Goodbooks - Control

If you like Athlete, i bet you like this band.

Max Cooke, frontman of Goodbooks, sings really alike with Joel Pott of Athlete. Compare to Athlete, I think Goodbooks showcases large variety of music styles, like electronic or balled.

Now you can listen to their new album "Control" through NME online. Mind you, when you listen to last track "Start/Stop", don't press "Stop" immediately when music seems finish ...

Interpol - Our Love to Admire

Original Version
Deluxe Version

For my $$$ shortage ... before i intended not to buy it, as you can have full album review on NME ... however, this album was well-received from media. (Therefore review is not dead... it really works !!!) now i got CD at my hand...

there are two editions, original and deluxe edition, available. Deluxe edition has booklet package, with lots of photos (sorry, not band photos) and poster. It sell HK$176 at Sino Centre. i just bought original version for $78.

Overall, the music matched well with art design in album. The images flashed in your mind during listening to music. not a quite surprising album, though. dark, love and hate, etc. I am still waiting for a "shocking" album win over my "Six"...

I Started to Disbelive Magic...

Today i watched anime "Ojamajo Doremi Na.i.syo". This episode was about Doremi Harukaze met a girl accidentally. That girl was so sick that she needed to stay in hospital for a long time. And she was fond of magic and seemed know much about Maho-do. Once she told Doremi that she seemed do not believe in magic as her spell could not help her to fight illness...

during this time, i recalled a news article about a 14-year-old boy with mucopolysaccharidoses. At the beginning of article, he said he wish he was a normal person, after a sleep...

therfore, still i don't believe in any religion... cos you still feel resentment in my mind...

Charlotte Gainsbourg : 5:55

I've searched for this album when i was traveling last month. But i found it was very expensive in France (almost HK$170). I just bought it yesterday for around HK$100.

After listening to the album last night, it sounded similar as Air's latest album "Pocket Symphony". As the album was made by Air, Javis Cocker, and Neil Hannon of Divine Comedy. still i enjoyed listening to the album. My favourite two tracks are 5.55 and operation, which you can know more about her through these two songs.

... He Has Clever Mind if He Has this Thinking

2005 Edition

1995 Edition

That's the response from my younger brother when i told him about the "dramatic" life of Ian Curtis, the late front man of Joy Division.

at this moment i am reading Ian's widow, Deborah Curtis account of Ian's biography. After reading most of the content (only lyric part has not read), if Deborah Curtis is right (cos no one could tell ALL the things True...), i think Ian is selfish. He attempted to achieve his dream: die with legacy. Ignore all people who care him. I thought if he got older, he might think his "dream" was silly...

Anyway he had dead ... and he is LEGEND ...

Similar Painting with the "Six" Album Cover

Below is the painting by which i found is quite similar to "Six" album cover, during visit to the National Gallery.

Complete Ending with "Six"

when i came back, suddenly felt sad again...

at night, i put six in my CD player and started the music journey.

had listened to the entire album, just felt relived... and felt asleep...

and anyone sell "Six" LP to me...

Travel Day 29

Monday London-Hong Kong Fine

Finally it was my last day... really really miss home. hopefully i can use the Internet at Apple Shop... also i could uploaded the remaining photos online... great!!!

Goodbye!!!

Travel Day 28

Sunday London Rain

today i went to an interest museum called "Wellcome Museum". i wondered whether Henry Wellcome had any related to Wellcome supermarket... it was a museum related to medicine. now there was a special exhibition about heart. other exhibition there was also interesting. it was highly recommened.

then i went to British Library. there were lots of rare books on exhibit.

later i went to internet cafe. but this time the connectin speed was very low... i could not upload all images in two hours...

i thought my travel had already finshed. hope i can return back without any trouble... miss home...

Travel Day 27

Saturday paris-London Rain

Finally went back to London, i felt better than in Paris.

today i just spent time near my hostel. i thought tomorrow would be the same.

i went into Apple Store and found that i could try on theie products freely. that was my first time to use ipod and Mac. now i had little bit interest on buying a ipod ...

Travel Day 26

Friday Paris Fine

Today i went Cartier Foundation first. Of course just seeing from outside. then i walked to Luxembourg Palace & Gardens. I saw a replica of "Status of Liberty" in this garden. from the description, it said the statue was made in order to remember the 911 event.

then i walked up to Cathédrale Notre Dame. then i found the "Shakespeare bookstore" nearby. actually this bookstore appeared in the film "Before Sunset". However, books there were not so cheap...

i went to Musée d'Orsay. then went on going to Tower Eiffel. Lastly, i went to Galeries Lafayette again. after drinking coffee there, i felt really really sick... hope i could quie coffee soon...

Travel Day 25

Thursday Paris Fine

at the morning i first went to Fondation Le Corbusier, which cost me 2 euro. it was a nice building, however only small part of the building was open to public.

then i went to national library. the building ,for me , like wafer biscuit... also there was a cinema, which operate similar as Broadway Cinematheque.

after that i went across the river Seine by a new Pedestrian Bridge Simone de Beauvoir. ate my lunch there, then continued to Bastille. lastly i went to Galeries Lafayette. spend almost HK$100 buying snacks, hoping i can share few to my family...

Travel Day 24

Wednesday Louvre Museum Rain

as i had bought advanced ticket before, then i can got into the museum without waiting for long time. also i can re-enter the museum too...

out of my expection, i could not see all so called "must-see" items, still three items left.

really really tired today...

Travel Day 23

Tuesday Paris-Versailles-Paris Rain

today i went to Versailles. One hour to waiting get there; then another hour to finish seeing the exhibition ... of course the exhibition is good, but it was not worth for 13 euro ...

garden i think was more worth to see and you really can spend few hours there. well if you erally want to visit inside. you can get discount when visit after 3 p.m. you can first stroll around the garden at the morning. then queue the line until getting in at around 3 pm. it may save you some $$$

there i bought a "Little Prince" ball, quite cute...