20/4/2004 What The F**k – Part 1 Fugazi's been
to Kuala Lumpur before?! Huh?! I mean, Fugazi, you know? In the
land of 'Super
Sapiens' and dress
codes for Linkin Park? Really odd, considering how most international
bands usually only know about Singapore or Japan when it comes to
Asian countries, let alone South-East Asia.
What The F**k – Part 2
Right, so you've heard of post-rock, glitch-hop, rap-rock, emo-rap,
trip-hop and polka'n'bass. But you ain't ready for avant-hop
collage-pop!
Just for fun, these are twelve of my favouritest songs ... ever!
808 State – Lopez Crooklyn Dodgers '95 – Return Of The Crooklyn
Dodgers Yusef Lateef – Love Theme From Spartacus Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up Pete Rock & CL Smooth – One In A Million Photek – Ni Ten Ichi Ryu Portishead – It Could Be Sweet Nitin Sawhney – Tides DJ Shadow – Midnight In A Perfect World Elliot Smith – Needle In The Hay Talk Talk – New Grass
I've actually had this list since last June but I left it till now
cos, knowing how I get bored easily, I wanted to see if I'd add or
remove any of the songs. In the end I only added one, which was 'Needle
In The Hay'. So, yes. This is my definite top twelve of all time.
13/4/2004
Haven't been out for the past couple of weekends on the pretence that,
"I need to save money!" and, "Nah, not into that DJ."
Frankly speaking I've just grown out of it. I feel awful every time
I drink. I get emotional and start talking crap. And if I drove that
night it would also mean having to figure out which roads to take
so we won't get stopped by the cops. Not because I'm afraid of getting
fined for being drunk (I never am if I'm driving), but because I don't
want to have to pay the fucking bribe just so they can get off my
back (Malaysia's nice like that). Then there's the going to bed at
5 am and waking up to a hot and humid half-gone Sunday. So there.
The partying and debauchery is all behind me now. Whatever there was
of it in the first place.
Anyway, I'm probably gonna be laughed at by some of you cool dance
music heads out there, but I just recently discovered one of the most
exhilarating, genuinely euphoric tunes that I've ever heard –
Underworld's 'Two Months Off'. Yes, a bit late I
know. So I ain't cool like dat. I like it so much I have it burnt
onto a CD so it plays automatically at 7:30 every morning.
More music – Ghostface Killah's
new joint, The Pretty Toney Album, is an absolute banger.
I'm quite sure Kanye West has got a couple of tracks
in there, just don't know which ones. Wanna bet that when Pitchfork
gets round to reviewing it, they're gonna slap at least an 8.0 rating
on it? Watch this space.
The last time my CDs from Djangos
got lost in the mail, I swore I was never gonna buy anything from
them again. Then I came back to Malaysia, and they became my one and
only source for relatively inexpensive music. Met up with Michelle
earlier this month when I was in Singapore on an assignment and, having
not seen each other since we left London, couldn't wait to talk about
everything music when I concurred that Djangos is, like, the bestest
thing ever. Michelle promptly replies, "I told you!"
The next thing I know, my latest order gets cancelled because they
couldn't obtain credit authorization for it.
Note to self – next time, keep mouth shut and don't jinx it.
