New Wave Revolutionaries: The Sleepyheads

Orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski once said, “A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” While most people see music and visual art as separate entities, The Sleepyheads, often serving as the opening act in Manila’s premier galleries such as Silverlens and Mo’s space, construct their songs to serve as the [...]

Into the Valley of the “Vigo”

Crank up the “Vigo” Volume Challenging mainstream musical conventions, Vigo combines jazz, rock, traditional pinoy balladry (kundiman), modern beats, and a dash of folk to create their own unique sound. With each artist having already forged their own reputations in the Manila soundscape, Vigo is more than just your run-of-the-mill garage band. Vigo is a [...]

Friday Finds to Get You Through This Complex Sphere of Life 05/21/2010

Hey folks! Here’s to another set of Friday Finds! It will have to be a bit of a mashup today since I’m off and running! Sorry to have missed last weeks finds. But I have a good excuse! I traveled to the “Pahiyas Festival” in Quezon. It was a feast of food, frolic and fun. [...]

A Heritage of Smallness by Nick Joaquin

“Society for the Filipino is a small rowboat: the barangay. Geography for the Filipino is a small locality: the barrio. History for the Filipino is a small vague saying: matanda pa kay mahoma; noong peacetime. Enterprise for the Filipino is a small stall: the sari-sari. Industry and production for the Filipino are the small immediate searchings of each day: isang kahig, isang tuka. And commerce for the Filipino is the smallest degree of retail: the tingi.”

Friday Finds to Get You Through This Complex Sphere of Life, 05/07/2010

Another long weekend? Yessirreeee, Ronald McBebot! The Philippine election season is coming to a head. Filipinos will decide on the future leader of the country on May 10, 2010. Well, IF their votes actually get counted, that is. (And yes, people would say I’m cynical…but I say, I’m realistic.) As each day passes, the candidates [...]

Friday Finds to Get You Through This Complex Sphere of Life (04/30/10)

Wohoo! Welcome to another long weekend. “Dancers Among Us” by Jordan Matter (“Photographer Jordan Matter took still frames of dancers from the Paul Taylor and Martha Graham Dance Companies performing interesting moves all around New York City.” via NBCNY ) Tomorrow is May 1. The date close to my heart. It’s the day I fell [...]

Friday Finds to Get You Through This Complex Sphere of Life

via someone’s Tumblr Ah…the weekend is here again. …what the heck took it so long? Happy Earth Day…whatever that means. I read a quote that made me LOL (Lay Off Liquor): “Maybe this world is another planet’s Hell.” — Aldous Huxley But then again, Mr. Huxley is the man who wrote about a global orgy, [...]

Friday Finds to Get You Through this Complex Sphere of Life

Well, hellloooooooooooo there…….. (pornstache photo via www.latfh.com) Watch Homer’s life flash before your very eyes with this video — PICTURE A DAY FOR 39 YEARS. Join the battle for the MOST AWESOMEST THING EVER!!! (And no, that wasn’t a typo.) You can also kick your favorite videos into Mortal Combat…yes, it’s a waste of time. [...]

Cemetary Celebrations

All Soul’s Day or “Araw ng mga Patay”, held on November 2, is a call to gather in Philippines. Though solemn in nature, Filipinos make commemorating the dead an event. People flock to the graveyards, the most notable of which in the capital is the Manila Memorial Park. Braving the traffic, Roman Catholic Pinoys come [...]