Music 1. The View From Here (album) – TEMPERED MENTAL . They sounded good, honestly they did, when I went to see them at Laundry at the launching of their debut album a few weeks ago. Good vocalist, banging bass – I shuffled my feet a little – and I bought their album. Hey, it was going cheap at RM20 and I figured they needed to earn a living somehow. But on repeated listens, I realised that I don’t really like music like this anymore. Go back circa 1999 and I would probably be headbanging to their songs, along with all the other nu-metal music that were making waves then, but currently, I’ve gotta say no. Oooh, Tempered Mental might object to me calling them nu-metal but that’s what it sounds like to me. Good effort, but not my cup of tea. You can check them out on MySpace . Stand out tracks: Recall 2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (album) – CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH. See, you need a good name for your band to catch people’s attention and stick in their memories, instead of a meaningless ...
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and when you go shopping, there seem to be a sea of white haired aunties, mammies and nanas around the stuff you want...
and when you go to concerts, you're surrounded by mammies and daddies boogeying madly, and you make up one of the 20% of the under-30's...
and..when you start using words like 'boogey' or even worse...'youngsters'(cringe)!!!
1. Those whom you find attractive and available are no longer your age, around your age or older. They are younger. Much younger.
2. You go for Seating Area instead of Standing Arena when booking tickets for a concert.
3. The bands you love have either a) disbanded b) died c) become obsolete d) all of the above.
4. You find little point in going clubbing; clubs have become too smoky/loud/crowded/hot/suffocating for your liking.
5. You start complaining about youngsters, starting your sentence with: `Young people these days ... '
6. Your cheeks and your boobs start to head south, amongst other things.
7. You resemble a dried old prune more than a ripe juicy plum.
8. You know what a VHS/floppy disk/black Michael Jackson looks like. You even remember the time when George Michael was straight.
9. You couldn't find much energy, enthusiasm or point in doing the same things you once held as top priority such as staying out all weekend, hanging out at a mamak stall until 4 a.m., cruising around town for boys/girls, meeting new acquaintances, partying all night ... the list goes on. And on and on.
:-)
Hahahahahahaha.
Repeat after me, Mirebella, "I am not a cradle snatcher, I am not a cradle snatcher."
I'll be Oprah and say,
You're only as old as the things you haven't achieved
KJ, don't encourage her! Re: Oprah, Hah, that makes me about one then - that makes me even more depressed.