I dunno about this one man. It’s their new single called “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall”. Most of the comments on YouTube seem to be very positive. I get that Coldplay is trying to slowly but steadily move into a new musical direction, towards a new sound perhaps. I say “slowly” because you can still [...]
Archive for June, 2011
New Coldplay Song
Thursday, 30 June, 2011
Bad Sports Week
Thursday, 30 June, 2011
Schumacher had a dismal race at Valencia. Massa’s race was nondescript. Red Bull looks like it is still untouchable. And Roger Federer just got dumped out of Wimbledon in the q-finals after winning the first two sets. Great, just great. Few things to get off my chest: One, is there a more boring race on [...]
Alan Jay Lerner Book
Wednesday, 29 June, 2011
I finally finished my Alan Jay Lerner book, and boy was it a read. One of the most enjoyable books I’ve ever read, largely attributable to the sheer wit and eloquence of Mr Lerner. There were three main chapters in the book, and while the first one which chronicled the life and times of “My [...]
iPads For SAF Soldiers
Tuesday, 28 June, 2011
Quoted from ST: “From November, recruits doing Basic Military Training (BMT) will be armed with one more ‘weapon’ – a handheld touchscreen device such as an iPad – to sharpen their fighting skills. Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the Defence Ministry said the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) plans to issue about 8,000 sets, [...]
So Much Hate
Friday, 24 June, 2011
There seems to be so much hate going around for Glenn Ong, judging by the comments on the Yahoo! news article regarding his upcoming marriage to Jean Danker (here). Most of the comments were basically condemning the marriage and dooming it to failure, presumably because Glenn has been through two failed marriages, and also presumably [...]
Lolness!
Thursday, 23 June, 2011
Many thanks to LF for sharing this vid with me. In keeping with the Spider-Man musical topic, the above clip had me in stitches! Who knew Sesame Street could be so wickedly funny?
“From Jaw-Dropping Badness To Mere Mediocrity”
Wednesday, 22 June, 2011
I wrote about the Spider-Man musical (here) last August when I first caught wind of this brand new US$50 million (or so it was estimated to cost back then) show that was to be the most expensive show ever produced on Broadway. In the last ten months or so, the show has gone through ordeals [...]
Scoring For Piano
Monday, 20 June, 2011
Writing out the full piano score of your songs is kinda like seeing yourself running on film – most of us have no idea how we look like when we run. In the same way, I have no idea how my piano playing actually looks like on paper until I try to score it out [...]
Musicals And Stuff
Saturday, 18 June, 2011
So many thoughts about musicals and songwriting these days, but because I’ve been busy with preparations for my church’s musical concert, I’ve not had any time to pen them down. I managed to get my Alan Jay Lerner book renewed recently, and I have been completely drawn into the book. I’m now at the part [...]
Montages
Friday, 17 June, 2011
There is something to be said about montages of TV series being played to the backdrop of a great song. I mean, here I was just surfing YouTube for one of my favourite songs from “Wicked” called “I’m Not That Girl”, and I stumbled upon this montage of a TV series which I know absolutely [...]
