And this is why we love John

September 26, 2007 | Filed Under influences, Talking Cock | Leave a Comment 

FLY FM’s Campur Chart Goes Live 4th October 2007

Finally folks, we’ll be playing our first gig since we released “Someone Open A Door and Let Me Outta Here!”. We’ll be playing a half hour set for the FLY FM Campur Chart Goes Live gig on 4th October (next Thursday) at Laundry. Show starts at 10pm.

Also featured during the gig are Army of Three and James Baum, so it’s gonna be a pretty awesome nite of good ol’ moozik. So come over to Laundry next Thursday and do us a favour and wish Chak happy belated birthday, will ya?!

September 25, 2007 | Filed Under gigs, announcements | Leave a Comment 

21st nite of September

Everybody say “Happy Birthday Chak!”

September 23, 2007 | Filed Under announcements, Talking Cock | 1 Comment 

Skin, Bones and 50 Years

If you had asked me to blog about Merdeka on 31st Aug, I’d have just balked at how cliché that would’ve been. Not that I’m putting down the significance of our country turning youthful 50, cos if it matters, I did my share of contemplation and have vowed to become a better Malaysian. There you are, happy? On the other hand, this isn’t really an entry about Merdeka per se.

 

I was at a friend’s place on Merdeka eve for dinner, good company, merlot, single malt whiskey, and lotsa beer. As a background to the evening, we had Foo Fighters’ Skin & Bones DVD playing. Now this was a DVD that I bought awhile back, played it once on my crappy TV with cracked speakers and never bothered again. But now, I was watching it again in all its HD & 5.1 goodness. And I figured, there couldn’t have been a better concert to pick to celebrate the country’s 50 years. Check out the DVD and tell me that the acoustic versions of stuff like “My Hero”, “Next Year” and “See You” don’t bring out images of role models, new beginnings and festivities in good ol’ rocked out fashion.

“Times Like These” and “Best of You” came up about 20 minutes after the stroke of midnight when we were done singing “Negaraku” at the top of our lungs on a balcony at the highest point in PJ, catching fireworks from 7 different places. (yup, I could still count!) Now those songs brought old memory racing back in my head (or was it the single malt?), and left me with a weird sense of optimism and hope that things are gonna be okay. And why not? I looked around me and all the major cultures of Malaysia were in the living room, exchanging hopes and aspirations without prejudice and just having an awesome kick-ass time. Here’s to the next 50 years!!

September 4, 2007 | Filed Under Talking Cock | Leave a Comment 

Jammin for ol time’s sake

The past weeks have been a bit hectic for all of us. SK’s been working through Merdeka, G’s been slutting himself on the internet, Suren’s taking up a master’s degree, and Din’s been taking pictures of hot women.

Me, I’m just bummin. Which is why it’s my turn to write today’s blog.

But anyway, it’s been really hard getting everyone in the same room, ironically since we started producing our EP. G’s going Stateside in a week’s time, so that means our EP launch is going to get delayed again :(

So it was nice to get a good jamming session in last week. Sometimes you only really appreciate things after you haven’t done them in a while, and sure enough, it was one of our best sessions, even if all we did was just to play the same old songs.

BTW, despite us not having a launch yet, CD sales have been pretty awesome! Some of Dinesh’s fans have been rabid enough to demand autographs, which we pre-provided (actually Suren and I signed on everyone’s behalf -ShhhhhHHhhhh….) at that still fantastically cheap promo price of RM10 ONLY!!!!

stupid fans and their unreasonable requests
stupid fans and their unreasonable requests

Also, speaking of the same old songs, I’ve also got a new one on the table. It’s quite a bit darker, and happened while listening to Coldplay and Golden Earring during the same session, while being generally pissed off about life. Sure it happens to the best of us.

So Superbarbarians - there’s alot coming up before year-end for us here. Stay Tuned!

PS: Same Way I Do is up to #6 on FlyFM’s Campur Charts, up 3 places from its debut at #9!!! Vote us in by either sending an email with “‘Superbar - Same Way I Do ROCKS!” to campurchart@flyfm.com.my or SMS-ing “CAMPUR SUPERBAR” to 33661.

PPS: If you missed our interview, you can still check it out at www.friendster.com/bulletin.php?bid=5761568&uid=38797989 (Chak says “Lesbian” 3 times on air… WOooOOOOooo)

September 1, 2007 | Filed Under jammin | Leave a Comment