::exam fever?::
oh man. i hate exams. really sucks. plus i had like a major case of writer's block today. i looked at all the twelve qns and i better have any :feeling: for any of them. so i did what i could do and just produced something to waste miss ng's time marking. definately substandard work. doubt that i'll get a passing grade on this essay. i'll be happy to get over 20.
the compre wasn't too bad i guess. :touchwood: i don't usually like to comment on exam papers cuz the results will prob come out very differently from what you predict. so yeah. shall not say anything abt it. haha.
so totally drained after yesterday. after the GP had to go settle all the stupid PEARLS business. total crap. and then had to go for like a three hr tuition session. his lessons are usually that long. but yest lesson seemed to be THAT much longer than normal. sucks.

::more musac::
haha. really have nothing else to do. prob shd be studying but i'm totally shagged after yest's gp and tuition. so here goes.

Start Wearing Purple by Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello is this wierd sounding "gypsy punk" group as they call themselves. the guy really has this creepy transylvanian-like voice. the kind that you'll hear in some old Dracula movie. but it's really a pretty cool song. quite funky beats and interesting lyrics. haha.
* * * * 4/5 stars

The Rising End by Zao
i love the intro for this song. really cool. Zao is a pretty hardcore screamo kinda band. frankly i've never understood the appeal of screamo. can never understand the lyrics. but the music is sometimes real good. this one is one of those screamos with really good guitar work. go for it. it rocks.
* * * 3/5 stars

Fireflies by Finch *highly recommended*
woah. this song's intro caught me the first time i heard it in HMV. the bass is super solid. and it's not one of those songs with a good intro which grows boring after that. the rest of the song is ROCKING! seriously great track from finch.
* * * * * 5/5 stars

Selfish Man by Flogging Molly
i've got the live in LA version but i haven't heard the studio version but so far i like what i hear. haha. it sounds kinda like a celtic gigolo singing with a frog in his throat. ah but who cares. it made it into my playlist. it has a really catchy beat and nice melodies in there. plus a really wierd solo.
* * * * 4/5 stars

What I Got by Sublime
i know that they're not really that new or what but this song's good. got caught listening to it so many years ago cuz it was on the Dave Mirra BMX game soundtrack. and i'm a sucker for their style of music.
if you like this song do check out No Woman, No Cry also by Sublime.
* * * * 4/5 stars


[wonder why i even put in that rating system cuz i wouldn't give anything less that 3 stars otherwise i wouldn't recommend it. plus i don't know how to put in half a star so i can't give like 4 1/2 or 3 1/2 which would make my ratings more "accurate". oh well. i guess it's just really really fun. makes my blog entry look like some kinda pro music review thingamagig. funky eh?]