Category Archives: Music

Streets of London, streets of KL

by Ralph McTell Have you seen the old man In the closed-down market Kicking up the paper, with his worn out shoes? In his eyes you see no pride And held loosely at his side Yesterday’s paper telling yesterday’s news … Continue reading

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Guitary Funky

One of the candidates in the running for my album of the year is KT Tunstall‘s “Eye to the Telescope”. Her voice like cappucino in the morning, a mixture of rumbling thunder of the evening skies combined with the woodsy … Continue reading

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Your Love

Like a foolish dreamer, trying to build a highway to the sky All my hopes would come tumbling down, and I never knew just why Until today, when you pulled away the clouds that hung like curtains on my eyes … Continue reading

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Turn to the Arts!

Every now and then, I get increasingly disillusioned with the state of what we strive for. Yet, every now and then, simple things colour and liven your day, perfectly or im. Listening to a compilation of Malaysian artistes, a CD … Continue reading

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Silent Night

Love Damien Rice, as blogged before here… Never listened past the last song's 15th minute on Side-A of his first album, "O" before, and was pleasantly surprised to have a new and rather warped version of "Silent night": Silent night, … Continue reading

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Between 2 Doors

One of those perchance meetings of coincidence made possible only by the several minutes of lolling around and chatting. A chance meeting on a dinghy corridor, between doors.  The Malaysian music scene has grown very quickly over the past few … Continue reading

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Damien of Rice

Damien Rice came and left Singapore, and I didn't even know it till I happened to perchance upon his concert review in the papers. What a pity; his album was one of the rare jewels that I played over and … Continue reading

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Cruisin’ Along

Living in the city, working in the city, driving in the city. Requires a certain ability. To maintain a sense of cool calm and collected disposition. Which is why I've resorted to singing in the car in between meetings, sitting … Continue reading

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M! The Opera

Did any of you watch 13 going on 30? The nutty magazine revamp, done by Jennifer Garner's rival at the office that blended elements of the modern society, rave and colour, boom and bust, hype and explosion, mystery and revolutionary, … Continue reading

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Back into the Groove

More than a year ago, I gave my very rough-cut CD (done from my computer with just me and my guitar) to someone who might look into developing it. I went to England, came back and had it completely buried … Continue reading

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