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Friday, July 10, 2009...
Hibi no Neiro
Skype, much?

Another great video. Here's what a fanbase can do. Excellent coordination.

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Saturday, June 27, 2009...
Thank you for the Music, MJ.
So I suppose the rest of you have already heard. Music Legend Michael Jackson died Friday morning local. I found out reading a Cult of Mac post, which is odd because it'll probably be the last place I'd think to read about his death. The presses were stopped before the word got to the newspapers so nothing there. Yes. I didn't believe it. It took me 10 minutes to realise what was going on (just woke up) before I turned on to BBC World.
I was very distraught that morning. That's like no way to start a morning. You totally don't expect such a sudden passing, like when Steve Irwin died. I stared at the TV for about 45 minutes. That was it.
I wasn't one of those diehard fans, but I don't know of anyone who can turn down his music. I liked his brand of music, but I will say I didn't know all of his songs. I grew up watching "Moonwalker" and imitating the moonwalk in a bad way. I turned 6 when he came to perform live in Singapore, so I couldn't remember much from that. Why, yes. He turned 50 when I turned 20 last year. We share a birth date. It's like a insignificant bond.
I'm not as sad as I was on Friday now, but I still can't get hold of that fact very well. R.I.P. Michael.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008...

Random thought #29F06
I'd still say, from the first time I listened to Madonna (and Justin)'s 4 Minutes, that it'll be my desert island music, hands down. I'll never get sick of it. iTunes records 41 plays and that's just on my Mac alone.
Oh, and I changed the hOP strip navigator from a flash one to a simple drop-down menu. So it works swell on my iPhone and other non-flash browsers.

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Monday, September 22, 2008...
Dokutsu Medley!

If there's one thing I like, it's Game soundtracks that go classical music.
This 23-minute medley comprises much of the soundtrack from the freeware game, Dokutsu Monogatari, better known in English as Cave Story.
The game is still free, and I guess you'll need to play the game to get the feeling I'm having when I watched this.

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Friday, August 22, 2008...
Pulsatin' to the Back Beat.
Shoot 'em in the back now.
About 7:45 tonight, my (i.e. Damon Hyde) rendition of the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" passed a 100% during a Practice session on Expert, first try. So, why not, I thought, and proceed to my solo gig with that same song on Expert. It's funny how us humans can't always manage to do the impossible twice in a row, because I found myself spending the next hour singing the song over and over again. I wanted so much to replicate my 100%, so when the x4 multiplier broke, I had to restart the gig.

The trouble was I somehow forgot how I did it and it's the last line of the song that slipped me up. Apparently, the final "Pulsatin' to the back beat. The Blitzkrieg Bop" couldn't fill the multiplier streak all the way, and broke it. Then, things got worse. I totally lost the pitch or vocal quality of that line during one of the three times the line appears in the lyrics. I tried replacing it with "The Kids are losing their minds", but that didn't work very well. Here's the oh-so-agonising bit. When I missed an earlier part, I always almost manage to get the last line right. Must have sung it like 23 times.

But never mind. Here's my score, streak and 5 Gold Stars for posterity. Not really in the mood for that one anymore. I'll dedicate this to the Ramones.

See also: The Lyrics to "Blitzkrieg Bop"

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008...
Fooled Again.
Practice makes Something.
We had another 3-man, 8-hour stint on ROCK BAND again. But we spent nearly an hour figuring out (read "failing over and over") "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who. I couldn't figure out the pitching or those damned lyrics. So that's the reason I tried getting most of the songs from the game on my iPod, listening to them over and over again, just like "Here It Goes Again". Now my new favourite is R.E.M.'s "Orange Crush", though "Maps" is fun to sing. The band has got a (practically empty) Rock Band page up.

Friday's the unleashment of the iPhone 3G here. Something of a price plan was in the papers this morning. Turned off. Figured that I may as well get an iPod Touch and not pay exorbitant phone fees every month. Besides, my Sony Ericsson was a bother to get, so I shan't go let that to waste.

It's 9 days till I turn 20. Oh my. (insert "wink-winks" and "hint-hints" here)

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Monday, July 28, 2008...
ROCK BAND is AWESOME!!
Hey, oh, Let's Go!

The Box, The Band, The Sticks.


We got ourselves (possibly the parallel import of) ROCK BAND yesterday and spent a whole 7-plus hours rocking out the best we could with a faulty drum peripheral (the green pad whacked out). The game is the AWESOME (I really need to use another adjective, but the game is what it is). I wasn't good with with Guitar Hero, so Guitar or Bass isn't my strength, but anyone can sing (or mash the words into pitch) and my dream has always been to play the drums. The green pad was non-functional, so we had to hit the X button on the controller to hit the crash cymbal.
But man, I got to play "Here it goes Again", of which the lyrics memorised since I heard of OK Go's inclusion in the game. Another thing I love about the game is the Vocal gameplay, where the microphone peripheral measures pitch.

"Death by Yoghurt" (formerly known as "The Clockwork Park") World Tour Coming Soon!
Vocals: Damon Hyde, Guitar: Nana DeStrange, Drums: Dave Hiro.

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Monday, May 19, 2008...
Apple and Again.
A video orgasm of Apple apps.

There's nothing I can say that will not make me sound like a pompous Apple fanboy, but this is a great execution of screencast choreography.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007...
Demashita! PPGZ OST!
Don't question my purchase.
A nice package came in the mail (last night, I guess. Only saw it this morning). I bought the Powerpuff Girls Z Anime Original Soundtrack (placed beside my other PPG album). The case is thicker than other normal cases, but I don't really figure it'll matter much to me. This CD is something I really wanted. Fo' shizzle. The anime had all it's current 52 episodes aired in Japan with no word on a new season. In that event, then I'll know I hold something to remember the series by.
The contents included in the slightly-oversized package (makes slipping the booklet back in a breeze) contains the concept character drawings, a nice mini poster thing and a nice white labelled CD. The Booklet itself is another marvel. The front cover is totally outlined out (third photo). I guess you'd have to be a crazy fan like me.

Did I mention that 18 of the 29 tracks play in a gapless Party Mix?

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007...
Backwards Play!

"Typical" - Mute Math
Said to be done in one take. I'll take their word for it.
Would be better if they sung in Twin Peaks Style.

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Thursday, December 07, 2006...
Metal Gear Royale + Conceptual Royale
Existence: 6674 days Feeling Calm

Something possessed me to put this video here, but it's just too damn clever. This is a mash of the Intro Sequences from "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty" (left) and "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater" (right) with Casino Royale's Intro Song, "You Know My Name" as sung by Chris Cornell. Fitting, though MGS2 seems to do the job better.
Did I also mention that the Casino Royale Opening Sequence is to die for? It's so Brilliant using the suits of playing cards. Sure, there's a video of it on youtube, but it's not good enough for fullscreen.

Update!!

This one is also too good to pass up. This is a Bond Movie Conceptual Opening Sequence made with brilliant effort. Consider it a "Fan-opening" to Casino Royale.

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