tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71034032011-09-04T22:10:12.622+08:00Very humble musings from a rock n roll + film loverAidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-48072448362644245412010-12-02T09:29:00.018+08:002011-01-06T21:35:46.010+08:00

I've recently upgraded to Bluray (in addition to purchasing quite a few more legit Criterion DVDs), so I now have quite a few more duplicate titles on DVD, so I'm letting go of these as well. Check out the list below:SPECIAL OFFER: Take EVERYTHING for RM150 only! That's 9 original DVD titles (but 12 discs in total) left + 14 bootlegs (17 discs total), very special price for u... heheheOriginal

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-34864603749302409772010-04-06T12:37:00.005+08:002010-04-06T18:17:58.453+08:00

Did another spring cleaning after the one yesterday, and found that I have 2 copies of a few more DVD titles (when you're in the habit of buying Criterion versions or Special Editions of films, these things normally happen, hehe), so I'm selling the ones listed below. These are true blue, imported and ORIGINAL DVDs from the USA and the UK.Price: RM30 eachContact: encik.aidil@gmail.comTitles:1.

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SORRY FOLKS, DVDS IN THIS POST ARE ALL SOLD!After doing some DVD spring cleaning, I found that I've duplicate copies of quite a few DVD titles, so I'm selling the ones listed here. Most are DVD9 (which means that you get all them special features etc). Here's the pricing:RM5 per titleRM10 per title if it's a 2DVD setOR you can just buy all 61 titles listed below for the bargain price of RM200

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-54855045944919621772009-09-29T14:07:00.004+08:002009-09-29T14:27:29.730+08:00

It's been almost a year! Ahahaha. Well, if anyone is still following, I'd just like to apologise for being such a lazy ass, but like every other lazy ass on this planet, I have my reasons! Hehe. I've been writing reviews and the odd article for Junk magazine, and I also now have a column in the Malaysian Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/aidil-rusli).I've also just

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1162461156141692182008-08-19T13:09:00.004+08:002008-08-19T14:11:56.643+08:00

After probably 2 years of waiting, Susuk finally makes its way to our cinemas. At first I thought it'd already met with the same horrible fate that befell Dukun. But lucky for us, it's finally here! I've pretty high hopes for this film, since I'm quite fond of Amir Muhammad's debut film, Lips To Lips, and his docus like The Big Durian and Lelaki Komunis Terakhir.One thing I must commend the film

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A perceptive reader asked a very good question when he commented on my previous post regarding the indie music revolution currently happening in Malaysia. Here's the comment by Danial:"Since the second-half of 2007 was the beginning of our indie explosion & it continues to bloom now in 2008 (with once there was four gigs during the weekend, it was hard to choose which one to go!), what would you

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-6178654239061679702008-06-07T09:20:00.009+08:002008-06-09T12:20:52.943+08:00

A lot of you kids have been asking me for tips on a lot of things, how to get a band started, how to get gigs, how to write songs and many others. Now I'm in no way an expert at these things, not even close, but I guess it won't be wrong if I write about what I think is the decent way to go about doing it. So here it goes: 1. Ask yourself WHY you wanna do this in the first placeThis is a very

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There's quite a lot being written about this whole 'indie music revolution' currently taking place in Malaysia. From bloggers to newspaper writers, everyone's saying their piece. I'm not in the business of predicting which bands/acts will make it big this year or next year, so this piece will avoid all that. What I'm interested in is why it's taking place now, and not 2 years ago, and not next

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With everyone competing to be THE tastemaker in this huge blogosphere, here's my own little attempt at pointing the way to great music, or warning people to tread with caution on some albums. So if you have a CD you think I might review favourably (just check out all the reviews I've written here to see the kind of stuff I might appreciate), do get in touch, 'cause I love freebies... hehehe. All

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-50309175672754523702008-05-07T09:46:00.004+08:002008-05-07T10:35:24.847+08:00

Wow, it's almost 2 years since I last updated this blog! Assuming that anyone's reading this (haha), I do have a good explanation though. I've been busy with work (as always), but my band Couple has been very, very busy playing live shows week in, week out and trying to win a place in the Malaysian Book of Records as "The hardest gigging band aka Road Dogs of All Time". Hehe, wow, lame try at

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I'm kind of silly in that I sometimes fall in love with movies. If you know me personally and have asked me what my favourite movies are, I'll just say that the ones I always mention are usually the ones I'm totally in love with, like City Lights, Husbands, Minnie & Moskowitz, Breaking The Waves, Rushmore, Harold & Maude, It Happened One Night, Apur Sansar and many others.I first got curious

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I've been a bit slack the last few months. Yes, I've seen a fair bit of Malaysian films, including Castello and Rock, both are, to be honest, very much hit and miss affairs and I don't feel like spending my already scarce free time writing bad things about films I'm disappointed with. I was going to review Gubra (but taking my own sweet time to do it... haha!!), but last night I saw a forum on

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A little detour folks!! Haven't posted in a while since I've been busy with my band, Couple, recording and prepping for the release of our long awaited and much demanded debut album. If you've been tuning in, you'd have got wind of the news that we've signed with a US label. No kidding!! If you wanna check out how we sound, go to www.myspace.com/coupleSo if you already know that, congratulations!

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1. THE ROOKS – The Rooks I’m gonna cheat a bit here. This album came out in 1993, and was on such a small indie label that locating it (even in the States!!) is nigh on impossible. Even being in contact with the guitarist of this band (oh Myspace, where will I be without you?) doesn’t help much, as the band broke up a few years back. But alas, the good people of The Rooks found

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1132297252462138082005-11-18T14:55:00.000+08:002005-11-18T15:00:52.473+08:00

I've been updating this blog less and less these past few months. Same excuse, been a bit busy. Work and, more interestingly, band stuff. Finally a proper album is on the way. I also have another blog, dedicated to solely review Malaysian films. Check it out at www.cinemakita.blogspot.com. Now off to a non-Malaysian film review.There's a tendency in present day film criticism to dismiss outright

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1116308824239305312005-05-17T13:17:00.000+08:002005-05-17T13:47:04.246+08:00

Wow! It's been 2 months!! Sorry guys if you've been checking out this blog but nothing seems to goddamn happen everytime you do so. As usual, work's been pretty hard. So hard that I don't even feel like typing anything during my free time. That's how sick I am now of typing or drafting stuff!!Anyway, I just bought Weezer's new album, Make Believe last weekend. Been listening to it ever since.

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A month ago today, I was in a garishly colourful bus heading to Bangkok. I would arrive in Bangkok at around 10.00 pm, hungry, and getting conned out of 100 baht for a not so long taxi ride to Khao San road, where's I'll be staying at a reasonably priced guest house called Kawin Place. Later, I will be chomping on some divine tasting Phad Thai, that costs just 20 baht.A month ago tomorrow, I'll

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1106027146065174512005-01-18T13:14:00.000+08:002005-01-18T13:45:46.066+08:00

Actually the movie's called The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. It's directed by Wes Anderson, the man who did Bottle Rocket, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums. I actually saw 2 other movies last weekend, In Good Company (directed by Paul Weitz) and The Notebook (by Nick Cassavetes), both are worth your money and time, but I'm just gonna write about The Life Aquatic today. I've been a long time

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1104991646006715952005-01-06T13:39:00.000+08:002006-02-18T15:15:44.260+08:00

Thank god for HVN (Home Video Network, for any of youse guys unfamiliar with buying original VCDs or DVDs. Shame on you! He he). If not for them, I wouldn't have had to dig deep inside my pockets to buy stacks of Jerry Lewis films, and now the Marx Brothers' films. Thank you so much for having the good sense to bring in these movies.I've already written about The Nutty Professor earlier. So I

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1104817934947564172005-01-04T13:18:00.000+08:002005-01-04T13:52:14.946+08:00

Another long overdue post. Been busy with work and making plans for Couple. I can almost surely announce here that for you people lucky enough to get a hold of the limited early edition of Punk Rock For Sissies, those CDs are almost certain to be the only ones that will ever be sold. We only made about 50 copies earlier. So depending on our mood that amount might be increased to 100 copies. But

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Hey folks. It's been a while since I last updated this blog. Well, work has truly been terrible. So much that I don't even want to type anything other than what I have to at work. Anyway, last weekend I went to Berjaya Times Square to see The Polar Express at the new IMAX cinema there. Guess what, a lot of the DVD pirates there are selling DVD5s at RM10 for 3 pieces! So I simply went nuts and

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1096436633489330052004-09-29T13:24:00.000+08:002004-09-29T13:43:53.490+08:00

Hey guys. Been quite busy these last few weeks. Saw a lot of films, but kinda lazy to review them, so I'll talk about my latest craze, Fantasy Football. I've always wanted to play it, free of course, but don't know where. Only found out about Yahoo's free Fantasy Football game 2 or 3 weeks into the new football season. So, by then I can't put my favourite midfield 'hard man', Thomas Gravesen of

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Been lazy these last couple of weeks. It's exactly one month since I last updated this blog!! So, have to do something at least.A lot happened the past month. Ramzi, the original bassist for my band, Couple, went to the UK to do his Masters. Felt quite sad, am definitely gonna miss him and his goofy poses on stage. His little brother, Syukri is now our bassist, did well on our last 2 gigs at Kit

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1093241259701184882004-08-23T13:42:00.000+08:002004-08-23T14:07:39.700+08:00

Hi guys!! Check out www.nighttimes.com. There's a review of my band's last demo cd, Listening To The Pop there. And it's a pretty good review too, on an American internet magazine! I hope it will open doors for us overseas, as I've long dreamt of getting Couple (my band) released on a pop label that I love like Not Lame Recordings, Parasol or Spinart. Thank you so much Mr Kevin Mathews for

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Another post long overdue. Again, work has been hellish, but fun. More challenge. More hearings, more trials coming up. It should get more interesting in the next few months. But, enough of work. I saw The Nutty Professor last week. The original one, written, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. It wasn't that funny. In fact, as a comedy, I think it failed most of the time. Only managed to wring

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1090907985701236152004-07-27T13:27:00.000+08:002006-02-18T15:20:56.253+08:00

Been a while since my last post. Work has been quite hellish. It kinda sucks being the most junior lawyer in your firm as you just get the most 'rotten' and 'hopeless' of files dumped on you for you to deal with. And that does suck, big time! Went to Singapore about 2 weeks ago to play the Baybeats Festival at the Esplanade with my band. Still get 'visions' of that wonderful trip from time to

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1089612205209473652004-07-12T13:26:00.000+08:002004-07-12T14:03:25.210+08:00

Watched a lot of movies last week and the week before. So to save time & space, I'll do double reviews!! Here we go. THE TERMINAL vs. KITCHEN STORIES The Terminal was directed by Steven Spielberg. You know who he is. Kitchen Stories was directed by Bent Hamer. When I saw Riddick a couple of weeks back, the trailer for The Terminal showed and needless to say I was very excited to see it. From the

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1089091893192799092004-07-06T13:10:00.000+08:002004-07-06T13:31:33.193+08:00

Hey there folks! Haven't updated the blog for more than a week now. Got lots of stuff to tell you guys. But first, I'll be organising a gig called 'rubbish on the radio' this coming Saturday. Here are the details: Date: Saturday, 10th July 2004 Venue: Paul's Place, Uptown (very near to the Kedai Telekom) Time: Doors open at 4pm Cover: RM10 Bands playing: COUPLE My own band. Kick ass power pop

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1088056747389020592004-06-24T13:29:00.000+08:002004-06-24T13:59:07.390+08:00

Saw this movie last night. Saw the trailer a couple of times on other movies' DVDs and thought I'd give it a try. What a surprise it was. I was expecting some kind of dumb comedy, as the trailer surely presented it as one. But it's quite a pleasant little movie. The story, in capsule, is about a 13 year old girl who on her 13th birthday wished she was 30 (Why 30, you ask? Because before that she

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1087798041944354382004-06-21T13:20:00.000+08:002004-06-21T14:07:21.946+08:00

I saw 3 new films by people I'd call 'fringe directors', i.e. directors who have never really been given much attention in critical circles. Some of these directors make decent box office, some don't even have a good box office record. Examples from the past would be people like Jacques Tourneur, Samuel Fuller, Edgar G. Ulmer, Robert Aldrich, Nicholas Ray (at least not until Cahiers Du Cinema

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1087279049811067772004-06-15T13:22:00.000+08:002004-06-15T13:57:29.810+08:00

After such a long wait, I finally got to see this film i.e. Peter the Pirate has finally got hold of a copy of its DVD!! Thank god they got it, for this film, along with Matchstick Men, The Station Agent, Mystic River, PTU and a few others I can't list off the top of my head, is certainly one of the best films of last year. But no, don't run yet. This is in no way a 'slow' movie. Unless you're

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1086847221321241312004-06-10T13:27:00.000+08:002004-06-10T14:00:21.320+08:00

Saw the film "Miracle", of all things, last night. I know. A lot of you must be scratching your heads, asking, why? It's a Disney movie, so that's usually not a good sign. It's a sports movie, another worrying sign. That's why I was wary at first too. But I read somewhere that this film's getting a 2-disc DVD release. It's not a huge money maker like LXG, or Bad Boys 2, or T3. It's not a

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1086692462810232792004-06-08T18:36:00.000+08:002006-02-18T15:08:49.713+08:00

Sorry folks, someone's away and can't check their email, so this should've been private message is going public. Yeah, baby!! Yeah!!My DVD wish list:CRITERION COLLECTION DVDs1. The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Box Set.2. Beauty and the Beast (Black & White film, NOT the cartoon version)3. Tokyo Story4. Shock Corridor5. The Naked Kiss6. Pickup On South Street7. Ali: Fear Eats The Soul8. Mr Hulot's

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1086674877624955792004-06-08T13:43:00.000+08:002004-06-08T14:07:57.623+08:00

I saw 50 First Dates last night on DVD. Wasn't able to catch it while it was playing in the cinema. I was expecting something like The Wedding Singer, but I've never expected it would be this good. In a better world, critics would be raving about this movie. But since it's an Adam Sandler movie, with a kind of journeyman director, Peter Segal, it will never get the credit it deserves. I laughed

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1086604534906964512004-06-07T18:04:00.000+08:002004-06-07T18:35:34.906+08:00

Went to a gig last Saturday. Malay language songs only. Naturally, I had to check it out and see what sort of bands and sounds would be there. I only know 3 of the bands playing. But things like this don't happen much, so what the heck. Guess what, it turned out to be quite an entertaining experience, although 'entertaining' sometimes can be interpreted in an unusual, or different context.

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1086588260984678432004-06-07T13:33:00.000+08:002004-06-07T14:04:20.983+08:00

Watched shitload of movies last week. Will do a capsule review of each one for your reference. Here we go!! LOST IN TRANSLATION Bought this DVD a long time ago but finally saw it, as I was really bored out of my mind. I really had high hopes for this, having heard all the hype and having already liked Sofia Coppola's debut, The Virgin Suicides. But sadly, I think this is a very empty movie. It's

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1086068986987144682004-06-01T13:17:00.000+08:002004-06-01T13:49:46.986+08:00

I've been naughty last weekend. Went to Tower Records KL and found this wonderful bargain bin full of Tower Singapore "write-off" CDs for RM9.90 each. Haven't been this excited since I rummaged through Notting Hill Gate's Music Exchange bargain basements practically every day of the week when I was studying in London. Bought a few CDs too. I found some long-desired CDs that I simply couldn't

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1085636294408812772004-05-27T13:14:00.000+08:002004-05-27T13:38:14.406+08:00

Hipsters CAN be annoying sometimes. Especially those prone to making statements to show off how hip they are and how much they know about stuff, when in fact their "opinions" are actually ripped off or informed by another so called "hipster" who happen to write for a "hip" magazine like CMJ, UNCUT, SPIN, Q, ROLLING STONE, etc. I read a letter in the KLUE letters page where a so called hipster

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1085568398375049632004-05-26T18:29:00.000+08:002004-05-26T18:46:38.376+08:00

It's raining pretty hard outside. Damn, wanted to get home quick. Bought 4 new DVDs today - Bubba Ho Tep, Shaun of the Dead, Zatoichi, The Warriors. I know, naughty! Wanted to get home fast and put them on. Can't wait to see Bruce Campbell as The King kicking a Mummy's ass. Should be fun. To the lonely bugger who's officially the first person to post a comment here, congratulations man!!! You

Aidilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10841182860552031984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103403.post-1085462285514733702004-05-25T13:16:00.000+08:002004-05-25T13:18:05.513+08:00

As soon as I'm able, there'll be posts aplenty about everything and anything.

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