ashin. (chomelnya baby face with glasses.)

look he’s sleeping, like a cherub.

wtf. since when was i this attracted to any chinese guy??

you know it’s love, when you can overlook that the object of your affections is named… monster.

oh ye of dexterous fingers and perfectly ruffled hair.

oh, you’re so cool when you leap and bound across the stage with that serious expression on your face before you break into a sunshiney grin.

mmmm… yeah, rock that guitar.

awesome set. awesome projections. great pyrotechnics. the full works. only the fucking sound was a bit off. still it was great. surprisingly haven’t lost my voice, but i think i may have stomped enough to lose my arch. flat feet are not sexay.

check out their robot. it moved, ok. it fucking moved.

ashin is so baby-faced cute.

monster. oh, i think i’m in love. <3

and that’s all, because i’m typical like that and i like only the cute members of the band.

these are all their own videos which i’m forcing down your throat since my videos totally sucked. jumping camera(wo)men take the most seizure-inducing vids.

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.

got wolf and headed to the now defunct ruums aka KL Live. wolf being the old man that he is decided to sit outside with the other cynical old-timers while we went in. what the fuck!

me: if juan wasn’t here, you’d let us go in ourselves?
wolf (lying through his teeth): of course not.

we invited baby along as well, but she only goes to sweat fests when they’re at the beach. at night. with DJs.

there were a few more hardcore bands in the lineup preceding NUFAN, and it occurred to me that the headliners might have a tough time keeping the energy up. yeah, right. as if.

they only came up at around 7ish and the 30 minute soundcheck had made everyone a little antsy. energy to the max with the first song – chasing rainbows.

it’s not like we actively decided at any one point to jump in the fray. the bloody circle just sort of extended itself and before you knew it we were in the most pit. someone or something hit me in the face and i was licking blood from inside my mouth. of course it only got me all excited (sicko). al did a 180-turn from “i don’t want to die” to “wheeeeee”. juan and i had to keep chasing her around.

memorable moments:

• guy at the door stopping the band and the band showing him their band passes and saying “we’re the band.” EPIC FAIL.
• having some guy hook around my left ankle and do a kung-fu trip
• some random idiot stage-diving and putting juan into a chokehold
• juan’s face as he was being put in a chokehold
• sections of the crowd parting for al kecik kecik! *all move back*
• this chick stage-diving twice with some some really uber last minute flip. salute.
• the crowd shouting and shoving everyone away from some unfortunate soul who plunged head-first into the ground (they lifted him away. so sweet.)
• NUFAN singing “since you’ve been gone” and ending it with “fuck kelly clarkson! i fucked her in the ass!”

all in all, the fucking set was way too short plus for some reason i managed to miss “life size mirror” wtf.

methinks they were checking out the 5-star cook from india. juan with his “falallee” digicam.

al and i are tired. and hungry. and covered in other people’s sweat. woohooo!

the only video i managed to take.

al and i (and hopefully wolf won’t ffk) will be trotting down, in all probability around 3-4pm. sorry la, i have no idea who the opening acts are and i don’t want to get kicked in the face before watching the headlining act. have gotten a bit auntie over the past year and am a little scared of getting trampled on. during the nofx gig in 2007, i threw myself into the mosh pit and i still remember some nice guys fishing me out and propping me up. i wonder if that will happen again this time. :D

yeah, long time no sweat fest! o, how i long for some nice protective shoes.

then there’s foals, which ah hiong chucked into my public folder. very dance-y indie. what really caught me was the irregular drumming and untreated sound. it’s so asking to be played at twilight action girl. (maybe they have already, haven’t been to zouk in 5 months so i wouldn’t know.)

i want to go dancing!

i love kokokaina, whoops, zee avi. who incidentally has released a new video for her song Bitter Heart.

lovely.

You were a child
Crawling on your knees toward it
Making momma so proud
But your voice was too loud
We like to watch you laughing
Picking insects off of plants
No time to think of consequences

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted

The water is warm
But it’s sending me shivers
A baby is born
Crying out for attention
The memories fade
Like looking through a … fogged mirror
Decision to decisions are made and not bought
But I thought this wouldn’t hurt a lot
I guess not

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted

sigh, no one else quite does elektro like the europeans.

so hatim was in supposed dj mode yesterday, and i can diss him without fear because he refuses to read “blogs” (said sneeringly) nowadays anyway, and he started on an mp3-on-msn sending spree.

this is his lapsap-inspired list.

bonde do role – gasolina
don rimini – let me back up (crookers tetsujin mix)
MSTRKRFT – VUVUVU
federico franchi – cream
jesse mccartney – leavin’ (MSTRKRFT remix)
robin s vs steve angello & laidback luke – shoe me love vs be (hardwell bootleg)
shinichi osawa – star guitar
timbaland – miscommunication (the bloody beetroots remix)
digitalism – pogo (shinichi osawa remix)
shitdisco – 72 virgins (the blood beetroots remix)
MGMT – kids (soulwax remix)
hot chip – ready for the floor

nice nice. my only fear is that from outside my car, all the hard bass beats will sound like fengtau. coupled with my orange hair, i’m going to be so lalamui. current favourite? the bloody beetroots – dimmakmmunication.

this is my current favourite song -  Private Life of a Cat by The LK (The Love of Kevin, Chaos, Colour and the Sound of K). it hooked me the second i heard it. really lovely stuff. it reminds me very much of The Postal Service.

free and hopefully legal (i haven’t checked) downloads here.

i found myself listening with growing unease. already dropping the ! from their name killed a small part of my psyche. now, listening to the tracks off the new album (yeah a whole 24 hours before the concert, bitches) i thought “oh god, how… mellow…”

hell, even the track titles aren’t as happening. don’t downgrade me from “The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage” and “There’s a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought of It Yet” or my favourite yet “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” (yes, i know it’s a coupland title. it’s also what i named my tabulas blog).

now we have such inane stuff – “Nine in the Afternoon” and “When the Day Met the Night”. titles that i might have written in a fit of adolescent despair. where are the compelling, intelligent, palahniuk-inspired songs? and what’s up with ross’ new obsession with the word “moon” found in at least 3 songs?

and i’m still most shaken up that kellie passed up the chance to try snog brendon urie at the mtv asia awards.

but why, colin, why?

being my leechy little self, am bugging bryan to get free tickets. initially forgot about him and his long warner arm, and planned to go for the RM68 (pre 2nd august) free-standing tickets. thankfully kellie accidentally reminded me. “you got free tix, babe?” hmmm… not yet.

*crosses fingers*

haven’t been to a proper concert in yonks. in fact, the one and only proper stadium merdeka gig i went for was alanis morissette way back when. the only thing that came close was nofx last year. well, it was probably better thanks to the glorious moshpit.

i need to see urie in his rouge and top hat. i want to be totally sloshed trying to sing the words to “build god, then we’ll talk” and “time to dance”!