#216

currently sitting in melb central
by myself
waiting for either jacky or emma to be finished and to join me

just met up with heather before
and we discussed the book of daniel (in the bible)
was pretty interesting
because she points out a whole bunch of things that I had never noticed
(I'll write about it in my other blog)

but since i'm so bored
I'll share what I'm listening to at this current point in time
I've put the iPod on shuffle you see

(also, sorry for the random capital letters. I usually don't do capitals but I'm typing on jacky's iPod which I have taken captive, and the iPod likes to correct my words for me)


right now it's: sweet disposition by the temper trap
I love this song
definitely the best song in the whole album

now it's a remix version of heads will roll by the yeah yeah yeahs
it's totally a club mix
as in you can totally dance to it
it's a pretty good remix
but I think I prefer the original one better
guess it depends on my mood

now it's: genius next door by regina spektor
i'm not sure why I like this song so much
but I think it's my favourite song in this album, far
I think I find the piano really haunting
and deep
even though the song is about a lake which overnight became as thick as porridge
but people would still swim in it
pretty much that's what it's about.

now: a&e by goldfrapp
I love this song but I totally do not understand what it's about

now: undisclosed desires by muse
I've talked about the song before
cos I love it
me and Emma were saying once how when he sings the chorus
he sounds so hot ;)
and also when I sing it I tend to get confused
which one is: reconcile, recognise, exercise & satisfy
I tend to get them wrong

now: more Regina spektor
blue lips.
"blue lips, blue veins. blue. the colour of our planet from far far way."
I also don't really understand the meaning of this song.

(seriously, I think I'm just going to do this until someone joins me. because I can't be bothered doing anything)

now: the end has no end
my favourite strokes song :)

ok, jacky's here now.
Ok bye :)

YES! photos #208

EMMA!

photo of us at the Strokes :)

+ your friend

i put up one of each member that night

for viewing purposes

& i particularly like the one of albert hammond jr. smirking at the camera

cute :)

haha.

these photos & many others from thevine.com.au

(it's because on the night we asked the photographers who they worked for, that's how i found them ;)

some things don't change #206

this is off a the strokes discussion group, i posted 3 years ago.

as you can see, most of my favourite songs are the same.

the only questions i'd answer different now is:

have i seen them in concert?

and my overall fav song

its funny because if you look at the forum post

jacky's one is right under mine.

(clearly, this was during the time he was trying to impress me. HAHA.)

original link: here

• 15 Mar 2007, 22:16

Name: Alison Zhang
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Country: Australia

Favorite Track off of "Is This It?"?: right now its "Is this It"

Favorite Track off of "Room On Fire"?: "The End Has No End"

Favorite Track off "First Impressions Of Earth?": "Heart in a Cage" & "You Only Live Once"

Favorite Track Overall: not sure, right now its the song they did with Regina Spektor "Modern Girls and Old Fashion Men"

Favorite LIVE Song: New York City Cops

Favorite video?: Heart in a Cage

Favorite Line: "so many fish there in the sea. she wanted him. he wanted me." Automatic Stop

Ever seen them in concert?: no =(

Ever met them?: i wish

Least Favorite Strokes song?: Juicebox

If you could choose one song to hear from them acoustically, what would it be?: the end has no end

If you could ask them 1 question, what would it be?: come back to melbourne next year?

Favorite Band Member: Nick

Next single/video YOU think should be released?: Razorblade

Song that means the most to you and why?: heart in a cage, i can't explain why. i guess the song is quite deep. also "you only live once", i like to jump around to it in my room. =)

♥

THE STROKES! #205

i clearly am not actually posting on this actual day

since i got home at 1.30am

but since i need to keep the 'one post every day' thing

i'll have to back track.

so, me & emma saw the STROKES

at festival hall

and well, we weren't planning to get there as early as we

actually did

its just that i took the bus to the city at around 4

and my bus passes the venue

and i saw people there waiting already.

so i freaked out, & called emma.

& didn't go to friday afternoon training like i was going to

so that we could go sit at the door.

so after rushing around mc to get our supplies.

ie. dinner, random snacks & taking our last bathroom break before we go there

we ended up getting there around 4.45

and sat down at door 11.

and we were second at our door

well there was a couple, and then us.

and we sat & waited

& ate

& took photos

& waited.

well, at about 7 we finally got up & was let in.

not before they told us that cameras weren't allowed though, which was very sad for me.

and also, emma had to 'cloakroom' her bag.

which took agesss, because she kept having to go back and forwards because she forgot things. and i had to let a couple of people in front of me.

luckily, it was not detrimental

because i managed to obtain a floor spot in the front row

next to the couple that was at the same door as us

and this guy that emma manage to befriend during the course of the concert.

and we waited quite a while, til we were forced to get up

and everyone RAN to the barriers.

and me and emma still managed to keep our front row position along the barrier.

then Gypsy & the Cat came out

i was glad i did listen to some of their songs beforehand

because i knew them when they were playing.

they were pretty good.

& the drummer was awesome.

seriously, emma described it as being orgasmic for him.

lets just say, just by looking at him you wouldn't think he was just playing drums at a concert.

& the bassist, was just this afro guy.

and he was just like chilling.

which was pretty funny,

especially compared to the drummer.

and i also liked the lead singer :)

i didn't manage to get photos of them

because the security guy was standing right in front of me

so i didn't want to get caught and everything.

after Gypsy & the Cat, there was more waiting

since they had to remove drum kits and set up

and there were these sparkly drum sets.

and i didn't think much of it

because i thought there was only going to be one support act.

but the lights dimmed again

and much to my surprise it was 'the Like'

(surprise because i read somewhere that they weren't supporting the Strokes for melbourne. just for sydney)

and odd too, because i used to listen to them

i have a couple songs from their album 'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?'

but the stuff they have out now

or what i heard is that they've gone more chick rock

more like The Donnas now.

i really like the chick who played keyboard

she had the cutest hair.

also, during their performance

some of The Strokes were watching them from the side

:)

after the Like, more waiting.

then the beginning of 'We Will Rock You' stand playing

and the enslaught began.

everyone went nuts and lots of pushing.

and being in the front row, I was being pushed into the barrier in front of me.

I was in pain a lot of the time because of the pushing

a few of the times, I felt my lungs getting squashed

and the thing is it didn't alleviate during the course of the concert

it just kept going

to the point where people in the middle of it

wanted to get pulled out to safety by the security guards.

and some people even had their arms completely around me

as in, for a few songs when they clapped

they clapped right in front of my face

at least i think it was a chick though.

and then there was a point, this other chick shoved past me

and managed to squeeze into the front row

and she was fully shoving me

i was very pissed off

i tried to elbow her.

and kick other peoples legs away.

YES.

it was brutal.

the most brutal concert i've ever been actually.

at points, i felt a little violated.

but that aside, it was a pretty good concert.

though i would have enjoyed it a lot more,

if i wasn't in pain a lot of the time.

so, to the actual band now.

i was standing directly in front of Nick the whole time,

who was massively awesome at guitar.

and was always my favourite member.

and he truly cemented his position as my fav member by his awesome guitar skills.

truly amazing

♥

& i think nikolai fraiture is now my second fav

he was so cute

just like calmly playing his bass.

he looked like he was just chilling, you know?

and he was dressed cute.

haha.

albert hammond, jr. was a cool cat in a white suit

i thought he held his guitar funny.

i felt like he was kind of holding it like a ukulele

julian casablancas was pretty awesome too

being all cool, in his sunnies

and he had like a green streak in his hair

which i thought looked funny.

& i didn't quite get a good pic of fab though

i was limited by the capacity of my phone

which isnt very good at all.

bummer.

but obviously fab had awesome drumming.

(i was tempted to say he had fab drumming, but that's just wrong to say. haha.)

though i did manage to get a lot of pics using my phone

(at this point the security guards weren't worried about the photos anymore. but more or less, people not dying in the mob)

but i realise now that i was taking them in the wrong mode

so 80% of them are too small or pixelated.

sigh.

here's the set list as well:

i keyed it into my phone while they were playing

so i'd remember

New York City Cops

The Modern Age

Hard to Explain

What Ever Happened?

You Only Live Once

Soma

Is this it

Vision of Division

I Can't Win

Reptilia

Last Nite

Encore:

Juicebox

Someday

Under Control

Heart in a Cage

Take it or Leave it

i was so glad they played 'Heart in a Cage'

i went a little bit nuts

(not that crazy though, because i couldn't, due to being squashed to oblivion)

as i mentioned before, Nick was freaking awesome in Heart in a Cage & the other songs with crazy guitar solos.

and i'm also glad that they played 'Is this it'

:)

but bummed they didn't play 'The End has No End'

and i felt that ending with 'Take it or Leave it' was a weird choice

i would have expected it to be 'You only live once' or 'Reptilia' or something

it was also strange they didn't play '12.51'

but it was still a pretty awesome night

despite the pain.

i think it probably rates as my second or third favourite show ever

not sure which one

but if i wasn't in pain, and the crowd weren't so crazy

it might even have come first

and so Yeah Yeah Yeahs is still my fav show

because i was still in the 2nd row & i could go nuts & i touched karen o :)

but it was pretty EPIC.

and i mean, the Strokes was my ultimate

the ONE show i wanted to go.

so it was a pretty amazing experience for me.

♥

more about what happened: here

#204

i went to savers today

its been a while since i've been there.

but i bought a pair of shoes

it is made of brown canvas and has a low heel

quite like them.

also bought a top

and another used film camera to add to my collection

because i'm collecting them.

:)

quite excited about tmr night

yesss!

p.s. i shall alter my quote of the week and music list

& the music list shall be in honour of the strokes

thus i'm compiling a fav strokes song list :)

loveyoulongtime.

29.july.2010
i'm seeing the strokes in concert tmr
so this is a strokes-dedicated list.

1. the strokes - the end has no end room on fire
2. the strokes - heart in a cage first impressions of earth
3. the strokes - is this it is this it
4. the strokes - automatic stop room on fire
5. the strokes - you only live once first impressions of earth
6. the strokes - reptilia room on fire
7. the strokes - what ever happened? room on fire
8. the strokes - last nite is this is
9. the strokes & regina spektor - modern girls & old fashioned men
10. the strokes - 12:51 room on fire

♥

#203

i had a terrible nightmare yesterday

i dreamt that i completely slept through the strokes concert

as in i completely missed it because i was still at home sleeping

luckily it was just a nightmare.

♥

gypsy & the cat #202

still not over inception yet.

haha.

been listening to Gypsy & the Cat

they're pretty good

a Melbourne duo that have been compared to Empire of the Sun

i can definitely see why

they do kind of sound like them

but less upbeat, and less electro (i think)

but their sounds are richer.

there's something a bit more there, a bit more depth perhaps?

also, in Til tomorrow the lead singer sounds a bit like Liam Gallagher (Oasis) singing Wonderwall

they'll be playing as support acts on friday for The Strokes

which i am uber excited about :)

i also like it when i like the support

because there hasn't been that many times where i've quite liked the support as well as the band

its usually me having to sit through the support to wait for the main act.

but yes, they're pretty good.

but there's another band that they sound like

but i just can't put my finger on it

damn.

more strokes #96

i'm blogging a day behind everyday
sigh.

but um, guess what i got in the mail today!!

MY TICKETS :)

that's what i really like about ticketmaster
the tickets come so quickly
even though the events like 3 months away

woot!

kinda bummed though
cos quite a few of my friends wanted to go
and i was quite looking forward to going together
but some didn't get tickets
and poor lily bought the wrong tickets
so she has a seat
but by herself
:(
so its just me and jacky now
oh well.
still excited

STROKES, woot!!

you only live once #91

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just bought my tickets off presale
YAY
i find that everytime i buy tickets to something i really want to go to
i get SOO stressed out
like even after i bought i checked the details again
AND THERE WAS SEAT NUMBERS
so i had a mini freak out that i accidentally bought seating area tix
as opposed to standing area
but i didn't
because i rechecked.
phew!

EXCITED :)

yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay

:)