Can the Industry Be Screwed Up Any More?

Read this and this. I'm speechless...

Sunday Morning

Every Sunday I have to wake up very early in the morning for hosting a music show for Macau Radio. It's nearly a 3-hour programme. The duration is pretty good for I can share a lot of music, probably in full, with those early birds. But the time is really very early that I usually do the show with my tired mind. What's worse is like today. I have to do another full-time job right after the show! My tired mind has to keep working until evening. Thanks god that I'm pretty good at taming my tiredness. Energy seems to be able to flow until bedtime. For sure that will be a sleep like dead... ZzzzzZzzzz

New Chinese Newspaper Article

Click here for my Chinese article in Macao Daily News this week.

Finishing Broken Flowers

Watched another part of the film and all the bonus materials on the DVD. I was so naive to look forward to Don finally finding his ex-lover, who has sent him the mysterious pink letter, during his trip. The ending is the usual odd style with sudden cut and without any happy or sad indication. It's kind of letting the viewers ponder life. As Jarmusch said in one of the bonus clips, the best part of life is not in the rational realm. Life is so complicated and there are lots of stuff that shapes our lives and can't be controlled. Positively speaking, we should lead our lives by trying our best under the current situation. Nothing is more concrete than NOW. Let's enjoy this moment, plan for the future but expect the unexpected. Doesn't this sound exciting?

My Weekly Newspaper Article

I write for Macao Daily News weekly. My articles appear in the supplement section every Friday. My ex-colleague and dear friend Oriana has advised me to post them here. I don't know if I can put them in separate sub-pages. Before I have any clues, you can read my writing last week here. Please note that it's in Chinese...

Webern by Quartetto Italiano

Grabbed the vinyl record of Complete Music For String Quartet By Webern at post office this morning. As you can read from the photo, it's performed by the brilliant Quartetto Italiano. If their interpretation is not the best, it's surely one of the best.

Look at their posture on the cover. Ain't they cool? I've got the CD edition of the same recordings. Sadly the CD cover only has the part with the 4 violins held with hands... I like the original cover much more. :P

I believe the vinyl copy is the original pressing. At least, it's made in Holland. I'm very glad to own such excellent record which encloses one of my all-time favourite classical pieces by one of my beloved composers.

If you haven't heard the work or any work by Webern, I highly recommend you to check it out. Among the big 20th-century classical composers, I consider Webern as the greatest.

Broken Flowers

Watched part of the latest Jarmusch film last night. The plots are quite interesting with the unique style by the director. Although I don't like Bill Murray very much, his acting seems to fit the character. It's amazing to see Sharon Stone again in the movie. She looks old but still beautiful. From what I watched, there are several hilarious points that made me laugh out loud at heart. You know, it's the same old funny treatments by Jim. I think I have to finish the film ASAP. What about tonight?

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