Nope, it’s a prank and it fooled the best of us.
I only posted anything about it after I got an alert about it via SMS services from The Star. C’mon people, no proof reading, no fact checking?
Check out the link to the Google index page. Obviously the page has been removed.
The Star jumps the gun
CNN getting fooled as well?
Reminescent of rick-roll? Yep, as always Rick is alive and rolling 
Kanye is an arrogant, cocky and a dickhead. But, he does have talent. No doubt about that, which is why most people let his attitude slide. Occasionally, some of his songs really shine through that extra mile. His collaboration with Jamie Foxx was superb, American Boy was great but I haven’t felt this way about a Kanye track. I first heard this track during episode 10 of Grey’s Anatomy Season 5 during the tenth episode. Karev’s solo surgery and Hunt/Yang’s air vent scene AND of course Lil Grey and Sloan’s education lesson.
Such a harmonic and melodic composition. Class.
I just realised I was talking about death and Jeff Buckley a day before the reported deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett.
Ironic. RIP.
The little angelic voice that came out of The Jackson 5, belting out such classic motown tunes as Big Boy, ABC and I’ll Be There, to the guy who led The Jacksons, then went solo and brought you Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Bad, Man In The Mirror, Smooth Criminal, Black Or White, Do You Remember The Time, etc…
Despite all the negative implications that he suffered throughout his life such as child abuse, never ending plastic surgery, skin bleeching (which I always thought Black or White was ironic), alleged sexual abuse on two young kids, losing the plot, going bankrupt, bad parenthood, etc, it doesn’t deny the fact that he was a musical genious. Although I have never been the biggest fan of his music, but his influences and legacy will remain in everybody’s hearts and minds forever.
RIP: Michael Jackson (August 29 1958 - June 25 2009). He was just short of turning 51.
Top 5 Michael Jackson songs:
1. Thriller
2. Billie Jean
3. Smooth Criminal
4. Man In the Mirror
5. Bad
Jeff Buckley, as you may know is a member of a the DB30 clan. Dead Before 30. Some of you may remember him as a tremendous talent who was able to cover songs and inflict that tragic, emo and eclectic sound to the song. Jeff who left the world in 1997 had previously released a debut album Grace and a follow-up (Sketches For my Sweetheart the Drunk), which was released after his death in 1998.
His most memorable number is none other than a remake of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah (which recently appeared on The Watchmen’s OST). The Jeff Buckley version has been covered succesfully by the likes of Damien Rice and of course in pop culture via Jason Castro on American Idol a few seasons ago. Anytime one of these covers climbs the charts, Jeff’s version re-enters the charts, mainly as a fan tribute to the cult legend.
Wanna relive Jeff Buckley moments? Catch the film My Sister’s Keeper starring Abigail Breslin and Cameron Diaz. It’s a bawl-fest but it features Jeff Buckley’s cover of Elton John’s We All Fall In Love Sometimes. Eclectic magic.
Check it out here.
The guys at Homegrown Space have upped the ante a little bit for Malaysia’s 52nd anniversary with an short film and song composition contest.
The theme is Merdeka. Hopefully we’ll see a big bunch of talents showcasing their compositions or shortfilms.
Details retrieved from the Homegrown Space site
The competition will take place from July of 2009 and will end 5.00pm August 27th, 2009.
For complete details of the video competition, please visit our website www.homegrownspace.com.my and on our Facebook group Homegrown Malaysia.
If you have any questions you can either post a comment on the thread for this article, send an email to mail@homegrown.com.my or call Joshua at 03-7806 5046.
Rules and Regulations
Indie Film:
1. The Theme for your short film is “MERDEKA”.
2. Total running time must be between 3 to 5 minutes in length, including front and back credits.
3. Winners will be selected by a judging panel that is comprised of working industry professionals.
4. Short films that are submitted must be the entrant’s original work and shall not infringe on any copyrights or any other rights of any third parties.
5. All videos/performances/audio files sent to Homegrown will be used as content for all Homegrown websites.
Song Composition:
1. Song submitted must be the entrant’s original work and shall not infringe on any copyrights or any other rights of any third parties.
2. Your entry should be in today’s modern genre, i.e.: pop rock, indie rock, folk, jazz, blue, etc.
3. Winners will be selected by a judging panel that is comprised of working industry professionals.
4. Total running time must be between 3 to 5 minutes in length.
5. All videos/performances/audio files sent to Homegrown will be used as content for all Homegrown websites.
Join us now and send an email to mail@homegrown.com.my with the following information attached:
1. Name, contact number, email address
2. An mp3 or mpeg copy of the song or video.
3. A brief description of yourself and your craft.
Aimee is coming to town. Well not exactly. She’s coming to Singapore. The veteren pop-rocker first entered my airwaves back in 1995 in the days where piracy wasn’t so rampant and mp3s were a novelty. The series’ that we have been watching on terrestial TV was Beverly Hills and supposedly Melrose Place (which got banned after a few episodes). Luckily we had the OSTs to live on. On the wicked crazy Melrose Place OST, there were a number of tracks, which I remembered such as Urge Overkill, Paul Westerberg, Dinosaur Jr, Frente!, The Divinyls (With such a sexy track), Letters to Cleo and so many more. But one track, which I remember till today and still have the song is That’s Just What You Are by Aimee Mann. Such a simple, pop tune that just stays retched in my memory. This track is also off Aimee’s second album I’m With Stupid released in 1995.
Later on, I get acquainted with her debut album Whatever where I heard Stupid Thing and I’m hooked. Then came Red Vines (remember that animated video), You Do and of course Save Me - all off Aimee’s 2000 release Bachelor No. 2. Save Me also featured on 1999’s Magnolia soundtrack and got Aimee a Grammy.
Aimee’s follow up album Lost in Space in 2002 only had a couple of songs I really loved, Pavlov’s Bell and This Is How It Goes. Then came Beautiful and I Can’t Help You Anymore from The Forgotten Arm released in 2005.
I must admit I haven’t quite absorbed her 2008 album @#%&*! Smilers.
I’m hoping I can make it for a concert. Plenty of time to plan.
Date: Saturday, 29 Aug 2009
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore
Tickets: S$118, S$98 and S$68 (excluding SISTIC fee)
Info from:
Junk Magazine
More Zee Avi. Are you bored yet? I certainly am not. Go get her CD! Plus she did a cover of Interpol’s Slow Hands.
C’mon Zee, you gotta do a show in Malaysia again!
Her US Gigs
June 13 Manchester TN Bonnaroo
June 15 Chapel Hill NC Night Light
June 16 Kill Devil Hills NC The Pit
June 17 Columbia, SC Hunter Gatherer
June 19 Opelika AL Eight & Rail
June 20 Birmingham AL City Stages
July 11 Redmond WA No Depression Festival
Opening for, wait for it, Pete Yorn (yep, none other)
July 13 Austin TX La Zona Rosa
July 14 Houston TX The Meridian
July 16 Nashville TN Cannery Ballroom
July 17 Atlanta GA CW Center Stage
July 20 Washington DC 9:30 Club
July 21 Baltimore MD Rams Head Live
July 25 Camden NJ Wiggins Waterfront Park
July 26 Boston MA House of Blues - Boston
July 28 New York NY Webster Hall
July 29 New York NY Webster Hall
Aug 02 Pontiac MI Clutch Cargos
Aug 03 Chicago IL Park West
Aug 04 Chicago IL Park West
Aug 07 N. Kansas City MO Harrah’s - Voodoo Lounge
Aug 08 Council Bluffs IA Whiskey Roadhouse at Horseshoe Casino
Aug 09 Saint Louis MO The Pageant
Aug 12 Minneapolis MN Fine Line Music Cafe
Aug 13 Minneapolis MN Fine Line Music Cafe
Aug 15 Denver CO Ogden Theatre
Aug 16 Salt Lake City UT Murray Theater
Aug 17 Boise ID Knitting Factory Concert House
Aug 21 Vancouver BC Venue
Aug 22 Portland OR Roseland Theater
Aug 27 Los Angeles CA Henry Fonda Theatre
Aug 28 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands Festival
Aug 29 San Diego, CA Street Scene
Info from Zee Avi’s Official Website
random5songs:
Juan Serrano - Gorrion
Linkin Park - In Pieces
Portishead - Strangers
Lisa Hannigan - I Don’t Know
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Zee on MTV and Zee on MixFM (if I’m not mistaken). Malaysia Boleh!