Filed Under (MP3, Stereo) by Joe Chung on 16-11-2006
It has been a while since I last heard of any news from our local great, the Butterfingers. So I was pretty excited to hear that Emmet was in the studio with Maya on her programme, Rock It Her Way on TraXX FM. Apparently the Butterfingers (with the full lineup I think) will have a special 2-nights-only gig end of this month, featuring songs only from their debut album, 1.2 Milligrams to celebrate its 10th anniversary. So expect a raw, head-banging gig.
If I have listened correctly (I had to tune to the station on my cellphone), here’s the schedule like:
Dates: 25th (sold out) & 26th November, 2006
Time: 4 PM, opening band is Kapal Selam
Venue: KL Jam Asia (right behind Maybank in Sri Hartamas)
Price: RM35
Anyone can share the exact details? In the meantime, enjoy some Royal Jelly.
Update 17/11/2006: Thanks to Maya for the exact updates!
Filed Under (MP3) by Joe Chung on 10-10-2005
I started listening to music when I was about 11 or 12 years old. I remember I used to dig through my brothers’ CDs and cassettes (Carey, Houston, Boyz II Men, NKOTB and a rare GnR) back then when they weren’t around. I didn’t want to be caught dead listening to their music because back then, I like to annoy them saying music are noisy. I was happily to stick my taste to Super Mario’s or Donkey Kong’s theme songs.
But of course I gradually picked up my own taste in music shortly after my brothers left home. My first ever album I bought with my own allowance money was Smashing Pumpkins‘ Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness double cassettes and I love the Pumpkins ever since. I also started to buy cassettes on a weekly basis, until I discovered the wonders of Internet.
There was one program that was on air on the local Radio 4 station (now Traxx FM, I believe) on every Thursday 9pm to midnight that I would never missed back then. It was called the Modern Rock Chart Show and was hosted by Godfrey. I would tuned in and try to get every song titles played by him. And he had this Top-10 chart that was voted by callers right there and then. I was one of the voters as well. I actually recorded myself being aired on the radio, my own 15 seconds of fame. Now I wonder where that recorded cassette had gone to.
A trip back to the good old days. They were indeed good old days. Mid-90s, that was when alternative rock was at its prime. And to celebrate the journey down memory lane, here are 5 random tracks that I was totally hooked to back then. And they were actually played on the Modern Rock Chart Show, something you’ll never get from today’s local radio stations.
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