Faerie Tales

This is as much as the man's vacation as it is mine. I got to chill out in Seoul and did some shopping. In Tokyo, I had better not even ...

We shamelessly turned up at K’s, whose usual crazy traveling schedule has grounded to a halt for now, because COVID-19. He invited us to...

Potluck is always such a good idea for gatherings. Less stress for the host and guests feel slightly less 'pai-seh' for crashin...

I'll never be in a band. Don't have what it takes to play nice with other people and remember everyone's parts or my parts with...

The only time I play the guitar in earnest is during the Seventh and Eighth months in the Chinese lunar calendar. These are months when ...

I've no professional qualifications to critique this photo. What I can tell you, is the emotions this shot stirred within. I love this...

Picked up a bottle of whisky at DFS. The nose drew me in. It held spicy notes characteristic of Talisker . Upon tasting, there's th...

With all his indie cred, obviously the man doesn't know a single sappy song on the guitars. Well, if given a proper tab, he'd be ab...

The close friends read the man's mind and got him a beautiful PRS SE Custom Semi-Hollow . Had awesome makan and drinks with the friend...

We had to run away from the Mamma Mia movie and Celine Dion concert playing on the plasma in the living room. Hid away for some indie roc...

Late on a weary Monday evening, we dragged our tired selves over to The White Rabbit for the Jens Lekman 's stripped -down gig.  Becau...

We didn't have the fun of making a summer pasta to take to the Death Cab For Cutie gig the way the friends did at Merriweather in Jun...

Came home this huge box leaning against the door. It was addressed to the man. Rolled my eyes. What else could it be? The man's mad ...

The birthday boy wasn't all that surprised. He already discovered his present earlier. And he didn't seem shocked at the surprise p...

A dear friend's birthday is coming up in two months. We want to surprise him with a gift that he really wants. We're quietly roundi...

One evening, it was nice to hear the man not practising licks, scales and progression chords.  For a change, he was holed up in the music r...

At a formal work lunch, in the middle of a most polite conversation with a work visitor, he suddenly asked me where he could buy an electri...

I clicked on this video over at DK's . This is the first time I'm listening to it proper. I think I'm a bit slow. But this song...

The man's 1974 Fender Telecaster Deluxe has arrived. This is a real vintage man. Not a re-issue. Its previous owner is a friend (he...

I just have to gush about Nels Cline 's solo in Impossible Germany . He is simply amazing. I know that he's good. He's got grea...