Sunday, April 30, 2006
walk on
let's see..where do i start.
Steven Gerrard was chosen by fellow players to win the PFA Player of the Year award. (about time)
Liverpool beat Chelsea courtesy of a lovely Lovely Luis Garcia goal.(again)
this means we'll be playing the Hammers at our 2nd home stadium - Cardiff's Millenium Stadium - for the FA Cup come May 13.
we got our 10th win in 10 games thanks to a wonderful brace from none other than the fantastic Stevie G. this makes us level on points with the mancs to keep up the pressure for 2nd place!
FA Cup champions and 2nd place, now that would be quite a satisfactory season with much more to look ahead to after the World Cup with new strikers and Mark Gonzales (3 goals in last 3 games on loan at Sociedad) coming in to Liverpool. and Fowler staying. of course
I hear the English title calling...do you?? =p
The official video shown when Gerrard was given the PFA award:
Tribute to Stevie G
Posted by ~z at 6:18 PM
Friday, April 21, 2006
indie invasion
I just saw an ad for children cartoon shows being played on ntv7. the background music they chose was from Britpop band Supergrass. Though this Oxford 4-piece is considered rather pop-ish, it still sounds strangely uncomfortable to hear alternative music promoting Spongebob Squarepants.
This is just an example of the unwelcomed yet ultimately inevitable seeping of indie and altenative music into mainstream culture. Among other instances, the Dandy Warhols' "Bohemian Like You" was used as the background music for Vodafone's latest ad on Malaysian tv, following our very 1st home-made cell phone maker's ad which played Sigur Rós' oh-so-magical riff from "Hoppípolla".
Other than that, on Malaysian airwaves, with our radio stations infamously playing Billboard hits non-stop (excluding the notable exception of Red FM's Clash show), there's been a recent surge of indie bands making themselves heard, among them the Kaiser Chiefs and more recently, the Arctic Monkeys!!!
Arctic Monkeys on Hitz.FM!?!?!
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THIS WORLD?!?!
This heinous crime can partly be blamed on popular TV-series such as the hugely-popular O.C. which regularly uses indie/alt music in its shows.
Stupid show, dunno why so many people watch it. I mean, other than the fact that their actors are annoyingly attractive, there's nothing else to the show.
"People who don't live in California probably watch The O.C. and go, 'Holy shit! It's so sunny, and the people are so pretty!' Hundreds of German people must get off buses in Malibu every year and just be so pissed off."
--Adam Brody
Don't know why but I just can't stand indie music being popularised. Maybe it's just the loss of the cool factor surrounding indie music being "undiscovered trasures".
mp3:
Supergrass - Alright
Posted by ~z at 9:20 PM
Sunday, April 16, 2006
dazzling drizzle
it's been pouring the whole week.
good thing is, it gives lazy me an excuse not to go run.
i think i owe peter 4 times. that's 80 laps. 22.4km. damn.
bad thing is, the thunderstorms've been preventing me from idling my time online as long as i usually do. hold on, that's a good thing right?? wohoo!!
i've been too damn lazy to move out of my bed, let alone blog.
it just stopped raining, i can still hear the last drops of rain pitter-patter down the gutter behind my room.
what is it about rain that makes you wanna stay in bed the whole day wrapped up under your blanket?
is it the refusal of leaving the warmth and comfort of your cushy bed to the cold, damp air anywhere else?
or the refreshing sound of the rain drops endlessly bombarding the roof.
mp3s:
Charlotte Martin - Every Time It Rains (techno version)
The Beta Band - Dry The Rain
i'm goin back to bed. sweet slumber beckons.
