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 † Beyond the Grave †
Degradation & Elevation
Aftermath of the Gig @ Expo
Next few bands played and I think that I should credit DJ Party Band, Elysium, Marionette & Lucify on a job well done. Way to go guys =) In between there was a short birthday song for Emerson and Wenjie which was quite funny. Apologies to Marionette for fooling around during their set. Sorry guys, the atmosphere was too dull and we had to lighten the mood a bit XD Well, I guess this will most likely be the last time that we will be solely play Jrock songs. Will be moving on to play more english rock and metal, something which we have been wanting to do for some time. Pity that we couldn't go out with a bang but hey, you don't always get what you want right?
Gig Details
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Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 4 Time: 4pm till 9.30pm Hope to see you there! ======= Yup, its confirmed that my band will be playing in this event. So I hope that you can give us your suppport =) Will be unable to go for Natsu Matsuri this year. Seems like most of the gang are giving it a miss also.. either coz of preperation for the gig or other commitments. Come to think of it, we'll be celebrating Natsu Matsuri in a different way =P Hopefully we can still have a mass gathering like we used to back in the old days. Sheesh.. i'm starting to sound like an old man liao §-___- Ok, next post will be after the gig. Lookin forward to seeing you guys there.
What a Rush...
Currently blogging from the office.. work has been hectic, with superiors chewing my ass out every chance they get. Juz got a call from ed and he told me about an upcoming gig on 21st August that we _may be_ playing. Damn.. given the current situation of time constraints, it looks like we're gonna have to play back our old setlist. Here's the link for you guys that are interested.
To those that have seen us before at D'J Party: We apologise if the setlist is gonna bore you coz its the same.
To those who have yet to see us play: We'll do our best not to let you guys down..
Recent Reflections
Cosfest 2005
 as well as the pendant that Ambri wanted to get (58 bloody bucks he owes me..). When Kyoka finally arrived, the two of us headed into the toilet to change. It must have seemed like eternity coz i was stuck helping Kyoka put on his costume while i was in costume.. needless to say that it was freakin hot. Helped David (Dante) out with his costume too but Kyoka's one was proving to be a bitch for him to put on.
Winamp Playin: The Beatles - Get Back
Midway I headed back in to pass Sakuya (Anbu Kiba) the wakizashi and walked around abit.. before running into Lennon who was quite surprised to see me in the whole getup. Chatted with him abit n posed with Akane Jojo (Kuro Ky Kiske) for some shots. Walked around and ran into Joanne, Kuek, Victor, Emerson, Zhiwei and Wawa who couldn't recognize me at first (then again most people didn't at first glance). Some notable highlights were the Shaman King cosplayer (Bokuto no Ryu), Ivan the Leopardman (Gaara), the Star Wars bunch (some of them were holding the official replica of the lightsaber), Julia and Dan (cosplayin characters from Deathnote), The Fantastic 4 (3, rather), the Bleach group and the sudden appearance of Freddy Kreuger, Batman and Predator. No you're not reading it wrong, there WAS a guy in a Predator suit walking around and he was nothing short of attention grabbing. The minute he walked in, people rushed towards him to get photos and videos of the 1.8m Predator. The details of his costume were pretty accurate.. I'd say about 95% accurate. Heck he even had the actual face mask of the Predator beneath when he took off the metal one. There was a short 'fight' with Batman and the Predator which lasted about a few minutes before they shook hands XD The most hilarious thing about it all was that while they were 'fighting', there was some jpop songs being played at the stage (as one of the teams was doin some performance on stage) so it seemed kinda comical at the moment.
If Wenjie is reading this (in which case he probably isn't coz he's too damn lazy to read blogs) EAT YOUR HEART OUT! TOO BAD U MISSED THE PREDATOR COZ U WERE PROBABLY SITTING ON YOUR BUTT PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES AT HOME MUAHAHAHAHA XD~
Winamp Playin: Gary Moore - Enough of the Blues
The rest of the event was spent walking around and posing for some of the cameras.. wanted to take some pics with David but both him and Kyoka had already changed out of the costume. Ran into Shiro and asked him to get some pics of me and Sakuya before we ourselves got out of the costumes. Ran into Eiji juz after I had changed out of the costume. The look on her face was priceless when she realised tat she had missed seeing me in costume XD Joined Akane Jojo, Yukina, Kyoka, Chris, Victor, Ivan, Kuek, Joanne, Shiro and Sakuya for dinner at Mac. We went out seperate ways after dinner, with me playing abit of arcade games with Victor and Sakuya making my way home. Overall it was quite a fun event although I would have liked to take more pics with some of the guys who were cosplaying. I'll probably leave that to another time, if there's a photoshoot at all. I guess i'll be signing off here so in the words of a famous babi.. "That's All Folks!"
D'J Party 2005
Phew.. what a day. Got up early to go back to camp to do the final preperations before waiting for the worst. Fortunately it didn't come, so I went back home to get changed and warm up a bit for later.
Got down to Youthpark and saw alot of familliar faces.. Sakuya styling hair, Issami and zer0 selling their stuff and a few others cosplaying. Got together with the band and discussed some final changes before warming up again. The weather didn't help much coz I was already sweating before going up on stage. When we went up on stage, Ah Long managed to get the crowd to come closer which was a really big help. We kicked off the set with Juice and I was kinda surprised that the crowd was responding more than usual, so I thought to myself "time to have some fun" XD and did my best to work up the crowd. We followed Juice up with Dreams and stopped for a short while to intro the next song.. 18 & Life. Wenjie did his thing, playing the special intro and the crowd cheered for him when I shouted his name. I guess this song was the real highlight of the list coz I could hear alot of them cheering for us. I almost burned up all the energy I had after this song and it was sweltering on stage but still pushed on. Introduction of the band was up before playing the next 2 songs, Hakanai Diamond and Cum With Me. Too bad bish was at the back when we were playing Cum With Me or I would have done that wanking action with him when singing the chorus XD Saw Iris' eyes start to tear up and was kinda puzzled but continued singing (I later found out that it was actually tears of joy that we doing so well on stage). Finally our last song.. 1/3 no Junjouna Kanjou. This was a real crowd pleaser as alot of people recognized the song even though they didn't know the title. So that was it.. I guess the time put into preperation for this gig really paid off.. but it was also largely due to the support and cheers from everyone in the crowd that made the difference and we really appreciate it.
Preparing for Stressfest
Ok time for some shameless advertising..
Wishes in the Night
Back again. Yesterday's jamming didn't go as smoothly as we had hoped for with the usual screw ups. Alfe came over for a while to record a bit.. kinda pissed at myself for screwing up what would have almost been a perfect take of 18 and Life §>___< Went to town and rotted with Joanne, Ivan and his gf, Ed and his gf, Wenjie, Iris and Sakuya.
Even care to bear in my mind From the darkest of all places I found you All the limbs in their right places And a heart made of real gold Sell me your little doll, oh sir, I ask you kind Every night I returned to watch them The master and the puppet in the show He said: "Oh, no, I cannot sell him... Priceless he is, masterpiece of mine" Please, sell me your puppet, sir Name your price, oh please, Whatever you may ask, Tenfold the price I pay "Did I not make it clear? This debate is over I will never part from this puppet, my son..." With hungry eyes I followed them all night The blind master and the puppet he had made "No, sir, to sell is not my will!" The doll is mine, even if I have to kill... So it shall be... if this is what it takes "Greed is truly blinder than me..." "Heart of gold is what you wish for?" "So, this little boy... wants to be... a puppet, for real..." So I have the golden heart Now only needing the voice of the master Never feel hunger, never grow older My dream was to be a star in a real puppet show It's so hard to remember my life The times before the show Can I ever cut off the strings? "Take a bow, now dance and sing..." (Sing!) Would you turn to a child again? "No, never, I am your Guide" You can see a small grin on the face Of the master, when the puppet's in his place Be careful what you wish for Wishes might come alive The twines are pulling me every day and night... The show, the glitter and all the fame I'd give away for a life Some things can end with a word, they say This only ends with a sharp knife (Knife!) When I first looked at the lyrics of this song, it made me think of something that I had been wondering about for some time. Why the hell are some singaporeans so desperate for the fame? I guess most of them are not aware that the glamour and the glitter hide something that's vicious and unforgiving. Not that I would know any better but that's what I think of it anyway. The media world is not a thing to be taken lightly. Sure people say that they wouldn't mind going for it but at what cost? Your privacy? Your precious time with your friends and loved ones? Like what the above lyrics say.. "Be careful what you wish for.. Wishes might come alive" I'm not trying to deter anyone from persuing their dreams but c'mon people, do take some time to analyse all the aspects of something before jumping straight into it. Also strip dancing in front of a camera to get attention does not make you look good, it just shows how much of a fuckin moron you are §-_____-
Back From the Dead...
Yare yare.. i'm back to the land of the living blogs. So much shit has happened till I don't know where to start from.. so I won't. Will update more as time goes by. In the meantime, you might wanna listen to the boredphucks song that's playing for now.. local old school cockanathan band =p |
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