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A friend and I started a friendly song-photography contest. The rules: 1. Each photo should represent/ be inspired by a song 2. Photos are to be taken within 24 hours of the agreed flag-off 3. Photos should be taken low-tech, with mobile phone cameras (well, low-camera-tech, anyhow) Here is my first entry: Kinda hard to […]
April 11, 2012
Frankly, I love David Byrne so much (apart from the spelling of his name) that I don’t know whether I want to worship him, boff him or be him. This is the dude – film-maker, writer, choreographer, artist, musician par excellence and cycling advocate… go take a fucking nap, David, and stop making the rest of […]
March 26, 2012
I can actually feel energy leaking out of me like the stuffing of a punctured pillow. At times like these, the brain goes slightly bonkers. What popped into the noggin was the notion that listening to high-energy music might pump me up like the aural equivalent of ingesting a protein bar. I say this frankly […]
March 21, 2012
So, yes, today I got the ole music player nicked. Only that it wasn’t actually old. It was fucking new, new to the tune of 3 weeks or so. My old music player was a tiny little mp3 player that stoically endured hiking trips, 3 marathons, 2 half-marathons, swimming pools, countless gym/ run sessions and […]
March 17, 2012
I love being cheap! Being painfully stingy is the only way I can indulge guilt-free in important things like 30rmb Baker and Spice mochas and 35rmb Hof chocolate cupcakes. How else would I be able to support the behemoths of capitalism that keep the world running wastefully and often very unethically? St*rbucks needs your help, […]
March 5, 2012
We all know Shanghai is the land of opportunity. So a couple of pals of mine recently tapped into the city’s stream of happy goodwill and landed themselves as fun-ass gig at the Bulldog on Hengshan Lu and Wulumuqi Lu. It’s a cosy little British sports pub, just a little bit rough and tough, with […]
January 9, 2012
Today, a blast from the past that got shaken n’ stirred in various presents. “My Girl” was released by The Temptations in 1964, and was written by the great Smokey Robinson in reportedly 10-20 minutes, thank you very much. It launched the career of then-Johnny-come-lately David Ruffin, who had only joined The Temptations as a […]
January 8, 2012
Method of choosing: I stumbled upon “Vomit”, spent the entire song mouth-agape, then opened my treasure trove and ripped into the Girls folder like a hyena into a fresh deer carcass. Albums available: Album, Father Son & Holy Ghost, Broken Dreams (EP) Hypothesis: So obviously I already know what their music deal is – haunting, […]
January 2, 2012
Best Coast is one of my fav garage rock-type bands. Their album Crazy For You has been on repeat mode on my music player several times, just coz it’s so easy and comforting to listen to. And that is definitely not meant in a disparaging way. I firmly believe music doesn’t always have to be crazily left-of-field to be […]
December 27, 2011
This London-based indie rock band is rocking my world. Their super guitar riffs made me want to (ok, I did) leap into the air to do those delightfully 90s air guitar moves, best carried out by those who want to be able to play the guitar but can’t be arsed to put effort into learning […]
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