There Is No Kevin: dedication

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Dear Chris

Dear Mr Martin and co.,

I understand you are currently the world's biggest band, and with little competition this isn't too hard tif we're going to be perfectly frank with ourselves here. I understand that what started out as a more appeasing Radiohead-inspired musicality has somehow morphed into a commercial radio juggernaut. I also understand that this is why I forked out $140 for your show tomorrow.

While many deride your skills as songwriters, I applaud you for uniting so many as only music can. While my own tastes have changed since the days of Parachutes, my love has been recently rekindled and I am actually kind of giddy at the thought of tomorrow night.

I missed the X&Y tour, so i'm looking forward to what i assume is going to be an unforgettable night. I've heard good things so far, so please don't screw it up for us. And if it's not too much to ask, make a little eye contact with me. Or something.

Haha.

Sincerely,
Kevin Loo

Sunday, February 8, 2009

25 Facts Later

Here's that 25 tagging thing everyone's been doing on facebook but in blog form! Why? Because I can.

[tagged by Zoe, Amy G, Jon, Gadiy]

I am slightly annoyed when people don't reply to my sms, even if I assume they don't have any credit left.
This is my last year of uni, but anything beyond that is a mystery.
I sometimes wonder what life would be like if i hadn't skipped 2 grades in primary school. But am very glad that i did.
Australia's lack of political excitement and real cultural heritage is both amusing and worrying to me.
I have too many msn contacts for my own good but I feel rude if I delete them (hence the appearing offline haha).
I still wear a retainer at night.
I am currently learning to Rubik's cube and can solve 2 and a half layers so far. (After 5 days).
When alone, I prefer playing piano to drums.
I feel a book or movie inside me incubating, waiting to be unleashed upon the world. Then I will make my millions and the movie adaptation will have Paramore on the soundtrack... and then I will marry Hayley Williams (maybe).
I can't put on weight no matter how much I eat. A friend even asked if i had lost weight yesterday since being in Malaysia. I laughed.
Sometimes I wish I had become a professional concert pianist.
Medicine is still an option for me (though unlikely), but my only interest would be in an organisation like Medicins sans Frontiers.
This 25 fact thing is taking a lot longer and is a lot harder than I expected.
I still can't beat Dragonforce (Expert) on Guitar Hero. Partly because my controller doesn't function 100% any more.
I like drawing pictures of people's faces.
I believe in seizing every opportunity and living every day for the Lord. But this is also a lot harder than it seems.
Christians who only hang out with other Christians are another worry to me.
Stray dogs, maimed beggars and shops without any customers make me very sad to see.
I still enjoy listening to Linkin Park.
I rode an elephant bareback.
I often wonder what life would be like if I wasn't born in Australia. But I'm very glad that I was.
A surprising percentage of my brain is forever devoted to Dragonball Z and (old school) Pokemon information. Similarly, Backstreet Boys lyrics are locked in there somewhere too.
I've had the same phone for almost 5-6 years.
I feel a bit funny when camwhoring myself these days.
Facebook is slowly losing its allure. Too many friends. Not enough friendships.

So there's my 25. A mixture of deep, whimsical, and just things on my mind.

I tag all the people on the left column...if anyone reads this.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Christmas Playlist 2 Of 2

Another day, another playlist. Hmm.

Music for the more 'discerning listener'

Icelandic gibberish that makes you very happy on the inside: Sigur Ros with Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur
If it sounds like American indie, it's The Shins' Australia
A song with a lot of snare drum 'Who do you carry the torch for my young man? Do you believe in anything?' is Brand New's Archers
Same Gyroscope song as below. 'Take 22 of 3 and we'll see how well she takes a hit, if she makes it'
Two girls singing at once 'I listened in yes i'm guilty of this you should know this' is Canadian indie sweethearts Tegan & Sara with hit single The Con
1 2 3 4 by Feist. You should be able to figure this one out
A girl who goes 'whoaa whoaa whoaa' a lot- Marvellous Things by Eisley. Named after the Mos Eisley Cantina from Star Wars. A very well-dressed group of Americans. Christian too i think.
I may or may not have put Smashing Pumpkins' Tonight Tonight on here
'Maybe maybe nothing could prepare you...' Aussie group Something For Kate with single from 2006 (?) Cigarettes & Suitcases
'You used to get it in your fishnets, now you only get it in your nightdress' Arctic Monkeys' Fluorescent Adolescent. Listen to the lyrics for a cheeky story. hehe.
Bloc Party Sunday starts with drum tom rolls and goes 'heavy night, it was a heavy night'
Electric guitar intro with female singing 'what's my Hlife but some hell?' - Aussie indie pop siren Kate Miller-Heidke with one of my friend's 'couple songs' with her ex-bf (sorry lau)- Space They Cannot Touch
'You know what they say about getting older. It's only a doorway away'. Here We Go Again by Angus & Julia Stone. See below
'I think I'm in love with the girl next door. It's driving me crazy i can't take it any more. I hear her playingthe drums late at night. The neighbours complain but that's the kind of girl i like' love those lyrics. haha. Mystery Jets Two Doors Down. These guys are playing in singapore on sunday. Wish i could go since i missed them in sydney. :)
Chorus: 'my heart is a cold acre. nothing grows in a cold acre' Aussie balladeers Augie March with The Cold Acre
Might be another Augie March song on here called One Crowded Hour
'Come and rescue me, in the water deep...' classic song from the 90s. Powderfinger Up & Down & Back Again
'Across the niiiiight, i watch the moon as it stole my slumber' classic album Doirama 2002 from a grown up Silverchair Across The Night

So that's what i had written down in my ipod. Hmm...not as much aussie stuff as i initially thought. It may or may not vary accordingly. Please shoot any questions my way asap. Eugene- track 8 was smashing pumpkins? Doesn't sound right...help me out here guys.

Cheers big ears.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Christmas Playlists 1 Of 2

Due to popular demand here are the tracklists for the Christmas mixtapes you may or may not have received from me (if you didn't...it just means I don't love you that much...jkz haha). I made two main CDs- one with happier, more poppy tracks and another CD for the 'more discerning listener'. I didn't give out tracklists 'cos i didn't have a printer handy. I may have mixed the tracks up a little bit between discs so here's what I have left. I'll give some lyrics so you can figure it out yourself.

i aimed to introduce a good mix of Aussie music to you guys. Plus some non-aussie ones too.

'Fun Disc'

'Breathing from a hole in my lung, waiting for someone...' Aussie rock royalty turned pop whackjobs Silverchair with their biggest single yet Straight Lines
'You're keeping secrets, there's only one I need to find...' older Aussie rock Motor Ace with Keeping Secrets. These guys are no longer a band
'If I've learnt anything from this, it'll all be gone, all be gone...' new Aussie punk darlings The Getaway Plan with Where The City Meets The Sea. I do quite enjoy this single even if their album is a bit boring.
'Give me 20 good reasons to let you go/i need to know' Aussie pub pop rock faves Thirsty Merc with the song called 20 Good Reasons funnily enough
'Do you belong to a song, does it drag you along by the tongue at the top of your lungs?...'American punk weirdos The Matches with Salty Eyes
'Did I say I'm just a boy?...' Aussie acoustic folk bro-sis duo Angus & Julia Stone with Just A Boy
'From the brightest side of this star, i'll forget just who you are...' 22 Of 3 is one my favourite songs from another Aussie group Gyroscope
There's a song called Funky Tonight by The John Butler Trio (Aussie) which you should be able to figure out yourself
'Sugarcane in the easy morning, weathervanes my side to cross to...' or something like that. Panic At The Disco (minus the !) with Northern Downpour
'She wants to go to the seaside, but it doesn't mean that everybody wants to go...' British indie heartthrobs The Kooks with Seaside
Such Great Heights by Iron & Wine is a deadset classic and you should recognise it yourself
'Taking everything I know, and put in into action...' Aussie acoustic duo Playjerise with Safe To Say. Not on commercial radio. Christian too.
'We all have a weakness, some of us are easy to identify, look me in the eye...' it's Incubus baby!! Dig from their new album
I'm pretty sure this song has an msn sound in it somewhere. Or maybe that was another song. Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn from American hipsters Hellogoodbye
'I got the way, the way has got me...' Aussie indie-pop siren Kate Miller-Heidke with I Got The Way. She's a looker.
Speaking of lookers, Hayley Williams owns my heart forever...ha. Tasteful Foo Fighters cover My Hero by Paramore
'I see your shadow on the street now, i hear you push through the grass to get...' real Aussie rock royalty Powderfinger with classic My Happiness from the 90s.

Well that's enough playlisting for one post. I'll get the other one together at a later date. This might be the actual order some of you might've received the CD. I didn't mix it up that much tbh. Let me know if this helps at all.

Comprende?

Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas is over already?

Hey all.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

from Malaysia. I was knocked out with the flu on Christmas eve but thankfully am pretty much recovered!

Have a photo of us holding up our grandmother at the park.

:) xxox

Thursday, December 4, 2008

For Timqth

There are many futile things in life. Western decadence. The poverty gap. Gossip magazines. Emo kids vs the world. Apathy in youth. Tight jeans and irony beyond anyone's comprehension...Teenagers in general...

However, there are few things in life more futile than celebrity crushes.

On the bottom is Katy Perry and on the top is Hayley Williams as I drew them out of Rolling Stone (Katy Perry is no celebrity crush of mine but it was a very nice photo to refer to). Katy's picture is hanging on Tim's wall and Hayley is hanging about in our minds quite a bit. Why? Because we are all infatuated with that which we cannot have. I dedicate this post to Timqth.

But as my friend Zoe pointed out, 'Does she know you exist?'...that cut real deep Zoe. Real deep.

I'll leave you to ponder on that yourself.

Got Coldplay tickets before a day trip to Sydney today. Had a picnic lunch in the Botanical Gardens. Hung out at Kinokuniya. It's been busy times enjoying the last of my Aussie summer before the Malaysian heat come next Thursday.