Friday, June 22, 2007
22 June / 1:23 AM
Just when I thought that I was back listening to metal, I get hit by this. Madina Lake, an alternative/punk band that was signed by roadrunner records, a metal label. It'll be funny to see these guys hang around with the likes of Trivium and KsE.
But these guys sound great. They may not have growling vocals or complex guitar riffs but what they bring is such a massively infectious energy in their song. Especially in their single 'House of Cards'. And just like any great band should, they are very impressive when playing live. They do not lose any of their energy on stage.
So I got word that Funeral For A Friend are coming to Singapore. 75 bucks for a ticket. Right...
This year has seen a truckload of internationally known bands drop by Singapore. Up till this point there are about 6 bands that have or are going to perform in Singapore. Let me see, there was the small NOFX gig, the Dragonforce tour, Sick of it All dropped by for a gig too, the Anberlin/Copeland gig and now Funeral For a Friend. Boy, how I wish I could have gone to all those gigs. These are all great bands but there hasn't been any gig I was too excited about. No really important gigs.
Concerts that I will surely pay money for would be one done by Metallica, an Iron Maiden one maybe, B4MV,Ozzy, Saosin (They stayed in Singapore for the night but played a gig in Indonesia), and maybe a Beetles reunion.
Other than that not many concerts really tickle my fancy. This is mainly because of the f**kin high ticket prices promoters usually put up. 75 bucks for FFAF?! And most of these bands usually play a gig a day. Imagine the money they earn. Damn...
Sunday, June 17, 2007
17 June / 12:52 AM
This is a massive live set by KsE. Love this song. And Adam D with his shorts. Haha.
Oh yeah. There are a lot of vids of Download '07 on Youtube. A lot of great live sets. KsE has a set on there too. Shadows Fall weren't too bad too. Still got quite a few sets to watch.
Mathcore is a crazy genre. Damn technical and practically little or no arrangement. As in there are parts to the music but just not in the conventional sense. And did I say it was technical? I mean it really is. I've only listened to Protest The Hero but it is already sounding crazy to me.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
12 June / 11:26 PM
This is a great song. I've suddenly become more interested in metal recently after listening to a lot of hardcore/post-hardcore stuff this past month.
I think the movement towards that direction really began with Saosin. Then from there I started to listen to Silverstein.
I think I just started to miss all that shredding stuff. That's when I heard 'The Air That I Breathe' by All That Remains. The great sound coupled by the great video drew me back into metal I guess. Now I'm back to B4MV and all that stuff.
ATR's genre is quite weird though. Death Metal/Melodic Hardcore. That's a first.
I really need to go jamming again. I think I'm spending too much time alone with my guitar.
One last thing. LOL at this. Human Tetris.
Haha.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
10 June / 3:02 AM
It's 3 AM and I still don't feel like going to sleep. I almost went into a panic just now. I was trying to install XP on my computer but something happened and I got BSOD'd with an error log. Boot sector problems or so it seems...Argh!!!
Holidays are here. Yay. I seriously needed this timeout. The pressure and the sheer speed at which this semester is going is killing me.
ASP.NET. Woohoo. Great programming platform, tough to execute. The drag and drop element is quite fun but seeing all those tags really makes me dizzy. I guess I'm just too used to the good old HTML platform. it made things so much easier then. Even Dreamweaver doesn't excite me now. Being able to go down to that raw level of detail is really fun. Even though I'm not advanced, I still prefer it to most other programming stuff. (Even though HTML isn't really that hard to learn)
Played soccer today. Somewhere in Toa Payoh. In the hot freaking sun. I can still feel the heat in my hair. Played with a couple of Fadhil's friends and his friend's friends. It was fun, but I swear that I will never play at noon ever again. The heat was just f***ing crazy. Something must have melted somewhere some time today and it was not ice cream. How did I even survive that? Man...
Certainly isn't the same as playing with Marc and Co. though. It's just more fun with them. All the stupid stuff that happens. Let it be Marc breaking his back or someone getting hit in the balls. Or is that what happens when I play with my poly class?
It's almost 3.30 now. Still not a little bit sleepy. More bored than anything else. I think I need to start reading more. As in books, not lecture notes. I'm still targeting to get Blink! by Malcolm Galdwell (I think that's the author). I think it's been 2 years that I've been wanting to get that book. Oh well...When the time comes I guess.
Holidays are here. Yay. I seriously needed this timeout. The pressure and the sheer speed at which this semester is going is killing me.
ASP.NET. Woohoo. Great programming platform, tough to execute. The drag and drop element is quite fun but seeing all those tags really makes me dizzy. I guess I'm just too used to the good old HTML platform. it made things so much easier then. Even Dreamweaver doesn't excite me now. Being able to go down to that raw level of detail is really fun. Even though I'm not advanced, I still prefer it to most other programming stuff. (Even though HTML isn't really that hard to learn)
Played soccer today. Somewhere in Toa Payoh. In the hot freaking sun. I can still feel the heat in my hair. Played with a couple of Fadhil's friends and his friend's friends. It was fun, but I swear that I will never play at noon ever again. The heat was just f***ing crazy. Something must have melted somewhere some time today and it was not ice cream. How did I even survive that? Man...
Certainly isn't the same as playing with Marc and Co. though. It's just more fun with them. All the stupid stuff that happens. Let it be Marc breaking his back or someone getting hit in the balls. Or is that what happens when I play with my poly class?
It's almost 3.30 now. Still not a little bit sleepy. More bored than anything else. I think I need to start reading more. As in books, not lecture notes. I'm still targeting to get Blink! by Malcolm Galdwell (I think that's the author). I think it's been 2 years that I've been wanting to get that book. Oh well...When the time comes I guess.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
4 June / 11:12 PM
Oh man...No time to blog....Schoolwork is catching up on me.
Wait...What schoolwork?
Slacking off big time. I know what's going on and I can understand most of what's being thought, but I'm just too lazy to care. I'm pretty much just living for the moment...or whatever is left of it. I study in school, do parts of the project when needed to, but I'm just lacking that all important kick that gave me my 3.7 in Year 1 Sem 1. What the who. I'll start focusing soon. need to maintain my position going into the course streaming.
I have sand in my hair. Even though I showered I can still feel a few beads on my scalp. But it was all for fun. Had fun with all the Budak Melayu Anderson at East Coast Park. I can't believe that almost everyone was there. And being the stoner I am, I forgot to bring an extra T-shirt and ended up spending time in the sand. But it was all worth it. To get away from the stresses of school.
I need to do some major maintenance on my comp if it's going to take my school workload. I need to switch to XP. Vista is eating up resources. A lot of it. I tell you, if you ever want to switch to Vista, make sure your computer can handle it. Even if it's "Vista Compatible" it may not be fully able to handle the needs of Vista. So stick to XP.
At least Vista has good security. That's always a plus.
Wait...What schoolwork?
Slacking off big time. I know what's going on and I can understand most of what's being thought, but I'm just too lazy to care. I'm pretty much just living for the moment...or whatever is left of it. I study in school, do parts of the project when needed to, but I'm just lacking that all important kick that gave me my 3.7 in Year 1 Sem 1. What the who. I'll start focusing soon. need to maintain my position going into the course streaming.
I have sand in my hair. Even though I showered I can still feel a few beads on my scalp. But it was all for fun. Had fun with all the Budak Melayu Anderson at East Coast Park. I can't believe that almost everyone was there. And being the stoner I am, I forgot to bring an extra T-shirt and ended up spending time in the sand. But it was all worth it. To get away from the stresses of school.
I need to do some major maintenance on my comp if it's going to take my school workload. I need to switch to XP. Vista is eating up resources. A lot of it. I tell you, if you ever want to switch to Vista, make sure your computer can handle it. Even if it's "Vista Compatible" it may not be fully able to handle the needs of Vista. So stick to XP.
At least Vista has good security. That's always a plus.
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