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The Music Never Really Ends (Part One: 1960s)
(On My Recommended Albums through the Decades) I usually write a year-ender article for my music column in Filipino Journal, in which I would feature the significant album releases for the year that was
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Filipino Alternative Music Experience in Winnipeg
The Winnipeg leg of the North American Tour of the three ’90s-originating band/artists The Youth, Glenn Jacinto of Teeth, and Westdon “Dong” Abay of Yano and Pan was held at Philippine Canadian Centre of
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Salungso, Salungki, Salumpuwit, Salungtak, Salompas at iba pa
(On the Neutrality of Word Usage) Napanood ko sa Filipino Channel yung isyung tungkol sa paggamit ng ilang “kontrobersyal” na bagong likhang mga salitang hango sa wikang Tagalog. Isa sa pumuknat sa isip ko
Read More »Are You Guilty of Uttering That Hypocritical Smile?
(On the Tendency to Badmouth Someone after Breaking Away with That Person) Marami ka na bang nakaaway sa buhay mo? Napansin mo ba na ang karamihan sa mga taong ito ay minsan mong mga
Read More »We Are Not Living in a ‘Real’ Word (sic)
(On Word Misuse) Many people have the penchant to misuse words, in the process twisting the meanings of such words and just resulting in more instances of misinterpretation and misunderstanding. On Less and More
Read More »‘Look, Ma, We’re on TV, We’re World-Famous Now!’
(On False Pride and Ideas of Grandiosity) Maraming Filipino, nabanggit lang ang Pilipinas sa isang news segment sa local Canadian TV, e yumayabang na agad, na kesyo sikat na sikat daw ang Pilipinas sa
Read More »Bowties, Bunnytails, and Belly Buttons
(On Dressing Smartly and Appropriately) Maingat ka bang manamit? Ibinabagay mo ba sa iyong pupuntahan ang iyong kasuotan? While I know and I believe that a rapist, a serial murderer-cum-rapist, a pedophile, or any
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree
(Explaining Idiomatic Expressions) A friend at work confided in me that there are some coworkers of ours who comment that I am a very quiet person and that they sometimes find it hard to
Read More »The Return of the Bloody Irish Shoegazers
(On the Postpunk Band My Bloody Valentine) Finally I have a copy of the third album, entitled simply as mbv, of the Irish Postpunk/Shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine, released on February 3, 2013. Before
Read More »U.S. band The Ocean Blue set to release sixth album
Ultramarine—what a very apt album title for the name of the band! This is another new release in the genre that many people have long declared dead. Yes, The U.S. band The Ocean Blue
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