Drat. The Rock Around The Clock gig was postponed till further notice. So says the man woman, Irene. What about Cosmic Funk Express at the Mont Kiara Jazz Fest? Alda hopes that it rains before the show or there might not be one.
The lack of rain is just the lack of bad singers. If anyone has ever told you to stop singing, now is your turn to shine! Maybe, just maybe, if I could sneak one of my songs onto Xfresh FM and get it played nationwide, it just might work.
Yes folks, this is a regular Coca Cola 325 ml tin, and a 5 grams packet of sugar.
It says that there is 11 grams of sugar in 100 mls, while the amount of sugar in a serving (240 ml) is 25 ml. Now who drinks only 73.8% of a Coca Cola can and leaves the rest for another day?
Supposing 100 ml had 11 grams, 325 ml has 11 / 100 * 325 = 35.75 grams. Now look to the right; a regular packet of sugar at 5 grams. 35.75 grams makes SEVEN packets of sugar!
Can you imagine drinking seven liquified packets of sugar?
Kids, carbonated drinks are bad for you. Low-sugar or “less sugar” canned drinks have 18 grams, or 4 packets. Not so obscenely diabetic.
So I was at Paul’s Place, and Paul was playing the CD he usually played in between bands. Some fancy shredder rock stuff.
Me: Who is this?
He: Oh! This is Jerry Felix.
Me: The Yamaha-endorsed professional drummer?
He: Yeah. Did you know that Jaclyn Victor of Malaysian Idol used to sing for him?
Me: Really? But it’s a guy singing this.
He: Oh, it’s one of the other band members. She sings on some other tracks. We might play it later if this band isn’t done doing their soundcheck.
Turns out I have that album! It’s Jerry Felix – … At Last! and Jaclyn sings in 3 of 14 songs. Ever wondered why her rendition of Sweet Child Of Mine was so sweet? Go get the album. She used to sing with these shredders (and drum-soloers or whatever you call drummer versions of flashy guitarists.)
Turns out Paul plays the CD in order. Those of you regulars will recognize the one with the aeroplane takeoff intro as Cherry Blossom, followed by Jaclyn’s Circles and Look, Don’t Touch, the hard rocking song I heard when the revealing conversation took place.
So yeah, now you know Jaclyn wasn’t just a pub singer with an album.
P.S. The title does not imply that she played guitar. It’s just yet another pun.
I wanna watch The Island. People say it’s good.
You know, the one where it’s the future and rich people pay to be cloned? And then when they get into accidents, they can get spare parts from the clones? Problem is, they have emotions too, and then one day they break out of the island, and the clones mix with the originals. It makes you wonder, are you you, or are you the clone? And…
Wait, what am I talking about? I haven’t watched the movie.
At least five people who start the sentence with, “Hey, I watched The Island. It was damn good! Bla bla bla synopsis.” Yes that many people have told me the synopsis without me asking. Nobody went, “Hey, I watched The Island full stop.”
It must be either a really good movie, or there was a subliminal message planted in it that makes people want to tell you about it. See? I’m even telling you the synopsis. I’ve been told the story enough times already.
So yeah, I must watch it, so when friends go, “Hey on Wednesday I watched The Island and you know what? It’s awesome, it’s about…” I could go, “Yeah! I watched it already.”
Then again, I could say “Yeah! I watched it already.” without actually watching the movie. Now, if only I was good at pretending I watched the movie when they go, “Hey remember that part? Did you notice that…”
It’s harder to make than it looks; you should have a tripod.
Yes, this is my view from the new fishtank (also known as the Xfresh office.) Yes, people who come out of the elevator can stare at us.
I went to the Macam Macam Ada gig last Saturday. Here’s to more pictures!
From left to right, then down a line:
Eddy is finally a true blue green rock star. Incredible! Plus he plays mean harmonica with the new cast of Triple 6 Poser (whatever happened to the name change, people?)
Well yeah end of story. Not.
It’s the end of the world! The haze came down for a visit on Tuesday. I couldn’t stop myself from taking loads of pictures. It was like Genting, but smelling of smoke instead.
What: Uh, a Hartamas Square gig?
When: 8pm Thursday August 4th 2005
Where: Hartamas Square
Who: Broken Scar, Soft Touch, Flatline
How much: Free I suppose, just buy a drink and plop yourself in one of those seats
What: Acoustic guitar workshop with Az Samad and vocal workshop with Shelley Leong
When: 2-4pm Sunday 7th August 2005
Where: The Music Hut, Bandar Damansara Perdana; call 03-77109198 or 012-6510445 for bookings.
Who: Az Samad and Shelley Leong
How much: RM10
What: Spirit Of Independence
When: 4pm Sunday 7th August 2005
Where: Paul’s New Place
Who: Dragon Red, NAO, Furniture, Shelley Leong, Soft Touch, Tempered Mental, Y2K, Cosmic Funk Express, Jasemaine and X-cited Screamers
How much: RM12 and you get a free wristband while stocks last
What: Rock Around The Clock (or Poseidon’s album launch. Kickass shredding!)
When: 6pm Friday 12th August 2005
Where: Paul’s New Place
Who: Borange, Inverted Coma, Vineyard, Fuselage, Stonebay, Warve, Poseidon, Frequency Cannon, Vespertine, Cosmic Funk Express, Beat The System, Infiltrated
How much: RM15 and you get one free drink
What: Mont Kiara Jazz Fest
When: 10pm Friday 12th August 2005
Where: Sunrise Plaza Mont Kiara
Who: Cosmic Funk Express, Outrageous
How much: You can sit in front for free or buy an expensive alcoholic drink and have a seat.
What: The Fretboard Menace
When: 8pm Friday 26th August 2005
Where: KL JamAsia, No. 19-1, Jalan 22A/70A, Plaza Crystalville, Desa Sri Hartamas
Who: Az Samad, Cosmic Funk Express, Deja Voodoo Spells (and they’ll do a G3-style bit at the end! I wonder who the bassist and drummer will be, though…)
How much: RM15 with a free drink; first 20 females get in free.
The reason why I advertise these gigs is because that might actually help instead of telling people how they missed a great performance. And yes, I’m going for all of them. I’ve also been roped in to take pictures for Irene (who will then pass it to the New Straits Times newspaper) so if you wanna appear in the newspaper, look for me and I’ll make you famous. It might help if you looked like you were rocking out. Yes I admit that my digital camera’s picture quality isn’t that great but it was used to take that big mugshot of Frequency Cannon in NST. (Well the photographer ran out of batteries so he borrowed mine…)
The only shaky plans are the acoustic guitar workshop (until I master the art of teleportation) and the jazz fest (since I’ve already seen Cosmic Funk Express and have to take pictures…) Why can’t they have the jazz fest clumped up into a nice Friday night like last year’s, when all the bands I wanted to see all played the same night?