I'll be on vacation for two weeks, maybe I will
have the chance to update, but I'm not sure. So this site might be off for two
weeks.
||New Layout/Updates||06|03|06||
Hi guys, I made a new layout as you can see,
it's the spring feeling,lol. Hope you like it. On
this site you can see the past layouts. I also
chosen site of the month and picture of the month (there are the past 2 site of
the month as well and piture). Click here to see the preview site of he month.
The new site of the month is JennyLopez.net the best Jennifer Lopez fansite I've
ever seen. Here
you can see the past sites of the month. If you want to be fan of the month,
just email me, why you are Mike Shinoda Fan :) zinahms4@yahoo.com
||Fort Minor nominated for MTV Asia Award||02|03|06||
Fort Minor has been nominated for 2006 MTV Asia Award for Favourite Breakthrough Artist, they are up against James Blunt, Simon Webb, Pussycat Dolls and My Chemical Romance. Pussycat Dolls is currently leading, Click here to vote for Fort Minor, you have to register in order to vote, it's free. The show will be held at Siam Paragon, Thailand on May 6, read press release here You have time until the 11th of April 2006. You can vote after every 5 minutes, so keep on voting!.
||Feels
like home||27|02|06||
Here is
an interview with Mike from the Feb 15th - 18th issue of Galaxie magazine
(Malaysia) taken from LPTimes.com
Mike Sinoda from Fort Minor, collects dolls.
This time he has a new collection, the Gwan Gon doll from Pili, a Taiwanese
drama which is now a hit in the States. Even though Mike hasn't seen it before,
he showed great interest in writing a hip-hop song for Pili.
Writing songs, collecting dolls, Mike, an art college graduate is also good
at drawing. Besides designing concept arts for both Linkin Park and Fort Minor,
Mike said that being able to draw is always an advantage when hanging out with
girls, that's how he won his wife's heart. She doesn't need flowers, "because I
will draw for her and she loves them" says Mike.
After the concert last night, Fort Minor went to the pub to celebrate
Beatdown's birthday, they went back to hotel to have another party. Mike has
also fell in love with a Taiwanese snack, spicy fishy peanuts, and Taiwan beer.
And when we asked him about singing 'Where'd You Go' with Elva Shao, Mike said
he was very excited about this collaboration, and decides that he will do the
same thing in every other countries from now on, finding great local female
singer to perform the song with them.
Fort Minor only stayed 2 days this time, so they all got up early yesterday
morning to have autograph session with their fans. 80 lucky fans had their
autographs and hugs. Speaking of signing autographs, Mike said once he was asked
to sign on a disgusting boxer short and the other members were asked to sign on
a little baby's forehead, butt, and breasts, and the facts shocked the fans
yesterday.
||Fort Minor autograph session in Taipei||26|02|06||
Mike and Fort Minor will arrive in Taipei, Taiwan tomorrow morning at 9 am, according to the local newspaper. Fort Minor's concert with 50 Cent at the Taipei soccer stadium will start at 7:30 pm tomorrow. According to Warner Music Taiwan, Fort Minor will have an autograph session at the Eslite Bookstore on February 25 at 9 am, maybe later. Thanks LPTimes.com
||Mike interview & FM Fillmore concert review
||26|02|06||
The Daily Telegraph has an interview with Mike and Mercury News has a review of Fort Minor's concert at the Fillmore on Tuesday.
"I don't know about you, but when I listen to Linkin Park records I hear it being very serious," Shinoda says. "When I listen to the Fort Minor record, there are times when it is very serious, but there are times when it's totally messing around too."
His next challenge? Remembering how to compromise when Linkin Park reunite for an album, expected before the end of this year. "We already started writing a little and I'm happy to say I'm OK with leaving the ego at the door," Shinoda says. "I don't think any of us were worried about anybody getting a big head and acting like an idiot,'cos the music is the most important thing in what we do."
Full Interview.
||Mike Shinoda's personal freedom
||24|02|06||
An interview with Mike from Mercury News where he talks about what else,
Fort Minor. The band perform at the Filmore in San Francisco tonight.
The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles honored him earlier this
month at its annual dinner, though Shinoda couldn't make it because of his tour.
His parents and wife, however, went on his behalf. "I think it's very
appropriate for today's times,'' Shinoda says. "In World War II, we had a
situation where the government profiled a group of people and punished them for
things they did not do. In the '90s, the government apologized publicly, and in
doing so it was clear to everybody on both sides of that issue that it was the
wrong thing to do. . . .
"So why do we keep messing up and leaning toward that profiling every once in
a while? If everyone agrees that it's wrong, why do we keep making those
mistakes? Maybe these little stories need to keep coming up, reminding people
that we already screwed that up before, and we shouldn't do it
again.''Unfortunately, Shinoda does not play "Kenji'' live, saying he doesn't
want to interject "a downer'' during what should be a fun party. --
Full interview, you can also listen to the interview
here
||HAPPY VALENTINES DAY||14|02|06||
Hope that everybody is having a nice romantic valentines day. Enjoy ;)
||Where'd You Go Video||13|02|06||
On Holly Brook's MySpace Blog, she posted that last week they shot the video for the next US single, "Where'd You Go". Teenpeople.com covered the story and will have footage from the video shoot on their website soon.
||Exclusive FMM Songs||11|02|06||
The Official Fort Minor Fan Club, the Fort Minor Militia, has just released two exclusive unheard tracks, "Do What We Did" and "Kenji (Interview Version)". Do What We Did is a Fort Minor Militia exclusive demo track featuring Styles of Beyond. Mike played the organ and guitar in the track, then chopped them up to create the beat. He also scratches in the song. The Interview Version of Kenji contains the full interview of the story of Mike's family and the Japanese Internment. This version of Kenji will be released on fortminor.com eventually, but the Fort Minor Militia gets to preview this unheard track. To download both of these songs, Join the Fort Minor Militia.
||HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE||11|02|06||
Today is Mikes Birthday. I wish him everything good...Hope he has a nice Birthday party :)
||Fort Minor to rock Kuala Lumpur||22|01|06||
The Star has a report on Fort Minor's upcoming concert in KL, Malaysia. Ticket sales will be announced next week (thanks SJ)
Fort Minor, the solo project of Linkin Park co-founder/rapper Mike Shinoda, is the first confirmed major international concert of the year here as the rap rock outfit plays the Indoor Arena, Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort on Feb 28. Lushington Entertainments, a regional events organiser based in Singapore, announced Fort Minor's first dates in Asia, which kicks off in Kuala Lumpur followed by the Singapore Indoor Stadium on March 1.
As a live touring unit, Shinoda appears in Kuala Lumpur with the five-piece Fort Minor line-up, including rappers Tak and Ryu. The Los Angeles-based Shinoda has proven his versatility with Fort Minor, a project that has spawned the debut album The Rising Tied and modern rock singles Believe Me and Remember The Name. Fort Minor's The Rising Tied, released by Warner Malaysia, has reached gold sales status with 15,000 units sold since its release last November. Ticket details and outlets for Fort Minor's Kuala Lumpur concert will be announced next week.
Mike and Fort Minor will arrive in Taipei, Taiwan tomorrow morning at 9 am, according to the local newspaper. Fort Minor's concert with 50 Cent at the Taipei soccer stadium will start at 7:30 pm tomorrow. According to Warner Music Taiwan, Fort Minor will have an autograph session at the Eslite Bookstore on February 25 at 9 am, maybe later. Thanks LPTimes.com
