme D'Argent
Got it off Grace. The video is pretty good and has a commentary on all the tracks off their debut album Moon Safari. Check out all those vintage synths and the Rhodes!!! Adooi...
Thursday, February 05, 2009
You And Whose Army?
Apparently, there are some new songs on You And Whose Army?'s MySpace page. Benita and fellow serious sound artist Adam play in the band. They have pretty interesting stuff. My itchy backside is remixing their tune 'Misplaced' which is not on their MySpace player.
I chose the above picture because you can't see Beni's face. Hurhur...
Hmmm... part 41
I've just gotten a computerised from the National Library asking me to pay my library fines. Fuck, I didn't know government bodies did sequels too. Especially to the incident involving claiming-back-fees activities which cost more than what they can get back.
And I owe them $3. Ah well. At least, the Esplanade Library has a great selection of vintage DVDs.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen trailer
More giant fuckin' robots fighting giant fuckin' robots! Woo hoo! I can't wait!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Super Furry Animals - Semi-Pro and Hot Nutz
According to Pitchfork, the new album is on the way. Woo hoo! The above clip is of the band fuckin' around in the studio.
The show which features Singapore rock'n'roll debuts tomorrow night Tuesday 29 January at 8.30pm on Channel 5. Allura will be up on the 4th episode on Tuesday 17 February.
Tomorrow will see Electrico, The Great Spy Experiment and quite a few more acts performing. Seabed Sound which Robin sessions in will be performing as well.
From what I understand, the band goes on live at 8.50pm. Good luck, Robbo!
Antony & The Johnsons -
One of the most amazing singers ever. This is from his latest album The Crying Light. I think I'm going to order the album online soon.
Friday, January 23, 2009
The Official Elizabth Banks MySpace page
Click on the flash player to add her as a friend. I did. Hurhurhur...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Hamlet 2 trailer
He was killed in Tropic Thunder so he's back doing theatre... The red band trailer is here.
NBS Nightly News with Ted Philips, March 11th 1970
After watching this, I seriously don't think Zach Synder will screw up Watchmen. The details involved to replicate a news report from the 70's are indeed amazing.
Dr. Chee Soon Juan's message to President Obama
I've always respected the man, despite not agreeing with many of his convictions. He's an extremely articulate man with very valid points. What I have never agreed with him is his tactics to bring about attention to his cause. His actions, condemned by mainstream Singaporeans, have caused much harm to the image of local opposition parties which are already undermined to begin with.
You can click on the player to see the comments on the video. It's quite disparging to see the negative comments posted, once again confirming most Singaporeans are sheep which never saw the point and morons who don't really think of themselves that way. At least, I do!
Huggies Baby contest
As it's with all crazy and proud moms, Ann entered her son Drayden in a Huggies baby contest. I don't know what the prizes are but they ain't beer, fer sure! Vote for him here and help his Mummy win some (presumably) diapers! If you need some convincing, check out this video of the rugrat sitting on his dad Noel's face. Good job, young man!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The Birthday Song
Apparently, this is a gift from Eevon and the Kaya Koks to Chingz for her birthday this year.
I understand the simple pleasures in life and the amount of fun you can have using a digicam and some people singing.
Tuesday 20 January 2009 is a pretty exciting date in most Americans' books. It's the first time in history that they are giving the world's shittiest job to a black man, no less. But people are pretty excited about it. And why not? It's not them who will need to bail water out of a sinking ship.
Tuesday 20 January 2009 is also pretty cool as the new J.J. Abrams series 'Fringe' returns to air. Lead actress Anna Torv is quite cute in a gawky way.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Willy, Woei Yuan, Robin, YY and Bryan make a shoegazing album...
Yes. Last night, Weiyuan, Robin and I were out at Al-azhar, Bukit Timah having dinner. As usual, we stuffed our face with way too much food. So what's a bunch of fat fucks going to do after a heavy meal?
Go to jam to work it off, of course!
It's been a while since I've stepped into any rehearsal studios. So it was pretty fun. It was as if we were still back in school, skipping classes to go jamming. Brings a tear to my eyes every time I think about it. In any case, the three of us went in and booked an hour for fun. We managed to do a spoof homage to shoegazing rock. It was so funny that we decided that we will go find a recording studio to record 4 songs live. There will not be any prior rehearsals or songwriting sessions before entering the studios. Like what my Mat Rawker neighbour calls it, "just whack only..."
So if you have any good studios to recommend for live recording, let me know.
Oh yeah, we are calling ourselves Galactica since 80% of the band are huge BattleStar Galactica fans. And we have the song titles down: 'No Frakkin' Way, You Are A Cylon Too?!', 'OhMyGods!WhatTheFrak?BarBeeQue!', 'When I Have Sex, My Spine Doesn't Glow Red... Unfortunately' and 'Gaius Is Crying... Again'. And guess who's drumming? That's right. Me, bitches!
So... yeah...
Who's the chick on the right? Click the photo for more stuff.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Suede & Neil Tennant
This was shot back in 1996 at the peak of both acts' fame and Suede's 2nd guitarist Richard Oakes still had a neck. Pet Shop Boys's Neil Tennant joins the band on a duet of Suede's 'Saturday Night' and a reworked version of Pet Shop Boys's classic 'Rent'. The set finishes with the amazing b-side 'Europe Is Our Playground' and their hit 'The Beautiful Ones'.
Thanks to Robin for sending the video.
Duffy - Ready For The Floor (live)
Duffy covers Hot Chip. Pretty cool cover.
The Informers trailer
Based on a Bret Easton Ellis novel. He wrote American Psycho and Rules Of Attraction (which was pretty good). The adaptation stars Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton. Ironically, the story is set in the early 80's as well, seeing all these 80's movie stars back in the same flick. Not that impressed.
The trailer is NSFW. And you ask why?
Cuz it features a topless Amber Heard in many scenes. Enjoy.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Divine intervention
Apparently, that's a real photo taken in the shadow of Saturn by the robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting the planet of the eclipsed sun. Just look at that. It's amazingly beautiful. Most fundamental Christians would use that to sell their cause: "Only God can create something that beautiful."
Yeah, I feel that way everytime I look at Anne Hathaway too.
I love reading about all these planetary stuff even though I don't understand half the written stuff. I remember when I was a wee lad studying for my O Levels, I came upon a book by Stephen Hawking 'A Brief History Of Time'. It took me 6 months to read the 200-odd pages novel which I could barely comprehend. However, I discovered how black holes were formed and such. So that rocks.
Josh Groban
Got the video of the guy singing a medley of TV theme songs off Robin.
The fucker rocks. For a pop star, he has a sense of humour and is willing to take a piss at himself. He appeared on an episode of 'Nevermind The Bollocks' where host Simon Amstell threw his CD out and got him to say, "Don't buy my CD for your mums this Christmas; buy something else". He's pretty game for a lotta stuff.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Little Boots - Meddle (live)
BBC News named her the top New Act to look out for in 2009.
Singer Little Boots has come top of the BBC Sound of 2009 list of the brightest new music stars, playing a space disco sound influenced by Kylie Minogue, David Bowie and Gary Numan.
She's pretty cute and uses a Yamaha Tenori-on. So that rocks.
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