So there it was - New Kids on the Block's much anticipated comeback single, Summertime.

To be honest, I was shocked. I don't know what I can expect from a former boyband, but I suppose it wasn't too much to hope for a sophisticated and mature comeback. I mean, we're all grown ups now. They should've had grown out of this kind of music a long time ago! I know I did, and I'm much younger than all the members.

Who are they trying to market their music to? Their old fans, which are all my age, would…

Blimey.

Imagine having the most 'uncool' boyfriend in your preteen years. It was fun, but you cringe when you think about him now. You think that he belongs to the past and you can safely 'forget' that it ever happened. Sure, you'd sometimes think back affectionately about those moments of youth folly, but you know that you wouldn't mention anything about him to your current more mature, more sensible social circle.

And, while you're with this mature social circle, there he is bumping into you, and you can't help but say hi amongst the outburst of nostalgia. And probably exchange…

I've lost touch with music for a good few weeks. That sounds so weird, and I didn't even realise it until about 2 minutes ago, when I decided to write this journal.

Oh, I still listen to music, and I still felt that every minute that went by without music is a minute wasted. The silence bothered me, still. Yet - something was amiss. I wasn't into what I was listening to, my emotions weren't there. I spaced out. The music became elevator music that superficially blew through my ears.

It's when Don't Look Back into the Sun came on…

Where is Kortedala? Gothenburg, Sweden, you say? Anywhere it is, if it's anything like Jens Lekman's new album Night Falls Over Kortedala, I want to go there. RIGHT NOW.

The album is heavily nostalgic, with strings and samples all through it. Remember the when it was all sweet and simple? Errr, well, perhaps if you're older than me. Admittedly I wasn't born yet at the time music was this sweet, and my childhood memories involve more drum machines and synthesizers than lush string arrangements. But it still takes me back to simpler days somehow.

Overall it's an album…

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…with the one you love.

Yeah, it's nothing new, perhaps even cheesy for some. But if you're in love, it's a brand new sensation everytime, and these kinds of words never get old. Sometimes, love does put on a pair of lavender shades before our eyes. Other times, I even think love is a kind of mental illness. It has its own set of reality, or perhaps its own world, which might seem insane in the eyes of people who don't believe in it. This perhaps would be most evident in Somebody, do Google up the lyrics to see…

I don't like summer holidays for an array of reasons. First of all, I miss my students. I guess I've put so much attention on them to compensate for the emptiness of my life. Second, it takes time to get used to practically have all those time for myself - and, when I'm comfortably used to the luxury, suddenly holiday time is over.

Few first days of holidays…
Me: "Oh, no. What day is this? Oh wait… it's the holidays. But isn't there anything I should finish?" . "But… it's only noon… what am I going to do today then?"…

Take the 50 top artists in your musical profile, and create a cloud of the similar artists that are not in your top 50. The result is a collection of highly recommended artists for your personal profile. You can generate your own cloud (in BBCode) at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php

My recommendations are Arctic Monkeys Beck Bloc Party Bob Dylan Bright Eyes Coldplay David Bowie Death Cab for Cutie Eels Foo Fighters Franz Ferdinand Gorillaz Green Day Interpol Jack Johnson Jeff Buckley Jet Led Zeppelin Modest Mouse Nirvana Oasis Pink Floyd Pixies Queen R.E.M. Red Hot Chili Peppers Sigur Rós Simon & Garfunkel…

Fri 11 May – NOUVELLE VAGUE LIVE IN JAKARTA

By day, I was dancing around with a bunch of kindergarteners to the tune of nursery rhymes. A few hours later after the sun went down, I was standing with a bottle of vodka in my hand and shouting along to Too Drunk to Fuck. It's just bizarre when the thought struck me.

Due to traffic jam, I was almost late arriving at the venue. My friends were already waiting, so we went straight in. I was initially shocked at realising how out of place my outfit was: a high…

For years, all I knew of the song was this part:

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy, when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

I didn't know that the rest of the song was actually about LOSING that sunshine. So I like to sing that part above to a sweet little boy that brightens my days, and that song reminds me of him… although it's all meant in happy emotions!