the adventures of darren, the man-boy and the ______

i love ginette chittick!

BAYBEATS was an absolute blast. Life! reported it attracted 94,000 people. and it just keeps increasing by the year.

this year The Great Spy Experiment and Tiramisu caught my attention. TGSE is pretty Britrock-influenced and they have a BALD girl keyboardist. so un-electrico. ha. and they dress pretty well too. with scarves, jackets. Tiramisu always appear in different costumes for every set. friday night they were in drag. and the vocalist was a livewire. singing was funny too. i liked his falsetto and antics.

ken stringfellow of the Posies put up a great intimate solo performance. the ol' rocker had a slight beer belly. but there was no questioning his talent. his banter between songs was funny.

electrico managed to draw a HUGE crowd. i was standing way at the back so only managed to get this shot

lunarin rocked too. their gig was the last of the year as they're "gonna take a break". that sucks. just when i start liking them, they stop gigging! i truly regretted not bringing their CD for them to autograph.

here's a video of "Dry"

now for the main topic of this entry. ginette chittick! she is the singer-bassist of Astreal, singapore's premier shoegazing-noise-pop band. she's a lecturer at la-selle college of the arts and all of 27 years old (i think) but who cares, i've a crush on her! her legs are the best flawless ever! looks like stockings but on closer look, there aren't any. and such a sweet demeanour:)