A good close friend of mine will soon be jumping over to the greener side of the field. I can’t help but feel a void crawling into me. True, we haven’t met much lately, which was really my own making. But with her going, there will no longer be chances for the random lepaking, the mamak dinners at Pandii’s, the walks at the mall or the groceries (yogurt and canned tuna spread are musts), or even the occasional movies. Or simply the good enjoyment of your company.
Soon, all that will be gone. I wish I could stop you from going. But you leave for a better life, which is really a good thing. And to be closer with your inspiration, that’s a huge plus. I know I should be supportive, but at times like these, I really do want to be selfish. I have only myself to hit my head on.
I guess the part that I will miss the most is seeing you smile, the Kate smile.
I know this song already meant a lot for you than it will be coming from me. But here’s to you, for your new found life.
Emo-band Death Cab for Cutie will be releasing their new album (their 7th?), Narrow Stairs, on May 13, 2008.
The first single off the album, I Will Possess Your Heart, runs at a full 8:30 minutes. Check out the video below for the radio edit version. Or here, for the full length.
Update 17 June 2008: Alas, the once rumoured DCFC stop-by gig in Malaysia has been squashed. How about bringing in Weezer instead? Heard Rivers Coumo is an Asian-loving chap. Perhaps the organizers can persuade him by offering 300 Asian groupies, no?
To all youse geeks out there, Weezer will be releasing a brand new self-titled album (yet again, now dubbed “The Red Album”) on June 24, 2008. The first single, to be released April 24, 2008, is this track.
This is one supergroup reunion that I have missed out last year. X Japan, once the biggest band to come out from the land of the rising sun (Japan lah), released I.V. digitally early this year, topping the iTunes’ daily chart. It also appears on the soundtrack of the movie Saw IV.
It is no Endless Rain (one of them jiwang songs which I like, a lot), but it is still a rock epic that fits well to the name that is X Japan. Oh, and the whole song is in English. But, why?
I’ve been searching high and low for this track for months. I first heard of this track back in the 90’s on the Pop is Dead compilation cassette tapes. The 90’s rock!
Sometimes when you watched a low key movie trailer and you just know you will enjoy it. No special effects, no kung-fu scenes, no raining bullets and explosives. Just plain dialogue-based-everyday-life moments and a few laughs here and there, easy-going type of movie.
Juno, dubbed the “Little Miss Sunshine of this year,” is one of those movies that I would really love to watch when it is released later this year. I think this track suits the theme of the movie perfectly. It’s sorta … cute.
P/S: I’m dedicating this song to a new found friend because she thinks the song is cute, and she’s also celebrating her birthday today. I don’t see what anyone can see, in anyone else, but you. Happy Birthday, you!
I haven’t been posting here for a while. Apologies for that.
Smashing Pumpkins’ have just released their latest single a few days ago, That’s The Way (My Love Is). It’s a pretty decent track, somehow managed to remind me of Try, Try, Try from the Machina-era (must be the beat).
What I don’t get is the political-themed CD cover. What’s up with that? First it was Paris Hilton on Tarantula, now it’s Death’s turn. Watch out Mr Eddie Vedder, Mr Corgan is joining politics with a (so-called) love song.
Oh, and the video to the single? It was OK, typical Pumpkins style. Watch it for yourself.
