段記

19/1/2014 SUN

亞視其實仲有兩個節目好睇，一個係甘國亮《亞視百人》（好似一早做完，難得亞視真係搵到一百個人上去做訪問），另一個係《高志森微博》，雖然高志森條友係仆街，但佢個節目可以話係《亞視百人》延續篇（應該話根本一樣），而家亞視最好睇反而係話返當年，所以要開個歲月留聲台，因為重播十幾廿年舊劇舊節目收視反而仲有保證。

重點呢，係琴晚果集訪問吳耀漢，打蛇隨棍上歲月留聲台立即重播《吳耀漢攪攪震》，當年呢個節目同《歷史也瘋狂》、《笑足1800秒》一樣係亞視鎮台之寶甚至香港搞笑節目經典，之後無線見亞視整搞笑節目咁多人睇先跟風開拍（其實仲有幾多人記得，當年無線差唔多冇乜原創節目，九成都係亞視做起左先至抄人橋，再憑慣性收視大蝦細e.g.用翻版《城市追擊》打壓正版《今日睇真Ｄ》？），但係論到搞笑節目，果陣亞視水準真係高過無線《笑星救地球》等唔知幾多倍，《吳耀漢攪攪震》就係表表者，而家重播絕對冇得唔睇。噉幾時播呢？

「逢星期六晚凌晨三點鐘。」

．．．我屌你老母啦亞視執柒左佢算啦。

20/1/2014 MON

頂你Denon，真係每次都計到剛剛好三個月，對耳筒就會壞。老實我仍然唔想放棄，因為試左咁多組合，唔計好多好多年前Sony出而家已經搵唔返果對最完美metal耳筒，iPod加Denon C360先造得到我最鍾意之metal聲，而且呢個組合聽pop都唔錯－之前Shure聽pop聽post係更加正，但用黎聽metal就實在太唔適合。不過聲點樣掂，Denon貨由以前一年換一對（即係一過保養就死．．．）變成而家一季換一對，雖然張單仲有半年時間即係夠我換多最少三對，大佬邊個想噉樣每幾個月就要特登出一次佢地寫字樓搞場大龍鳳呀，仲要星期一至五先開即係幾乎要請假先去到搞，仲要上去擺低冇得立即換新要一兩個禮拜之後又再上多次去至有得拎。唉係咪個天都迫我開始尋找下一對metal headphone的故事呀。

21/1/2014 TUE

[Kowloon Metal City: Video] Watch This Kvelertak's Performance
at Spellemannprisen, You Will Understand
How an Award Ceremony Performance Should Be

http://youtu.be/eMRn4GMwTfA

對真正的樂迷而言，香港每年年底年初的連串頒獎禮，觀賞價值只在於能看喜歡的歌手現場表演，和有機會聽到他們唱一些平日不會唱的歌。只是當與歐洲的相比還差很遠，因為他們的不是隨便讓歌手上台唱一唱甚至只得半首就算，而認真看待每一個表演環節，賦予專業級製作帶給觀眾最難忘的演出。像Kvelertak這支近年大紅大紫的挪威black punk metal樂隊在Spellemannprisen這挪威本土的格美林頒獎禮獻唱一首，便獲兩位唱作歌手亮相彈奏民歌結他，中段更有五人軍鼓團出場，如此周章僅僅是為一支樂隊一首歌所費，這在別說black/punk/metal，就連樂隊都難登頒獎禮之堂的香港，實在難以想像。

也反映出香港電（視）台對待歌手、音樂和表演的態度如何。

How incredible it is. In Spellemannprisen 2013, the Grammy Award of Norway, we found Kvelertak on stage. Not only a black punk metal band had the chance to show up in a nation-wide TV broadcast. Also they had the honour to be accompanied by not just one but two singer-songwriter on stage contributing acoustic guitar parts to their music, and then a quintet drumline helped propel the whole performence to an even more epic proportion. This is how a live event in an award ceremony done right.

22/1/2014 WED

[Kowloon Metal City: Video] 看看這（兩）段挪威頒獎禮的表演，
你只會再加覺得香港的音樂頒獎禮表演環節不值一看

http://youtu.be/BPVhNdBR2FE

日前談到挪威black punk metal樂隊Kvelertak在「挪威格林美」Spellemannprisen獲很多義人相助壯烈地為觀眾表演了一首歌，今天回一回帶，看看另一個同樣發生在瑞典大型電視節目的史詩式金屬故事。

首先，介紹一下Eurovision。這是全歐洲聯合舉行的年度歌唱大賽，各國家選出一位代表歌手挑戰全歐最佳寶座，最出名莫過於芬蘭的怪獸搖滾團Lordi，破天荒以搖滾姿態在普遍保守的評審中突圍而出，成為2006年度歐洲冠軍。而2009年冠軍得主是代表挪威的俄羅斯裔年青音樂家Alexander Rybak，他的勝利令挪威成為2010年主持Eurovision的國家，而這一年大受注目選手是旋律黑金團Keep of Kalessin，雖以一首非常大眾化的歌曲《The Dragontower》參賽並大獲好評，最後只博得第三名飲恨未能代表主場出戰決賽，不過如此重型的樂隊能夠入選並得此好成績己是一時佳話。

重頭戲在再跟著一年。2011的挪威區選拔賽中，主辦單位找來這前兩年最具議論性的選手合作擔當表演嘉賓，在Keep of Kalessin表演2010年搶得銷量排行榜第二名的專輯《Reptilian》中最出名的《The Divine Land》時，Alexander Rybak擔當他們小提琴伴奏和音歌手，而這並不是像《The Dragontower》一般已跟流行金屬無異的主流作品，相反屬他們一貫高速殘暴的epic melodic black metal，這樣的歌曲居然能登大雅之堂，可見當地音樂節目無論如何保守，最終也可反映和包容到當地各種藝術文化，不得不敬佩與羨慕。

如果看過兩者在各自音樂比賽中的表演，再看這一場合作，可理解到一條道理：只有在沒有包袱、毫不執著、最無機心的時候，樂手才能完全發揮自己的才華，創造出最好的音樂。

Yesterday we talked about the recent one-song yet epic performance by Norwegian black punk metal band Kvelertak in their home country's Grammy-analog Spellemannprisen. This time we went back further to 2010, the year infamous for Keep of Kalessin winning the 2rd runner-up place in Eurovision National Final, albeit with a very mainstream song that was totally unlike what they usually did.

One year later the band were invited to play an intermission at Eurovision with Alexander Rybak, the 2009 Eurovision champion that won the prize for Norway with some cheesy folk song. This time the band played "The Divine Land", the heaviest song from their 2010 album "Reptilian" which entered the chart at second place when released, with Mr. Rybak provided them shredding violin virtuosity and chrous. What they did here was drastically different from what they did in their respective competitions. And you have to witness the event in order to believe such things really happend on TV in reality.

The lesson here, is musicians only produces the best music when they have absolutely no burden in aspirations and calculations.

23/1/2014 THU

[Kowloon Metal City: Fun Fact]
還有比有一頭羊做你的忠實fans更metal的事嗎？

http://youtu.be/Iv-9CwIslaY

Grindcore fan that happened to be a goat passes away@Metal Insider

http://www.metalinsider.net/in-memoriam/grindcore-fan-that-happened-to-be-a-goat-passes-away

法國一頭小羊Biquette逃過了被屠宰的命運，安頓在一家兼作表演場地的農舍後，發現自己上了天堂。她外表是羊心裏卻像頭狗更是一條metal友，最喜歡往人群中鑽、愛抽煙喝酒，更喜歡出席在自己家舉辦的重金屬演唱會。當新加坡grindcore樂隊Wormrot巡迴到這家農舍時Biquette當然在場，不過對其他樂隊不感興趣只躲在一旁，到Wormrot上台時立即走到台前將他們的表演從頭到尾看完。這不就是有品味的表現嗎，還是太有靈性了。

很遺憾不久前Biquette離開了我們，享年十歲，在羊之中這年紀也算百年歸老，而且大難不死還能住在這有煙有酒有metal的人間樂土，也算笑喪了。

幸好她沒有遇到會犧牲牲口的black metal樂隊到農舍演出，否則到頭來也難逃被宰的宿命。

What's more metal than having a sheep watching your whole gig in the very first row? Story was Biquette the little sheep escaped slaughterhouse and ran to a farmhouse. The best farmhouse in the world for this sheep, which also doubled as a venue for gigs, and she happened to be a sheep totally in love with heavy metal.

Biquette had the physiology of a sheep but psychology of a dog, love to stick around with people and more amazingly, enjoy heavy metal music, frequently showing up in all kind of gigs with loud sound and lots of people. Legend told when Singaporean grindcore superstars Wormrot toured to this gighouse farmhouse, Biquette was at their gig too, yet unimpressed by the opening acts and hid herself somewhere at the back. Just as Wormrot showed up, she wandered straight to the front and stayed for the whole Wormrot show set. Surely she had some good taste in music. And her favourite refreshments were cigarette and alcohol. How typical for a metalhead.

Sadly she passed away at the age ten not long ago. Seeing sheeps seldom live older than this age, and she escaped slaughter and enjoyed half of her life in the best place just next to heaven, Biquette was surely the happiest sheep in the world, and will always be remembered. R.I.P., the most adorable and metal sheep ever.

P.S. Luckily Biquette did not show up at a black metal gig, which the kind of music is infamous for goat sacrifice at some point of time. She could be a great candidate, and would sadly still be unable to escape the fate to be slaughtered.

25/1/2014 SAT

或者因為真係咁乞人憎啦，睇過好多喪屍片／game都會將喪屍病毒爆發點或者發源地設定為大陸，例如《World War Z》原著小說－你問我點解套戲唔係噉講，仲要話係大陸專家查出成因？原因就同大陸點解咁乞人憎一樣咁明顯啦。

今次到Dead Trigger第二集。當人類反抗軍由美國打到去非常，已經隱約估到跟住會殺到去中國。（呀．．．其實一早有條trailer係一個好似觀塘／灣仔的地方打巨人喪屍架喇）（但擺到明取景香港連佈景都要用晒繁體字，DT2居然冇得打外國戲／game最鍾意摧殘之香港而力谷上海，相當失望，定還是佢地都知道香港一早已經冇得救，上海將會係下一個香港？）故事講山長水遠黎到中國，因為病毒源頭同第一個喪屍化病人就係中國，跟住其中一個任務係佔領兵工廠，一個大陸政府知道遲早有一日會發生佢地都控制唔到之暴動，所以特登起黎大量生產同囤積對人彈藥以備鎮壓革命之軍事基地。

噉都作得出，唔知大陸ban左隻game未呢。（雖然我覺得劇本會講到中國其實受害者，俾「外國邪惡勢力」用黎做喪屍病毒測試場地，加上咁吹捧上海而香港提都冇提過，話唔埋大陸反而好受呢）

27/1/2014 MON

[Kowloon Metal City: Video] 郎朗+Metallica．．．
好一個「Metallangca Fiasco」。
和一個disrespectful的Grammy Awards。

http://youtu.be/c58EfMhd2YE

今屆格林美頒獎禮一大焦點，是Metallica和郎朗兩個來自自己領域的頂尖巨匠聯手。其實見到如此組合應該早已沒期望，特別當選曲是Metallica的《One》，已知道誰是主角誰是配角，兩者各有各玩貌已不合，朗郎的存在可有可無未為音樂增添多少，在不適當的時候加插一段鋼琴獨奏只是過份刻意更顯突兀破壞整體。

若Metallica多年前跟舊金山交響樂團合作的《S&M》已覺得畫蛇添足，這晚這環節只會讓你覺得更加無謂。

What everyone looked forward to last weekend was the collaboration of Metallica and Lang Lang, the two giants from their respective world. Sadly the result was not as great as it should be. When the song they did together was Metallica's "One", already you knew who was the main character and who was the sidekick. And really a sidekick Lang was, that his virtuosity contributed nothing to the song, even sounded like the two just played to entertain themselves instead of perform together. And that awkward piano solo ruined the whole flow and feel.

If you thought their previous collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra "S&M" was meaningless enough, then they took one step further this night.

Grammy Awards 'In Memoriam' Snubs Slayer's Jeff Hanneman @Loudwire

http://loudwire.com/grammy-awards-snubs-slayer-jeff-hanneman-in-memoriam-segment/

看完格林美「Metallangca」的失敗演出，不妨再思考這一問題：為何Metallica早被批評越老越自暴自棄，仍然可以不斷被大型音樂節目邀請做嘉賓；相反對音樂發展影響力同樣偉大、同樣身為「Thrash Metal四大」一份子的Slayer，他們現在的演出依舊氣勢凌人，更贏過兩次格林美獎早在此殿堂留名，今屆年度悼念環節中，卻沒有提及過他們在上一年離世、生前幾乎一手定下了death metal規範的結他手Jeff Hanneman？當然，他也不是第一個在重金屬界舉足輕重的偉人，被這個大型頒獎禮如此忽視。

其實這跟甚麼歌唱比賽一樣，到頭來只是一場商業遊戲。音樂頒獎禮關心的從來不是音樂和音樂人，而只是音樂和音樂人的名氣。

After watching the shallow "Metallangca" fiasco, let's think deep: why we still have plenty of chances to see Metallica on stage in numerous events or ceremonies, even they are playing worse and worse year after year? Then look at Slayer, the equally influential heavy metal godfathers, also a member of the "Thrash Metal Big Four". They still give superb live shows just as always, and won two Grammy Awards not too long ago. Sadly in the recent annual memorial session, we were missing a name: Jeff Hanneman, the deceased Slayer guitarist , one of the creators of Death Metal Paradigm. Of course he was not alone. There were a lot more greats from the heavy metal world neglected by this ceremony in the past decade.

Nevermind, it's all just entertainment and games for commercial corporations, folks. All is cared is not about the music nor the musicians, but the fame behind them.

28/1/2014 TUE

唔知係我生得咁健壯定點，居然兩次開刀剝智慧齒都係剝完好似冇剝過，朝早剝完夜晚已經同平常一樣暴飲暴食完全唔使就住，血流半日就停晒止痛藥一粒都未食過，二千五蚊全包一隻又咁好手勢抵到爛啦。點知原來最辛苦果野係拆線。

之前剝右邊，生得淺，所以四個字搞掂話咁快仲冇手尾。左邊隻生得深好近神經線，難度高左要搞一大輪將隻牙爆開幾截拎出黎，仲要過左三四日開始隱隱作痛，好在話咁快又見醫生拆線。

「痛，因為生飛滋囉。」

嘩「生飛滋」呢三個字我都好耐未聽過，雖然我唔熱氣唔油炸唔食，但對上一次生飛滋已經係小學六年級時的事，可能由細到大成日唔係麥記就係雞記，早就練成這點熱氣都唔會生飛滋之體質。

「咪係囉，廿幾年未生過飛滋喇喎！點解會生架？」

「因為上星期剝完智慧齒同你聯針堆線陷晒落肉度，谷下谷下就谷到變左飛滋。嘩，我睇牙睇左咁多年，都未見過有人塊面可以飽滿到生幾日已經食實晒堆線，搞到堆線差少少埋到出唔返黎。」

「．．．挑！兜咁大個圈，都係想話我肥嗟！」

30/1/2014 THU

年三十全世界早收爐，關我叉事咩，其實仲衰，正因人人趕住三四點收工，追單迫生意時候永遠最容易迫死電腦，我就好玩囉八點鐘飛大角咀做左成朝，跟住尖西完尖東再紅磡最後走返去九龍灣，好喇你地收晒爐閃晒喇，我四點幾先有得食晏晝飯。個客仲要撞正新年至新舖開張，而新開張就代表第一個星期肯肯定有問題架啦，跟住初一到初三日日有工開，仲話想去台北睇BabyMetal過新年添，諗都唔使諗啦而家。

更灰係之前隻智慧齒拆完線前面大牙痛痛地以為正常，點知過多日發現原來真係出事，睇怕連左邊隻大牙都瓜鬼左要杜埋牙根，立即打電話去牙醫度問問有乜解救，點知連診所都晨早收爐，大鑊佢收爐我就收皮喇。搞到呢個新年冇假放工照開，仲要連續四日紅假先黎牙痛，想食新年大餐喎食止痛藥啦你。

（不過睇黎又黑唔晒喎，老細講返俾我知，新聞話原來我出面俾人老點走黎走去時，lunch時間有人去左我公司附近間郵局放炸彈。係邊個烈士代我出頭，炸死晒班有得準時食飯又可以早收工的陷家剷）

31/1/2014 FRI

轉左新工，今年冇得再去歐洲嘆返兩個禮拜順便避年喇。理論上都有得避，就係新年前一後一加兩日假，去台北匿返半個禮拜，仲有BabyMetal X 閃靈同我過年初二，點知夜晚臨訓訂晒機票酒店，朝早搭緊車老細就打黎話個客可能要遲開張撞正我上機果日開檔，台北BabyMetal避年團當堂收皮啦，仲新年三日都可以開足工落場睇實個客檔野，變成開住工避年。不過有工開好過冇工開啦，取消機票酒店條數剛剛好一千，逗多三日人工再逗埋利是正好填返，順便儲埋銀根過完年去搵牙醫睇睇年三十佢地收晒爐先黎痛隻大牙．．．即係賺埋賺埋都係財散人安樂冇得落袋。

初時老細話新舖開張冇得走要留係香港睇到實，我反應係「嘩！使唔使呀？」新年流流邊有咁多大陸團黎香港呀，佢地同我一樣咁不孝最鍾意避年咩？點知反而真係新年先多大陸人落黎，一日可以有幾十個團，而趕頭趕命開檔仲要服侍咁多旅行團，第一個禮拜分分鐘大把事出。到而家都唔明，點解可以有咁多大陸人黎香港呢，真係好好玩咩？問問先知原來而家上面好旬，聽講有上海團黎香港，五日四夜$700全包，我當一半時間係迫你買野啦，你企硬唔買野吹咩另外一半仲係抵到仆街，大佬我地自己香港人係香港照樣玩五日四夜，七舊水都唔知得唔得啦。所以香港邊有可能唔淪陷呀。

（而最灰係，而家我都算靠自由行大陸團搵食，唉）

[Kowloon Metal City: Video] Metallica，與其華而不實，
不如簡簡單單出張新live album算罷

http://youtu.be/tbFZO1V5hrE

或者在格林美頒獎禮和郎朗合作的《One》實在太差，很快Metallica已發放只有自己版本的《One》寄望可贏回正評。演出片段來自他們的立體電影《Through the Never》，見到「故事」如此含糊，剪接又帶不出樂隊的氣勢，不如乾脆出一張新的演唱會專輯算罷。

The "Metallangca Fiasco" at the Grammy's Award was probably too bad, Metallica quickly responded by releasing their own "pure" version of "One" in haste to win back our hearts. The clip is taken directly from their 3D movie "Through the Never". Perhaps they should just release another live disc, instead of a movie with unclear story line and bad editing.

1/2/2014 SAT

屋企條街，街頭橫巷巷頭有檔補鞋，細細個搬黎已經係度，好難得廿幾三十年都未執冇俾人趕，一來補鞋呢門手藝居然仲未失傳仲有得做，你知啦我地細個就話買一對黑鞋著到爛左穿左就拎去補，修無可修先唔要嗟，而家代人覺得兩三個月食一次自助餐係基本架嘛，鞋未著舊已經要換啦，仲邊需要補鞋？二來係而家香港政府同業主邊容得下呢種街邊小檔，呢一代應該係最後一代有牌街邊檔，相信要多謝回歸前之香港政府，唔係佢地某程度上通融，邊有可能仲搵到呢種後生做到老、做到病做到死先唔再服務街坊之街邊舖？我住緊條街，街頭係呢檔補鞋，中間後巷係擺塊鏡幾張凳加一疊公仔書再自己駁水駁電就做生意之上海飛髮佬，街尾係兩公婆報紙檔，上海師傅一早收山，報紙檔東主年事已高百病纏身三年前已經收檔，如果連呢檔補鞋個阿伯都唔做，我住緊呢條街就會冇晒兩個見證香港歷史發展之街坊老店。

正因地道香港歷史一點一滴消失，今個新年特別感觸。住新界的朋友體會最深啦，呢幾日大陸人返晒鄉下，交通立即暢順晒，條街當堂闊落晒，似返蝗禍前之香港。新年幾日放工返到屋企果頭，落車一路行，搵得到一個箱仔加張凳仔就街邊開檔之龍鬚糖、糖蔥餅小販，所以好開心，而家有時冬天落街見到有人推車賣炒粟子燴蕃薯，可以過去三四十蚊買返屋企慢慢嘆，已經非常開心，仲要真係好有緣先撞得到，而呢個農曆新年幾晚見到屋企呢頭街邊有人擺檔賣小食光景，已經好耐未見過－「好耐」，係講緊兩個半一串十粒魚蛋、四個半一碗碗仔翅，個阿叔可以抬住大大樽石油氣燒住大大鑊滾油整鍋同蔥油餅炸油炸鬼臭豆腐年代。簡單黎講，係九七之前。

人人過台灣總會見識夜市，有幾多人過台灣會唔夜晚出去掃街？香港同台灣咁相似，又唔係冇地方冇文化，一模一樣搞返個夜市，對民生對旅遊業都只會利多於害，而且其實十幾二十年前我地細個時，香港地好多地方已經有由小販同食檔聚集而成之夜市啦，而且做得有聲有色有特色添。噉點解而家唔搞呢？算啦，問准李嘉誠同領匯唔使你交租未呀？九七之後政府慢慢取締小販牌，以前可以靠一個牌一架車搵到食養全家果班死一個少一個，背後原因，你明啦。同埋，新年流流政府先迫你講粗口，話原來各位地道香港人由細講到大的廣東話，並唔算係香港語言。家都不是香港啦，仲搞夜市？

2/2/2014 SUN

邊個敢係買晒機票訂晒酒店都要撻訂，年初三朝早八點幾就要出到個客個場開工的我面前提起

「喂今晚Babymetal去台北同閃靈一齊玩喎！」

我就祝佢今生今世陷家富貴。屌無赦。

無驚無險個場冇事發生夠鐘即閃（我講過！唔好再係我面前提「而家呢個鐘數，BabyMetal同閃靈係台北表演緊喎！」）。去食個雞記先返歸，好耐未試過旺角搭車返屋企，今日先達門口搭一轉至知道，而家個政府有一樣野永遠非常有效率，就係擾民。

有冇睇過近來電視成日播果個交通路線重組廣告？冇睇過唔緊要，簡單黎講，個廣告話（亦即係政府話）方法就係減少巴士、巴士站同巴士線，踢晒大家去搭地鐵。點解馬路少左巴士，交通就自會有改善呢？搭地鐵的話，我當你唔會又係成日無端端出事跟住拍個「唔好意思囉」廣告就當冇事發生，真係次次準時日日唔會死火停電乜乜乜，但係，我住九龍城喎，冇地鐵搭喎，到頭來都係要轉車搭巴士先返到屋企喎。近幾個月發現平時搭開幾條巴士線慢慢消失，好似今日唔搭一次都唔知四條線唔見左一條，算好架喇九龍城出美孚兩條線縮到得返一條，試過走左班車等足半個鐘先上到跟住果班。莫非噉樣反而係方便左？

要噉做，除左因為巴士公司政府冇份，而地鐵老細係香港政府自己之外，我睇唔透。

3/2/2014 MON

去到最後一日紅日年初四，終於有新年假放喇－其實老細話鍾意的話我咪照落場坐照claim OT囉，不過算啦俾自己放返日假啦，同我知道事呢家野呢就一定會出。調左去跟其他客，好耐未去過屋企附近個場喇，反正都係行兩個字，晏晝食飯見無聊就順便過去探探人，同拜返個晏年（這才是重點）。呢個場有樣好，其他場兩三日唔埋總會出事call你搞搞佢，反而呢度咁多個月電腦都未出過問題，直到今日，逗完利是返到屋企，剛剛換完衫立即收到電話，部機出事急call幫拖。都唔知係呃利是有天譴，定我真係黑仔到去到邊就死到邊。

咁急call以為好大件事，點知要整返原來好簡單，開過部機就搞掂，結果行過去兩個字，reboot部機半個字，返返屋企兩個字，夾埋半個鐘都冇，都唔知問唔問老細claim OT好。

http://youtu.be/97XcTEWZOf8

上年2013新年，亞視重播1989年煙花匯演。今年2014新年，到重播1990年煙花。照噉計，假設亞視唔會執柒左，我地到2038年，先可以係亞視睇到今年的煙花。

4/2/2014 TUE

[Kowloon Metal City: Video]
世上不可能再有比這更metal的法律顧問廣告

http://youtu.be/jr2gdPY-88w

一個以替罪犯出頭發財的律師，某日自己的弟弟被殺害，從而洗心革面重投正道。猶如蝙蝠俠一般的劇情卻是鐵一般的事實，這兩分鐘長自傳式廣告很noir很Max Payne跟連續劇／電影預告片無異，以一首重金屬做插曲更將整件事再度昇華，更霸氣在這廣告短片是重金投資放在可能全年最貴的超級碗廣告時段播出。

謝偉俊幾時拍返個？

If you watched this year's Super Bowl, you know who you gonna call when you need a attorney. No this is not a trailer for an upcoming vengeance series or action movie. This whole Max Payne-esque noir awesomeness is just a commercial for this a attorney, who made his fortune by defending criminals and villains, returned to the light side after his brother was killed. What's more? He added a heavy metal song as soundtrack for this epic commercial. Made it even epicer.

5/2/2014 WED

睇J2七點半檔，就睇得出大陸劇同台灣劇差距有幾大。終於知道上一輪播果套叫《愛的蜜方》，初時以為台劇，因為畫面拍到有幾靚得靚加同樣婆媽到爆炸，到見到簡體字先知咩地方出產，但劇情以婆媽劇黎講都好廢，老母有睇所以望過幾集，不離男女主角行埋一齊，幾集之後硬係有事分開，再過幾集又行返埋，然後大病絕症乜乜乜，同埋衰人一係會變返好仲要成班好人肯原諒佢接納佢圓過大團圓，唔變好就天網恢恢繩之於法，咁政治正確仲係粵語長片年代咩而家，柒到乜柒垃圾都睇的我老母都頂唔順，追到咁上下睇返《愛．回家》算。

而家新播套《幸福選擇題》終於好睇返，台灣出到國黎到香港級數就係唔同，都係老土失憶橋段都係婆媽，但就係唔會咁惡頂咁悶，真係唔知點解大家拍同一樣野，大陸永遠擺脫唔到一份娘味土味。同最重要係，台妹真係好正嘛，我認好多時我唔睇都會留意台劇，囡囡一個原因已經大晒，《幸福選擇題》王心凌真係嗚呀～睇返套《愛的蜜方》，大陸拍但要搵個韓星做女主角，就係佢地自己都明白大陸妹呢樣野，無論點包裝，始終都係娘囉。

所以最無敵果套台劇，係《兩個爸爸》。你要睇戲，演員真係識做戲；要笑，對白同笑位度得好，我唔多鍾意睇細路，都覺得入面班細路做戲好正好笑；要劇情，唔係一味講媾仔媾女，婆媽得黎好多角色同支線帶到戲味出黎，難怪可以拍幾十集睇足年幾；最重要當然係女啦，一個周曉涵已經嗚呀～想知有幾無敵？我老母而家夜晚電視睇緊《幸福選擇題》時，會同時拎住部iPad睇返《兩個爸爸》，而且應該係第三次翻睇。搞到我都想睇埋一份。

（between，而家無記八點半果套，香港劇主題曲居然唱國語我都算，嘩條女仲有冇可能可以唱得仲難聽過而家呢）

6/2/2014 THU

[Kowloon Metal City: Video] 為了賺（更多）美金，你可以去到幾盡？

http://youtu.be/duIaFMZL22I

為了賺（更多）美金，你可以去到幾盡？荷蘭交響金屬樂隊Within Temptation早就為進入美國市場，將自己由歐洲一線gothic metal樂隊降格為Evanescence複製品，相信覺得還是賺得不夠多，新專輯《Hydra》曲風依舊難說gothic稱alternative metal更恰當，四位客串歌手中居然有三位來自美國樂隊，號稱「網羅不同歌唱風格」，實則經過充份計算，三人三種出身，得以瞄準所有潛在市場一網打盡，所以會出現美國hip-hop歌手Xzibit出現在歐洲「gothic metal」樂隊歌曲中的異相，正式成為Evanescence第二了。記得德國「pop death metal」Deadlock已有試過美rap加歐金惹來全面劣評，當有前車可鑑的時候仍義無反顧，相信WT早就不再關心舊歌迷的感受了。Go west才是王道。

（雖然除了《And We Run》這首不妥，《Hydra》其實不太差，已是她們這十幾年來最好的專輯了．．．）

How far will you go for earning as much US dollars as you can? The Dutch "once-gothic-now-alternative" symphonic metal band Within Temptation had earned their fame in the States long ago, by degrading themselves from a top-class European gothic metal act to an Evanescence clone. Surely nobody hates some more bucks, so in their newest release "Hydra" three out of four of the guest vocalist are from US bands with different styles/backgrounds. "For diversity", they claimed. But more obvious a very clever marketing scheme to target all new potential markets at once. So here we have this "innovative" collaboration between an European symphonic metal and an US rapper. In fact we had Deadlock, a German "pop death metal" band, did something alike years back, which received overwhelmingly bad comments. Looks like somebody here do not learn the lesson. But who cares, just go west like Pet Shop Boys sings, where all the money is.

(Despite this hideous attempt to mix US rap with EU metal (and failed), "Hydra" actually is already their best effort in a decade...)

7/2/2014 FRI

[Kowloon Metal City: Fun Fact]
繼大阪Slayer咖哩屋，各位Slayer fans又多了一個朝聖景點

Traffic Circle In Poland Named After
Late SLAYER Guitarist JEFF HANNEMAN@Blabbermouth

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/traffic-circle-in-poland-named-after-
late-slayer-guitarist-jeff-hanneman/

借問金屬天堂何處去？潮童左手指北歐，右手指東歐。在波蘭這帶給我們Vader和Behemoth的保守小國，一家設計公司投得了一個汽車迴旋處的冠名權，結果在2014年，這條馬路多了一個circle pit，向上年離世的Slayer結他手致敬的Jeff Hanneman's Circle Pit。

今年多了一個到東歐旅行的理由。

We all know Scandinavia is the Heavy Metal Heaven on earth. If it's too far or costly for you to go, Eastern Europe is another eden for metalhead. And it just turns better: a design company outbids others the rights to endow a traffic circle for a year in Poland, the conservative country that gives us Vader and Behemoth. They then take this chance to honour the legendary guitar from Slayer that passed away last year, and baptise this circle Jeff Hanneman's Circle Pit.

Sounds like one more reason to plan a trip to Eastern Europe this year.

8/2/2014 SAT

跟緊個客新年係大角咀開左新場，我就梗係開心啦，呢頭多野食又好食又唔算貴嘛，而家去左其他區返工，野食少左好多選擇之餘話咁易四十蚊先食到一餐，所以呢幾個星期可以重臨舊地，每日放lunch寧舍愉快。

雖然舊區舊樓都慢慢變成一幢幢豪宅，暫時都仲有唔少平靚正野食，好似發現到有間日式咖哩飯，賣晒廣告話「講一句唔該平五蚊」，立即入去坐低「唔該唔該唔該唔該唔該唔該唔該咖哩豬扒飯唔該」，食到飽仲有得加多杯凍華田，食完唔使俾錢仲找左幾蚊俾我當利是傍身添。

[Kowloon Metal City: Fun Fact]
香港black metal樂隊Aum首張EP《Of Pestilence》
登上英國網站The Heavy Metal Saloon

Aum: Of Pestilence@The Heavy Metal Saloon

http://baileysmmcreamy.blogspot.hk/2014/02/aum-of-pestilence.html

不知多少人還記得四年前有一支發過一張同名EP的thrash metal樂隊Aortic Regurgitation，EP甫推出樂隊即解散，或說改組，以Aum之名改走black metal路線繼續上路，而Aum的首張EP《Of Pestilence》，近日獲英國網站The Heavy Metal Saloon評論。

between，仍不知道誰是Aortic Regurgitation，可參考此精讀：

《淺談香港二人thrash metal樂隊Aortic Regurgitation首張同名EP》

http://lausirisual.blogspot.hk/2010/10/kowloon-metal-city-review-female.html

Aum, a black side project by members of Hong Kong thrash metal band Aortic Regurgitation, just got their debut EP "Of Pestilence" reviewed on the UK metal blog The Heavy Metal Saloon.

In case you missed the great Aortic Regurgitation, here a review of their only EP "Aortic Regurgitation" (but in Chinese only):

[Kowloon Metal City: Review] Female-Fronted Hong Kong
Thrash Metal Duo's Debut EP "Aortic Regurgitation" (2010)

http://lausirisual.blogspot.hk/2010/10/kowloon-metal-city-review-female.html

9/2/2014 SUN

做IT有樣好，就係可以衝出香港，好似我公司有個客係日本開舖，近排個系統有事，琴日同佢傾左大半日電話（係，做IT有樣唔好，就係點止on call 36小時，根本每個禮拜都係返足七日工每日廿四個鐘），晏晝傾傾下突然間成間公司尖叫，

「下雪了！」

但又唔係冇機會，聽老細講個客諗住日本果邊擴充，真係搞得成，可能要搵個人飛去日本駐場一年。當我第一次知道有機會去東京返工的時候，其實我是拒絕的！因為我覺得，

「老細，今年Summer Sonic lineup唔多掂喎，Loud Park又唔知點噉．．．」