6.24.2004

 

[fated]

despite the really angsty and foreboding title, i must hasten to qualify that i was really struck by the whole fated-ness of sthg that happened to me that i just have to title the post that..

was passing by citylink HMV when i suddenly had a strong feeling that i should go in and look for the Futon CD (the band is Futon, not the Futon, just to clarify a bit) - titled "Never Mind the Botox" - that i'd been searching for since late last year on. so i scour the shelves looking for it.. went thru the entire pop/rock section and din find it. but i eventually found it tucked away in an obscure corner of the dance music section right next to the hip hop / r&b section. it was the last copy too! words just can't describe how i felt - if you can mix equal parts of elation, release and feeling completely at ease together maybe you can approximate it.

anyway Futon is absolutely fabulous.. realise i've been gushing about many bands in the past few posts, but they really are deserving. futon has an attitude - like zircon gov pawnstarz, only less political and more hedonistic (if you can imagine anything more hedonistic than ZGPS!) for those who have had the privilege of hearing both tiramisu and ZGPS, they ARE a sort of lovechild between the two.. elements of rock, dance, punk, everything. well maybe not so much punk as in punk, but punk as in attitude. Futon is played regularly on our airwaves - particularly the single "Bangkok Chemist" and their cover of The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog". but you know i REALLY REALLY cant get "Gay Boy" (I wanna be a gay boy/ And all fun and play boy/ Look at my tight top/ Fake tan and short crop) out of my head now.. Samples and lyrics here: http://www.rehabisfab.com/eng/head/RIFtracks.html good stuff.

in other news, i never thought i'd ever experience it, but i finally hit a stage that can only be described as 'corn jamming': the corn equivalent of a musical jam session where the whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts. everything comes fast and furious and it synergizes into a single entity.. i never thought i'd reach that level. go, me! =P

Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo
from the Ocean's Eleven OST

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Papa loves mambo
Mama loves mambo
Look at 'em sway with it, gettin' so gay with it
Shoutin' "ol" with it, wow! (ooh!)

Papa loves mambo
(Papa loves mambo)
Mama loves mambo
(Mama loves mambo)
Papa does great with it, swings like a gate with it
Evens his weight with it, now!

He goes to, she goes fro
He goes fast, she goes slow
He goes left 'n' she goes right
(Papa's lookin' for mama but mama is nowhere in sight)

Papa loves mambo
Mama loves mambo
Havin' their fling again, younger than Spring again
Feelin' that zing again, wow! (ooh!)

Papa loves mambo
(Papa loves mambo)
Mama loves mambo
(Mama loves mambo)
Don't let her rumba and don't let her samba
'cause papa loves mama tonight (ooh!)

(Papa loves mambo)
(Mama loves mambo)



(Papa loves mambo)
(Mama loves mambo)



He goes to, she goes fro
He goes fast, she goes slow
He goes left 'n' she goes right
(Papa's lookin' for mama but mama is nowhere in sight) (ooh!)

Papa loves mambo
(Papa loves mambo)
Mama loves mambo
(Mama loves mambo)
Havin' their fling again, younger than Spring again
Feelin' that zing again, wow! (ooh!)

(Papa loves mambo)
Mambo papa
(Mama loves mambo)
Mambo mama
(Don't let her rumba and don't let her samba)
'cause papa--
Loves a mambo tonight

(ooh!)

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been broadening my musical horizons again (not that they were narrow to begin with, but that's very bhb on my part), as you can see!

also: zircon gov pawnstarz finally get featured in 8 days' fashion section. what i can say is that x'ho just doesnt look like his usual self (perhaps the point was that this was his alter ego), and yeow overdid the eyeliner. but other than that i guess it's a sign that they've finally made it, to be able to be featured in 8 days.. (it's truly ironic, but then again what isn't these days? everything has to be taken firmly tongue-in-cheek. which is an oxymoron in itself.)

just realised my blog hit the 2 yr mark.. time to whip out the candles and cake!

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