Mr Thick, thick, thickity-thick-face from Thicktown, Thickania

big happy sigh...

they've started showing new(er) episodes of Doctor Who on BBC Prime at ungodly hours YAY!
its an entire season behind the UK (the Doctor's companion is now a black girl, Martha) but HELL its Doctor Who so i don't care! and i dont have to watch bits of badly ripped off episodes on youtube anymore wooot!

the show has a cult following in the UK having run for God knows how long and its into its tenth version of the Doctor played by the VERY charming David Tennant. He was the manic, lip-licking, toungue-flicking Barty Crouch Jr in Goblet of Fire (lolz) which was a laugh but yeah.i'd rather him in DW any day.

he's a much better Doctor than the guy before him (who only lasted for a season) firstly cos he is so damn cute and secondly because he has so much exuberance (and even childlike tendencies) which make him all the more lovable. he's a bit mad. love.

i remember the last thing Disha and I did together at the house before she left for school (while i stayed with The Subra's at Hertfordshire for a day during the uk trip earlier this year) was to watch her fave episode of DW on her laptop. She was actually all gushy over David Tennant! and this girl never gushes! well if your oldest friend in the world likes it, then you must accord the series the necessary respekt by watching it too, no? :)



















with billie piper (aka Rose) and the time machine of a blue police box that's the Doctor's ride. She used to be a popstar..yes, teeny bopper kind of popstar. and i also remember her as the chick who dated my favourite member of the band 5ive (of "Baby when the lights go out fame") *runs and hides*

Personally what i love the most about the Doctor (beside his hair and slim, well-cut suits) is his choice to pair the outfit with sneakers *biggrin* how practical. how youthful. how shmexy.















and there's this pair of geek chic glasses he owns. yummmm




















the episode this morning involved one Madame Du Pompadour and his travelling back to 18th Century France. It involved an uncharacteristically romantic plotline. Between the doctor and the madame ,with self sacrifice, snogging and all that thrown in..Doctor Who in love. How delightful *sighhh* I would call it a moderrn fairytale of an episode but then there's the tragedy of love lost by the end of the episode *heart breaking* :(

his love interest played by Sophia Moyles, is simply put, beautiful. its no wonder David Tennant himself hooked up with her and they're still going strong! :D what a lovely couple


















so everyone, go watch Doctor Who for what miss stefani termed "The Sweet Escape"

acceptable in the 80's

my heart broke and i felt an overwhelming sense of emptiness yesterday.
because i was doing math. instead of being at Womad, in the middle of the crowd, soaking in One and Half Hours of pure Asian Dub Foundation goodness.
One Night Only.

now all i have is my copy of 'Tank" on a loop/ my itunes churning out ADF tracks in a sad sad attempt to make up for what i missed out on last night.

oh. i also missed out on Bobby Friction and Nihal's dj set (that was scheduled to take place right after the ADF set). after listening to them over BBC Radio 1 for 3 years running, missing out on their actually coming down to Singapore is equally heart-wrenching. These fella's are the pioneers of bringin the british asian urban nation to the masses for Pete's sake!

i.want.to.cry.

then there's Mark Ronson to save the day. on a collabo with Daniel Merriweather (whom he did "Stop Me" with), he remade Klaxons' GOLDEN SKANS :D

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4AB5033F453BEB99

kenneth, if you still come here fellow klaxons fanboy, give it a listen yeah?
siv! you too!

this version has soulful vocals and trumpets/cornets and a bongos in the background. and there's even a bit where Daniel throws in a line from Phil Collin's in the air tonight. it is ACE

Mark Ronson aka my fave producer. There's plenty of producers to choose from..Kanye, Timbaland, DangerMouse, but how often do you chance upon a white guy with so much of a soul influence that translates so effortlessly to his music.

of course it helps loads that he is QUITE a looker

jineh, looks like Banksy's work y/n?

he talks really slowly and has a gorgeous amalgam of an accent, with bits of american word emphasis and british intonation (or is the other way round ?__?) and he has sleepy, bedroom eyes heh

His next vid is for Valerie with one Miss Winehouse. Valerie by the Zutons! yaaaaay

and now re-introing Klaxons

white skinnies FTW!

i love that shade of aquamarine on that cardigannnnnn!

Golden Klaxons in tribute to Golden Skans

Rave is KING

HA! yeow kah chai reviewed Calvin Harris' "I Created Disco" in the papers yesterday only. damn lagging sial :P

and when "The Girls" came on the radio in the car yesterday my dad asked if he was black or white zomz. well yeah actually the first time i heard it i thought he was black too. my mum on the other hand thinks that he's such a jerk cos he gets all the girls no matter if they're black/white/asian/mixed/spanish/italian/french/scandinavian/tall/short/brown haired/blonde haired/big/skinny/carrying a little bitty weight girls

Oh, golly, if that doesn't put the shaz in shazam

i realised that i didnt do a Simpsons post.

even though me and my familia saw it on the day it came out(i'm such a showoff i know).. on a school night mind you!
but viv, ash and i wouldn't back down. we HAD to watch it.. to consummate our Simpsons love..PLUS we'd been waiting a mighty long time.

i guess that kinda bond with the series and with your bros (broz b4 ho'z ya'llllll)when you've watched the damn programme for as far back as you can remember and you still do. every single morning at 6a.m., while having breakfast, we watch it on Star World. we might not watch the episode in its entirity, but watching it every bloody day counts, no? i'm sick of the Who Killed Mr Burns episode -__-

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon = REPREZENT!
"Dank You, Come again!"':D :D WAHAHAHA

i'm a firm believer that watching The Simpsons since young has made my youngest bro the cynic and harsh critic that he is today. he's been CONDITIONED i tell you!

so i was mucking around at the official movie website and this is what came about.

I present "The Ragusspageddysauces'"

the cynic brother. he's either in black or in a jersey of some sort..not always footie-related though; you know, drifit/climacool material tshirts. (booooring. i guess the boys tend to develop a sense of style later in life)

-the truestest simpsonss fan among us all. he even remembers who voices which character *__*

the diplomatic brother. he used to play Need for Speed which is a sort of substitute for Grand Theft Auto so i guess that counts (y/n?) and he owns white sneakers so that's pretty accurate too. but the hair (last time at least), browz and sleepy look are the real deal heh

acknowledges that Hank Azaria (aka the voice of Apu, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy) was underutilised in Godzilla

DORKZ UNITE *twist*

oh wait, another version.

JaxJax Blings

Guitar Gods

LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN, GUNS N' ROSES, AC/DC Among Top '20 Greatest Guitar Solos'The Pulse Of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: A new list of the 20 Greatest Guitar Solos has been compiled by the staff of Britain's Q magazine, naming David Gilmour's solo in PINK FLOYD's "Comfortably Numb" the greatest guitar solo in rock. Coming in at No. 2 was Brian May's lead work on QUEEN's "Killer Queen", with the third greatest guitar solo being tied between Jimmy Page's solo on LED ZEPPELIN's "Stairway To Heaven" and JIMI HENDRIX's "Purple Haze".

The Top 20 Greatest Guitar Solos according to Q magazine are:

01. PINK FLOYD - "Comfortably Numb"

02. QUEEN - "Killer Queen"

03. Tie: LED ZEPPELIN - "Stairway To Heaven"

and 03. THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - "Purple Haze"

04. STONE ROSES - "Love Spreads"

05. MICHAEL JACKSON with guest appearance by Eddie Van Halen - "Beat It"

06. GUNS N' ROSES - "Sweet Child O' Mine"

07. THE BEATLES with guest appearance by Eric Clapton - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

08. STEELY DAN - "Reelin In The Years"

09. MUSE - "Knights Of Cydonia"

10. FLEETWOOD MAC - "Go Your Own Way"

11. TELEVISION - "Marquee Moon"

12. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - "Bullet In The Head"

13. PRINCE - "Purple Rain"

14. NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE - "Like A Hurricane"

15. AC/DC - "Let There Be Rock"

16. THE BYRDS - "Eight Miles High"

17. THE SMITHS - "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"

18. DAVID BOWIE - "Moonage Daydream"

19. RADIOHEAD - "The Bends"

20. THE WHITE STRIPES - "Ball And Biscuit"

the first 3 are GIVEN lah, come on

Orange indicates: Fuck yeah!

Green indicates: Finally, some propa recognition

Purple indicates: Long Live Prince

child of the 80's

i'm a child of the (very late) 80's and i'm damn proud of it. i used to wish i was born in the 60's so i could be part of flower power and beatlemania. then i discovered Saturday Night Fever and longed to master the Electric Slide and choreograph a routine to Boogie Wonderland. But i've since learnt to embrace the gloriously campy era that is the EIGHTIES, shoulder pads and everything! since i finally have the time, a tribute to one of the greatest british exports of synth-based (lol) pop Duran Duran.

i guess the lurve got rekindled when my dad started taking the mickey out of the chorus of The Reflex (aka 80's dance classic) in which you hear "re-flex-flex-flex" at the beginning. tacky 80's shiz lah. well actually it all started cos some kid in a tv movie was going ape shit over Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax, don't do it, when you wanna go to it" (sing along ya'll!) afterwhich we(except for vivek, boo spoiler) reminesced. the reminescing included "Domo arigato mr roboto" accompanied by the robot dance *hides* I didn't know the song was by Styx! i always thought it was a Queen song..odd...

ok so the thing is, he used to do that last time too! respekt Raguperson (aka appa), from whom i hope to inherit Ray Ban wayfarers during Passover (HAHA! jineh one more reason why i love you) so i got all :( imissmymusicalroots and went back to my beloved class 95. and now i shall get on with DD post.

hel-loooo they were gorgeous male specimens back in the day, and might i say, looking gooooood even now *wink*


















*smouldering look*

the hair! how can you not love the hair, in all its poofy hairsprayed glory?! you can hide crack in there HEHE. hair bands were teh s3x no matter what country they came from. Bon Jovi during their Slippery When Wet days, COME ON! my hair had volume like that when it was still curly :P

i adore their style..
Specimen A: white shoes and 3/4 sleeved jackets


































shiny happy people. (honestly R.E.M, what were you thinking writing this song eh? but i loved that it was versatile enough for Sesame Street :P )

















i LOVE this shot. i have a thing for monochromatic coordinate oufits (read: Muse) Simon (the lead singer)in a trench is so fly, i can't take it anymore. and the hair and highlights. what a bunch of 80's male models.





















white shoes go with EVERYTHING! my weinbrenner sneakers are my new best friends from now on *grin*

How about some videos eh? In chronological order-

Hungry Like The Wolf:

filmed in India lol. one of their earliest hits and with good reason. you want catchy? meet the people who invented catchy. (no lah i exaggerate) pure POP, how about that?



A View To A Kill:

this was the theme to a James Bond flick of the same name with Roger Moore as 007. james bond them you know lah...damn dramatik and over the top :P

the effects were cutting edge...during THAT time hee. must watch, just to see how technology has progressed. but the boys still look shmexy lah. french chic = foo yo!!!



Ordinary World:

one of their offering from the early 90's and my undisputed favourite of theirs. the video, with its wedding theme, is so memorable (damn Guns N Roses "November Rain" ah! you see! wedding videos are just unforgettable). the haute couture wedding dress and Simon singing in and out of the shadows..plus the sad sad classical guitar rift

"left me in the vacuum of my heart" *heartpain* the rest of the lyrics here




and then the band went on hiatus, as bands customarily do and came back still as hot as they were last time. i guess if you're good looking you just stay that way forever, face structure wise i mean















Their single, Sunrise has been the only massivel successful one in quite a while but hey at least they're still in demand! Live 8,Live Earth, Concert for Diana to name a few...

i love performance shots.
they could pass off as Muse, no?

They're next album is due in October though! NOT LONG!!! and wtf, collabo with Justin and Timbaland?!

oh no. i don't like the sound of that at all

kiss my armani-clad butt

ok look, it doesn't matter that they lost the community shield. at least the blues aren't jinxed to lose the champs league trophy this year :P ANYWAYS, what kinda shoddy football proceedings were those please! more than 3 substitutions, no Extra Time- straight to penalties..that doesn't even count as a regulation match lah. Van Der Sar is a tactics player..saw how he made all the Blues spot kickers wait! yidiot.

the lovely thing is that all the new signings got to play :D pizarro's my new fave..what a solid player. and Malouda! star in the making anyone? BEN HAIM FTW! i think he has more self restraint than boulahrouz (spelling??) plus he does his job damn well. what mroe can you ask for? Sidwell = EEW.

Johnson was on form, though he did lose the plot on more than one occassion. Joe Cole- pity. Wright-Phillips is still too rash..speed without control. Lamps you suck. Cashley you suck even more.

is it me or does Carvalho seem to have more hair?? LOL!

JM looked spiffy in Armani..they're now all dressed by Giorgio :) well done boys, mitigating the nastiness that is the neon yellow away jersey

penniless sitar player

There's some talking about Dhani's name in georgeharrison-board that George chose the two notes 'Dha' and 'Ni' because they come after 'Ma' and 'Pa'.

no waaaaaaayyy!! :D

note to Netta: sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa is the indian classical music version of do-re-mi

golf = flog

i forgot what my clubs feel like.
i hope they havent rusted or anything (!!!!)
i wonder if i'll still have my swing the next time i pick up a golf club

golf trains (and tests) your volition, commitment, focus and patience. oh look! - all the things i desperately need

a round of 18 holes is like the A-levels. i literally have 18 scripts to hand in heh. but other than that, as Bobby Jones put it so beautifully,
"Golf is a game that's played on a 5-inch course- the distance between your ears"

that, plus that fact that you can do 2 things with your head down. play golf...and pray :)