harmless? bananas!

Hello. It’s been awhile, so I thought I’d ping you to let you know I’m still alive and well on the Interwebs.

I still haven’t found that spark to writing that I used to have, but here are some videos involving performance of some sort that I do in another life.

SHELVES live at Home Club, 24 June 2011 – shot by Little

PowerPoint KTV at The Pigeonhole, 14 April 2011 – shot by Kevin Lim (I’m a little tipsy in this one.)

Don’t it hurt so bad
When you’re standin’ in the sun
In the bottom of your heart
You don’t love no one

You can be oh so mean
I just can’t see, no in between
You know what the sun’s all about
When the lights go out

What a way to live
Back of your class
End of the line
Always last

You can be oh so mean
I just can’t see, no in between
You know what the sun’s all about
When the lights go out

See the moon
See the stars
From your lonely seat
In your lonely cars

You can be oh so mean
I just can’t see, no in between
You know what the sun’s all about
When the lights go out

It’s nice that you can watch Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations on Youtube, especially when such content gets taken down faster than pirate DVD sellers run from the law. Well, that’s exactly what I was doing today, and yes.. to live like Bourdain himself would seem to be the life -)

This might be a food centric TV show, and my.. how all that sushi and yakitori look phenomenal, I’m really impressed at the over-arching theme of simplicity and bushido that seems ingrained in this take on Japanese culture.

I’m always fascinated by simplicity, how something so seemingly simple (at the loss of a better word), holds so much complexity. Especially for over thinking neurotics like myself, the attainment of simplicity would be heaven on earth. The essence of simplicity achieved through the deconstruction of the distractions around us, so that the final presentation attains a clarity even in the polarised contrast of ingredients. Two sides of the same coin my friend.

Well, I just shared all that just so you might know. Watch the episode below!

I love the Manchester band, Oceansize, and thereby compile some of my favourite songs for you and me.

Commemorative 9-11 T-Shirt

Unfamiliar

Paper Champion

Women Who Love Me Who Love Drugs

Dead Dogs An’ All That

The Frame

Decided to take a video camera to our NYE celebrations this year, and this is how it all went down.

Here’s a brief montage, oh.. it gets better..

The rap battle. Full of sick beats and killer flow.

And topped off with a little song and dance.

What scared me the most is that we reclaimed the streets and did our own impromptu NYE’09 concert.

I think this was the second gig we played this year. It was a charity gig meant to raise funds and awareness for a ‘lil girl, Charmaine, who is suffering from Neuroblastoma. You can read the blog chronicling her trials and treatments here.

Here’re the videos of our set that day, as recorded by one man army, Ron of Gigvideos fame.

Setlist
1. Absolute Beginners
2. Always A Way
3. Some Girls
4. Paperbag Girls
5. Mr And Mrs
6. Amsterdam (Chinatown)

Absolute Beginners

Always A Way

Some Girls

Paperbag Girls

Mr And Mrs

Amsterdam (Chinatown)