And now, for a different spin on things – Guess That Trashcan Curve! Once again, the first person to guess correctly will get one most complimenting paragraph on my blog. All three answers must be correct.
This should be a major hint; what is this? I have one. I know how to play it, too.
Where is this?
Where is this? Name a nearby landmark.
Don’t worry people, I still have more trashcans to guess. I just don’t want my winners to always be rhyming with “left” or “curve”.
For those of you impatient to read about KL Sing Song 2006, click here to read the article I wrote for Xfresh. Then there are pictures by Jasiminne.
Oh yeah, I forgot; the only reason why I wanted a dedit card was so I could reserve tickets at The Actors’ Studio and KL Performing Arts Centre. 🙁
Oh, and maybe get a 2x2x2 Rubik’s Cube. However, that’s the only one that’s out of stock at Rubik’s official website! Argh. I already have every other cube!
And now, for some random takes on movies:
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
The monsters were… poppier than the first. Halfway through the movie they become a lot less gross-looking and more of a spot-the-sea-creature game. I’m keeping my beard for a bit and it’s messier than before. ARRR! I wanna be a pirate.
Fast And The Furious 3: Tokyo Drift
Not supposed to make sense, but cool nevertheless. I wish they’d allow Ford Mustangs here. Too damn loud, they say.
Cars
Now this would be classic – spot the cultural references! For example, the organic fuel provider was Filmore, and he blasted Jimi Hendrix – Star Spangled Banner. Jimi also performed a few times at Filmore East. They even yelled Freebird! 😀 (Which has some relevance, being a tribute song to NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt…) (More details on Wikipedia.)
I also don’t remember the last time watching a 3D CGI movie made me feel as fulfilled in a magical way like Toy Story did. None of the obscene current cultural references like Shark Tale.
And now, for McDonald’s:
Spicy Beef Foldover
Quite a bit of cheese, tasting much like a pizza. A lot more salad and less sauce. And yeah, I have no beef with it. I mean, there’s very little beef in it. Nice, but don’t go for it if you have a beef craving.
Grilled Chicken Foldover (new recipe)
How could they? They removed most of the sauce, and added a lot more salad to make it as healthy as the Spicy Beef Foldover. Thankfully, there are still two chicken patties, but the one I had, sadly, had a foldover malfunction – one of the patties slid down (probably due to the salad’s lack of grip on the chicken.)
And now, for random pictures:
New meaning to window jam.
Here’s how you can indent/emboss a balloon:
A mosquito decides to take a sweet dip in my Teh Tarik.
Moths read blogs, too.
Fight like a butterfly, sting like a bee, stone like a moth.
Prepare for take-off…
It seems to be inspecting itself.
Man, this is more than a month old. Albert is back in backdated season! (This should give all of you an estimate as to when the bucketload of pictures will arrive…)
Project Bazooka Band Night, 15th June 2006.
Broken Scar Broken Ska is on the list tonight, with blues-playing Curtis Blues Review.
Broken Scar Broken Ska. The colored spotlights were scorchingly bright that night, allowing me to get an exposure of 1/25 seconds, F2.6, at ISO200.
The same manual settings, with flash. However, flash must be set to maximum power so it will reach the back, and it has to be ISO200 (or else the flash won’t reach the background.) This effect is only possible when the spotlights overpower the flash. For digital cameras without manual settings, just set to Auto, flash on, point into the dark crowd, half-press the shutter, then point at the scene and snap.
Curtis of Curtis Blues Review is jamming up his funky blues and soul. Sadly they were a three-piece band that night, as the other guitarist couldn’t make it, so they relegated to covers instead.
And this is how you tap the bottom end!
I now break my own rules and skip big gigs (don’t worry, I will post pictures from Fete De La Musique 2006 when I feel that I’m up to the arduous task) in favor of this small Flipsyde showcase at Zouk, 8th July 2006.
The tuning song. Flipsyde is rock-infused hip hop, with Santana-esque rock solos thrown in, and an acoustic guitar making the funkiest riffs since Baby Bash – Suga Suga.
All tuned in? Let’s go!
Dave Lopez is technically solid on electric guitar, despite his quote:
Nothing is cooler than a guitarist strumming and rapping at the same time. He can’t help but sound like Eminem though. It’s the white boy rap I tell ya. (Though sounding like Eminem or Anthony Kiedis is a compliment. Really.) And does anybody notice the guitar solos in some Eminem songs? I do!
Slayer T-shirt and a G&L ASAT! There was no drummer because the DJ has all his beats laid down on the house, yo.
Yes that’s right, an eBow! Just like the one I have! At least he has an electric guitar to max out its effects…
Check out the pedals… and the set list. I saw that extra song down there, so we knew they were coming back for an encore.
And now, to announce the winner of the 6th instalment of Guess That Trashcan!
I wanted an answer
Not a riddle or a question
Sure, smashpOp was a hinter
Cameron Highlands? He’d be mistaken
Steph does not win either, having answered correctly but guessed again after that.
This shows that all of you are dirty, littering buggers who don’t care for public cleanliness. I dispose of my trash in trashcans. Do you?
However, Sher Vin is a sure win!
Pictured here is me and her ‘trigger‘ camwhore pose. Sadly, her digital camera is broken. Even if monetary contributions are not your forte, I hope at least to propagate her camwhoring pose, and acknowledge her as the initiator of such a pose. That way, when Taiwanese artistes are doing her trigger pose, we can ask for royalties. (And then, maybe, she can get a brand spanking new digital camera!)
P.S. The trashcan was in the lower Genting Skyway.
When you need a fix of the zany and absurd, read Cyanide And Happiness! Such genius, such comic expression in such a simple drawing of a face! I suggest you click on their First strip, then keep clicking Next, because their earlier works were more consistent.
There’s even one with a Rubik’s Cube (though it is technically wrong because there are only 6 colors on a cube, not 7.) They even have more cowbell!
There’s amazing artwork in the Perry Bible Fellowship as well. Way more bizarre than Bizarro.
And now, for the sixth trashcan in the Guess That Trashcan series!
As usual, first correct answer gets a free pimping.
And now, for more delayed pictures from March 2006. Presenting the Xfresh Xplorer, our very own luxury transforming bus!
The Xfresh Street Surfers went to schools, colleges and universities with the bus.
From left to right, top to bottom:
From left to right, top to bottom:
Top: Panning shots of Farahwahida and one half of Mass Raw superimposed; left: Doul; right: the Xfresh Xplorer, fully transformed, complete with yellow curtain and emcees on the deck.
We now teleport to May 2006, the Xfresh photoshoot. Picture may be strangely familiar.
Men fret though about the stability of their cameras.
Note the happy couple. 😀
From left to right, top to bottom:
Run for the picture!
Trigger snappy.
Alright, show’s over.
On a side note, and to prove that my backdated blog entry has some relevance, the Xfresh Xplorer will be coming to Cineleisure Damansara!
What: MYSO Jam Fest
When: 5pm to 7pm, 13th to 16th July 2006
Where: Main entrance, Cineleisure Damansara
Who: Performances from Samir, Liang, MIX, Lips, C.Loco, Premelodic, Estranged, Broken Scar, Shazzy and Doul!
How much: Free; how would we charge you anyway?
MORE DETAILS AND FUNKY GRAPHICS BY SMASHPOP HERE.
There’s also the KL Sing Song 2006 at KLPAC.
What: KL Sing Song 2006 – Performance 1
When: 8:30pm, 14th July 2006
Where: Pentas Dua, KLPAC
Who: Mia Palencia, Shelley Leong, Reza Salleh, Ariff Akhir, Pak Pandir, Fathulistiwa Soundscapes
How much: Adult RM25, Student, Elderly & Disabled (limited to 50 seats) RM15.
What: KL Sing Song 2006 – Workshops 1, 2, 3 & 4
When: 1pm to 5:30pm, 15th July 2006
Where: Indicene, KLPAC
Who: Shelley Leong – “Singing With Style”
Shelley Leong and guitarist Az Samad share useful handy tips on performing with panache
Pak Pandir – “Lyrics & Creativity”
Pak Pandir talks about how to explore your environment through lyrics
Shanon Shah – “Make It Live”
Shanon Shah shares his experiences onstage and what it takes to be a live performer
Pete Teo – “The Indie Path”
Pete Teo talks about how to build a music career as a solo independent performer
How much: RM20
What: KL Sing Song 2006 – Performance 2
When 8:30pm, 15th July 2006
Where: Pentas Dua, KLPAC
Who: Pete Teo, Shanon Shah, Mei Chern, Meor, Broken Scar, Rhapsody
How much: Adult RM25, Student, Elderly & Disabled (limited to 50 seats) RM15.
On the 10th of June 2006 (oh no I’m going back to a picture backlog of about a month) I got on the bus from Ampang Park to Alexis at Great Eastern Mall, Ampang, to catch the return of Shelley Leong and Az Samad to our acoustic singer-songwriter scene.
Yes, the caption is there just to fill up the space from merging two unaligned pictures, both 15 second exposures. It’s one of the rare occasions where I break my 400 pixel wide barrier for 600 pixel goodness. Don’t worry I’m not even breaking anyone’s view in 640×480 yet!
But first, Ampang Park LRT has a redeco.
And back to Az, always in motion, with the flow, playing virtuoso acoustic fingerstyle.
Shelley plans to take over the world.
Okay fine flash her, she’ll look alright.
New songs include Perfect World (with some Hendrix-like chord plucking) and Fragile Hearts.
Kevin Theseira can’t go wrong with the bass player’s tummy of tone.
Shelley is hip, yo.
Bow to the double bass.
This Washburn guitar hasn’t been christened with scratch marks by Az’s violent playing yet.
Random Alexis candle.
And now, for a blast from the past, more like blast from Blast Off! Season 2, which ended February 2006, but which pictures from various shows I never got round to posting until now:
Left: Solsta* had a cool britpop vibe with singer bobbing his head while singing Supergrass; right: Jiaja has the Hendrix riffs and fashion sense, rightfully winning the competition, proving that Malaysian voters have their head on straight. This 2006, at least, compared to the bum notes that were 2005’s reality TV show winners.
Top-left: Fugitives rock AC/DC style.
Top-right: This dude from 3Flow looks like smashpOp.
Bottom-left: The Exilers got to the finals. Thank goodness they sharpened up and stopped playing emo punk at the end, excelling instead at power metal.
Bottom-right: Mariam the hothothot host. I wish I had a clear picture of the hothothot Belinda C. too.
Nuk‘s bassist strongly planted the stoic KoRn pose for the rest of the band to follow.
Yeah, again, the dude from the Fugitives.
And now, for some random sky sunset shots to fill time while waiting for someone to answer my last Guess That Trashcan quiz correctly.
Noise has been retained for effect.
I wonder how much potential energy lies between two antennas that size.
Perhaps, enough to change Ampang highways.
Now’s the chance for the power tower to feel the tower; when the twin towers are not in sight.
Look ma, giant pylons!
This is so lame it should start to rain.
A new prosperous beginning! Gold will rain from the sky.
You got that right; it’s the fifth instalment. Guess That Trashcan!
As usual, first correct answer gets a free pimping.