I just realized how much time I spend watching YouTube videos after seeing Weezer's new video "Pork And Beans" from their upcoming Red Album. Seriously - watch the video and see how many "celebs" made famous by YouTube you can spot. I love that they included that beauty pageant chick who gave some hilarious gibberish answer when asked about USA's lack of geographical knowledge. And also Chris Crocker. And the Numa Numa dude. It's such an entertaining video because it references the internet culture. I love that some of us will completely get it, and it would be completely confusing to others. If you want to know how much of a YouTube junkie you are, watch the video.
I'll always be a pop music freak. Some things just don't change!
My current favourite band is Denmark's Alphabeat. They're damn bloody cute and fun and makes really good pop music, something that's like an art form these days because of all the crap that's out there tainting pop music's good name. (Phew!)
They're six people in Alphabeat and three of them are named Anders. No joke. It gets confusing for the first couple of times. There's also Rasmus, their keyboardist who looks like Ron Sexsmith + a hobbit, Troels on drums and the only girl in the group, Stine, whose hair I covet. They were actually invited to tour with the reunited Spice Girls, but DECLINED. Apparently, they did not want to introduce themselves to the world as being the support act for the girls's reunion tour.
Their signature track is "Fascination", a song bursting with frantic energy that one either loves or hates.
My favourite song though has to be "What Is Happening?". I love the boy-girl vocal harmonies and the little twist at the end where the beat picks up. Also, love the bittersweet sentiments and the chorus and the hooks. OMG too many things. This is a great pop tune. And the band does it so well live too. Watch watch watch.
Girlicious "Stupid Shit".. not kidding that's really the song title.
Girlicious is a product of Robin Antin, founder of Pussycat Dolls. You just... have to watch it. It might as well have the titles "YES I AM SELLING SEX" running throughout its duration.
Jerome Kugan is launching his album Songs For A Shadow this Saturday at The Annexe and it's going to be fantabulous, because Jerome is fabulous and his album is fierce. (In a mellow, electro-acoustic kinda way.) If you don't believe me, I have YouTube videos to prove his fabulosity! See!
Tomas (probably my fav of the three. I remember listening to this at No Black Tie and loving it, way before Jerome and I were friends.)
This Excellent Love
City of Mud
Isn't it fantastic? (Ok I am running out of 'f' adjectives.) Don't you want MORE? Then drag your ass to the album launch this Saturday (12 April), 8.30pm at The Annexe Central Market. There will be readings (bernice chauly + priya k), performances (bulimia, tan sei hon, azmyl yunor, ferns) and a dj set (danny lim +... me -_-). I still get weirded out when people call me a "dj" cos I am so far from one. I just choose my fav stuff and press play.
Anyway, see you there in your fancypants. Don't forget the fancypants, dammit! It's the theme! I am wearing red leggings. Or maybe my crazy retro skirt. Or my loud yellow dress. Hmmm...
I've been terribly busy working on the new KLue site. We've been trying to get it up for so damn long now that I almost can't believe it's live and running. And running well, and looking good! I must admit, I personally like it; love it even. It's so easy to use, and I should know as I had to test some pretty atrocious ones while working towards the final result. I have a bit of an obsessive personality, and right now, the site is my obsession. (Gah, why am I such a workaholic.)
The last entry on this blog was just before I headed out for the Black Circuit Paddock Party. Oh my god what a freaking awesome night. It was all levels of insanity. There was a fucking crazy mosh pit in the dancefloor .. Steve Aoki and Mark "thecobrasnake" Hunter made full use of the crowd by doing like, 5 stage dives. There was a moment where I thought I was going to die of being crushed by thecobrasnake... he stage dove, I fell, and he almost landed right on top of me. Lucky I got pulled up in time. Anyway, the both of them were great to interview - no egos. Here's a video with snippets of our conversation and clips from the party. The part where it gets static-ky is when they stage dove and Didi couldn't hold on to her camera.
It's definitely in the running to be the best party of the year. Even Aoki thought it was rocking, since he blogged about it. And of course, cobrasnake's infamous party photos of the night.
Ok, moving on to tomorrow's big event - Surface. It's part of this audio-visual project organized by British Council, called Re-Imagining The City. What they're doing for this event is pretty ridonkulous - they've collected recordings, photos and visuals of KL to piece it together into a piece that reflects the city. It's all going to be set to some pretty awesome mood music and from what I saw last night at their warm-up gig, it's going to an eye-opener because the D-Fuse guys really know what they're doing. You'll get what I mean when you watch this video:
Ok, enough event whoring. I'll end this entry with a mash-up of R Kelly's "I'm A Flirt" and "7/4 Shoreline" by Broken Social Scene (drunkards!). It is DOPE.
What a self-explanatory title. It's been raining non-stop the whole day, and I've been sleeping and watching YouTube clips of Steve Aoki. Why? Cos I'll be interviewing him in a few hours for the Black Circuit Paddock Party. So yes, doing my research yo. Judging from his YouTube clips, he's damn psycho when spinning. Stage diving, falling down, pouring vodka all over the crowd ... i feel like i should wear sensible shoes tonight or something cos it's gonna be crrrrrraaazzzzy.
Aoki aside, everyone else seems to be equally excited about his traveling partner, Mark "The Cobrasnake" Hunter. He'll be at the party later as well and no doubt, scouting for interesting looking people to put on his infamous website. So is it any wonder really that the question on everyone's lips is not "Are you going?", but "What are you wearing?". I know everyone's just going to be gunning for him to snap a picture of them, so i am stoked to see some crazy outfits. KL better bring the madness.
.. ok, my tea's done. Going to shower now and figure out what to wear (er, probably top and jeans cos am very NOT stylo).