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Rain is coming. I love the smell. Maybe it was from west coast. I heard over the radio that a storm hit there at noon just now.

I was watching some movie trailers on youtube yesterday, right. And then I got bored so I wander off to the related clips and watch this bunch of clips on screen tests by the New York Times. It’s like these number of artists are to respond to a few similar—almost similar—questions. I don’t call that interview.

And one of the questions was *more or less*: what are the 5 non-musical sounds that you are fond of? I caught one of them repeating the question—that’s how I know that. I don’t really mind reviewing over their responds because this is a blog about me and I am by the way just as narcissistic as they are. You too. *smirk*

So the five non-musical sounds that I fond of:

1. The sound of heartbeat
2. The sound of the machines that are still alive in the middle of the night while everyone’s asleep. Like the refrigerator, though Thom seems to dislikes this; judging from his expression while describing the music in the radio are just like the buzzing of the machines. (source: meeting people is easy; correct me if I am wrong)
3. The sound of the raindrops hitting any kind of surfaces, especially rooftops; like the sound I am hearing now. The rain is here already.
4. The familiar sound of particular people’s existence around me. Such as familiar footsteps. The sound of mom’s keys when she put them on her desk every time she comes home from the market. The sound of my phone vibrating.
5. Maybe number 4 covered too many already.

And so, while I was thinking about sound, I remember Amon Tobin’s Foley room. He (and many musicians/artists like him) collected so many raw sounds and made them into music for that album. So I guess, it is not fair that I call those sounds as non-musical because every sound can be made into music right? Please, please listen to Big Furry Head on really good headphones. Even Zila was astonished. Hekhek



Then I feel like I want more big beat and weird music. So I remember M.I.A.—the song Thom played in that thumbsdown webcast—Pull Up the People.



He even said her first record (Arular) was a bit of his influence. I know I’m a bit late to just only search for her now. Paper Planes sure hit many people already. But anyway, I try to search that, failed (not much of Mia’s torrents in my usual torrent sites) search for the second one. Kala. Ahhh..yes…and downloaded. And of course—it is after all a great record. I straight away fall for XR2. Weee. Wish someone can provide me with Arular.

So, just for the sake of having a point--the point of my pointless story is every sound can be music but our lives are not musicals.