What's in a name?! A mega-important cool factor, that's what!

While it's cool and all to bring down a slew of international artistes and slap and roll together a weekend music festival.....can't you at least make it sound more innovative than calling it "sing(f*ckin)fest?! especially since you're gonna make it annual now...

big day out - splender in the grass - all tomorrow's parties - loollapalooza - now thossse, even though I may not know shit about the festivals or who's playing, sounds like something I'd wanna tell people that I've gone to!

Compare the following:

"I had an awesome weekend at Big Day Out man, it was the shit!"

"I had an awesome weekend at Singfest man, it was the shit!"

now which is "madness!!" and which is "meh"?

I'm gonna come up with a list of alternative names for this festival...watch this space..

Anyway. This year's lineup sounds like an improvement (if you consider Rick Astley a knockout punch better than Cyndi Lauper). Hahahah...rick who? what??

Other than that slight flatline on the heart rate monitor - you can keep your heart pumping for:

- LostProphets
- Jason Mraz
- Alicia Keys
- Travis
- Panic At The Disco
- New Found Glory
- Melee

...and more

Singfest 2008
August 2 & 3
Fort Canning Park

Check out deets and the rest of the lineup on the webpage: http://www.singfest.sg/

this will possess your heart.

Fellow xin jia po-ans - hold on to your seats! They're coming to town!!!

I'm talking bout lyrical genius Ben Gibbard and company - Death Cab For Cutie.

Live in Singapore, August 12 @ The Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets on sale June 27 onwards from Sistic.

Thank you Greenhorn Productions. Never thought I'd see the day. So it's not ridiculous for me to hope that Connor Oberst and gang would one day come to our oh-so-hip tiny lil island huh.

*squeals*

As Bryan Adams would sing.............. thought. I'd. died. and. gone to hair-eh-vern....


See yall there. Front row (hopefully)...that's me.