kaien

o/~the more you try to erase me, the more the more~

2009-10-05T23:28:41Z

wheeee

brain is stuck singing 'eraser' now @.@
last night was ..... woah~ *impressive*

thats all.
i posted buncha pics on tweet
and i guess i should prolly picasa the rest of hte ones i took, and also some videos of thom yorke doing his 'dance'... :)

but now i am srsly brain dead (after getting only 4h of sleep) and stressing over finishing hw/studying on time for tmr's class. @.@

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee

october shows just rocketed up in awesomes-ness

2009-10-01T16:01:23Z

so yeah few days ago, some link from p4k abt thom yorke n friends(not radiohead) doing 2 shows in LA. tix went on sale tues morning.

so yeah me n bro going to a sunday nite show at the orpheum in LA. rowD orchestra :) :) :)

october shows are definately looking up. even tho i think its only 2 shows lined up.
this sunday- thom yorke
next sat- rodrigo y gabriela

the quarter at UCSD started a week or so ago.i am being kinda buried under quite a bit of reading and prep since the programme is only part-time. @.@ 3 courses/quarter don't feel like its 'part time' tho >_<
i am gonna have to work out some sorta schedule in which i can also sneak in studying for JLPT.
and i also started making good on going to gym, cardio n weight machines so far. i miss bikram yoga. that was more invigorating imho. LOL

yes i am crazy.

i must be crazy

2009-09-22T03:39:20Z

to sign up for JLPT level3
that happens same week as finals week.
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

loooopy on cold meds

2009-09-16T07:02:18Z

i guess now i know how bradford cox felt that day at lollllla.....

wheeeeeeeeee

might have to take some coff syrup with codeine too to stop teh silly coff so that i can sleep
mmm sleeeeeep

hmm

2009-09-15T06:15:37Z

pondering if its good idea to just link tweets to here.
but then that would mean lj would be posting quite a bit LOL

took some pics n comments for hte artic monkey show tonight. :)
www.twitter.com/kaiennyu

thats all folkx

meanwhile NINfluenza STRIKES >_

final wave goodbye~

2009-09-14T04:05:24Z

yeah i went to the wiltern show for NIN wave goodbye

just a quickie post for setlist and maybe will write more laters

37 songs/3h 15min or so of OMGWTFBBQ goodness. i should like link to my tweets for hte pics i took during hte show and stuff.
i was surprised that NIN ended it with ITT. i didnt get my trifecta of perfect drug/sin/heresy. but i DID get my trilogy of something i can never have/wretched/day the whole world went away. <3

1. Home
2. Somewhat Damaged
3. The Collector
4. Discipline
5. March Of The Pigs
6. Something I Can Never Have
7. The Frail
8. The Wretched
9. Ruiner
10. Head Down
11. Burn
12. Just Like You Imagined (Mike Garson on piano)
13. La Mer (Mike Garson on piano)
14. Eraser (Mike Garson on piano)
15. The Becomming( Mike Garson on piano)
16. Metal (with Gary Numan)
17. Down In The Park (with Gary Numan)
18. I Die. You Die. (with Gary Numan)
19. 1,000,000
20. Letting You
21. Survivalism
22. Suck
23. Down In It
24. The Hand That Feeds
25. Head Like A Hole

encore:
26. Me, Im Not (with Atticus Ross)
27. The Warning (with Dave Navarro and Atticus Ross)
28. Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) (with Dave Navarro and Atticus Ross)
29. Gave Up (with Dave Navarro)

encore:
30. Mr. Self Destruct (with The Dillinger Escape Plan)
31. Wish (with The Dillinger Escape Plan)

encore:
32. Atmosphere (Joy Division cover)
33. Dead Souls
34. The Good Soldier
35. The Day The World Went Away
36. Hurt
37. In This Twilight

LOL i believe my work is done for me :)

2009-09-01T03:20:50Z

receiver's lolla 2009 report
LOL

http://receiver.livejournal.com/187583.html#cutid1

that was infinitely faster (and easier) than me typing it all LOL

enjoy!

twitter...

2009-08-20T04:48:54Z

is still taking over my netlife

quick recap
1. went to comic con. twilight is gh3y LOL
2. went to lollapalooza. bradford cox high on h1n1/cold meds/vit b12 shot= priceless
3. scored 2010 lolla souvenir tix = wootie
4. flaming lips @delmar track= i pushed the wayne balloon. and there was much rejoicing.
5. incoming shows= street scene, trent, and artic monkeys. pondering placebo. pondering school of seven bells.
6. oh yeah and school starts sept 10
7. signed up for my gym's version of 'the biggest loser'. it should b fun and edumacational :)

i wanna watch district 9. and kinda sorta wanna see gi joe. LOL

i have drank the koolaid

2009-07-21T05:16:35Z

and got meself a ifone 3gs.

thats all folkx

edit: eee pc has been named 'hutrang'. wascha condante's fatima. a ballance made one of course :)
am tempted to name the ifone a non ballance fatima for it is.. well fruity. hmmm.. i am thinking 'est'. hmmmmmm

o/~come out to meet you tell you i'm sorry~

2009-07-20T16:02:58Z

went n saw mr paltrow and his band in sandy eggo last thurs. GAPIT :)
didnt expect politik or scientist. prolly coz i was expecting a clone of the brixton academy setlist and the first few songs of the sd set was extremely similar.
think general feeling i got in the end is htat they're trying for a middle ground of a rock arena concert a la U2 and the immediacy feeling of a flaming lips/radiohead show. LOL. not a bad thing/experience but MOR all the way LOL.

setlist:
Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Yellow
Glass Of Water
Cemeteries Of London
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)
Talk (techno version)
The Hardest Part (Chris piano)
Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)
Viva La Vida
Lost!
Green Eyes (acoustic)
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay / Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic, sung by Will)
Billie Jean
Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
------
Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
-------
The Scientist
Life in Technicolor ii
The Escapist (outro)

my preeeeeeciousssss

2009-07-12T00:24:56Z

yesssssss

anyways eee pc 1005HA has arrived.
charging it right now and hopefully nothing will be wrong w/it. *crosses fingers*
coz i would really like to use it in abt 2 weeks or less to CCI. 10.5h of battery mmmmhmmmm goodness.

it is shiny shiny black (i am still denied megaera LOL. TWICE now! first it was colour of camry and now the netbook). the shiny black is gonna be a fingerprint magnet, i can jsut *SEE* it. hopefully my inner hannelore will NOT start obsessing abt shiny-ness.

and now to figure out yet another black themed FSS ballance fatima to name the netbook after.

cheers

there's gonna be fireworks :0

2009-07-04T20:49:58Z

its ubiquitous consumption of charred protein day coupled with fireworks!
happy independence day all~

(tho my upbringing still wants to call it national day LOL)

twitter

2009-07-01T06:34:06Z

has completely taken pretty much over 90% of my netlife.
LOL

thats all folkx

meanwhile.... incoming shows are
1. mr paltrow
2. AFP
3. lollapolloza
4. DM
5. flaming lips

i clicked way too slow for dcfc at bellyup this friday. ah well. shrug.
and after alla that i start the monastery life AKA part time school LOL. no mylene for me this tour. ah well.

sleeep

2009-06-18T18:01:04Z

sleeeeep would be good

anywyas, being extremely amused by i can has zombies gift. :)
and pondering gadgets.
i am wondering if its all just retail therapy seeking behaviour now.. LOL

on babyseals

2009-06-13T06:48:43Z

i have nothing much left to say
i am learning the subtle art of restraint with politeness

thats all
and i mean babyseals in a metaphorical way. and it is in no way connected with real animals. for reals. except the emotional response one usually gets about babyseals. i guess.
there hopefully PETA wont come after me.

meanwhile
i put on WKAP
then DCfC's plans.
and it brought me down from hopping mad to resigned-ness.. LOL

i also realised the chorus of 'marching bands of Manhattan' is damn catchy

o/~sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole
just like a faucet that leaks there is comfort in the sound
and while you debate if its half empty or half full
it slowly rises and your love is gonna drown....

RIP

2009-06-03T21:31:42Z

david eddings...

holy HAIL batman

2009-06-03T20:24:12Z

its HAILING outside
IN JUNE
IN SANDY EGGO

@@

and to complete the weather schizo freakout today
it hailed
then it rained
then lightning and thunder
and now the sun is out~
kinda...sorta.

so much for june gloom *coff*

note to self

2009-06-02T17:02:24Z

52inch tv is FRICKIN HUGE

thats all.

tested *coff* the new tv last night watching the cap of NIN LITS portland show. i have found out that i need to grab the HD versions now COZ THEM PIXELS ARE HUGE.
-_-

o/~i wont let you fall apart....

now if sony will f-ing announce the price drop for ps3 so that i can get blu=ray goodness. and maybe later in the year, katamari3 goodness

my ears saved by ghetto last minute ear plugs made from paper napkins

2009-05-17T19:55:06Z

LOL

yeah. fri nite was mogwai.
ear melting experience. tho nothing quite like the 15min feedback at MBV@coachella LOL
hence the subject line. opening band was dead meadows-> eh. shrug.

sat(yesterday) nite was NIN|JA
*snicker* that name always cracks me up.

the show as usual was awesome. the energy, the intensity was perfect. a tad disappointing set list from NIN for me. things that surprised me was he sang fragile and i am afraid of americans. i wouldve liked to hear also 'something i can never have/perfect drug/everyday is exactly the same'. ah well.shrug. theres one more chance next friday LOL
amazingly there wasnt 'closer' but there were the standards of hurt/head like a hole/terrible lie (where we had a tech/sound problem and trent got reallly pissed)/march of pigs/wish... and more stuff. i can prolly find a setlist somewhere on the interwebs later. LOL
but it was a really too short a set. sigh.

JA was good. i forgotten how good that band is LOL. last song was 'jane says' ahhh~

and oh yeah, i also forgot how small the GAPIT area at cricket amphitheatre was cf the whole place. it was nice to be up pretty close. LOL

ps: i was amused to read local news review about the NIN|JA concert. dood was like all kinda whiny abt NIN had no big light show this time. wtf man, that was already old news (no big light show). LOL. but i think reviewer is more JA fan LOL. i will admit JA put on a really good show. plus perry ferrell isnt as annoying in JA vs the other times i've seen him live solo/satellite party. he was also kinda fun when he was dj peretz too. LOL

and setlist courtesy of nin boards
00. Kick Out The Jams (w/ SSSC)
01. Home
02. 1,000,000
03. Terrible Lie
04. March of the Pigs
05. Metal
06. The Becoming
07. I’m Afraid of Americans
08. Burn
09. Gave Up
10. La Mer
11. The Fragile
12. Gone, Still
13. The Way Out Is Through
14. Wish
15. The Hand That Feeds
16. Head Like a Hole
17. Hurt

edit 052909
setlist for SFBA shoreline
Home
1,000,000
Terrible Lie
Discipline
March of the Pigs
Piggy
Metal
The Becoming
Burn
Gave Up
The Fragile
The Way Out is Through
Wish
Echoplex
Survivalism
The Day the World Went Away
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole
Hurt

hmmm

2009-05-03T18:48:19Z

so i watched quite few more youtube videos on mylene's new concert tour which started in nice last night? or smthg.

i agree with zaff that its one of the best costumes for her shows so far. i think they look more structured/coherent. shrug. her hair and makeup looked more subdued than in the past. maybe mylene is accepting that time is an enemy she cannot defeat. *gasp*

the tech/stage design for this one seems to be the accumulation of the various tech stuff/design ideas shes used over the last few tours, e.g. the LED screens as stage doors,the stairs, the animatronix statues, the insect/scarab? 'chair'. the exit end was a nice echo to the avant concerts (but down -into hell perhaps?- instead of up-acension LOL), the intro/entry was a lot simpler but the use of LED screens was a nice touch.
alain escalle's fascination with death seems to dovetail with mylene's obessesions quite nicely. sometimes it feels like we are entering into a 'bodies' exhibition ..but also with LED screens/strobe lights/lasers/dancers and a band. LOL

personally, i still think NIN lights in the sky shows had a more intuitive and maybe more immersive use of LED screens in a show than what i saw for mylene. granted for the latter, its not a lot and it looks like i wont be able to go for the brussels show. but. shrug.

the setlist (and mylene usually doesnt vary) is a tad disappointing. outta the whole list posted, i wouldve liked to hear je te rends/a quoi je sers/nous souviendrons nous outta the older albums, and from the new album i'm only really interested in c'est dans l'air.

so yeah i think i am not being a very good fan in saying i wont mind going to see her for this one, but not like feeling any compulsion at all. ah well. i think maybe the really good memories of being GAPIT for the avant series of concerts in jan 2006 just pwns the whole stadium tour shows that will be put on for this series. but supposedly theres 2? stage designs one for hte stadiums and one for hte 'smaller' venues.

in second thoughts, i remember the stadium setup on the ticket sales page. and it seems like theres a walkway into the GAPIT. so i figure there's probably gonna more walking/interacting with the GAPIT doods and also prolly pyro/fireworks when towards the end she sings si j'avais au moins before she exits. i cant see mylene completely changing the setup as its a traveling show

but am pretty sure there will be more youtubes videos, and rumours of a blu-ray HD dvd of the concert tour abound. la la la~.

PS: i just realised i just saw the drummer abrahim? (i forgot his last name) like not more than 2 weeks ago, going at it with macca's band. tee hee. that was a good memory, fireworks and all. *nods*
PS2: listening to a bad audio rip of the Nice show, i am wondering if there's any auto-tune used LOL, coz dang! mylene misses quite a few notes....LOL

just coz i feel like it..

2009-04-25T06:38:00Z

quickie impressions from the long weekend.
it might still take me a few more to process the whole weekend. :)

fri
gui boratto- good. but disappointed that he was DJ set and had no live instrumentation. shrug. it felt like i was listening to a shortened version of his very recent (like less than a month) essential mix. which worried me in the beginning since that mix was built around the second album (which i love) but i wanted to hear 'beautiful life' :) but yeah he dropped beautiful life :) the crowd goes wild. and i think he went into opus17 after and one more? maybe before he was done.

WAS- caught hte tail tail end coz i was at gui. all i remembered was they ended with the great escape. LOL they sound pretty much like on the album. :) and quite a bit of energy.

listened to a little bit of airbourne toxic event. it was ok.
think we wandered around for food a bit.
also think i caught a song or two from buraka som sistema. but really short coz we basically were gonna park ourselves at the mainstage for the ff-moz-macca marathon.

ff- nick hurt his foot, in crutches. i think that also dampened the sheer crazy intensity that i have come to expect from FF shows. shrug. i saw them at canes last dec. come on, small club. liek TINY. stage diving during this ffire. i dont really need to say more :)

moz- 'can u bear even more?' *snicker* 'i can smell burning flesh. i can only hope its human' ROTFL. ahh moz. i still like his voice. but his ego... *rolls eyes*

bummed that i missed leonard cohen but i had a primo spot by the back quadrant near the front by the rails... i mean come on. thankfully theres a nice rip of cohen's set out there. :)

macca- 2.5h. huge karaoke fest during beatles songs. the setlist can b had on the internets. the LED screens on the side were GINORMO. and i totally had a great time. its hard to imagine how insane and happy everyone was. seriously. the closest thing i could compare to was its like going to a lips concert. but with older people. ROTFL.

sat
joss stone- was disappointed. duno if it was just coming down from high from macca or just she was a little bland. shrug.

got stuck with a migraine attack. didnt bring excedrin. snarfed the last 2 tabs from myyah. thank god. hung out at the A/C tent for like 30-40min until it kicked in. phew.

AFP= F_CK YEAH! opening of zarathustra with volunteers streaming on stage with letters painted on their backs spelling out 'AMANDA FUCKING PALMER' *raises fist in air in solidarity*
opened with astronaut then runs in teh family, rest kinda blur. but i remember guitar hero, oasis (i guess she got in trouble in UK for that song and video, which is silly), coin operated boy, girl anachronism and a cello accompany by zoe keating (who kicks a lotta rear posterior end too) cover of muse's 'time is running out'. then the OMFGWTFBBQ AFP crowd surfs from stage to end of tent and whips out a ukele and HUGE tent singalong to radiohead's 'creep'
YES~~~~...... it was MOST excellent~~~~

thievery corp- eh. the set was kinda disjointed to me. shrug. they were good. and had a live band accompaniment and various guest vocalists including perry ferrell. but was eh

then wandered to the chemical brothers. but by then i was exhausted. migraine and AFP took a lot outta me. chem bros were good tho. (there was also a looota pot in teh air and was making me even more light headed) so we just headed back out to the main stage.
caught the opening part of killers. first FIRST two songs were 'human' and 'somebody told me' so i basically was ok with leaving then and there. and we did.
got outta the parking lot in RECORD time like 30mins(compared to the 3h clusterf*ck that was trying to get out after macca the previous nite)

sun
i am glad i took kken's advice and hit plump djs.
actually managed to catch tail end of perry ferrell who was before. basically he had a band and was doing songs from JA and satellite party. eh. figure i will see the real thing when i go to the NINJA tour LOL. that still cracks me up all the time. LOL

plump djs- f-ing rocked teh tent. absolutely CRAZY. soo good. they are sooo good at what they do. one of the cleanest sets i've ever heard. simply amazing. i am pretty much running outta superlatives LOL. i didnt even realise i was dancing that much until i came out and my whole shirt was pretty much soaked LOL. but yeah totally not regretting going and missing most of YYY.

made it to the last part of YYY. caught tail end of skeletons. then they went into maps, heads will roll and ended their set with y control (as usual). i think i like YYY in a smaller venue. hte main stage just seems so... far away for seeing karen etal:)

MBV- wouldve killed my eardrums if i didnt bring plugs. LOL. 15min+ of white noise/feedback. la la la ~. good times!

cure- ok what is it with the older bands being able to marathon their sets and totally outshine the younger whippersnappers? coz like dood, macca on fri and now robert smith etal on sun:) doods sang for like 3h including after GV had to cut the power to the sound coz they ran overtiem AS THE BAND STARTED 'BOYS DONT CRY" come on~

dang

2009-04-25T03:41:09Z

listening to a rip of crystal method's set at coachella..
have a few other sets lined up, mostly of hte acts i missed during the weekend in teh desert.
DANG...... am a bit sad i missed this..but then i was participating in the huge karaoke fest at the main stage AKA macca..... LOL

edit: woot! found a good rip of portishead @coachella last year courtesy of hte board pple. my ratio is gonna die tho T_T sigh. which means my acct will b canned in a quickie. this is why i dont really do private trackers.
but but..portishead~~

le sigh...

2009-04-16T18:01:34Z

and the coachella lineup conflicts start...
WAS vs gui boratto
crystal castles vs cohen/FF
girl talk vs moz
throbbing gristle/groove armada/etienne de crecy vs cure
plump djs vs yyy

the organisers totally stacked fri and sunday and left sat strangely empty.
sigh....

not so baking in the sun

2009-04-16T02:12:27Z

according to NWS

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 88. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Calm wind becoming northwest between 5 and 10 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 90.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 93.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 98.

la la la.... indio california here we go~

this is new...

2009-04-14T23:02:16Z

i learned a new phrase today.
'this is unacceptable, blizzard'
as in

'this expt sucksa$$. this is unacceptable, blizzard'
OR
' XYZ fails. this is unacceptable, blizzard'

i am highly amused.

OTOH, 'this is unacceptable, blizzard' sounds like a funners name for a indie band. perhaps singing about hte trials n tribulations of life in the land of wow.

ps: i dont wow. i am not kidding.