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Albums Revisited: The Killers – Hot Fuss (2004)
In July 2004, I was at a record store in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, when a song that boomed on the loudspeakers caught my fancy. I immediately approached a crew member to ask what
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Natútupad Nga Ba ang Báwat Pangárap?
Lúmang taón ay malápit nang pumínid Mistúlang mapápatid pa ang sinúlid Kapós sa íngay at ílaw ang palígid Luhà sa mga matá ay nangingílid Saksí mga bit’wín at b’wan ngayóng gabí Sa kalungkútan at
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Poetry Book 1 Out Soon!
Published copies of Book 1 of the author’s Poetry Series should be arriving from the printing house this month! Titled Pag-íhip sa Dáhon ng Kahápon, the fully illustrated poetry book will be available for
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Sa Larángan ng Paskó at Pagdiríwang
Panahóng mulî ng Kapaskúhan Tuwá’t kagalákan ay náriyan Bágong damít engrándeng handáan Ningníng ng paról at pailáwan Ngúnit násaan na ang liwánag Sa táo’y makapagpapanátag Kung ang mga dukhâ sa lansángan Pakálat-kálat waláng libángan?
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Albums Revisited: a-ha – Hunting High and Low (1985)
The Norwegian band has long been regarded as an A-lister in the halls of New Wave greats. In a stellar three-decade career, a-ha has come up with 10 studio albums, the latest of which
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*In the Trail of a Dead Astronomical Object*
The red spot of Jupiter is a bleeding heart How could even faith in love tear lovers apart? Who still puts one’s fate in the sight of a comet When chances are small as
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Depeche Mode – Black Celebration (1986)
One of the pioneers of Synthpop (barring, of course, the much earlier architects the likes of Can, Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Gary Numan), and also a frontliner during the ’80s phase of New
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Little Elf-Girl Lost
(Sonnet III: The Discovery) Something painful yet unfamiliar makes her cry Thinking ’bout this night and day she cannot yet fly What can be lacking from her mem’ries of the past? The death of
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Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
I was at Club Dredd Timog, in the summer of 1992, when a friend, Ramon Ceballos Jr., who was also there at the legendary club that night, told me that there was a new
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Little Elf-Girl Lost
(Sonnet II: The Awakening) The first moment she climbs out of her tree-hole nest What a sight to behold! Her face beaming with zest Silvery sunrays slice through the thick foliage Small rainbows form
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