Al (A.K.A. Ho Ya San) - ProfilesArchive

About Me

drunk. and vegetarian.
i am really passionate about music and find it amusing the effect it can have on you. I love playing bass and love the rhythm section in general. I'm currently in two bands, hope you have time to check us out, here are the links on myspace Hard Candy (all girl experimental punk/post-punk stuff) and Luke Chow band (indie pop-rock whatever).
I co-run Bombed Out Records , the DIY, not for profit record label me and my best mate Stevie J formed in 1998 (or checkout myspace here )
. Please check out and support our bands this label is purely run from our back pocket because we love these bands and really believe in what they are doing. There are loads of mp3s on the site and also there is probably a tune playing right now that you can hear (see below)...I'm also loving taking Cantonese lessons, if you can speak Cantonese, pls help me practise! Loving living in and learning more about this super amazing place known as HONG KONG.
Without intending to sound like a complete arse, if you don't know me, pls respect this request - pls send me a message - i *love* meeting new people but i don't click "accept" to random friends requests. (gets me into trouble when i don't register that it's a mate's new band, oops - forgive me!!)
OUT NOW ON BOMBEDOUT RECORDS:
Kelly 8 - "The Competition" - taken from "The Setup" on Bombed Out Records . Right click on the video and hit 'Zoom .. Full Screen' if you like. Fwor - that Pia, she's a right fitty!
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remainderfour - "Tether" - Taken from "On With the Experiment" CD out now on Bombed Out Records

My Interests

music. record label. playing bass. FRIENDS they are probably the single most important thing to me in my life (definitely do *not* mean the TV series, hate that). reading. cooking. drinking. knee sliding. messing about. having a laugh. did i mention drinking. actually i don't drink much these days, turned into a right lightweight.

I'd like to meet:

anyone *genuine*, and down to earth. people with tattoos. jamie oliver (guys who can cook - hello sailor!). people who bring a smile to me face.

people who share a similar passion for music - particularly the rhythm section!, or people sharing an irrational fear of flying and dogs (not necessarily at the same time, that would be insane).

Music:

well... this is a tough one. i'm into allsorts of stuff from indie rock / pop punk / 70s punk (Citizen Fish oh yeah! actually i think they're late 80's) / hardcore / (some) metal / post rock stuff. here are a few off the top of my head... mew, the take, jets vs sharks , mono, moby, iron maiden, beethoven, sedaced, remainderfour , sigur ros, Queen, the jesus years , chillerton, shepherds the weak , King ly chee , milloy , all the bombed out bands plus dauntless elite, keithy burton , nathaniel green , pylon , million dead , bedford falls , jimmy eat world, sensefield, texas is the reason, get up kids (early stuff a la 4 minute mile / something to write home about), (early) promise ring, at the drive in, Quagmire, hardpack , the little explorer , spy vs. spy, this ain't vegas , blocko , hooton 3 car, chopper, faith no more, foo fighters. i get way too excited about music. particularly when pissed.

Movies:

anything with girls fighting like kill bill, mr & mrs smith, charlies angels, the matrix, tomb raider, rarara. on a more serious note, i loved La Haine, Old Boy, Arlington Road, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, Apocolypse Now, Osama, Inside I'm Dancing (brilliant low budget film that has made a lot of headway in the trying to remove the stigma historically associated with people with disabilities - rent it if you can get hold of it), things in those sorts of veins...

Television:

there is very little less mind numbing than television. unless it's alan partridge or spaced or phoenix nights or little britain or 24 or... actually i just surprised myself at how long that list is. don't really consider myself a tv person.

Books:

prefer non fiction to fiction, but it's a bit boring if i start banging on about it. i tend to read books about modern wars. Biohazard by Ken Alibek is my favourite - about fucked up biological and chemical warfare during the cold war - written in '99 which is scary as there's far worse shit that's gone on since then, and is doing today. fiction wise, i really liked la peste and l'etranger, both by albert camus, oh and all of tony parson's books like man and boy. yes. i did warn you... i'm going to shut up now.

Heroes:

Steve Harris.

My Blog

An Inconvenient Truth

Please watch this film - An Inconvenient Truth...! I saw it last night and think it was very enlightening and at the same time really shocking. Just seeing the pictures of the snow caps of...
Posted by Al (A.K.A. Ho Ya San) on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:24:00 PST

Poisoned..........

Ugh i am so ill right now. for the last two days i've had food poisoning it has not been pretty. my flat smells of yak and i have barely been able to move. definitely on th...
Posted by Al (A.K.A. Ho Ya San) on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:42:00 PST

Cambodia

WOW. Cambodia was amazing. I travelled there via Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam and then later on met up with an old friend of mine from university, Ros, and her boyfriend Rich who are curren...
Posted by Al (A.K.A. Ho Ya San) on Sat, 01 Oct 2005 09:43:00 PST

Singapore here I come!

Off to Singa's on Friday night, just for the weekend (just cos i can haha!). Back Sunday night. Yeeeehah! (although i hate flying, especially when I have noone's arm to squeeze haha!) ...
Posted by Al (A.K.A. Ho Ya San) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

sister visit

my sister came for a week with her boyfriend. she's gone home now :( bit blurred less blurred sister and her boyfriend. gob all mighty... ...
Posted by Al (A.K.A. Ho Ya San) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Vietnam here I come!!!!

Off to Vietnam tonight for the weekend. Monday is a bank holiday too as it's Buddha's birthday. Cu Chi war tunnels and American war crimes museum here I come, yeeeehah!
Posted by Al (A.K.A. Ho Ya San) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

photies from Hong Kong Phoey

Me at the Clearwater Bay beach, yeeehah! Me n Dad at Stanley Markets on their recent trip to see me. The awesome Buddha at the Po Lin Monastery in Lantau Po Lin Monastery again My new found friend...
Posted by Al (A.K.A. Ho Ya San) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST