Wowii -Hoods/Forever -Cartoon Records CR 3 (1979 US) This is the 3rd self-released single by this Florida band who were active on the Eastern Seaboard at the time. Hoods is a fantastic anthemic Power Pop tune with Glammy overtones and is by far their crowning achievement. From the analog synth "bagpipe" intro, to the over the top dedication to "Hoody" Heroes, this track is an out and out Purepop classic -Hoorah For The Hoods! The other Wowii singles were Rock 'n Roll Singer/I'm So Bad (Cartoon 1 1977), Getting Looser/Meet Wowii (Cartoon 2 1979).
Thanks to the Velvet Tinmine Blog for originally turning me on to this
Troubled pop star Britney Spears is not yet fit to participate in court proceedings in her power-of-attorney case, her lawyer told a superior court commissioner.
Samuel Ingham, Spears' court-appointed lawyer, and lawyers for her father and conservator, James Spears, spent 90 minutes in Los Angeles commissioner Reva Goetz's chambers.
Mr Ingham told the court afterwards that Spears' medical condition was "fluid" because her treatment was changing.
Spears' probate case is due to go to trial on July 31, but Mr Ingham said it could be "harmful" for her to participate.
Ms Goetz agreed and said Spears' diagnosis was not complete.
The 26-year-old singer and her estate have been under the conservatorship of her father for four months.
A colleague at a meeting termed some of us sitting around the table "the culture people". I hope he means it positively... If you are in doubt whether you are a "cultured people" or somehow still a stewing mess of incoherent DNA, amps give you here a simple "culture, you're no vulture!" test in 2 parts.
Part 1:What do you do when you encounter something you don't normally see/hear/experience or understand? Matthew Ngui's "seeing may be believing but not always understanding"
Behind me were 2 young women in their office attire who probably also held complimentary tickets. After some 20 minutes into the performance, they started whispering and giggling, mocking the dance and music - or rather the juxtaposition of the two. Another 15 minutes later, one of them exclaimed louder than usual - "this is so weird" - and they left.
Beside me, a mother with complimentary tickets had brought her 12 year-old daughter. After the performance, the girl quietly asked, "what was it about?" Someone offered an opinion. She nodded, mouthed an "oh", and whispered something to her mother.
Part 2: Just how many different points of view can you take?
Sunday afternoon, J and I decided to brave the crowds at the museums for the International Museum Day to visit Matthew Ngui's "Points of View" exhibition.
Ngui's works do not threaten with their abstract propositions, but beckon the viewer with seemingly basic questions of what is home, what is real, what do you see, how do you see, who are you, what is this space... heck, what constitutes a good lap in freestyle? Of course, these questions are deceptively simple because there is no one answer, since perspective and context are factors which form variants. Of course, Ngui does not settles for the easy and trite "it all depends on how you look at it" line. Instead, his works (my favourite is still the interactive wall installation at the National Museumthe building remembers/remembering the building) work to bring you to across several vantage points until from wherever you are, you can - if you want - still reconcile a view.
At one of the works, an old woman sat beside her daughter watching the video capture of exhibition visitors criss-crossing the forest of pipes and the title text. She watches for a long time and remarks about the work to her daughter, then gets up to walk deliberately into the video camera's line of sight on the other side.
But it's not always "weird" and sometimes, there's only really 1 unerring reality.
Saturday night, we listened to J's nephew play some listenable tunes in his school concert band and enjoyed the expressive, dance-like conducting, together with a whole theatre of parents and teenagers. That same evening, argentum opened her show "The last adornment". In the gallery is an instantmatic photo booth with a noose woven from all kinds of chains, necklaces, trinklets from her past works - whatever it is you are adorned with in this sort-of momento mori, death - now a photograph, a thought, an idea, an installation, a joke, a morbidity, a romance, a word - is certain.
choreographer of a band
Last week, J had a chance to spend 2 days with a group of students for an art workshop. I asked him when in the workshop did he feel happiest. He said it was towards the end of a workshop when one of the students, after finishing painting her part of the artwork, voluntarily picked up a pair of the scissors to help on another part of the artwork.
OK, I'll get to it. My point in this meandering account of the week is simply that it's really not that hard or too far a stretch to think of art as yet another thing a human being makes to communicate, enjoy, trade, learn, live, show-off, contemplate - and of culture partly as a sum of these practices over time.
========== p/s. If you have an hour to spare on a weekend: > Argentum'sThe Last Adornment is on until June 15th at the Substation (Armenian Street, off Stamford Rd). > Matthew Ngui's retrospective is on at the basement gallery of the National Museum until late June.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
webcammed till abt 1am ystr.RAH.
HELLO. i'm happy cos i'm in grp 2 for the hair show! which also means that i may not need to cut my hair ! instead, they might be putting hair extensions&curling my hair. The theme for my grp is those japanese doll thingy(: with long eyelashes etcetc. SO YAY. however, the colours they're gonna dye & highlight wouldnt be so outstanding. Instead it'll be light brown/blond/copper &etc.
Butbutbut, at least my hair wouldnt be short!
&venue's gonna be at the Arena. sad part, private event:( only for hair dressers & etc. so friends can't come to support:(. lols.
Anwyay, i wont be updating for maybe a week? lols. I'll try though. Till then, TAKECARE PEOPLE. &LOVELOVE(:(:(:
...yeah it's the end of May, everything's in full bloom (hehe) and it's time for the French Open ( also known as Roland Garros) again. Of course I do believe, that Marat (Safin) is gonna win his third Grand Slam title. Don't you think?! :).... providing he beats Davydenko in the second round :S The draws are here to find ( I have no time to write them all down here). Hewitt plays vs Fish, Novak(Djokovic) meets Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen , Nadal plays against French Fry Devilder..and...where is Federer?! ah against Montanes.... Tursunov against Garcia-Lopez and Youzhny against Gonzalez...where is Baghdatis?! No idea... More to follow some time later. Marat's the best anyways :P.
Forgot that one. In the eve we had a little (little is good..) BBQ- everyone's there- but my hunk (later he called and told me that he was in Einbeck...talking to his Ex......hmpf!). I was so freaked out- and had such a bad temper, whoa! And not because of him ( he recompensated it later anyways :P), but because of certain guys at the BBQ, who believe that I am a.) single b.)that I should date R. ( no way, never ever- even if he was the last man on earth) c.)made pics of me and tried to make ME (haha) drunk Just imagine, how much that is craving in my nerves! I was drinking beer and R. said that it looked 'wunderschön'... Oh my Fuck- since when does it look picturesque when a görl drinks beer?! HELLO?! There is only one person that knows that I was actually single, the rest thinks I am taken (but they do not know the person...tsaaa)...and R. still hits on me. Yesterday he prmoised to cook for me, and than to go to the cinema and whatever else....OH MY! Give it a go and get lost! Than also Jörg (my big fave from the other corporation)turned up(mais sans Steffan...buhu!)...and I was like ' Holy Shizz, I am gonna kill someone this eve'. But he was so kind that eve, hardly recognised him! OH MY! Anyways, hunk turned up- and the rest (thanks God, Jesus and Maria!) went to a Party ('Sportlerparty'- I was supposed to go with them and than meet up with Giuli and Andrea), and we had the house for the two of us :P. After a cosy hour with TV Total we went to bed and were too late for lectures today in the morning- naturally :P. I hate him, he just makes it terribly difficult for the two of us to get up in the morning!!!!!! Off to Italian History ( haha 1,5h of laughing because of Filippo and Jana), and than speeding home.... I GOTTA COOK...buhahahahaha
Today must be the...28th?! I have no idea- time goes by too quickly ....much too fast, really! Never thought I am gonna say that- but it's just like that! Just came back from Uni/ Shopping- I am so darn effed up. I was supposed to do a presentation with Andrea- but allo we could find for our topic was 12 pages in a very suspiscious-looking book! Unbelievable! Just give youself that : Göttingen has one of the biggest libararies- it is huge- really huge- and than all you get is 12 pages. And I am really not the worst when it comes to research... well at least I am in the upper half.. we asked a woman, who accidentally works there to help us- til tomorrow we shall get two more books. I hope she keeps her word! Afterwards we went for lunch- I had a craving for something green, and whom did we meet on our way to the Mensa (Cantine)?! ( it is also the person I was totally mad with yesterday)..oh I should add that I had a cigarette in my hand, which is no good (generally speaking.... well I reassured just lately a certain person, that I hadn't been smoking for ages of course..). It is a miracle, but I managed to hide it. He was on his way to his next lectures with Alex ( who is hmm... well). I was so mad at him- he was lucky that we both had company- Andrea and Alex- otherwise I would have killed him! It is okay with me, when he goes home- I would do it as often as I could as well if I had the possibility (= private jet), but he does know that I am one, who worries much (too much). Its the second time he did something like that! I have a vivid imagination- the fuck (sorry!) could have happened! Damn him! Luckily Marcel came over yesterday- so we watched House together with Calle, which was fun, since they both have this particular kind of laughter that automatically forces you to join them :). Ania welcomed a baby boy yesterday!!!! Finally! It was high time :). He was actually to come along at the 18th (or even 17th?!), but she was told not to DARE to give birth on my birthday :P. I am awful I know . Well anyways- now he's not a taurus (which is a pity, since we are the best :P) but gemini- also quite splendid! Anyways : Wilkommen kleiner Mann!
And something really rough : I forgot Mother's Day :(((( I am such an awful piece of a child! And just give yourselves that : My brother remembered both- the Polish and the German one .He is such an idiot- could have reminded me. I am screwed either way... I met Aneta at the Uni today- she was in my Italian Language Course, but she gave it a go. I intended to write her for.... ages?! Was cool to chat with her anyways. It was just a proof that you simply cannot go incognito to University. Sucks :P I have moreover such a long (very much extended) to do list- and there is no end in sight. I need a secretary ( if possible : Male!), I need one so bad. Applications to my electronic mailbox please!!!!!! What else?! Oh yes : It was Dunia's Birthday yesterday :)))). Once more : Happy Birthday Girl! And remember what you promised to do at my blind wedding next March :P. This is all for now, my head's so empty , sucks !
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Dino's very artistic eh?(:
THIS IS A DIE DIE MUST MUST MUST WATCH!
it was part of our prsentation on Monday. Culture, abt guys joing ballet IG. & i wanted to upload the interview from monday&tuesday too. [yeah yeah, i did interview with ppl agn ystr, for cognitive. (:(: ] but its kind of big, and i dont wanna wait for it to upload finish. So yeah.
Went down to clarkequay ystr. but when we finally reached, they had just ended. so in the end, we went to BK to snack. The bus lah, journey so long, kept going around the estates&neighbourhoods.
Got the camp briefing paper thingy alr. yay. Classmates&all same team too. Shu, Dino, Drexler, & classmates: Lance, Yongli, Patrick& Cg. & BESTFRIEND's one of our team's I/C!(: YAY. Goody goody goody(:
Anyway, I'm home now! & i didnt go school(:
sorry Dino, that i still chose not to go despite looking at your friendster "reminder" once more, & listening to what you had to say. &&&, for not accompanying you to school&having Meals with you.
I didnt want to go beacuse of the follwing few reasons:
1) reached home quite late last night 2) Was uberly tired 3) i wanted to sleep more/catch up on my sleep 4) there's UT tmr 5) there's still smth wrong with my ankle area. 6) i have to pack my luggage 7) i have to sort out my modelling documents for tmr's briefing 8) i have to copy another 6 copies of the camp paper 9) i have to spend more time with myself (: 10) Today's module is Enterprise&i dont like, cos calculations are involved.
yeah. so im going to have to accomplish all of that.
Oh, & smth funny happened this morning. I was sleeping, and @ arnd 9 plus, or 11 plus (im not too sure, but it was in the morn), someone was fidgeting with my door handle, & to some extent it was kind of irritating, & i thought it was Caleb disturbing agn. so i got out of my bed & opened the door, to see my very Shocked Daddy standing outside holding a key saying, "why are u at home!?!"
HAHAHAH. actually, he thought that there wasnt anyone in the room, and my door being locked, he thought that my door was stucked &tried to find the key to open my door. (fidgeting of handle explained) Can u imagine, if you thought there wasnt anyone one in the room, the door was locked, & suddenly it opens? SHOCKING RIGHT! lols. funny.
So yeap, i finally finally got up at 12 plus(: & im here! now its 2.02 alr. hahaha. i'm going to accomplish my to-do(s) today! yay. i'll only be gg school for UT tmr. not staying back for the Science module(: the briefing's tmr. &im brave&i'm gg by myself(: lol. Friday, leaving Spore! so yeah, skip school agn(: skipping 3 modules in a row. RAHHHH.
Clem East -What Are you Trying To Do To Me!/ Jupiter -MR PRS -2668 (197? Aus)
What Are You Trying To Do To Me! Is a corking Punk 'N' Roll track which kinda of reminds me of Get Out Of Denver twinned with Jim Carrol. It's full of attitude with squealing NYC-type vocals and a blistering Deniz Tek-like guitar break. The other side, Jupiter, is 6m 30 long! It's starts off quiet and subdued and turns into this near-Stoogean Blow-out. No idea whatsoever who Clem East is/was or who plays on the killer single. it's an Australian release, but apart from that, there's zilch in the way of info on the Web...
Add -on: Those kind folks at Vicious Sloth have provided an insert that came with the single...anyone want to ring the number provided? Ha...
Click on title for an edit of What Are you Trying To Do To Me! and Jupiter or try the player below...
Please note I am trying out this different hosting site -please let me know how it works for you -Thanks
Kim Kardashian hosted her own White Party in the Hamptons last night with boyfriend Reggie Bush, and told reporters, "I'm about two months pregnant right now and we're getting married on August 8th of 2008." Obviously she was kidding, but she scared Reggie there for a second!
The couple hosted the soiree at The White House in the Hamptons, and that was a first for Kim, who said she had never partied out there before. She's giving Diddy a little competition! His infamous bash comes at the end of summer on Labor Day.
Today's module was great(: CULTURE. smth that had to do with males joining ballet. HAHAHAH. Faci was pretty nice, Did smth interesting today.(: my team went to the canteen&classrooms to do interviews with people. Yeah,so it was kind of fun(: The only rush part, was the editing of the interviews. RAH. but overall, FUN(: I shall upload the videos another day. Yeah, the guys dancing ballet! WOOHOO!
I'm waiting for my hair dye to dry. im going to dye it next mth alr, but right now, i can't stand that Shit colour, which clumps up in the middle of my head. Neither here nor there. &i decided to do so, after looking at the ivideo from the interview, and i saw that gold/brown/caramel/black hair of mine. EEYER.
Alrightos. I shall post the overdue pictures, &&&, i've got UT tmr again. BOOHOOBOO.
This is one of the dumb conversations that we usually have @ school. Ken: "HI BARBIE!" Barbie: "HI KEN" K: "WANNA GO FOR A RIDE BARBIE?" B: "NOR-MAL LOR.." K : " HOP ON IN....".
CLARKE QUAY:
I FORGOT TO RESIZE. SORRYSORRY! BEAR WITH THE SIZE ALRIGHTOS!
SCARY HIGH ELEMENTS&FUN LOW ELEMENTS: MY VERY HELPFUL PARTNER&I. I WAS CLINGING ON HIS HARNESS DAMN TIGHTLY. LOL.
& RANDOM STUFF& LONGBEACH CELEBRATION:
LASTLY, SENTOSA ON SUNDAY WITH, Me, Dino, Ben, Shu, Reuter&Zaidi. &Zaidi brought along a tent too. perfect sheltering me&Shu from the rain(:
Okay, so the guys played soccer in the rain. & we buried Dino. &yeah, its looks wrong. hahahaha. & see the sandcastle! PRETTY RIGHT! lol. & some of our touring pics too(: FUNNESS(:
OKAY. ITS LATE ALR. I NEED TO SLP NOWNOWNOW. im becoming a panda, &there's Ut tmr, &i gotta wake up earlyearlyearly. NIGHTOS(:
Wowii -Hoods/Forever -Cartoon Records CR 3 (1979 US)
