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I bought quite a number of CDs this month (and who knows, I might buy a few more next week; somebody stop me!), all from Philippine artists. I’ve recently reflected on how I might not have been giving back enough to the local music industry after years of contenting myself with ripped files off original [...]

It was an eventful Tuesday for me: I food-tripped the whole day, bought a handful of OPM CDs I’ve been meaning to buy since last year, and finally had the first of three large-format artworks I wanted to print out, well, printed out.
Agave lunch. Late lunch at Agave, the Mexican food joint near our office [...]

Last night was Sugarfree Night at Route 196, Katipunan Extension. Julianne, The Ronnies, and the Itchyworms performed and gave tribute to the band, which has been playing for about ten years now.
I originally thought about going to the Myx event at Mag:net Bonifacio High Street (to watch pogi rock bands Hale, Hilera, and 6CycleMind) and [...]

(In the beginning, back in 1955, man didn’t know about a rock n’ roll show and all that jive. The white man had the schmaltz, the black man had the blues; no one knew what they was gonna do but Tchaikovsky had the news. He said, “Let there be sound,” and there was sound.) Renato, [...]