Playlist Thursday

Heya and thanks for coming back. Here is this weeks list. Next week I am planning to make a classic playlist. Considering my age, classic would mean anything from the 90s. If you got a good idea for what should be in the list please let me know. I am having trouble figuring that out. To get everybody in the mood, I have included a video after the list. You know the lyrics. Sing along. Cheers

Track	Artist	Title
1	Skin	Faithfulness
2	KT Tunstall	Suddenly I See
3	Keane	Is It Any Wonder?
4	Axwell	Watch The Sunrise
5	A-Studio Feat. Polina	SOS
6	Sarah Mclachlan	Fallen
7	The Fray	Over My Head
8	Damien Rice	Cannonball
9	Ewan McGregor & Allessandro Safina	Your Song
10	Cassie	Me & You

Listen.....

The World Cup Round-Up: Round of 16 Survivors

The world cup is finally getting interesting. Here is the round-up.

Germany

They had a decent game with Sweden. I think the Swedish messed themselves up more than the Germans. Their next game might be the game of the world cup.

Argentina

Hard fought game with Mexico. Not the prettiest football but they got the job done in overtime. Would like to see them beat the Germans.

Italy

Another team that isn't playing great football. They seem to be getting better with Totti coming of the bench. I think Del Piero is definately more effective. Anyway...I see them getting pass Ukraine.

Ukraine

Probably the weakest team technically in the last eight. Don't seem to be able to score and they are depending too much on their all star striker.

England

Englands usual long balls and set pieces seem to be working so far. They might get into the semi cause of all the yellows from the Portugal game. I thought Ecuador should have made it though.

Portugal

In one Portugal - Netherlands game, I think I saw all the possible tactics for time-wasting, hurting opponent, unfriendly behaviour and unsportmenship I need for the whole tournement. Referee was kind of kayu. I think Portugal will have a tough time beating England without Deco and Costinha plus having half their team on yellow cards.

Brazil

A better performance than in their group. Should see them beating France.

France

Probably the luckiest team in this world cup. They should have been eliminated in the group stages and they were lucky to get by Spain. Let see if lady lucky still favors them in the quarterfinals.

Downtempo Day

Just a nice song to wind down at the end of your day. Sarah Mclachlan's World On Fire was number 7 on this week's fire themed playlist. Also after listening to Sander's set again(see yesterday's post). I don't think he deserved to be in the djs i must see yet. So he goes to the other pile of DJ's I don't mind seeing together with Mauro Picotta, Pete Tong and Erick Morillo among them. Enjoy the video! Leave Comments.

I know a girl, she puts color in my world.

Essential Mix: Sander Van Doorn

I know there are quite a few trance fans here. Please go listen to Sander's Essential Mix. Probably the best set I have heard in a while. Best parts probably after the first half hour. Also help if your roommate isn't around and you have the music blasting. It's only available will next Sunday so hurry!

Add on: I have added him to my list of djs to see before I get too old. See sidebar.

One Month Old

This blog is official one month old. wooohooo......I figure that if I can keep this up for a month then I can probably keep this up for a little while more. Special thanks to all the people thats been visiting the site regularly. You guys keep me going. I would also like to thank God, my parents .......zzzz.

Now that I am done with the 'award' speech, I have a cool video below. The video is for all the people that are going through a long distance relationship. If you don't already know the lyrics, you should get it. Cheers

1 tune 3 singers

The tune is tainted love. I got three versions of it below. The first is from the Pussy Cat Dolls. Its live from some event. Their song is kicked off by the leading singer of Soft Cell (see below). The second is from Marilyn Manson. Awesome video. Look out for the nerd to goth chick transformation, it show what a little make over can do. Also Twiggy on the decks. The last one is by Soft Cell. Old school synth stuff. Let me know which one you like the best. If you need to ask which one I like the best, you probably don't know me. By the way, this song probably has over a dozen other version but this is the only three I found on youtube.

The World Cup Round Up: Group Stages

Here is my 2-cent on what happened so far in the world cup and how things will pan out in the 2nd stage.

Group A

No surprise that Germany is having a good time in the group although I don't think they are playing as well as they can. Should get better since Ballack is back in the middle. Ecuador: I think they will give England a good showing in the next round. They held up quite well till they faced Germany.

Group B

One of the most boring groups. All the matches played in this group were boring to say the least. England without Owen and Rooney coming back from injury. I think they will have a tough time with Ecuador (see above too). I would have liked Sweden to be on top of this group but I think they will crash and burn against Germany next.

Group C

My fav team Argentina seems to be on a roll. The Saviola-Crespo combination is working out fine and the team is clicking. Look out for them. My prediction Argentina 3 - Mexico 0. Netherlands hasn't been playing to what I expected them to but I expected them to get by Portugal next.

Group D

Portugal got their job done in their group but I think they will head home after the game against Netherlands. Mexico doesn't have much change against Argentina as well. Nice to see that Iran has the same record as the 'great' USA in soccer. hahha

Group E

Probably the most interesting group with all the hype for the US team here. I am happy to say they lived up to my expectation of sucking. As usual all the commentary going on ESPN is about how the referees in the world cup are bad for sending their players off and giving the opponents penalties. All I have to say to the American are 'Can you try to lose gracefully for a change?' I am sad to see the Czechs leave. I would have prefers them to join Ghana in the next round but Italy will be fine. I am calling a Ghana upset over the samba boys. Any takers?

Group F

No surprise that Brazil breezed through their group. Their first two games were crap but their last game was quite interesting. I would have liked to see Japan in the next round but I guess we have to see the Aussie play one more game.

Group G

I think all the teams from this group doesn't deserve to be in the next round. All of them played poor football. I must say the teams in Group H will go through in the next match

Group H

Spain is doing well but they have bad luck in the World Cup so I have reserving further comments. Ukraine will probably beat the Swiss and have a nice showdown with the Italian.

Note to self: There are too many groups.

Especially for you.......my good friends

I got a link for all my desperate and lonely guy-friends. Yes I mean you. Don't be shy. Just click it. You can thank me later and remember to clean up your drool. And I promise its not porn so you can click the link even if you are in your office 'working'. Hottest Blogger is basically a site that collects all the bloggers which they classify as hot in one site. Most of the people are from the Singapore-Malaysia region.

If you are wondering why I would know a link like this, it is NOT because I am a perverted boy preying for innocent underaged victims in the internet. Its because I am bored and looking for some good 'reading' material. Wait a minute......that didn't come out right. Hmmm.....think what you want to think!

Fire themed playlist

The past week was probably the slowest week I can remember. If it wasn't for all the world cup matches, I would probably have grown moldy. Anyway, last week I mentioned that I would put up a fire themed playlist so here it is. I couldn't find enough songs I like with fire in the title so I went ahead and included fire-like stuff like sparks,flames and infernos. Also burning seems to fit into the theme. The odd ball in the list is probably Snoop-Dogg's - Drop it like its hot. Some songs that nearly made the list were Tiesto's Sparkles and Nelly's Hot In Here.

Track	Artist	Title
1	Coldplay	Sparks
2	BT	Flaming June
3	Ferry Corsten	Fire
4	Silverchair	Ana's Song(Open Fire)
5	DJ Tiesto	Olympic Flame
6	50 Cent	Disco Inferno
7	Sarah McLachlan	World On Fire
8	Sean Paul	We'll Be Burning
9	Snoop Dogg	Drop It Like Its Hot
10	Usher	Burn

Anyway, I think these songs are worth checking out. Ferry Corsten Video is in the last post. I will put up a few more this week. Cheers

Five tracks to convert you

Five classic tune to make anyone like dance music. Nothing particularly bassy. Mostly for listening rather than dancing. I think you should listen to them in order. If you don't like these songs then what's wrong with you?

First track, ATB - Don't want to stop. Lots of vocal for people that can't stand instrumentals.

Second track, Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On. Has a disco-like tune to it, will get your head bobbing in no time.

Third track, Ferry Corsten - Fire. Vocal by Simon LeBon from Duran Duran. Fairly new tune. Also learn what to do when you find a girl stuck in ice here.

Fourth track, Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes.

Last track, Armin Van Buuren - Burned With Desire. Probably the song that made me listen to dance music.

Let me know what you think of these track either on the comments or on the chat box. Also, GZL can go to hell.

I Never Felt Alone Till I Met You,
I Was Alright On My Own Then I Met You

The Eternal Beats

As you can see, I finally figured out a better sounding title for this blog. At least I think its better. If you don't like it you can go to hell though. Have a great day and email me. I am boreddddddddddddd..

What A Beautiful Smile...........

Just a video from the number 10 song this week. Beautiful Love by The Afters. They sound kind of like the Calling. Nothing really special about the video but definately a good tune. Cheers

Found Another Beat....There's no time for sleep

Like I said in the last post, I am going alternative for a few days. This video is from a band called The Sounds from Sweden. Awesome old-school alternative song called Rock N Roll. (Think Gwen Stefani in No Doubt's Voice, Courtney Love's style before she went to hell and rhythm from Letters to Cleo and you have the Sounds). This is the best video I could find. Its from a Live concert somewhere. I think its kinda cool that the crowd sings along. You can get a better quality track from their website.

You're so beautiful,
With an edge and charm,
But so careful,
When I'm in your arms.

The Sounds

This weeks tracks shown below. A little more of a alternative sound this week just cause I am a little sick of listening to dance music for a while. I removed the label column cause basically nobody cares. I am planning to make a fire themed playlist next week so if you have any suggestion for songs please let me know.

Track	Artist	Title
1	Caesar Palace	Jerk It Out
2	Nightcrawlers	Push The Feeling On
3	Michael Gray	Borderline
4	Fonzerelli	Moonlight Party
5	The Sounds	Rock N Roll
6	Duncan Sheik	On A High
7	Don Omar	Reggaeton Latino
8	Guster	I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today
9	Chab Ft JD Davis	Closer To Me(Muzzaik Remix)
10	The Afters	Beautiful Love

Today's Video

Number two from last weeks list. David Guetta from the notorious 'Fuck Me I'm Famous' DJ sets from the Pearl of the Mediterranean Ibiza with an awesome song. Check it out. Look out for the cute panda.

Video from that Tiesto Party in Chicago

Read the title. You would need quicktime. Look for the dude with blue finger lights about three quarter way through.

Tracklist for video
1. Pink Elephant - LAX
2. Alex Stealthy - Something Is Wrong
3. DJ Shah - Beautiful
4. Super8 VS Dj Tab - Hensinki Scorchin
5. Unknown track (Probably something from ISOS5)
6. DJ Preach - Broken Inside

If the picture fails try this link

Ole Ole Ole Part 2

This past week, the only thing I have heard on TV was how good the US men's football team are the best team they had in over a decade. I heard how the US are going to give the Czechs a run for their money. How Beasley, Donovan and McBride are the best player in the US and in the world blah blah blah. How this year the US will go far in the world cup and shock everybody blah blah blah. I guess the impact of the media was greater than I thought. I figured I would have a good game to watch so I sat down at 11.55 to watch Czech VS US. Guess what happened?

To make a long long story short, the US performance was abysmal. The passing was not crisp at all. They looked like a bunch of little kids trying to play football with a bunch of pros. In fact, prior to the game ESPN commentators predicted an upset of the world number 2. Hahahha. The Czechs on the other hand, were sharp, technical and basically great players.

In conclusion, the US team is still the a long long way from the rest of the world. Maybe they shouldn't hype up their team so much.

On a high

Look at me, I'm on a high, Number 39. Just want to say thanks for all the 40-odd site visits yesterday. It put me in the top 50 for Malaysia's Top Blogs heheh. Thanks again. Email me at reviewer@chiaxiang.com or just leave a comment.

I'm Back!

Hello everybody! I finally got internet in my new place. If you didn't realize it, I was away for about a week but now I am back. Back again. Since I had a week of free time, I have accumulated quite a bit of stuff so this post is expected to be longer than usual.

Just Drums and Bass

If you didn't already realize, Sex, Drugs, Drums and Bass is now just Drums and Bass. A couple of my friends highlighted that if you google my name the first couple of words that appear is sex and drugs so that is probably not a good thing for a new college graduate so for now its just Drums and Bass.

Shout out

I am beginning a new chapter in my life and would like to make a shout out to the people that help me out along the way and made college life a little more bearable.

1. MG (The veteran) - The glue that keep the father milk drinkers gang together. Without you we would just be regular milk drinkers.
   
2. Sean (Andy Lau) Wong - Definately the late bloomer in the group but also the most energized when it comes to partying. Has a great blog (SeansZOne). Check on his post titled Save The Last Day, Bub-bye and Bryanboy loves Purdue.
3. Kain (Professor Lu) Lu - Another late bloomer, sorry for the bad influence. Hope you get your PhD.
4. James (The Mexicano) - JAMES!!....What else can I say? PARTY ALL THE TIME!! Pass the Chivas!
5. Kwan (Porn Actress Consultant, Cook, Kwan is Gay President) - His nicknames tells it all.
6. Ivan (Father Milker Drinker) - Thanks for all the car advise.
7. Anna (Don't have a good nickname for you) - Thanks for all the good times.
8. The boys from Meta Eta Canna.
9. Last but not least, my baby Su Chuen. College would not be the same without you.

Thanks again to everyone. Hope to see you all soon. I will be back. Look out tomorrow for a new post. If I missed your name, just bitch about it in the comments okay? Cheers

Take A Holiday

Guess who's back? I somehow manage to will myself to put up a meaningful post today. Not exactly more meaningful for a particular individual but at least I has some content (unless yesterday). Anyway, just go read this great post from Mr Sean Wong and look out for the rude kid giving the finger in the second picture. He appears elsewhere too.

Mainstream song of the week's video is below. Nelly Furtado's Maneater. I predict the radio station will be playing this for weeks ahead unless they are already doing that in your part of the world.

Baby, Don't Look So Sad,
If It Doesn't Go Your Way,
Look Up To Blue Skies And Say
HEY.......ITS OKAYY!

Just a short post

Today is by far the most boring/mindnumbing day in my life. I don't intent to bore you with the details, just wanted to keep up my 'good work' of one post per day so far. Have good one!

Another Day Another Post

Number 10 from this week's playlist is the latest single from Chicane called Stoned In Love. Has all the ingredients to be that song you know but never knew the title or singer. Classic vocals from Tom Jones, driving beats and synths. Song is about a couple which has been together for long but they are not longer 'stoned in love'. Video is pretty cool too. There's this girl in there that look like Tera Patrick. If any of you can confirm this, it would be great.

Its All In My Head,
I Think About It Over And Over Again,
I Replay It Over And Over Again.

Playlist:01 June 06

Here you go people. The second edition fo the playlist. Some older song here like Better Than Ezra's but still good tunes all round. I hope there is something for everyone here. Cheers

Track	Artist	Title	Label
1	Cascada	Everytime We Touch	Robbins
2	David Guetta	World Is Mine	EMI Int'l
3	Daddy Yankee	Rompee	Interscope Records
4	Juliet	Avalon (F*ck Me I’m Famous Remix)	Astralwerks
5	Ali Dubfire	I Feel Speed	Yoshi
6	Junkie XL	Today	Ultra Records
7	Sander Kleinenberg	This is Miami	Little Mo Untain
8	Armin Van Buuren Ft Gabriel and Dresden	Zocalo	Ultra Records
9	Better Than Ezra	Lifetime	Artemis Classics
10	Chicane	Stoned In Love	Universal

As always please let me know what you think at reviewer@chiaxiang.com. Thanks for all the visits!