Friday, December 31, 2010

Year End Movie Marathon (I)

Since I can’t walk around, I can only stay at home and watch films…have watched quite a number actually!

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Alls Well Ends Well [2010]

Nothing special, just another New Year comedy.

My Rating: 2.5/5

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I Corrupt All Cops [2009]

Another film about how corrupted the Hong Kong police force was during the 60s to early 70s, nothing special.

My Rating: 2.5/5

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Mad Detective [2007]

“Mad Detective” is a story revolving around an ex-police detective who has the “ability” to see peoples’ multiple personalities and their inner thoughts.

I like the concept of the film very much, I got drawn into the story more as the mystery unfolded.

Especially like the ending of the film.  

My Rating: 4.5/5 ~ MUST WATCH

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Accident [2009]

“Accident” is a film about a group of friends who are paid to end the lives of people by meticulously planning elaborate ways to make the deaths look like pure accidents.

I like the way the story builds up but the ending was somewhat anti-climax.

My Rating: 3.5/5

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True Legend [2010]

“True Legend” is a very fragmented film, it looks very much like it was pieced together using storyline from other films. Very manufactured.

My Rating: 1/5 ~ Don’t waste your time

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Just Call Me Nobody [2010]

I think this is a China-made comedy, it has a few cameo appearances from comedians from Taiwan (Jacky Wu), Singapore (Mark Lee) and Hong Kong (Eric Tsang).

This is a somewhat refreshing change from the usual comedies released by Taiwan & Hong Kong, I think Chinese humor is slightly different.

All in all a pretty decent film, but the ending was a bit hasty and the final fight scene was lame.

My Rating: 3/5

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Reign of Assassins [2010]

“Reign of Assassins” is about a lady assassin who decides to quit a life of killing for a more peaceful one after being enlightened by a strange monk.

The twists in the film are too predictable, else it would have been more entertaining.

My Rating: 3/5

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On His Majesty’s Secret Service [2009]

This is modelled after the James Bond genre of films, set in the ancient times where the land was still ruled by an Emperor.

Louis Koo plays an imperial bodyguard whose lack of martial arts skill is made up by his intelligence and quirky inventions.

My Rating: 3/5

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The Legend Of Zu [2001]

Star power, Interesting storyline, sophisticated special effects (for the year 2001), but not a “classic”

My Rating: 3/5

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Big Night Out 2011

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Slash and Stone Temple Pilots headlining the 3rd Big Night Out

Support acts include Saxon and Twenty Two Hundred

 

DATE: 11th & 12th March 2011

VENUE: Singapore Indoor Stadium

TICKETS: http://www.sistic.com.sg

Friday, December 24, 2010

Awful Christmas

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My Mom is “pai car”

I am “pai car”

My sister is ill

can this Christmas get any worse?

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Playlist: 22nd Dec 2010

 

Black River – Trash [2010]

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Genre: Hard Rock/Stoner/Heavy Metal

Country: Poland

Black River’s 3rd album RAWKS!

If i’m not wrong it contains 6 new tracks & 6 Live & Acoustic versions of old songs

 

 

Bloodhound Gang - Show Us Your Hits [2010]

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Genre: Alternative Rock

Country: USA

Bloodhound Gang’s very 1st compilation album

 

 

 

 

Charlie Hunter - Public Domain [2010]

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Genre: Fusion, Jazz

Country: USA

Great new album from the 8-string Jazz Master!







Mr. Big - What if... [2010]

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Genre: Hard Rock

Country: USA

7th album from Mr. Big after 10-years hiatus!

My favorite track is “I won’t get in my way”, check it out!

‘Tis the season to be falling…falalalala lalalala

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Blacked-out for the 2nd time in my Life today,

I tripped and fell in a car-park near KTP hospital,

There was the usual pain from the fall, but I also felt a sudden dizziness although I did not hit my head.

I stood up, walked over to a flight of stairs and sat down to examine my injuries, it was pretty superficial scratches & cuts on the tib-fib.

Noticed I was sweating profusely & had the first onset of dizziness, after it cleared I tried to walk over to the main road to flag down a cab to return home, after taking a few steps I felt dizzy again and this time I couldn’t see clearly…blanked-out and collapsed.

Managed to get off the ground on my own after my vision returned, staggered over to the nearby bench and sat down was afraid I’d collapse again so this time I sat there for a longer period of time before walking over to KTP hospital to buy some bandages and head home.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Random Thoughts

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“Nothing good comes out of shouting…unless there’s a fire”

“Someone ate my chocolates”

“There are worms in our eggs”

~ Mark

Freaking hilarious Korean Guitarist

Can we call this “Strip-Guitar”

Rated-R!

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Eagles Live in Singapore!

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23rd Feb 2011

8pm

Singapore Indoor Stadium

$98, $168, $268, $368, $499

Eric Clapton Live in Singapore!

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14th Feb 2011

8pm

Singapore Indoor Stadium

$99, $199, $299, $399

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Playlist: 27th November 2010

 

Buckethead - Captain EO's Voyage [2010]

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Genre: Instrumental Guitar, Rock, Metal, Bluegrass, Jazz, Electronica

Country: USA

"Star Chasing" & "The Siphoning Sequence" are my favorite songs on this album.

 

 

 

Girl Talk – All Day [2010]

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Genre: Mashup, Electronic

Country: USA

 Girl Talk’s 5th album great stuff!

 

 

 

 

Tommy Emmanuel – Little By Little [2010]

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Genre: Folk, Rock, Blues, Country

Country: Australia

Master fingerpicker Tommy Emmanuel returns!

 

 

 

 

Yaron Herman Trio - Follow The White Rabbit [2010]yaron-herman-trio

Genre: Jazz

Country: Israel

Contains Jazz renditions of Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box”& Radiohead’s”No Surprises

 

 

 

Parov Stelar - The Paris Swing Box [2010]

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Genre: Electro-Swing

Country: Austria

If you are looking for dance music that isn’t “cheesy”Parov Stelar might be it..

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Eagles live in Singapore!

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Date: 23 February 2011
Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Time: 8.00pm
Tickets: S$499, S$368, S$268, S$168 (Front View)
S$168, S$98 (Rear View)


from SISTIC Outlets, plus S$3 SISTIC fee


Public Sales Date: 24 November 2010
Bookings Hotline: (+65) 6348 5555
Web bookings: www.sistic.com.sg

Friday, November 19, 2010

Deftones Live in Singapore!

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Date: 16th February 2011
Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Tickets: On-sale from Dec 1st 2010

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Slash to return to Singapore

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Slash and Myles Kennedy will headline BNO 2011

Details


Date: 12 March 2011
Tickets on Sale: 1st Dec 2010

http://www.bignightout.asia/

[#6] Jamming @ Anaki Records!

 

The search for the BEST jamming studio in Singapore continues….

Jammed at Anaki Studio 2 today, located at 58B Temple Street, a short distance from Chinatown MRT.

The thing that caught our attention is the well-tuned Tama drumset in the studio, having been to many studios with crappy drumsets, my drummer was very pleased with this one, he is not easily pleased when it comes to drumsets.

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Pictured above: House guitars & Peavey guitar amp (Bandit 112 iirc)

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Pictured above: Peavey guitar amp (Envoy 110 iirc)

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  Pictured above: Keyboard & Monitors

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Pictured above: TAMA Drumset

 

More information can be found on Anaki Records site: http://www.anakirecords.com

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

New CD Day! Lunarin [Duae] & Rudra [Brahmavidya: Transcendental I]

 

Bought my copy of Lunarin’s 2nd album Duae & Rudra’s 5th album Brahmavidya: Transcendental I from Gramophone yesterday.

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Lunarin recorded Duae on their own from their home studio By The Woods, drum tracks recorded at Jurong West Street 65 (as stated in the booklet).

The album contains 12 songs.

I love their style of New Wave Metal, my favorite track Serpentine (Track 08) starts out sounding very much like something TOOL would play with the filtered vocals..but I must admit Linda Ong (Voice/Bass) sounds rather “whiney”on a few tracks.

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There is a Thank You note enclosed in the CD which looks like it’s physically signed by the 3 members of the band.

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Rudra’s Brahmavidya: Transcendental I  was recorded at Blackisle studios.

The album contains 14 songs.

Rudra has been around for 18-years since 1992, lineup for this album consists of:

{ Kathir (Voice/Bass), Shiva (Drums), Devan (Guitars), Selvam (Guitars) }

My favorite track in the album is Advaitamrta (Track 06)

I usually do not listen to a Rudra album from start to finish, I cant listen to Blast-Beats for too long as it is too noisy (LOL), strangely it feels great to play along to Blast-Beats during jamming at the studio maybe it’s the energy..?

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Fairytales do exist

Woman trades broom for stardom

ETHIOPIAN housemaid Mahlet is changing her name to Maha and cutting her first video clip after proving to her Iraqi boss that she can sing better than she can clean.

Three years after she left her native Ethiopia to work as as a housemaid for prominent Kurdish musician Halcout Zahir, the 20-year-old woman is almost a household name in the northern autonomous region of Kurdistan.

Her break came when Iraq's musical phenomenon Dashni Murad - dubbed the 'Shakira of Kurdistan' - discovered her.

Murad was sitting in the maestro's recording studio waiting to see Zahir when she heard Mahlet sing while cleaning the house.

Mahlet's voice enchanted her and she urged Zahir to audition the young woman.

'I asked her to sing for me and I couldn't believe my ears. Her voice is beautiful,' said Zahir. The rest is history. Mahlet became Maha.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_600318.html

Girls And Their Guitars

 

Emily Hastings

 

Miki Kato

 

Sarah Michelle

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

[#5] Jamming @ Liveamp Studios!

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Liveamp is a new studio that started operations around August 2010. It is about 5-10mins walk from Outram MRT.

The studio is huge with a very nice L-shape couch, this is the first studio I’ve been to that allows footwear inside, but we’ve been too well trained by all the other studios in Singapore that all of us removed our footwear promptly after entering the studio =)

The studio is equipped with all Marshall amps, TAMA drumset & Sabian cymbals….very nice.

The Boss & staff at Liveamp are all very friendly, do try them out if you like jamming in big studios :)

 

WEB:

http://liveamp.com.sg/

 

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The Marshall MA100H half-stack that I was using….tubes!

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Barney meets Marshall

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