Bestselling Comics at Kino for June 09

1. FINAL CRISIS
by GRANT MORRISON, J.G. JONES, CARLOS PACHECO, DOUG MAHNKE

2. WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER
by MICKY NEILSON, LUDO LULLABI, TONY WASHINGTON

3. VAMPIRE KNIGHT VOLUME 9
by MATSURI HINO

4. WATCHMEN
by ALAN MOORE, DAVE GIBBONS

5. OISHINBO: RAMEN AND GYOZA
by TETSU KARIYA, AKIRA HANASAKI

6. TSUBASA VOLUME 22
by CLAMP

7. BATMAN: R.I.P.
by GRANT MORRISON, TONY DANIEL

8. TRANSFORMERS REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
by SIMON FURMAN

9. MY FAIR LADY VOLUME 22
by TOMOKO HAYAKAWA

10. WARCRAFT: LEGENDS VOLUME 4
by RICHARD A. KNAAK, JAE-HWAN KIM, FERNANDO HEINZ FURUKAWA, DAN JOLLEY

Shout!

Watched Ngak and Clement at Esplanade last Friday and for their last song, they covered Tears For Fears' Shout. I've said before that one of the great things about covers is that you get to rediscover and be reminded these old gems from the past.

So, Tears For Fears, what a band and what a name. The 80s aren't so bad after all.

This one goes out to Vincent Seow, whom I've not seen in almost 20 years. Everybody wants to rule the world, you and I.

Michael Jackson Mati

...end of an era.

Where's the music?

The newly renovated Sembawang Shopping Centre does not have ... a Sembawang Music Centre. That's where it all started for Sembawang Music back in the 1990s. They were one of the first music shops to offer CDs at a much cheaper price. (prices back then were $30-$40 and that's standard retail price for all the shops) SMC imported their own and really brought the price down. Soon the major labels here followed suit.

Sure, they were in super ulu location. (don't think Sembawang MRT Station started yet - the line stopped at Yishun) But they had the selection damn shiok and I made my way there once and bought a Screaming Trees Best of.

Today, they are not doing so well. The state of the music industry. People are not buying music, they are downloading.

So do yourself a favour, go old school. Go buy a CD because I know you haven't for the longest time. In the meantime, remember the shops of yore. Song Ching, Sing Records, Disc Dynamics, Da Da, Supreme. (long live Roxy!)

Heard Valentine Music Centre is still somewhere in Selegie. And Form Records only survived in Malaysia.

And what happen to Jimmy Wee?

Tan Eng Huat

http://www.singaporetgcc.com/walkoffame.html

He's coming down so get ready your Doom Patrol, JLA, Batman, Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider and now, Punisher for him to autograph. He's also bringing down some original pages for sale, so save your pennies now! And if you really want to make a wise investment in this economic climate, commission him to do an original piece for you. Value for money too. Screw the stocks and shares.

http://www.theartistschoice.com/huatcom.htm

http://readrant.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/ghost-rider-got-his-own.jpg

An early interview with him:

http://www.bigozine2.com/archive/ARfeatures/ARfeatures2002/ARtanenghuat.html

wat recession?

1. the long queues outside LV at Taka on weekends.

2. 2am: Dessert Bar on weeknights

3. BlackRock

4. all the crap you have been buying this month.

No respect for the self-made man

...especially if you are MIS.

Made in Singapore.