Soothsayer of Discordance

the big believe that music expresses the heart and emotions must have been put to truth by Brian Carroll, or as people have come to know as Buckethead.

The I would say legendary guitarist who dons a chicken bucket and that emotionless white mask, who speaks to no one but tells all that he's gotta say with his fingers running up and down the fretboard.
I've come to now this one of a kind avantgarde axeman when I was 14, through my long time guitar buddy, Jared Teoh, with the introduction of the track Hills Of Eternity. At first i thought that it was just boring and plain and nothing worth playtime.But as the musical mind and maturity grows, I just realise how much and how deep those simple notes and repeated riffs over constant background drumbeats could be expressed by Buckethead.
Indeed he shows that sometimes it doesnt have to be flashy or complicated to get a point across. In fact, he send bigger messages across with lesser flash. I'm quite sure that most people outside the world of guitar music would not know him.This man creates music that is not exploited by record companies and producers, which mostly today would alter music by musicians under them just to cater to the global casual audience.You wont get to know Buckethead just because you listen to radio or watches MTV for a major part of your life.

Its hard for people to believe such a person exist, really. I couldnt believe and was finding for a logic behind what he's doing. A person who is a legendary icon, who never talks to people...wears that KFC bucket and white mask.With wierd behaviours and actions, like scratching a wall in between guitar licks during an interview.This man who also gives away toys and gifts to his audience from his 'toy-bag' during gigs, is also famous for his fascination for Disneyland. He in fact base most of his music on his virtual themepark, Bucketheadland and Giant Robot, an old children tv series, something like Ultraman.And yet this person under the bucket himself is a topclass professional guitarist loved by the guitar community.Hard to believe.

Toys from Bucky

His guitar will be a customised white Gibson Les Paul which is bigger than an average LP.without the fretboard marks(knowing the frets without the markings is total ownage).upped with a killswitch, for the on-off effect.

Buckethead's white Gibson Les Paul with the killswitch in red

And Buckethead is in a class of his own.Found to be once a student of Paul Gilbert, the guitar great, he has probably went further than his teacher.His, usage of notes and licks and all those tappings just made it right for his songs.Got a shit high level of technicalities and can do almost any sound with a guitar.Slapping bass lines.And all those killswitched notes.yeah.imba

Wanna talk how great,i dont know how to. almost all guitarists can shred and play fast. but Buckethead made great songs and compositions over 50 plus solo albums which doesnt include his enormous amount of side projects.And you cant categorize him into specifically any genre.He generally has a genre of his own.He plays heavy metal, hard rock, full shred guitars, fusion, soothing acoustics, relaxing moods, jazz and blues.In addition to this he plays more of his creations, weird riffs and chords, which will instantly be recognizable as Buckethead's.


I just love the fact that he wears a mask, he doesn't show any emotions and expressions.This makes his music standout more for him as it is the only way to channel all the expressions to the outside world for him while he's behind his mask.This beats all those mainstream junkies out there who depend on fashion, appearances and publicity to sell themselves out.
Makes me wish for a mask, where I can delve in peace of soul, cover up the Neons of presence. Loving Rock.

Keep On Killswitching The Ride To The Prairie

Charged Up Hols

holiday was earlier for me by 3 days, because the school librarian trip offered some pontenging opportunity which i cant refuse.hah...i'm no librarian but just followed as vacation, fun. was great as i get to know more about many people that i've barely spoken to.it was a sleep deprived trip anyway, was sleepwalking a lot because of night activities and fun, in terms of chortaiti, petaling street, running around KL along with Chia Haw with monorail, RapidKL train and even bought a KTM ticket to Subang to try to grab Wheen, Sze Chuin and peeps at the place.but go to waste because freakin train got freakin delayed....ahhh.press nia.


Kinda got 20 bucks from chortaiti.quite pro also huh..


L-R : Yvain, Chia Haw in obscurity, the MAN, Edward. Missed out 4th player, Wan Ching.pic taken by Ee Boon.

cards owned the whole trip

Besides, visited Nottingham University and MMU.the one that impresses me is Nottingham, they've got really high tech and state-of-the-art stuffs for their students.serious, labs are like real scientist hideouts and workshops are like whoa, all the complex machines.serious good place if wanna do engineering, chemical and biological stuffs, too bad not for me.heh. MMU was soso...got some high tech library.
then got to Beryl's chocolate factory.watched a presentation(they spelled their own company name wrong) and toured the production line.
made way to the KLCC skybridge. kinda amazed by the Tesla Coil demo of lightning strike on the Twin Towers



Overall, the more fun part of the trip for me is to get to know people more.hehe.Its a great gig



Moving on, arrival of howling monkey Jared, Jonathan and their Borneo-ian friends from MIAT, Ben and Wilson.ooh, was the transporter of the day.and the tour of penang started.
as to go along with tour guide roles, these are the Penangy food that I have exploited and things that has been done in a week with our tourists from afar>



1.Telok Bayan Hawker Center - Kim Poh Claypot Chicken Rice, Ikan Panggang, Chee Cheong Fun, Belacan Fried Rice

2.Argyll Road Roti Canai

3.Air Itam Laksa

4.New World Park - Pasembur, Mee Goreng, Lam Mee, Char Koay Teow, Ais Kacang, Chendol

5.Chulia Street - Char Koay Teow, Wantan Mee, Curry Mee

6.Line Clear Nasi Kandar - Murtabak, Roti Tissue

7.Kapitan Nasi Kandar - lots of mamak stuffs, hah

8.Fettes Park Hainan Western Food



1.Gurney Plaza - Pool rounds.

2.Queens - watched Watchmen

3.CC outings.

4.Kek Lok Si tour.

5.lots of roundings around town, highways in Vios and Viva

6.walking around upper penang road and get excited

7.spotting lots of red cars on the road. =]



kind of gruelling tour guiding in a week.thats just the part i'm involved, Jared did more with them.



I am also peppered by some tuitions.Lee Ewe Im's Bio Classes.some band formation practices.
discovered new keyboard in bandroom, two Laney 30 watt amps with compression and a Maxtone Bass Guitar.gonna exploit also one day.

Come Cage Me and I'll Tell

Connect the seemingly unconnected
Without play, the intellects find no surprise
~ripped from ppl by Mr.Woo Kok Ho, the Maths' math

This is a taxing month in a taxing year, but no doubt any minor effort i've put is still not enough if I were to pull off a stunner in STPM. those two lines above got featured maths question papers for last year's finals and this year's first UP.I found that i spend more time staring at those lines rather than the questions, because I couldn't unlock them.I admit last year was shit, because i didnt study. but then this year got much more beautiful, and I'm quite good in those calculus studies.But then, maybe i got freaked out by the papers.crap.
but anyway, the test is over.and time for me to put together all the tiny bits that i wanna say.

Wait.first i wanna say my debted thanks to Edward, William Oung, Chia Haw and yeah, the Hero punya Khang Yang for the rescue at Queens.My tyre got punctured at 12am plus at Queens.piece off shit. Dunno wat to do, whether to leave or change tyre.Then decided to ask KY for help since all the three cars there dun even have a single carjack. he was planning to blogspot there but failed.Man.So the tyre was changed and Vios springed to life again.Thanks damn lot to all you ppl there.

Okay about school.Gonna follow a librarian trip to KL from the 11th to 13th of March.saja shiok, chiak hong. they gonna visit Nottingham University, MMU, Gua Tempurung, a chocolate factory and ronda shopping malls.maybe i'll drop at bentley. most of the times follow the librarians la should be.
This year i wanna do miracle in Pinhorn by landing a hat trick in 100m , 200m and high jump.its a toughy, but i think can.competitors are quite the same level, gonna train more to tahan three events. Usain Bolting the tracks.and learning proper Fosbury flop for high jump, the jump with back forward thing.

got quite laid off for guitar time this time around.the truth is procrastination is having it's toll on me. Off late, been getting backing tracks to jam with.and trying to absorb and make the most out of the CAGED system.help me lick the guitar again.I'm torn, if I got money should i get a better amp, a multi effects or an acoustic guitar first?deep decisions. money dun come as easy as it gets when i was working.


eat this


gonna hit the cinema a lot this month too, all the kickass movies.and the holidays are approaching.Pocket burn again.

this is kinda like mini post telling what's up with me.lots of mind drafts that i wanna put on but never got to. got some bucky's tribute, love, god, house... ahh.have to slowly digest.i'm like average a post a month.Owns.