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JOHN PEEL: 1939-2004

When John Peel’s sad, sudden death at the age of 65 was announced today (October 26) on BBC Radio 1, the station that had been his home for five decades, broke with programming and played Undertones ‘Teenage Kicks’ – his all-time favourite song.It was a fitting tribute to a man whose dedication and unerring passion for all that was fresh and vital and youthful and vigorous about music saw him reject the dictats and mores of broadcasting to pursue a singular path launching the career of hundreds of bands, and soundtracking the youth of millions of music fans.Born John Robert Parker Ravenscoft in Heswall, near Liverpool, in 1939, Peel was the son of the wealthy owner of a cotton mill. He was sent away to boarding school in Shrewsbury, which he hated, an ordeal made bearable when he first heard Elvis Presley singing ‘Heartbreak Hotel’."Everything changed when I heard Elvis," he said. "Where there had been nothing there was suddenly something."In 1959, after National Service, Peel moved to America where Beatlemania soon took hold. The Liverpool connection helped Peel land a spot as DJ on WRR radio in Dallas. He moved back to England in 1967, where he first joined Radio London, before moving to BBC Radio 1 for its launch. He was to remain with the station for the rest of his life, the only original DJ.His style was immediately different to other presenters. He played the records from start to finish without interruption – which later became useful if you wanted to tape the tracks - providing an informative commentary for listeners. During his early period, Peel was a friend and supporter of some of the biggest names in rock. Marc Bolan, David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix all recorded Peel Sessions and Peel famously once showed up on Top Of The Pops miming mandolin for Rod Stewart on the chart-topping‘Maggie May’.As the 70s progressed, Peel’s tastes evolved. He was in the vanguard of punk, pushing the sounds of The Ramones, The Clash, The Undertones, The Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols, then latterly Joy Division. In the 80s, he kickstarted the careers of New Order, The Fall, Smiths and any number of other acts you care to name. We would never have heard the Pixies or Pulp or The White Stripes if it wasn’t for John Peel.As the years rolled on, the scope of his radio show widened. He moved between gum-bleeding German techno, world music and the occasional Roy Orbison hit with ease – even if it was sometimes a little taxing for his legions of fans. Until recently, a place on his annual countdown of the best singles of the year – Peel’s Festive 50> – was a much sought-after berth for bands on independent labels.In recent years, Peel built a new army of fans. His award winning ‘Home Truths’ programme on BBC Radio Four grew into a must-hear for middle-aged listeners in middle England. And his spots on the BBC’s ‘Grumpy Old Men’ – a series featuring irritated men of a certain age riling against the things they found most absurd about modern life – were frequently the funniest and most telling. Balding, a little plump, a devoted father, grandfather and husband not to mention a big fan of genteel radio series The Archers, Peel kicked open the door for people like Steve Lamacq and Zane Lowe, letting the mainstream programmers see that an audience existed for music that was not always a chart fixture.His influence is immeasurable.John Peel often told the story hearing ‘Teenage Kicks’ for the first time. He was driving in his car listening to the song on a demo tape. He was so overcome by the tune that he pulled onto the side of the road to have a cry.There are thousands of people across Britain today who will have had a similar experience on hearing of his untimely death.

Paul McNamee (courtesy of google news)

He was da man that played Force Vomit's Spaceman Over Malaysia worldwide, at an unearthly hour here but wakey-wakey over at the other side. Definitely a shocker this news has been. Coolness he is.

Rest In Peace radio guy...

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The Ladykillers

Initially, this wasnt even the movie i wanted to watch. But given that it was the only movie available last fri nite, we took a gamble cause the tagline that it was a 'black' comedy (nothing to do with Pootie Tang kinda humour). So firstly, i can really comment much on this movie cause i fell asleep in the middle part whereby the plot starts to unravel itself. Partly it was boring, and partly because i woke up real early that day. And so here's a gist of wat i can grasp from wat my frens told. A bunch of odd-balls, brought together by Professor G.H Dorr (Tom Hanks with stubbles, ruffled hair and a weird laugh) to steal big money from a nearby floating casino. See, i cant even name the members as im not sure. But i remember they each got their own specialty, e.g. bomb making, someone working at the casino to get all the info, brute power. And so Prof Dorr rented a room in a house at a local town owned by an old lady, Marva Munson. From the basement of her house, they were able to access where they put the money at the casino. All they gotta do is to blast thru the rocks. And so they came up with the perfect plan to get to the money. Well they did manage to land their hands on all the moolah, but soon after, evrytin started to go wrong. This is where is starts to get interesting. All i can say is that, in the end, no one got hold of the money cept for the old lady Marva herself.

Yes the plot runs similarly to Ocean's Eleven, just that the ending is a far contrast. I'd have to say this aint the typical silly comedy. More like morbid humour, with intelligent plots and dialogue (sometin u'd expect of the Coen brudders). Watch it if u're feelin highly intelligent and in need of intelligent movie to watch and challenge yourself.

3 / 5 char kueys!

sigh. the IDC-cum-holiday retreat has ended. its back to my hell-hole again. see below for a better picture.




pictures werent taken for any terrorist activities. merely for the purposes of showing my place of worship.

on a another, its already been 9days of fasting. tats fast. not too late, but selamat berpuasa to evryone, including the the jews, hebrews and jehovah witnesses.

ok coolness. just realized that you can actually leave a comment upon reading each entry. all u've gotta do is click on the author name for each entry, and u'll access this secret page whereby you can leave some nice inspirational comments for us duo to get along in life and not feel suicidal always. try it!

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RESIDENT EVIL : APOCALYPSE NOW

The much anticipated movie (by me at least) has hit our shores and yes this review is a tad late, but wat the heck. Of course the storyline is still similar, heros and heroines hunting down badass mofo zombies. It starts where Resident Evil 1 ended, whereby Alice came out of the hospital only to realise the virus she tried so hard to prevent from being exposed to the outside world had, of course, BEEN exposed to the outside (it gets a lil dizzy here trying to grasp wats happening). And so she soon finds out juz abt no one is around anymore. We then see how Umbrella Corp prevents the residents of Racoon City (wat a name for a city??) from getting out, in order to prevent further spreadation (a new word from my dict) of the virus. Part of the plot, a crucial member of the creator of the virus, Dr Ashford, his daughter was among those trapped and not being let out. And so he seeked the help of a bunch of renegades to help him out, and in return he'll guarantee that they'll be able to escape the city as the city is now 3/4 filled with zombies and the next step is to eradicate the city using some power power bomb and a media cover-up will be held, reason being some power station blew up and destroyed the whole city.

This renegade bunch consists of more familiar characters straight from the game. Jill Valentine (babelicious hubba hubba Sienna Guillory), Nikolai Solokov (Zack Ward, the geeky brudder of Titus), Carlos Olivera and Alice. All these characters, less Alice, are actual characters from Resident Evil 1, the game that started it all. RE : Apolo resembles more of the game, compared to part 1. Some scenes are similar to the game, which makes it good. The only drawback to the movie are the cheesy slow mo effects, especially when the zombies are attacking in hordes. They've got some sublime camera works, but the slo-mos spoiled it. And the zombies, believe you me, look more like disgruntled blue-collared workers than some blood sucking being. Should do more abt the make-up. And Nemesis looked excellent.

Personally, i wouldnt bet against a Third Resident Evul movie. Because now that the characters in part 1 of the game have been introduced, part 2 would be featured too no? Hoping to see Leon and Claire Redfield to make their appearance.

for the first time in my amateur football playing career, i got red-carded. I got slapped in the face by an opponent and the officials did nothing. I admit i went way over-board by kicking my opponent but it still feels shitty to be shown the red-card. On top of that, my team lost by the golden goal. I hate to lose especially in a final.....no matter how small or mediocre the tournament is. Somehow i feel at fault for the team to lose, but having a couple of dodgy officials didn't help either. What a shitty day.

finishing second means you are the first loser.-*seen on the back of a t-shirt*

hey people, some good news for ya. im acting in this upcoming movie Twins Effect III. my acting debut. YAY! juz a small budget indie movie. im really psyched up for this, and i hope to get all ur support. do come down and bring along ur family and friends, foes and enemies, grannies and trannies. below is a pic of the movie poster.