Monday, May 26, 2008

small SHOW at PELITA HATI


DEP will be performing here to support a solo art exhibition by Asmawi Ismail.
It will be on 7th June 2008 (Saturday) at 8pm. See you there!




Monday, May 19, 2008

HAMPEH! - IS THE WORD...

About a week ago I received this text message from my wife.

"*arim cakap DEP masuk dalam *ampur *hart, f*y.fm..."

I replied, "Biar betol? Macamane pulak?"

She replied, "Tu la, siap ade interview lagi..."

What the fuck?...

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OK. There's nothing wrong about getting into a chart for radio, TV or whatever. But the problem is... DEP had never in anyway make contact with radio/TV/whatever, hoping for some promotions for the band of some sort. Let alone getting into any charts. So, it's kinda shocking to receive such info that the band appeared on some national radio. How? Don't ask me.

Another text message ensues, "*arim kate ade repeat tomorrow night." Sent by my wife.

"Okay let's check it out". I only replied her verbally, cuz I got no more credit. Cheapskate? Yeah.

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On that very day, late afternoon. I sent text messages to Panther and Tojeng.

"Pukul 12 malam ni dengar f*y.fm, ade DEP. Aku pon tak tau macamane boleh terlepas, dengar je la."

They replied...
1) "Alamak. Ni dah langgar pantang ni...."
2) " Wei... kene sue ni..."


Hmm. I don't know what's the rationale from these two remarks...
Are we too "punk" to be in the chart? Will we be nailed to the cross should we even have the tiniest intention to be in one???

Hmmm....
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At 12 midnight, my wife and I listen to the show and waiting in anticipation. How, what, who... all those questions were playing in my mind... and suddenly the DJ announced...

"OK, so we're gonna have a guest in the studio, *ames Baum (or sumthing) and he's going to talk about the latest release which is "THE EP"...

Chehhhhhhh! It's The EP and NOT DEP. Wasted!!!

WASTED!!!!!!!

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Moral of the story:-

1) Check out the source of info received before conveying such info to others.

2) If you already know that your band is not "radio-friendly" then just forget about it!!!


p/s: Tojeng text me, " Ni bukan DEP la boh" ...
i replied, " Jangan kabo mu, aku pon kene getoh ni..."

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

GOLDEN RETRIEVAL 2

Just got this from Nizang. Our interview with Mosh zine..looong time ago. The year was 2002, so 6 years back. Click to enlarge the image.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

UPDATE - OBLIGASI...GERGASI...DAN AIR LIUR BASI

1) Obligasi
Sedikit sebanyak perihal penjualan cd... sangat lembab sebab aku tak dapat nak keluar ke show atau kedai/distro/rumah yang berkenaan untuk tujuan pemasaran. Jadi di sini, kami menyeru pihak yang berminat untuk menjadi pengedar cd DEP, untuk menghubungi kami di ruangan maklumbalas ataupun di email yang beralamat: dullentertainmentprogramme@gmail.com

T-shirt pun masih ada beberapa helai lagi. Ingat! Limited Edition, lagi 20 tahun jadi collectors item. Boleh kasi bid kat e-Bay. Mana tahu kot-kot boleh dapat $20,000. Takpun $2.00 je... teehee.... Jadi jangan tunggu lama-lama, hubungi kami segera...

2) Gergasi
Ni cerita dah basi. Tapi nak bagitau jugak. Gig yang sepatutnya diadakan di Annexe pada 1 MAY 08 telah dibatalkan di atas sebab-sebab yang tak dapat dielakkan (ya ke?). Jadi gergasi crossover Malaysia yang sekian lama aku dambakan untuk melihat mereka beraksi... nampaknya tidak dapat meneruskan cita-cita bagi menghuru-harakan keadaan. Terpaksa tunggu. Walaubagaimanapun, sesiapa yang berminat untuk menyenaraikan mereka dalam show yang akan datang sila hubungi abang yang hensem ni.

3) Air liur basi
Aku nak tido. Go figure!