oh geez.

saw the davids concert last saturday. i was planning on going, a long time ago when david cook has just won ai, but when it was finally happening i lost interest. then i ran across an officemate who was watching, and so i went. ended up staying up until dawn keeping busy because i had to stay out until i could go on the first bus home.

david archuleta is a sweet kid. i still wish he'd grow into his own person really soon, but i have to give the kid some slack since he is just a kid. and i can't fault his singing. it's the stage awkwardness that needs some more work.

on the other hand, david cook is obviously very comfortable performing in front of people. and plus points for performing a fleetwood mac song. klashfopihqkwnfkjhqshjf i love his taste in music.

and little bits of that night led me back to love of fleetwood mac's the dance special.

forever would be fine

not all was lost.

from the first chord of magasin, to the last stray note of toyang, the eraserheads (plus jazz) gave us the show we've waited 6 months (and 6 years) for. made especially poignant by the passing of a friend and collaborator, the final set (or to be accurate, four final sets) was all us fans could hope for and more.

the energy. the crowd. the shared knowledge, and the new tricks. the hard banging and the smooth sailing. the effort to make this not just a sequel but also an experience in its own right seemed to have paid off.

tease me. buddy, why did you have to run the bassline for the fabulous baker boy (and not sing)? same goes for marcus and combo on the run. hmpf.

versions. huwag mo nang itanong, di ko sasabihin sa 'yo (eh di 'wag.); kailan lounge ( so pretteeeeeeee); and alapaap lite. headspin.

name that tune. i admit that i'm not the biggest eraserheads fan. but my friend lin, who i don't think is as rabid a fan as i am, stumped me by beating me to the title of spoliarium. though i managed to beat her the other five times.

what genius. as the show went on, lin realized just how many eraserheads songs were actually really good. as in non-alienating, radio-friendly good. and because my head was muddled by alternative poser shit, i also just realized, they were good.

it was not a perfect night; for me, it was perilously close to being ruined. but you know what? i don't care anymore. because when ely called out for marcus for the impromptu set, i heard the proverbial click. history was made, and they made it good.

why i wasn't happy at the eraserheads concert

make no mistake. i enjoyed the concert last night. really. the music was great, no question about it. and the effort to make this a different show from the last time really paid off.

i just feel shortchanged.

in fact, a lot of us were feeling shortchanged. i was in the silver a area, and when we got to the venue, the people were like sardines. i wouldn't have cared about that too much, because generally the people were pretty decent. but when you can't see shit you have to take issue.

the main culprit is the smart tent (or tents, i might as well include the one further front) put up in the gold area that was right in front of the railings. given that it was close to the exits, so the people in the middle of the field have an unobstructed view. but those close to the edge 1) couldn't see the stage (unless they played hide and seek); 2) could barely see the 4 video walls on top of the stage; and 3) couldn't even view the videowall in the middle which was where we would've watched the concert anyway.

the secondary culprit is the layout of the videowalls. sure, it's inevitable that some people would have a better view in some areas, but surely not to take away from others who paid the same tickets to see only people's heads. and the silver a area where i got to was so narrow that people didn't have much room to move about and see beyond people's heads. i couldn't help comparing it to the rihanna concert with videowalls everywhere. and even if there were a lot of people in our area, we had a lot of room to move around especially in the middle so we wouldn't be stuck at the side and behind a frigging tent. behind the frigging tent would have been fine because we had a good view of a videowall which was mounted at the side. but noooooo.

the clincher? i had friends who were in the bronze section. and they had a better view of a videowall than i did. now tell me, producers, why my ticket was worth one thousand pesos more. i certainly didn't feel the difference got me anything better.

the story behind the picture

ok, i promised, and i intend to deliver this time, contrary to all expectations. i never considered myself lucky. i wasn't very good at games, i nver won anything big like a car or even a fricking cellphone. but evidence has been building up until i could deny it no longer. i was lucky in my own way. i really had to admit that when i realized i won a palm m105. wtf?

but a few years after that incident i still bemoaned the fallacy that i was unlucky. i got tickets to a movie premier once while listening to magic, and when i became a dedicated follower of klite i reckon i won a lot of prizes. but i'm getting ahead of myself now.

the klite cd box set was probably the biggest prize i ever won in klite, specifically on the morning brew. i didn't even win it the first time it was raffled off, i think as another anniversary promo item. it's not as collector-worthy as the sting cds i won on my 25th birthday (damn, that was five years ago?) but the sting cds i could have gotten anywhere. not the cd box set.

obviously the set came with a box, like you'd expect. but it is so flimsy that i threw it away in a fit... i kinda miss it in a way, but i'm well rid of another piece of junk in my room. but the cds, man. the songs probably represent all that i love (and some of what i hate) in rock music, and the station. pearl jam. blurry. third eye blind. sheryl crow. incubus. man, if maroon 5 had already been making waves st the time, they'd have been on the cd. most of all, the songs represent my life in music. i just can't say it enough, klite and i are soulmates. and like all good things, the relationship had to end.

so, thank you klite, for this cd box set and the sting cds, the couple of vcds, and the numrouse movie tickets you gave me through vito and mylinda and anjanette and whoever else. thank you for letting me watch batman begins with one of my best friends, and giving me and excuse to take a guy friend on a movie date (suspense thrillers aren't something i'd pick to watch on my own). thank you for getting me and my two best friends free entrance to tapika to see paolo santos, and giving my friend ten fricking passes to gateway cinema so i could catch some movie with him and our two chaperons (another looooooong story). in fact, thank you for giving me a semblance of a love life, because now that you're gone, guess what? that life is now over. but that's ok. all good things come to an end.

time for some recs

last.fm has not given me a headache in the last few weeks. recently, i noticed that some tracks kept appearing in my scrobbles list and they were last played on the ipod over a month ago. so i had to reset the play count on the ipod itself. wonder if it'll work. and the site was recently overhauled, and is sporting a clean, new look. methinks every audiophile should seriously think about going with this application. i love how ne-yo is slowly creeping up into my top 5 artists. lolz.

speaking of favourite artists, no. 6 is (surprise, surprise) smashing pumpkins. i loved this band since today, but i found that i'm not that big a fanatic because i only like about half their songs - at least the half that i'm familiar with. i recently added their greatest hits album into the pod, and with some luck managed to single out this gem. it's called try, try, try.

the top song in my ipod is ne-yo's closer, followed closely by because of you. now that is a big surprise, though the playlist cleanup may be partly to blame, because i usually don't go rnb when i could go alternative. a few spots down is this lovely depressing song by little bit, called forget about me. it asks the question: why don't you love me? which coincidentally is a question i've been asking in my mind a few short years ago toward a certain person. at the risk of being accused of sour graping, i still want to know the answer. dammit.

i think i regret not paying more attention to lifehouse's concert here, based on the few reviews i bothered to look at. but this song from who we are on constant repeat more than made up for my loss.

i finally succumbed and bought the first book in stephenie meyer's twilight series. i lent it to my dad and he promptly returned it - that's how easy it was to read. i haven't tried reading it yet; i think i want to savor it and save it for a rainy night. also, i didn't want to be interrupted while daydreaming about robert pattinson i'm in the middle of an exciting part.

oh, and i bought tracey thorn's (everything but the girl) solo album from last year. it sounds just like ebtg without ben watt. whatever.

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randomize

another meme from ladybracknell, who i think has posted several in the last few days. hehehe.

Shuffle your player and select the first 20 songs that come up. Post the first line of the lyrics and have your f-list guess the songs.

1. now tell me whatcha gonna do when there ain't nowhere to run, when judgment comes for you, when judgment comes for you
2. all i can say is that my life is pretty plain, i like watching the puddles gather rain
3. now and then, do you wash your hands of me again
4. ninety miles outside chicago, can't stop driving i don't know why
5. all is quiet on new year's day, a world in white gets underway
6. breathe it in and breathe it out and pass it on, it's almost out
7. i do not understand what it is i've done wrong
8. words like violence break the silence, come crashing in into my little world
9. may mga kumakalat na balita, na ang misis ni kuwan ay madaling makuha
10. i'm afraid to fly, and i don't know why
11. i see us in the park, strolling the summer days of imaginings in my head
12. somebody told me you were leaving, i didn't know; somebody told me you're unhappy, but it doesn't show
13. and here's to you, mrs. robinson, jesus loves you more than you will know
14. waiting, watching the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
15. in my eyes, indisposed, in disguise as no one knows
16. take me as you are, push me off the road; the silence, i need this time to be with you
17. i was blown away, what could i say, it all seemed to make sense
18. do as i say not as i do because the shit so deep you can't run away
19. the first, the last, my everything, and the answer to all my dreams
20. every breath you take, every move you make

i only listed those songs that i actually knew. i have 5000+ songs on my pod, and i have a lot of albums i haven't even listened to in full. or at all.

yes, i know, nos. 5, 13, 19 and 20 should be dead giveaways. what can i do.

some of these were actually covers when they appeared on the shuffle; i need the original artist. track no. 4 was a cover by paolo santos; no. 9 was done by brownman revival; no. 15 was a live concert performance by alanis morissette; no. 20 was a performance by brooke white on american idol.

where there's smoke, there's fire

still on a high from last night's school of rock gig. (coincidentally, i loved that movie.)

then i read my pinoy blogosphere mail and got the biggest surprise.

now, i don't have anything new to contribute to what has already been written, so better just read it yourself.

all i can say is, it seems raimund's segue last night may have more meaning than i initially thought it did.

it would be a really brilliant 30th birthday gift. kahit next year na yung u2.

our song plays on

ah, the joy of being without guilt.

for some reason, i decided last night to visit the urbandub yahoo group page. i almost flailed when i found out they were playing at elbi tonight. it's common for the big deal gigs to happen on thursday nights here in elbi, so it's no surprise. still, i was undecided if i was going to make the effort. but i posted my dilemma as my ym status, and a friend of mine from high school buzzed me that she and another friend of ours are watching. yay!

got home at precisely 8pm, and broke all records in wardrobe change because i was meeting my two girlfriends at bean hub (near the up gate). they seemed not to be in any hurry, as the gig was apparently just starting and dub wasn't on yet, so i grabbed a sandwich and a cup of coffee for supper. afterwards we started on our short walk to the venue.

the gig was in between bands when we got to the social garden, and it was just our luck because urbandub came on immediately after. wheee! they played songs from the latest album, under southern lights, and a couple from the previous one, embrace. kevin, another high school classmate whom we saw there, was impressed with the technical quality of urbandub's sound (i was like a proud mother hen when i affirmed his observation). and linlin was excited to find she actually knew one of their songs, evidence, which was on heavy rotation at mtv.

i wasn't really planning to hang around for sandwich, but luckily i did, because i didn't know they were that good live. i was really impressed. i actually had newfound respect for myrene academia, their bassist. and their new guitarist is cute (i forgot his name, i read it somewhere a while ago).

not bad for a thursday night gimik, was it? it's just a pity best buddy mike wasn't able to come, but there'll be other chances.

special mentions:

• urbandub riffing a new tattoo (god i miss that song)
• raimund singing masilungan, then changing the lyrics to the first verses of alapaap. panalo! long live the eraserheads!

2008 mtv asia awards - let's vote!

i've successfully ignored my yahoo inbox for several days now, and it just occurred to me that i might want to check it out. good thing too, because i got a message that prompted me to look up the mtv asia website.

the mtv asia awards is on again, and we have four excellent bands vying for favourite artist: chicosci, sandwich, sponge cola, and urbandub. personally, i'm supporting urbandub, which is one of the most underrated bands in the country. but if you don't quite dig them, vote for the other three acts and let us show our appreciation for their contribution to the local music scene.

you will find voting links to all four artists here, and even widgets and email links to get your friends to vote as well. the winner will get to perform in malaysia, and while i'm really pulling for urbandub to have that honor, all four bands deserve to show the world what we've got.

(at the risk of excessive fangirling, i have to declare that lalay lim is one of the best female bassists ever. she can give myrene academia a run for her money, not to mention a lot of the male bassists out there. that's how good she is.)

to the theatre we go (but only for now)

best buddy mike has been bugging me about watching the farewell run of avenue q since more than a month ago. because i suddenly have all this free time, i agreed. but we didn't finalize the schedule until last thursday, and i had to get the tickets too (hmf). so despite the threat of heavy rains last saturday, i got on the very convenient bus going to cubao and got off at the ayala mrt station two hours later, eagerly anticipating the afternoon ahead.

i'm very tempted to expound on my inconsistent appreciation of the theatre, but i won't. suffice to say, i enjoy witty comedies, and this play really delivered it for me. i think i loved that i was a part of this audience. we all laughed at the right spots, and clapped after almost every song. the intimate setting of the carlos p. romulo auditorium certainly helped. not to mention the actors were very good, especially the puppeteers. i regret not seeing rachel alejandro portray her award-winning part (yes, she won a best actress award for this last year!) but i think carla guevarra-laforteza was very good at it. many people agree with me too. the thing that struck me most is the hip swing she does when she's playing lucy t. slut. it was the precarious mix of subtle and obvious that puts the extra ooomph into the character, and it's how you know you're dealing with a seasoned theatre actor (miss saigon, duh). and lei's favorite actor joel trinidad is just surprisingly endearing as nicky and trekkie monster - his voice is so versatile. aiza seguerra deserves to go to the singapore run to reprise the gary coleman role too. if for some bizarre twist of fate i'll end up in singapore in october, i'm definitely watching the show there.

one minor gripe, though, is frenchie dy's oriental accent. she's wavering between the chinese "l" and the japanese "r" and i think her character was supposed to be japanese. though as i haven't seen the script i'm not sure if it was not written that way. but she's cute, and christmas eve is adorable.

it wasn't for immature audiences though. besides the f and s words peppered throughout the script and the in-your-face references to subjects not for children's consumption, such as cough*porn*cough, one has to be very widely-read or updated on various subjects to fully appreciate the pop culture references. but i hope people won't think i'm too weird for being amused at the idea of two puppets doing the dirty. lol.

and because it's categorized as a musical, it has several songs in its aresenal that were very singable and easy to recall. my favorite would have to be it sucks to be me/but only for now (same song, different lyrics) followed closely by schadenfreude (snaps to aiza for the spelling lesson). mike, i'm still waiting for the soundtrack...

it's too late for anybody else to watch it on my recommendation, since the farewell run just ended, but do catch it if you're in singapore in october. and maybe i'll catch it if atlantis decides to put it up again later. but i'll need to get cheaper seats this time.

other reviews: by anton diaz

for further reading:
avenue q official site
avenue q on wikipedia

the earphone dilemma

listening to music is one of the critical things that keep me sane and centered. i dream of the day i can append a music player to my ear (though the possibility of hearing degeneration is a scary thought). nope, an ipod shuffle doesn't cut it, nor does a bluetooth headset. so i'm weird. no arguments there.

so in an office setting (or even at a common area at home, though this is less critical), i yearn for a room all to myself so i can play my music any volume i want, even sing along to it, without bugging anyone else. but we can't always have what we want (besides, it's a bit impractical, duh). so we compromise, with a pair of speakers or a set of earphones. even then, we're not satisfied. speakers can get too loud and disturb the others, while earphones can cut you off from the real world. and when you're at work, it's not really advisable to be isolated, is it? worst case scenario has your boss calling you over and over while you remain blissfully ignorant. on second thought, having a disaster happening around you while you're spaced out in your own little world is much much worse.

one of my friends passed on something his boss said to explain the "no-earphones" policy in his office, which can be paraphrased as: if you needed music to focus on your work, you''re not really focusing at all. the man has a point, actually, but we audiophiles will dispute that till the day we die. but then, even i ignored the mp3 player a whole 30 minutes since it stopped, just because i was busy studying a blog tutorial. oh well. nuff said.

current playlist:
keane, under pressure
fall out boy, grand theft autumn/where is your boy
u2, i still haven't found what i'm looking for
the cardigans, erase/rewind

isang himig

maligayang araw ng kasarinlan!

naging maugong ang usap-usapan dahil sa patakaran ng kasalukuyang pangulo na ilipat ang araw ng bakasyon na dapat sana ay ngayon. hindi na ako sasali dyan. basta ang mahalaga ay maintindihan ng bawat pilipino kung ano ang nangyari noong ika-12 ng hunyo 1898 at bakit ito mahalaga sa ating kasaysayan. pwede naman nating gawin yon, ke me pasok ba o wala.

nakita ko ang YM status ng isa kong kaklase, at napaisip ako kung ano bang magandang OPM na kanta (kasi kadalasan ay titik ng kanta ang ginagawa kong status). naalala ko tuloy noong nag farewell concert kami sa glee club noong high school, kasi ang huling bahagi ay puro tagalog na kanta. at ito ang isa sa pinakapaborito namin na piyesa.

isang dugo, isang lahi, isang musika

nalito pa ako, kasi alam ko na hindi "isang dugo, isang lahi at musika" ang pamagat nito (kahit yon ang nasa loob ng kanta). ayon sa philmusicregistry.net, ito ay nilikha ni dodjie simon (medyo mabenta ang mamang ito) at kinanta ni richard reynoso sa album niya noong 1991. ayon naman kay eric (http://greyone.blogspot.com/2007/02/idilim.html) eh nanalo ito ng ikalawang pwesto sa isang patimpalak. basta ang alam ko, 1994 noong una ko itong napag-aralan, at ito ay ang version ng philippine madrigal singers. yata.

isang tinig ang aking narinig
minsa'y nanaginip ating mundo'y umaawit
isang himig, pag-ibig ang hatid
ang musika'y batid sa bawat puso at isip

ikaw at ako, tayo ay Pilipino
isang bansa, ba't di magkaisa?
isang dugo, isang lahi at musika
ang pangarap ko'y bansang mapayapa

isang tinig ang aking narinig
pag-ibig ang hatid sa bawat puso at isip
isang awit ang aking dalangin
kristiyano at muslim
magkaisa sa awitin

ang galing no? at sa totoo lang, parang hindi lumipas ang panahon. ganito pa rin tayo hanggang ngayon. halos dalawang dekada na, pero ang gulo pa rin ng bansa natin. sana naman ay matuto na tayo sa mga aral na dulot ng kasaysayan. bow.

salamat kay mahalamanda.multiply.com dahil sa kanya ako nakakuha ng kopya ng kanta.

my david cook playlist

these are actually songs in my playlist that i think david cook will totally nail. and who knows, maybe he's sung some of them already. it's not far out actually (he sang collective soul, man!)

1. stone temple pilots, interstate love song
2. bush, comedown
3. don henley/the ataris, the boys of summer
4. the calling, stigmatized
5. live, selling the drama (or all over you)
6. jeff buckley, last goodbye
7. greenwheel, breathe
8. dishwalla, somewhere in the middle (or any of the others: angels or devils, home, counting blue cars.)
9. lifehouse, spin
10. foo fighters, everlong (acoustic version)
11. goo goo dolls, black balloon
12. switchfoot, on fire (or only hope. i can't believe he likes mandy moore! lol!)
13. u2, new year's day (or one, stay... the list is endless. he can do bono!)
14. the police, tea in the sahara (or anything really)
15. the who, won't get fooled again

i wonder what he'll pick?

a short - and very much delayed - american idol post-mortem

so, david cook won. for the first time, someone i was betting on with all my heart finally won one of these reality singing competitions. even if simon cowell totally owned the title "master manipulator" with the reverse psychology pimping omg.

i actually had mixed feelings about him winning instead of archie. there is still some sort of stigma attached to the show, and there is the danger of too much pimping and unfulfilled expectations. taylor hicks ring any bells? i also felt a little bad for archie, because he needed the win more than cookie did. but it's done, and i can only hope for the best for those two and the other finalists.

so, my favorite performances on ai season 7:

1. top 8, seasons of love - it seriously gave me goosebumps the first time i saw the video. even if kristy had a louder mic and brooke didn't have a solo part.
2. michael johns, across the universe - i didn't know this song except as a title for that movie. i looooove this performance.
3. brooke white, let it be - i'm sure she was genuinely thrilled to perform this song on top 12.
4. jason castro, hallelujah - if only because he bumped jeff buckley to #2 on itunes! but jason's a unique singer as well.
5. brooke white, love is a battlefield - another song i was introduced to this season.
6. david cook, happy together - lss factor! this first performance of david is a precursor of great things to come.
7. david cook, billie jean - anybody with the guts to bring chris cornell into ai has my utmost admiration.
8. david cook, music of the night - no, david cook is not a fluke. nor is he a boring rocker. he has serious vocal chops man.
9. david cook, first time ever i saw your face - hay naku kaka inlove ka talaga.
10. david cook, the world i know - this is why i decided that david cook is the best representation of the kind of music i go for. aside from chris daughtry, who else in the whole idol history could be counted on to bring in chris cornell, switchfoot and collective soul? obviously, wala. and this song is actually one of the best songs of the 90s alternative rock - i rank it up there with last goodbye in the senti factor. at buti na lang cookie left this song for the last, it made listening to this song all the more poignant because of the wait. omg david i so love you for that. thank you.

btw, idol gives back is such a disappointing show performance-wise, but the finale made up for it. especially archie's duet with onerepublic (this is the sort of song david archuleta would do really well in) and the "audition tape" for gladys knight and the pips. jack black you are so hilarious!

all right now

snatching some time for some dc:

my idol manok, david cook, will be singing collective soul's the world i know next week (it was his song choice).

i've loved that song ever since it came out back when i was in high school/freshman college? it's seriously one of my favorites. omg i really really really love you dc i can't say it enough.

so with that, i am now trying to convince myself he's going to sing it badly so that i'll not expect too much from the performance (and consequently enjoy it as it is). at least my peculiar musical tastes are represented this year. god i miss rockstar.

and logan, you're gonna love this: jeff archuleta banned from david's practice. stage dad fallout much? kawawa naman si archie. and no, i don't think TPTB will kick him out. the money potential of a david vs david finale is incomprehensible.

for the deets:
www.rickey.org
www.myfoxkc.com

songs of the week: david cook, all right now; michael johns, across the universe (grabe caloy naging lss namin to ni anne kasalanan mo to)

on tv this week, and it's only wednesday

today on american idol, i was a little bit disappointed in david cook's performance. thats the problem whenever i look at rickey.org and see great reviews, i almost always end up a little deflated seeing the actual performance. also, minor gripe: baba o'riley was TOO SHORT. how many seconds did that clock in, hello? hungry like a wolf could have been better, but at least that was a little more upbeat. but i still love him. go cookies!

and, PUSHING DAISIES finally here! saw the first episode this morning, at 4 am (i missed the primetime). i seriously dig them both. anna friel is adorable! she would've made a good tonks, i think, and we'd have all dissolved in the utter romance of it all.

it's you i fell into

picked this up from ladybracknell over at lj, again.

Comment on this post and I'll give you a band. Don't worry, I'll make it one you know and love. You put your ten favorite songs by that band on your LJ, then challenge others to do the same.

she picked foo fighters. although i love them to bits, i don't really know much of the songs beyond what became singles. like, haha. so i did a bit of review of in your honor as it is the only complete album i had.

1. everlong (a favorite song i apparently share with david letterman)
2. big me (the first foo song i performed with my high school band :D)
3. i'll stick around (the first foo song my band practiced)
4. times like these
5. dave's cover of arms wide open
6. learn to fly
7. miracle
8. walking after you
9. the deepest blues are black
10. best of you

if anything, i got to listen to the album in full once again. oh, can't wait for my new ipod.

train_lindz , meanwhile, picked radiohead. which i honestly thought was much easier, until i realized this would almost read like the tracklisting for the bends. which is the only album i really swear by.

1. black star
2. high and dry
3. just
4. my iron lung
5. thinking about you
6. karma police
7. everything in its right place
8. street spirit (fade out)
9. the bends
10. bones planet telex fake plastic trees

and metawolfmagus kindly gave a challenge of her own, and picked the police. so here goes:

1. king of pain
2. every little thing she does is magic
3. tea in the sahara
4. synchronicity II
5. message in a bottle
6. every breath you take
7. don't stand so close to me (especially the '86 version)
8. roxanne
9. so lonely
10. wrapped around your finger

you keep me hanging on but we're not moving on

happy happy day! it's the third time i've listened to vito's broadcast on the revamped 1035 max fm. today's the first time i lasted the whole 3-hour slot. i've really missed the stuff he plays, and i missed the understated wit. hopefully he'll get a regular spot soon.

btw when he read my message over the air he referred to me as an old old friend. well, he does seem like a friend to me already, after four years of being a regular listener to the morning brew. 'la lang, guess i'm really flattered.

here's my song for the day. vito played this song around noon, and it just struck me. not a particularly significant song in terms of message, just an upbeat angsty song... i do seem to like those a lot.

she calls me baby
then she won't call me
says she adores me
and then ignores me
(jenny, what's the problem?)

she keeps her distance
and sits on fences
puts up resistance
and builds defenses
(jenny, what's the problem?)

you keep me hanging on the line
everytime you change your mind

first you say you won't
then you say you will
you keep me hanging on
but we're not moving on
we're standing still
jenny, you've got me on my knees
jenny, it's killing me

she needs her own space
she's playing mind games
ends up at my place
saying that she's changed
(jenny, what's the problem?)

i'm trying to read between the lines
you got me going out of my mind

first you say you won't
then you say you will
you keep me hanging on
but we're not moving on
we're standing still
jenny, you've got me on my knees
jenny, it's killing me

-- the click five, jenny

have a break, part n + 1

in honor of a major revamp of my iRiver playlist. here are the newest and most notable additions.

foo fighters, everlong -- this triggered my most recent music recall phase. i'm now going through in your honor after about two years of ignoring the darn mp3s. i'm pretty sure this song will be a subject of a future "songs of my life" post so i won't pre-empt that. but having seven foo songs on my player (plus marty's rockstar inxs performance) is kinda telling how much i like them right now. and this is the first time i heard the original version of times like these (i've only ever heard of the acoustic version, same as everlong) and it rocks.

btw, i read somewhere that when dave letterman came back to his show after having heart surgery or something, he introduced the foos as his favorite band, playing his favorite song, which was everlong.

chris cornell, black hole sun -- i normally stay away from anything chris cornell, but i kinda like this mp3 from the bbc sessions that i picked up over on the office network. there's also a cover of you've got to hide your love away that isn't bad at all.

akon, smack that -- having a seatmate who is into so much r&b and all that kinda stuff sometimes does rub up on you. so maybe i'm a closet r&b junkie (or whatever this stuff is actually called). i always think of it as good driving music.

katharine mcphee, over it -- another great (and most fortunate) find from aforementioned officemate. i just can't get over this song, so lyrics are posted here:

i'm over your lies
and i'm over your games
i'm over you asking me
when you know i'm not okay
you call me at night
and i pick up the phone
and though you be tellin' me
i know you're not alone

oh and that's why your eyes
i'm over it
your smile
i'm over it
realized
i'm over it, i'm over it
i'm over

wanting you to be wanting me
no that ain't no way to be
how i feel, read my lips
because i'm so over
(i'm so)
movin' on, it's my time
you never were a friend of mine
hurt at first, a little bit
but now i'm so over
i'm so over it

i'm over your hands
and i'm over your mouth
trying to drag me down
and fill me with self doubt

oh and that's why your world
i'm over it
so sure
i'm over it
i'm not your girl
i'm over it, i'm over it
i'm over

(oh) don't call, don't come by
ain't no use don't ask me why
you'll never change
there'll be no more crying in the rain
no, oh oh
i'm over it

-- katharine mcphee, over it

live earth and no more

i had the time of my life this morning. i spent a part of my sunday hanging out at town center. made darn sure i got my laptop and enough money to buy wifi load, and parked my gear at the coffee bean. while mum read the paper at the next table, i was busy doing what i love doing best -- downloading. and this week's stash: live earth videos.

right this moment i'm watching the beastie boys. not a big big fan, but i do love sabotage (especially the video). so i'm lucky it's in their setlist.

i also downloaded the crowded house performance. neil finn's voice shows his age, but the playing is really, really tight. and i'm impressed with how they went on with the show when the lights (but not the sound) went out. galeeeeeeng.

then there's also the pumpkins (today) and foo fighters, which was my favorite set if only because of everlong. but that's another story.

lastly, the one i was anticipating most was the police. it turned out to be such a disappointment. and it's all because of kanye west. as in, i wish i could just delete him and the whole thing would be heaps better. but i can't.

btw, spinal tap + every bass player in the known universe is a hoot.

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i got the videos here.