28/12/2004
Either I'm buying too many CDs or I'm going mad. I downloaded Daedelus'
Of Snowdonia and wondered why the tunes sounded so familiar.
Then I realised that I already have the whole thing on CD.
See, it's proof that I do support my favourite artists.
I'm bored. 2004's been pretty shit. Can we get on with 2005 already?
27/12/2004
Hope you guys had a better Christmas than I did; I spent mine with
the flu. No joy. Turkey was tasteless. Skiving off work today as well.
Couldn't be bothered to go in. Year-end blues.
And if anyone in KL is interested in going to see the Painting
for Joy: New Japanese Painting in 1990's exhibition in KLCC, drop
me a line. Let's hope I'll be able to get my lazy ass out of the house
before January 2 next year when the thing finishes.
16/12/2004
Yeah so I complained a lot about not having any place to go on weekends,
blah, blah, blah. I ended up going out last weekend to the very same
places I talked about. So sue me. I still don't enjoy it, but fleeting
moments like hearing Snoop Dogg's 'Drop It Like It's
Hot' make it a little less unbearable.
I keep having this recurring dream. I'm hanging out in my old Form
5 classroom back in school, chatting with a couple of friends and
chilling out. Somehow we get to talking about studying for exams –
which happens to be taking place next week. Then, realising that I
haven't started revising yet, I break into a sweat and start to panic.
When I wake up in a daze I feel a deep sense of regret and worry and
almost instinctively begin to search for my books. I finally wake
up for real after a couple of seconds and realise that I'm no longer
in school, there are no exams, no books either and I'm a masters degree
holder. Cue big sigh of relief.
My guess is that I'm dreaming about school cos I've been talking to
my brother a lot about his studies. He's about to begin his A-Levels
and I keep telling him not to slack off like I did and get his ass
in check. I tell him about how I used to be a top scorer for the first
three years of my secondary school life and how I deteriorated into
an average student at best during the final two years.
It was all downhill from there – from college right up to my
undergraduate degree I was a real slacker and didn't really buck up
until I began my masters course. It finally hit me then that that
was gonna be my last chance to work hard at school, I mean, unless
I continued doing a PhD I was never going to have a student life again.
Well, I slept through the afternoons and missed a couple of classes,
but I'm glad to say that I did pretty well for my postgraduate degree.
Somehow, the fact that I slacked off for so many years never stopped
haunting me.
So remember kids – visit your local gambling spot, buy lottery
tickets regularly, win a million bucks, and you can forget all about
school.
6/12/2004
Woooooo ... I don't want to listen to anything else this week (and
maybe next) except Slowdive ...
You, on the other hand, should listen to Mass
Distraction Sessions Vol. 5. Inspired in equal parts
after listening again to the unparalleled Psychonauts
Essential Mix and the realisation that my past couple of mixes were
kinda boring. So I'm upping the ante by giving you a party mix that
you can bop your head to. Party? Par-tay indeed! If I had
an hour in Cocco Latte on
one of their hip-hop nights, this is what I would play. Check Aural
Prostitution for tracklistings.
Come on and LISTEN!!!
I met up with a friend last weekend and something we talked about
made me horribly aware of how aimless and tedious my life is. I started
my job back in October last year. Since then I've worked and worked
without taking a single day off. I still have all 14 days of my annual
leave and only 7 of them can be carried over to 2005. So if I don't
find something to do I'll be forfeiting a whole week's worth of leave.
The dilemma is this – I've come to a point where I really don't
know what I'm doing this for. I'm only working cos every self-respecting
twenty-something who's fortunate enough to have had a good education
needs to work. I save up and all that, and I'd really like to treat
myself to something but I don't know what. I'd like to get myself
some cool clothes but the only cool stuff that I can find in KL are
fake goods. I'd like to buy lots of records but there aren't any good
music stores save for Djangos.com, and even then I have lots of accumulating
stuff on my notify list that Djangos never seem to stock. I really
want to visit London again but the one friend who's actually up for
it had to cancel cos his lady can't go with him. Of course I can travel
alone but I figured we could share the cost by bunking together and
all that.
And then there's the thing about going out every weekend to the same
places and doing the same things. A friend told me off some time back
saying that I have to stop being so 'uppity'. I mean, I don't want
to be a snob but I realise it's very easy to come across as such because
I really, really don't find any fulfilment in drinking the same whiskey
and seeing the same bevy of fashion victims every week.
Look, there are places in KL that do actually emphasise music over
dress codes but I've got no one who'd go with me. I can think of two
guys who might be interested but one would rather be at a place where
there're chicks to look at and the other can't stand smoke and crowds.
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how to end this post.
Don't forget to listen to my mix.
1/12/2004 Madvillain – Strange Ways (Koushik's Remix)
I've been hearing about Koushik for ages but all he's ever done is
release a couple of EPs, a half-hour
online mix on the Stones Throw's website and some remixes here
and there. When is this guy going to drop a proper full length?! I
dunno. Perhaps you do. But while we wait, here's one of his latest
remixes, taken off Four Tet's new Late Night Tales compilation.
Speaking of which, I was really looking forward to Four Tet's first
proper mix CD but I have to say I'm kinda disappointed with it. I
mean, there're lots of rare tunes – Linda Perhacs, Max Roach,
Joe Henderson – but I was expecting a lot more from him, something
along the lines of his Domino
Radio mix perhaps. Hmm ... maybe I should put it up for download
again – who wants it? Raise your hands.
Fun fact: I share the same birthday with Terry Riley, the minimalist
American composer who pioneered the use of tape loops and delay systems
in experimental music.
So I was looking through my credit card bill today. Apparently I was
billed 70 Singapore Dollars for some transaction with UrbanMales.com.
My first guess was that it's the 70 bucks I paid for the Resfest
day pass. Perhaps it was a misspelling – maybe it's supposed
to be UrbanMalaise.com or something. At least that would
make more sense then UrbanMales.com, right? Out of curiosity I decided
to check and see if UrbanMales.com did exist. The
horror... the horror ...
I swear I've never been to that site before! For fuck's sake! I broke
into a sweat thinking that some dork scammed my card and used it to
view sexy pics of guys with washboard stomachs in swimming trunks.
Upon closer inspection, it seems legit after all. After some frenzied
research, UrbanMales.com is registered by Codalworks
in Singapore, who in turn are the people who developed EventsOnline,
which in turn is the online registration system used by Resfest Singapore.
See? It all pans out! I'm straight after all! Really! True red-blooded
male! I love tits! Boobies! Bitches and hoes!
Alright, I gotta go clear my browser history and cache now.
21/11/2004 Mass Distraction Sessions Vol. 4
You like music? A whole hour of it? Of course you do! Yes boys and
girls, it's that time again. Encoded in friendly, no-waiting-time
RealAudio this time round, so THERE'S NO EXCUSE NOT TO LISTEN! For
those of you who'd like a copy to listen in your iPod, head on over
to Aural Prostitution under my Stuff section
where you'll also find the tracklisting for the mix. Feedback and
linking extreeeemely welcome!
