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Background Music: 正教育 - At 17
李兆忠在 “曖昧的日本人” 裡提及,日本民間故事 “桃太郎” 裡反映的無事生非、以小勝大實為日本人潛移黙化的傳統教義。話說桃太郎有日無事要父母給他弄了一面 “日本第一” 的旗幟,往鬼頭的地盤挑起事端;鬼頭本來就沒有作出挑釁行為,卻平白敗在桃太郎的攻擊下,打輸了竟又甘心情願俯首稱臣向小不點桃太郎奉上金銀財寶 (能說成日本人有嚴重的搏彩心態嗎?)。
人其實是很渺小的存在,為了讓自己看上去更堅強,不斷虛張聲勢而受傷,那傷口在不知不覺中在自己的身體擴散,人是愚蠢弱小的生物,正因為如此,所以人才需要發夢的,實現夢想是很困難的,有時還甚至讓人痛苦,於是我認為,開拓未來,是因為人類有著將熱情傾注於夢想中的力量。但是,當人忘記了自己的理想,榮耀 (Ego) 就會立刻迎向尾聲。但是我為甚麼看不見明天的朝陽呢?但是我為甚麼看不見明天的朝陽呢?" 這是編劇對日本傳統教化的質疑嗎? 為甚麼有這樣的想法還要把英雄殺死而不讓他堂堂正正捲土重來? 抑或這其實是另一個高潮,不過為令觀眾難忘? 我又該不該把日本人對包裝的熱愛也計算在內,把自殺看成是保存體統與顏面的一種手段呢?

August 21 (Thursday), 2008

[這雙 Adidas 超舒服,但友說超肉酸。見唔見到著左一個暑假之後的 flop tan?!]
找不到拾當的形容說明 Nineteen Minutes 的感染力。唯有讓 Jodi Picoult 自己講。
八千萬花到哪裡去是有目共睹的。


少了鼓手的 Placebo 在官網說會繼續作曲與録音,貝斯手 Stefan Olsdal 轉頭卻與其 side project Hotel Persona 推出大碟 In the Clouds, 套 Stefan 本人的話是:Hey,
Stefan here saying hi to everyone. Just want to say I've got an album coming out in June with my side project Hotel Persona. This is something I've been doing in my free time from Placebo over the past couple of years with some friends in London. It's basically a collection of tracks we wrote for fun to play at parties, nothing to take too seriously! It's pop music with a dancefloor beat, and lyrics sometimes bordering on comedy. Kind of exploring the entertainment value of music and making something a little more light hearted than what I am used to, something people with a couple of drinks in them could understand and sing along to! Some of the tracks are a little more serious and some quite intimate and fragile, and we've also got a couple of guests to bring some flavour.
Placebo is currently writing the next record and will record it this year, so Placebo fans shouldn't be worried that this project is taking away from that.
Hope you can have some fun with it like we did!!
Stefan
Hotel Persona 感覺夏日的電子舞曲與 Placebo 的沉溺與黑暗截然不同,不論音樂氛圍或節拍都像夏末的黃昏在西班牙沙灘露天茶座會聽的調子,大伙就庸懶地喝東西說話偶爾隨音樂點頭聳膊。沒有硬淨如 Daft Punk 的電子也沒有過份吵耳如由 R&B 而來的 dance remix,輕鬆諧和極適合 house party 私密的氣氛。
Brian Molko 客串唱了當中的 Modern Kids (很入腦又很難不反覆聽十萬次的一首):
Modern Kids (feat Brian Molko) - Hotel Persona
就是詞也很有意思 (extracts):
Modern kids future freaks
Following media beats
Everything is on the screen
Can't find a space
The computer erased your heart
We are modern kids
Living through a screen
Grabbing today because tomorrow is too far away
and you are alone
Go ahead let your sun shine
You've got to do it your own way
Run away don't hesitate Run away go run away
聽 Hotel Persona 也令我聯想起久違了的 Fischerspooner:
此外也推介 In the Clouds 大碟裡的 Addicted 跟 Lullaby for Evan.