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Best of the Best-ofs
2013: Oh What A Year. (Let me say that again.) OH WHAT A YEAR. In the final weeks of 2013, the interwebs were rife with Best-Of lists. I love me a Best-Of list, and there are some truly stellar compilations out there. It’s 5 days into 2014, but I’m still obsessing over various Best-of lists […]
Posted in: Say what?, Shades of Awesome
Doo-Wot? Misogyny, Sexual Deviance and General Creepiness in Doo-Wop Songs
December 9, 2013
I spent the past weekend in a full-blown rockabilly/ doo-wop kick. This could be blamed on having recently spent the most gloriously enjoyable Friday night in an awesome little pub where a live band of 40-somethings cranked out the 50s and a mob no younger than 60 shuffled, grooved and jived on the puny dancefloor, […]
Song of the Day: Etta James, “I’d Rather Go Blind”
December 1, 2013
First, allow me to explain the reason for the lame hipsterised photo. What I was trying to show in my eyeballs was my Poppycat staring back at me with his huge pretty eyes. Clearly, that didn’t work out, and I couldn’t be arsed to find another photo, so I lomofied it to hide my shitty […]
Posted in: Covers, music that makes me happy
No Money, Got Honey: Songs for the Poor but In Love
October 27, 2013
So the bro-dude got married to his high school sweetheart last weekend. It was a beautiful wedding and we all now have a residual beam in our (cold, withered) hearts. At the dinner event, my sister and cousins formed a short-lived orchestra comprising of a guitar, a ukele and several strained voices. They performed this […]
Song of the Past Two Weeks: The Clash, “London Calling”
October 1, 2013
Yes, because I’m such a cliche. Also a cliche, but such a delish one: That damn thing was bigger than my head. And I ate it with a chip sandwich, which is a slice of buttered white bread stuffed with chips. It’s full of YES. London has been pretty good to me so far. […]
Posted in: Song of the Day
Song of the Day: Sitti Navarro, “Wave” (with cats; always with cats)
September 6, 2013
I first realised I had become a crazy cat lady a few years ago when I was driving home and this song came on the radio, making me think of lazy, sun-setty evenings on a breezy beach. And I thought, man, I need a break. I’d love to be on a ridiculously luxurious beach holiday. […]
Posted in: Covers, Song of the Day
Woo…woooo: Songs of the Hungry Ghost Festival, Singapore Getai
August 24, 2013
We must be now… mid-week? into that month of the year which everyone dreads/ looks forward to with morbid fascination. Someone once said to me, “What is it with Singaporeans and ghosts?” WELL, buster, we can’t help it if we get a little bit obsessed concerned when the gates of hell open for one entire […]
Painting the Town Grey: Songs of the Singapore Haze
June 20, 2013
It’s that time of the year again when Singaporeans suddenly remember there’s this place called “Kalimantan” where things are burning, and it sucks cos the air gets smoky and shit, and why isn’t the government doing anything, and how come we still have to go to work. Where is that stupid Kalimantan anyway? Is it […]
Songs of the Past Decades of my Life: Working Hard is Bullshit
May 6, 2013
It feels like I only go backwards darling So this blog post is nothing revolutionary, but it is about a recent revelation that is nothing short of a complete change of my heart, mind and soul. Namely: Working Hard is Bull-Effin-Shit. ~ Tame Impala, “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” ~ It seems that I […]
Posted in: Say what?
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