LONGPIGS "on and on"

i love this band, Longpigs so much. i miss them. "on and on" touches me.

SONIC CATHEDRAL

London April 30th
2000hrs
The Social
5 Little Portland St (just off Great Portland st)
Nearest tube will be Oxford Circus.

Went there for a pint of GUINNESS with Owen Nicholas. He told me it's a cool place to hang out and have to some drinks while enjoying some the shows there.

It was one the best nights i had in London. I meet Ulrich Schnauss and James of MAPS (doing a DJ set). Oh, man..didn't really thought gonna meet them personally, we chat for awhile, i had to ask for their signature for sure ( Owen was running out to get a copy of the poster for me, thanks alot bro..) and both of them are fuckin' friendly. STEADY POK!

I really hope they'll come over to Malaysia someday. Do check them out, if you're into shoegaze, ambient, electronica .

Sam, you should have joined us that night...next time, check the "NAME LIST"!

london oh london

stylophone

The weather was bad for the past two days. It's been raining, drizzling, stop for awhile, and there she goes again. Owen told me it was fine a few days before. Damn, not for me i guess.
I was watching SkyNews (about this sick guy somewhere in Austria, locked his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, rape her, fathering seven children, Josep Fritzl confessed to burning the body of one child after it died in infancy, man...what tha fuck?!) in my room (Copthorne Tara Hotel, i'll stay there when i fly to London) somewhere in Kensington High Street while waiting for Owen. We planned to go for lunch somewhere near by then head to Denmark Street as i need to check out some gear for my band. As i looked outside, damn...the weather didn't change a bit. Dark clouds, drizzling wet, gothic, cold. macam sial. very the "Elbow" "The Cure" mood.


Anyway, Owen came over and we head straight to a Chinese restaurant called "STICK & BOWL". Had our makan there, Owen seems enjoying his noodle. Usually, i'll go to Bayswater for lunch but the weather was kinda suck so might as well we just go somewhere near by the High Street Kensington station. From there, we'll hit to Tottenham Court Road station.

There's a couple of cool guitar store that you'll find here in Denmark St. From new, used, custom, vintage. You name it, they've got it. I was looking for Fender Blender but it's quite expensive here. £199.00. I guess it's our RM rates against theirs. I think getting it in the States would be a better option. Oh yeah, me and Owen did tried the Theremin. Cool stuff, sounds cooler if you added some delays, phaser or some kind of other modulation effects. Owen was thinking to get one. I would have bought it if the price tag was reasonable for me. £99.00. That's heavy for me.

At one of the store, i only could have a Stylophone reissue for £20.00 Yep, i bought it.There's plenty of vintage stuff that you can find here, but one thing for sure, it's costly and some are quite big to bring home. I guess it would be my new toy for now. You can experiment with other modulation pedals. Hee..hee..hee..

Thanks Ad...

"I knew there was something fishy about Telebury and Farid Ali. I finally figured out the connection. Ed from Telebury IS Farid Ali. Expect to see Telebury perform with a gambus."
by Adlin

It would be cool, if i could play a gambus. gotta learn from now then.

J.G Ballard

James Graham Ballard

gonna start to read his novels. "Empire of the Sun" (a film directed by S. Spielberg) was a true story of his life during the WWII. it move me to tears. this was a few years back. dumb me, i didn't know he wrote it. until recently. a friend recommends "Crash". mmm...we'll see how it goes, for a start.

dream fender blender

am looking forward for this.

There are few Fender products with as much "indie cred" as the Fender Blender. Once thought of as an overly harsh fuzz pedal, the Blender, thanks to players like Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, is now a coveted, and rare, vintage pedal. Original Blender pedals routinely sell on ebay for between $300-400. Like we have done with guitars & amps, we are reissuing this pedal to satisfy the demand that has surged past the supply on the vintage market. The beauty of this pedal is that it does not sound like anything else on the market. It has a totally unique voice. This is a pedal made for players who want to create instead of copy. With a bit of experimentation, a player can get countless sounds out of this pedal, some that were intended and some that were not. The Blender can be used for leads by metal players looking for an ultra-aggressive tone. This will replace other Octave/Fuzz pedals on pedalboards throughout the land. Fender® Blender™ Custom A reissue of the classic octave/fuzz pedal sold by Fender from 1968 to 1977. Product intro taken from Fender.com

dream_anatomy

human anatomy always fascinates me. it shows us, how complex we are. we need to discover our own inner self before others. we lack of that. yes, we are. lack of courtesy to others. smart? not yet, we're almost there. we just learned through history.