The Music Of The Night

"In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came. That voice which calls to me, that speaks my name. And do I dream again? For now I find, the phantom of the opera is there inside my mind"

I've always been a huge fan of musicals; from RENT to Les Miserables. The theater movie (The adaptation of the musical) of the Phantom of the Opera was an IMMENSE disappointment, with bad directing and a sissy of a Phantom that sounded like he was about to break into an emo ballad and start crying buckets of tears because the girl in school wouldn't look at him in the canteen. But the staged musical is finally coming to town again and I wouldn't miss it for the world! Already have my tickets. Yay!

The irony of it all is that I loved musicals more than I loved hard rock. There's something sensual and sensational about the grandeur of a full-on musical production. Do yourself a favour and purchase the COMPLETE SYMPHONIC RECORDING of LES MISERABLES. I love the romanticism of it all. Men fighting for freedom, a love triangle doomed for demise, revolution on the streets, etc. Les Miserables, the novel by Victor Hugo, is perhaps my favourite book of all time. Not recommended for casual readers because it is immensely long-winded and detailed. I wonder how authors of the past could have the patience to PEN down everything with ink.

Anyway, for new years eve, I was 'stuck' at Downtown East performing a countdown show. We were amongst the only english performers of the whole night, and watched by a crowd of mostly cheena piang Project Supersissy fans and chinese pop idols. I've nothing against chinese music, mind you, but have you ever noticed how Mandarin male singers/idols have that same clean teeth/glittering happy eyes/boy next door smile/generic gelled spiky hair style on them that makes you feel like smearing their lips with solidified fart? Highly fucked up.

Headde to East Coast Park afterwards while my friends and I wandered around aimlessly and ended up in Parkway eating tidbits and chocolate.

So it's another year of fun and work ahead, which I actually look forward to. We're starting on the recording of the second album and the songs are being worked out.

I've had friends telling me their sisters / brothers / friend's friends think highly of me as an 'idol' and that I'm 'hot'. People who know me know how permanently warped I feel about this. It's very strange. For one thing, I know for a FACT I am not hot, and I also know that my general public behaviour isn't something to look up to HAHA! Still it is flattering. Makes me feel like giggling like a school girl into my pillow at night hee hee heeeeeeeeeeeeeee cough.

I've always wanted to sing as the Phantom of the Opera one day. Erik. Go read the book. It's great.