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Is Money and Materialism Evil?
(On the Extrinsic Meaning of Love and Sharing that Christmas Symbolizes) The three kings express and show their love for the baby Jesus Christ by presenting him three respective gifts—gold, frankincense, and myrhh. It
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Someone I Used Not to Know but Now Know Well
(On an Obscure Artist known as Margo Guryan) Born in the late 1930s, in New York, United States, Margo Guryan is an American songwriter/artist whose style of Baroque Pop music resonates in the music
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Journey & Its Long Established Musical Vision
(Pineda Is Simply Completing Again the Band’s Original Sonic Vision) If your interest includes Rock music history, then you should have known or heard by now the many criticisms that Journey has been getting
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Meeting the New Wave Band New Order in Toronto
October 23, 2012 Morning Inna and I got up early to ensure that we had packed everything we needed for our three-day trip to Toronto, Ontario. The roughly two-hour plane trip was smooth; we
Read More »Sabog Ka Na Naman Ba—o Sabog Ka Lang Mag-isip?
(On Growing Old and Dying Gracefully) Isa ka ba sa mga taong makikitid ang pag-iisip upang ipilit na ang lahat ng mahilig sa Rock music at lalo na ang mga miyembro ng isang Rock
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Pabaligtad Ka Ba Mag-isip?
(On the Myth of Backmasking and the Folly of Backward Thinking) Madali ka bang maniwala sa mga sabi-sabi, mga hakahaka, mga tsismis, at mga maling akala? Hindi ka ba muna nag-iisip bago ka mauto?
Read More »Snider, Sad Songs and Rowling
(A Review of Three Books) After I have dropped off Inna at the hospital where she is working now, I decided to go to Chapters Bookstore at Polo Park to check out new books
Read More »Playing the Six-String with Twelve Fingers
(On Johnny Marr, formerly of The Smiths) Among the countless brilliant musicians in the New Wave / Postpunk genre, Johnny Marr remains to be on the list of my favorites. Marr began his career
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It’s Just a Matter of Quote-and-Quote and Then
(On the Technical Meaning of Plagiarism and on How to Avoid Falling into Its Pitfalls) In light of the controversial issue of plagiarism that is on the limelight in the Philippines these days, because
Read More »We Are Not the Same
(On Acknowledging and Understanding Cultural Differences) One day during breaktime at work, a coworker and I had a small chat about racial discrimination. She said that we should not think about different colors or
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