T H I N K

Of Wagon Wheels and Valley-speak

lennie — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:22:07 +0000

By Pat Low

'Wild Child' ticks all the boxes of a feel-good chick flick—bad girl turns into a better person, finds a hot guy, has a gaggle of BFFs, does the whole makeover-plus-shopping thing. Oh, and add to that the premise of placing a Californian brat in a stiff English countryside school.

Milking the Financial Meltdown

chris — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:10:28 +0000

By Chris Chew

True to history, this latest recession has been pretty sucky. But this time, things could be different. According to our NASA-approved calculations, there are at least four advantages about the world going to the money pits this time. Here, we pull out the nuggets any pennywise person should take comfort from.

Emergency Festival! The darurat, through art

lennie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:15:03 +0000

By Chan Siew Lian

Ask any young Malaysian the extent to which national history concerns him or her, and the answer would probably lie somewhere between 'a tiny bit' and 'a really tiny bit'. Ask the same young person about the Emergency, and he or she is likely to reply, “Is that a movie?”

Pimp Thy Sport

jon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:59:54 +0000

By J Chew

Let’s take the cue from F1’s night race in Singapore, and add one revolutionary new twist to three sports. The cheques can be made out to THINK later, thank you. And don’t forget the copyright.

Almost. There. Almost.

lennie — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:29:14 +0000

Hello, stranger. We’re currently being held at scalpel-point by some mad lunatic (that’s how crazy he is), who insists on giving us a facelift and feeding us soft-baked cookies while he preps our looks for public scrutiny. Sure, the cookies are nice and all but we’d actually prefer if he could add some morphine to the [...]

Hujan: ‘Check Check Rock Rock’ review

lennie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:59:38 +0000

By Adrian Yap

Rating: 7/10

The line separating hype from buzz-worthiness is often thin and indiscreetly biased. This notion is amplified hundredfold if the band in question is a Malaysian one, and another hundredfold if it is a Malaysian indie one.

The Politics of Promise

chris — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:15:57 +0000

By Chris Chew

In one profound, previously unfathomable swoop, modern Malaysia added a new date of significance to its chequered history. Alas, the 11 million-voter question now arises: Will anything change now?

Amberhaze: ‘Amberhaze’ EP review

chris — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:15:09 +0000

By Chris Chew

Rating: 5/10

Amberhaze’s bedroom aesthetic might instantly draw comparisons between Gullotti and Jimmy LaVette, aka Album Leaf, but that is about as appropriate as saying a TV remote and that of an air conditioner are the same thing because they both have buttons.

Múm concert review

chris — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:37:48 +0000

By Chris Chew

Rating: 7/10

The fear was that version 2.0 of one of Iceland’s premiere ambient electronica acts would see the whimsical wiles of youth traded for brooding maturity. Which, on the basis of the first 15 meandering minutes, surely meant coma-inducing boredom.

Why I’m Not Voting Against Barisan Nasional

chris — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:19:21 +0000

By Chris Chew

An open letter to Malaysia's opposition parties.