小街

我家附近有一條小街，這條小街說是小的確是實際上小得很，街上兩旁的店舖加起來都不足十個。但小卻並不等於缺，小小的路上已經包含一間超級市場兩間食店一間洗衣店一間能夠為你解決所有家居奇難雜症、有很多師夫在侯命的工程公司，其餘的就是地產公司店面。這條小街短短的，兩旁總停滿汽車，人們都喜歡將車子停在路旁，有的到食店吃喝，有的到超級市場購物，一架去另一架來，在違反規則的同時卻弄出了另一種秩序來。

這個早上，我在其中一家食店吃早餐讀報紙，當我正在讀黃偉文與梁祖堯的訪問而入神之際，一把姨姨級的聲音突如其來將我從白與灰之間抽了出來，原來小街上有位警察先生正打算給停在路旁的車一一發告票，姨姨大叫之後，食店之內的大半數食客都一湧而出，霎時間如臨大敵一樣非得逃離戰區不可。陽光燦爛的早晨駕車到外頭走走，然後將車子停在路邊吃個早餐多消遙舒適，偏偏卻加上了逃難的一節實是大煞風景得不能！當然，道理一大條，阻街違規警察先生職責所在當然要見一部趕一部，否則那來社會秩序可言！吃過早餐離開食店之時，原來警察先生還沒有離去，他乾脆將鐵騎就停在小街之上，警察先生就在這條毫不起眼的小街之上來回踱步，為維持小街的安寧與秩序出其令人望而生敬的一口力！

我忍不住於心裡面為這位盡忠職守的警察先生致敬，相信這個社會必定已經得到了安寧與和諧，警察先生才有這些空閒時間來為這小小的街道把守！

LoveMotel archive

(from LoveMotel archive)

OK, for those who considered LoveMotel a classic, we're back in business. For those who think great things should not go unrecognized, but ... who are they? Here it is: the LoveMotel archive. The official word is you can freely distribute these songs and share with anyone who want to hear them. They were never formally published. Appreciate.

Who was LoveMotel?

In around 2000, there were four guys running around making Hong Kong's grunge music really great. That's LoveMotel. Check this playlist. Do not forget:

Demo2001
Demo 2001 was the only serious recording by LoveMotel which was supposed to lead to recording of the formal CD. You want to get this for the shear enjoyment of LoveMotel.

On Your Own Original Soundtrack

This was recorded for an independent film "On Your Own". According to Pong, the songs were recorded in HKAPA quickly, and thus the quality. You might notice a marked lacking of track names. Very smart. Here is the answer:

only first few cuts had jammed before recording. else is instant one day work out during studio tracking in HKAPA

no trk name really.

So please let everyone know. Once, there was LoveMotel.


LoveMotel: Vocal/John, Guitar/Pong, Bass/Kar Kit, Drums/Steve

*all mistakes, if any, are mine.


LoveMotel archive - http://bun.asiaone.net/LoveMotel.html

give a little respect

早已試聽過這張專輯，還記得當時的反應是希望它沒有被推出！而我更認為如過我是唱片公司的投資者，就肯定會請他將這個錄音永遠埋在地下去算了！萬料不到，若干日子之後我不單沒有因為看到這張專輯活生生置於HMV的唱片架上而當場噴血，竟然還真金白銀將它買了回來！

你可以怪我太過婦人，過份感情用事，喪失理智不顧後果......要罵還可以更無情更兇恨地罵個狗血淋頭，然而我就是不忍讓它就這樣被貼上「$10」的標貼然後在那個冰冷的貨架上孤獨終老！ 十塊錢於我還是可以毫不猶豫地就從錢包裡掏出來，只希望送上輕輕的一丁點尊重！

不過我還是沒有將它打開來再聽......

one day as a lion

距離Rage Against The Machine解散已經第八個年頭，當中間間斷斷地收到有關Zack de la Rocha即將推出個人專輯的消息，又間間斷斷地發現Zack出現於不同單位的專輯裡面，但還是依然的毫不實在，個人專輯及傳聞跟Trent Reznor合作甚至已經完成了的專輯從來都只聞樓梯響。直至零七年傳來Rage Against The Machine重組的消息，然後是一場接一場的演出公佈，還有這年度Reading Festival的Headline，本以為就應該將期待Zack在RATM以外的發展都收起，慢慢等待RATM重組後的全新專輯之際，卻又收到了Zack在RATM以外的另一個消息，One Day As A Lion，一個由Zack跟前The Mars Volta鼓手Jon Theodore組成的全新組合即將推出首張EP的消息來！

第一次看到One Day As A Lion這幾隻字是雜誌上的廣告，那廣告上就只有這幾隻字、一個日期及唱片廠牌Anti的logo，那一刻當然並不知道跟Zack有關，只知道這幾隻字對我產生了某一種的刺激與吸引，於是往網上去找就找到了。

雖然並不肯定One Day As A Lion是否Zack的一個長期計劃，不過至少這一趟還是來得比較實在了，除了從網路上已經可以找到One Day As A Lion的作品之外，實實在在的出版日期亦已經公佈，八月二十二日，One Day As A Lion。

"it's better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb."


links :
one day as a lion - http://www.onedayasalion.org/
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