無秩序の胃

whilst waiting for the nasi to tanak, i sunk into the sofa to watch a band which, for some reason after being a fan since 1985, i’ve not really listened to/watched for a while. MTV2 was airing a series of different live acts that have played the rock am ring festival at nürburgring, one of which was the ‘tallica. since the disappointment that was st. anger, together with the filem keaiban agung that was some kind of monster, i lost interest in the band. i left the fan club as, apart from utter disillusionment, it felt rather pointless as the band looked really desperate trying to rehash their glory days as one of the big four of thrash (bukan trash ye?).

a fair-weathered fan, you say? maybe, but like the jilted wife waiting for the shite husband to come to his senses, it was just too long to wait for something decent to come out from these bay area guys. the last show i saw was in ‘03 at earls court. a fantastic show it was, but it was painfully obvious that there was a realisation in the metallica camp that they had better play the old tunes. just like that megadeth gig in notts i went to after risk came out. between ‘03 and now, i stumbled upon youtube vids of them playing badly to their own material, merely reaffirming my lack of interest.

however, like a meeting with the ex long gone (i’ll stop with the references now), i felt the interest rekindled last night. the gig on telly was a summary of their escape from the studio tour in 2006. apart from that pathetic outro solo to fade to black (c’mon, kirk!), they sounded good. het looked pleasantly smiley (worryingly, though) throughout. lars didn’t sound like he was trying to hard, either. the set was, like the others of recent years post-st. anger, still a rehash but i missed listening to them. gone is that intensity that you’d see from the live shit binge & purge DVDs, or even cunning stunts. the ‘tallica may have grown older and sound a little more streamlined, but if you guys decide to play arena dates once again for death magnetic, i won’t miss it for the world.

[vids from the ‘06 gig. youtube has the recent 2008 ‘tallica show from rock am ring - carik je]

if you remembered that i wanted this, the dream came true this morning as i picked it up in a town called batley in west yorkshire.

why the three-figure price tag? obviously, it’s the label one might say. not denying it, but i figure there’s also the design aspect too. how did i fall in love with it, and that’s from a photo on the internet. if i may add, there is also the fact the material’s solid. a twenty five quid item from ikea does not have solid and not to mention heavy besi poles (think of old-school basikal handles here).

and there’s also the fact that it came from denmark just because, like any customer, i ordered one. there goes my effort in reducing my carbon footprint.

justifying a purchase? perhaps. but damn it looks great in the media room [click here to see].

been complaining in a couple of KL-related entries in the past about not having ikan bakar at our usual spot on jalan bellamy. funnily enough, i can’t remember the name of the gerai but it’s no.2 from melaka (so, it ain’t the seri menanti on no.1 nor is it the ramli guy on 3). can’t be arsed to drive (or be driven) to umbai for grilled fish. actually, it’s the ikan pari. not really interested in the other types either. hey, did i say i was some kind of piscine aficionado? the sambal cicah was out of this world, and all i need is the nasi putih sans other forms of kuah/gulai. only wished the fish was on the grill a little longer to make the kulit crispier.

just to add, gerai no.2 served the best iced air kelapa i’ve had in yonks, one rank below the mamak one at the taiping casual market. just enough to quench my thirst after a hearty lunch.