-Cat Power Concert-
Went to see Cat Power/Chan Marshall/Charlyn Marshall/Multiple-named-hottie some time back. Had couple albums by her at the time, and liked enough songs enough for me to want to go. Enchanting character this one, softspoken and honest with just the right amount of depression to make her music sound forlorn yet tinged with desperate hope. What an artist. Too bad about the concert. It wasn't bad by Any stretch, she has got a deliciously sultry voice.
She did her covers really well but i was aching to hear more of her originals.Two of my favorites turned up right at the end but they were in some mutated versions of themselves. I still sorta liked it but knew they suffered terribly from the change. Despite this i have to admit her voice never wavered and it was worth the price of admission alone. She even took the time to hand out flowers individually to audience members, not many musicians would have the guts to do that.
Perhaps with good reason. I encountered a strange person on the MRT some time back. I don't know why i have to be subjected to the greatest oddities of society. Fairly old man wearing these retro white pants that flare out at the end with a multicoloured T-shirt. I wish i didnt remember the details. He was chewing something. It might have been gum i dont know but the last time i chewed gum it didn't smell like vomit. He came up to me asking where im from. This seemed like an odd question but i answered 'Sengkang'. He then proceeded to talk to me in a mix of Malay and English. I played along just nodding. I dont know why. Well either he caught on or he thought i was an idiot but he reverted back to English and asked me if i had a girlfriend. Now i thought this was leading to some kind of marketing or business scam. Especially when at some point he said 'You should join me'. Ah here it comes, after the small talk comes the proposal to invest in scam activity, i was waiting for this moment to tick him off. It never came. That was it, he wanted me to 'join' him. So he gave me his number. Never having encountered this scenario I pretended to save it on my phone, and walked away somewhat confused.
Abit like the annoyingly ubiquitous adverts of Ken Wantabe looking confused by scenery
What happened Wantanaman, you used to be cool. Sure Avril Lavigne does it now too
but she was never cool.Went to the SMU Open House the other day. Just to see if they'd change my mind about where to study. Being there was actually kinda nice. Seeing all the newly shaven heads fresh from induction into service. Knowing that freedom was closer to me than it was for them. It was all sadistically satisfying.
Apart from that it was somewhat informative too. And they actually made the effort to make you feel like you should come there. I gave the NUS one a miss, i visited the dear old lady last year and it was like she wasn't even trying. Just sat there like she couldn't be bothered if you came or not. No no that wasn't a pun, i swear, i just noticed that. If you didn't just forget about it and carry on. Point is that the open house for the old university just felt like it was going through the motions when i had such high expectations. Still, if it ain't broke don't fix it i guess.. Maybe its brilliant this year i dont know, ill just flip through the website, there's just too much walking to do in the place..
I was looking through some of my old JC notes today. They are filled with random drawings and notes. From 'Stop Sleeping!' to my own drawings of mythical creatures i also encountered a few lines whose origins i am not sure of. I forget whether it was me that said this, or a friend, or if i read it somewhere but ill include it here and if you have any idea do enlighten me. Its a relevant caveat for our time.
"Magpies are arseholes, frankly, same as seagulls. I remember a story about a guy who nursed an injured seagull from his garden back to health, before releasing it back into the wild. Now it comes back every year at the same time and attacks him."
Have a good attack free week everyone.
