Thursday, July 31, 2003

Haha. No Selena, no blog update. Haha. Me lazy. Haha.

Last night, Allan, Kaye, Sir John Paul, Seth and I were all having a voice conference. Hehe. Hmmm... Kaye, akin sha!!!! Akin! Akin lang!

Tee hee.

Me lazy.

See you all tomorrow at Culture Club, Alabang!!

Love love love New York,

Ayn Ruth Baudelaire +


Quotable quotes:

"Manyak! Manyak! Manyak!" - Sir Allan

"Ayn, tayo lang ang nakaka alam sa kanya ha. Atin sha." - Kaye

"Allan, gusto ko na talaga sha. As in." - Ayn

"Tang inang pag ibig yan! Ang magmahal talo." - Sir John Paul

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Hi. Sigh. My whole hard drive was erased by this stupid virus. Years worth of college work have been wiped out. I know most of it was crap, but I would’ve liked to keep my fiction and my NFNs if I could. Damn.

Well, new life. Chris hasn’t fixed my computer yet but he did make his hard drive functional so we could type and surf the net for really important stuff like checking mail and writing in my blogs. Don’t count on lengthy entries until he gets everything shipshape though.

It was fun last Monday. I actually didn’t know we had a gig… thought that we were going to go to practice so I just wore my pambahay shirt. I was even thinking of not wearing a bra (since I was gonna wear a jacket anyway) and just using slippers. Hey, I didn’t think anyone would care at Alberto’s if I dressed up or not. It’s a good thing it was raining that night because I wore a bra after all and I also decided to wear sneakers so my feet wouldn’t get wet. Imagine my surprise when Ayn directed her driver to bring us to Mayric’s. Whew.

It was traffic along the way because a blackout hit a section of EspaƱa and caused vehicles to knot up at one intersection. We spent around half an hour there, but even so we got to Mayric’s before Allan and Ralph did. Roel was there already, chatting with the Cheese drummer. He let me text on his phone.

We did a surprisingly good set that night. Ayn actually consented to do an old song. In fact, it was Ralph who confessed afterwards that he had forgotten how to play that particular song. But nobody noticed anyway. It was fun because you could tell that some of the people with whom we always play noticed the difference and it looked like they liked it. Ralph’s gadget was shot for the middle of the set, but we still pulled it off. Allan liked the combo of soft songs and heavy songs so much that he wants to do that for subsequent gigs.

Ayn and I had to go early because she still had class the next day. Her mom also arrived that night from Hong Kong. Anyway, all of us at Candy were satisfied with how the night turned out.

Yesterday, Allan and Charles called me up three-way to chat. Allan was teasing Charles about the Streetlife night. Seems he WAS entranced by Ayn and I showing some skin. Hindi namin sinadya yun. Manyaks will be manyaks. Allan had to cut our conversation short because his mom needed to use the phone.

Tonight, we’ll be fronting for Parokya at Freedom Bar. I’m not sure yet, though. Ayn hasn’t texted Allan back. But be there anyway.

Sunday, July 20, 2003

Heller. I know I haven't been posting here for the longest time. Wala lang. I was too preoccupied with personal stuff. That happens once you start your own personal blog. Anyway, Selena told me last night that her computer crashed. I hope it gets fixed right away. Since Selena can't be online as of the moment and Ralph and Allan are both busy with work I'll try to sub for her posting duties.

I was supposed to be with Jefkid but he suddenly changed plans. Sayang. Kismet and Karen (did I get their names right?) were expecting to see him.

Last night, we ended up playing third to the last. (Third to the last o third from the last? Toink!) We played after Maple Syrup. Moonstar 88 played after our set then Kamikazee. Shet, tamad talaga ako. Ganito nalang, I'll just cut-paste some excerpt from my own blog about last night's happening.

Last night, we played at Streetlife in Glorietta for the Kamikazee Bar Tour. They say we did a great set. I’m not sure if we really did. Allan’s guitar kept on having glitches. I just found it funny because Joey Dizon of PULP was there to cover the event and he was sitting in front. He seemed like he was enjoying our set. Maybe he really was enjoying it.

Anyway, going back to the gig, Kamikazee played last of course. Jay must have been really drunk by then. He totally trashed Streetlife. Earlier that night, he still seemed quite normal. We were talking about how the place doesn’t allow smoking anymore (because of some stupid ordinance) and he even offered me a cig. I don’t think anybody from our crowd really followed that new rule. We all still managed to smoke there and the floor under our tables was littered with cigarette butts. When the night ended, after what Jay did to the place, the waiters were already too scared to reprimand us and we managed to smoke all over the place.

Jay was so drunk that night, I doubt it if he’d remember now most of the stuff that he did that night. If someone would narrate to him the happenings last night, he would probably just go, “O pare, nagawa ko yun?"

Sometime in the middle of their set, he even threw up near the drums area. He was spitting out cuss words that night and towards the end, he stripped himself down to his undies. He was dancing near our table one time and we could see the outline of his thingies. He he he. But that wasn’t his first time to do that so we’re actually quite used to it. Since it was only their second time to play there (we were also with them when they played there first time and our drummer and their drummer ruined the snare of the show band), the Streetlife management and crew were shocked at him. That was fun.

Maybe next time, they would allow us to smoke there as exemption. That is, if there would still be a next time.

Ayan.

Mamaya ba may practice? Text-an nalang.

Friday, July 18, 2003

Ooooh, so we’re playing right after Monsterbot, eh? ;) Just kidding. Makes no difference to me. Actually it does because I was supposed to be going to this birthday party with Chris on Saturday night… but I guess we’ll have to cut our visit short.

Pero paano yan kung wala si Ralph? Maybe we should go back to being last. We all know how the crowd at Streetlife hates us. Then again, that just may be because we were lined up before a showband and that people there “wanted to dance already”. Sheesh.

Anyway, anything is fine. Just let us know what the final say is. Thanks, Allan.

I just remembered. When Allan and Ayn were fighting the other night, I felt like a kid watching her parents argue. Why is that? Not that there’s something going on between them, but it felt like family problems, you know.

Yesterday, I watched “The Hours” with Chris. I saw the Fatal Posporos vocalist alone, watching. Oh nothing. I just like putting any stuff vaguely related to the music scene here. And while I’m at it, let me just say that I think one of the Boldstar guitarists lives near my house because I’ve seen him twice in pambahay and with bed hair. It’s weird. They’re real people, too, bed hair and all. I wonder if anyone wonders if we at candyaudioline are real people. I doubt it.

Well, let’s just see each other at Glorietta, then.
kung di ako makarating tugtog na lang kayo. mukhang matagal yung meeting namin e.
hi candymates... d na tayo last sa saturday!!! i'll text you the call time later this afternoon but i think it'll be at 10pm and we'll be playing by 10:30 or 10:45pm...

eto yun line up according to sequence this july 19 @ streetlife gig starts
by 8:15pm:

jumbolilith
concrete sam
maple syrup
valley of crome
popular days
monsterbot
candyaudioline
copper pop thrill
moonstar88
kamikazee

Thursday, July 17, 2003

YEHEY! I get to post a real entry for the first time in weeks! Sorry… as you all know (though you didn’t really need to), I have been in crises for the past weeks. Emotional and then financial. But now, I have my life in some semblance of control and I can afford internet service. Haha.

I am cheery today despite my aching, fatigued body because we had a really good acoustic set last night at Altered Native in Fairview. Allan was only able to notify us on the day itself so we were all caught off-guard. Ayn was particularly miffed because she had a report to do for school the next day. We had a bit of a tense moment (to put it VERY lightly) there before our gig, but Allan and Ayn were able to make up by the end of the night. And of course, that never stopped them from giving a great performance :D We were all great! Ralph was nervous about his acoustic leads but he pulled them off well… and I didn’t even notice anything weird from Roel, either. He made it just the right volume for the “acousticity” of it all. Hehe. This is the first time since I came back from Bukidnon that I felt good after a gig. I think I saw some people actually tapping their feet. They responded pretty well and we had some applause.

Popular Days had also performed before our set. I was pleasantly surprised to hear their cover of “Ahpraham” by the Sugar Gliders (I hope I spelled that right) because I had just been listening to that song that very morning. John Paul said that Allan wasn’t satisfied by their rendition yet, but they haven’t fixed it up yet anyway. As usual, for their originals, they gave a tight performance. And, as usual, the crowd didn’t really react to them much. Eric was moaning something about “shallowness”… I told him it was good that they were exposing these people to that kind of music. I’m sure that out of the hundred or so who were present, the Manyaks were able to touch at least ten. Baby steps. Everything counts.

After our set, Ayn and I sat with our friends Mia and Joey. They kindly bought some rounds for us. I was feeling brave… it felt really good to get that buzzed feeling again. I was giggling at the Parokya set and I think Gab even noticed from the stage how weird my perma-smile looked (or am I having illusions of grandeur? ;). I was so happy with the performance and being with my friends and feeling so carefree, even for just a few moments. Last night, Life was gooooooood. I even enjoyed it when Ayn’s former music teacher and another nameless customer went up on stage to play a few cheesy songs. We moved to Allan’s table where the restaurant had some food for us. We talked and laughed awhile. I think we picked on John Paul a bit too much, especially me hehehe. I was revealing some things about him to Mia in Spanish. Haha. At least I can still speak it. “Ello es en amor con la bajista de…” Shit. I think I said too much back there. Oh well. Nobody ever reads this anyway.

So we all went home after that. Ayn had to work on her report. She was saying that she wouldn’t be sleeping for it. Poor Ayn. Mia and Joey took me home. Thanks so much, guys! Thanks for bringing Ralph and I to the gig, Allan. Thanks, Roel, for… um… thanks, Roel. Heehee. Oh isn’t this a happy-joy-joy entry…?

Just a last note. I think that, although there were some who enjoyed our set because we performed well, a lot of indie peeps frowned on our Millenia gig last Sunday specifically because we played our version of “Today”. Haha. Di nila nagets. Hay naku. They’ll never learn. When have we at candyaudioline ever taken ourselves seriously? I mean… we DO take ourselves seriously with our music, but some of it is also fun and games. The reason we play is because we have fun doing it. If we were that serious, we’d have kicked everyone out of the band already for one sablay or another. I guess it all goes back to that icky line: We can’t please everyone. So we make do with the comments. It’s ok. We’re still alive. We love what we do.
I think we should play “Today” at Buzz Night just to start a riot hehehe. ;P

We’ll be the last performers for the night at Streetlife, Glorietta on the 19th! Be there. Popular Days and Moonstar 88 will be there, too.

I am back.

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

hey! was able to snatch a few internet minutes off my last isp card hehehe. can't write long though because i have to rush off to do freelance work. anyway, miss ko na ang pagpost sa blog.

we've been doing well with candy. the millenia and up gigs were good, at least for me. i'm not sure how it really was. chris was at millenia and he says natatabunan yung vocals ko masyado. nakakainis. parang laging mahina yung boses ko ngayon pero feeling ko hindi naman. kung kelan pa naman ako may lung power... anyway... sa millenia ok. tumugtog kami tapos umalis ako.

allan told me last sunday that we could be playing monday night. well, we didn't. that's all. have to go.

Thursday, July 10, 2003

hay salamat!

nakapasok din ako!!! pero antok na me!!!
kita kits nalang us sa friday!!!

Wednesday, July 09, 2003

I think this template is way better than the old one.

Nothing new really happened during our practice last night. Except maybe for the fact that we practiced without using gadgets for the guitar parts. Ralph lost battery and Allan wasn't able to bring his guitar (or my guitar that he's borrowing) and effects.

We only practiced "Today" and some of our other "safe" songs.

Ralph, Selena and I left right away after practice. I can't stay up late because I just attended an inuman before the practice and was kinda drunk.


***I can't believe how some people go gaga just because they saw Dong Abay pass by. Try drinking with him, and you surely will find your self disillusioned. Unless maybe you're that starstruck and really won't be able to see through people like him. I guess those are the same people who get so excited just because their band got a slot for Mondo pick up gurls' Sunday Grabe shindig at Mayric's. DUH?!
hey i just came from tonight's practice. i finally know what that new song sounds like hehehe. it's funny. you can watch out for it... or not.

i've changed the blog template because the last one looks boring already. sorry if i chose this one... for me it hurts the eyes a little, but i think this one's the best of everything else that was there. besides, this has links to other websites so it's a great opportunity to link readers to the candyaudioline site itself (which, by the way, is really cool, even if unfinished).

i'll just post the upcoming gigs:

July 9 - Mayric's (with Cheese and Kamikazee, i think)
July 11- UP Bahay ng Alumni (with most of the Backbeat Bands)
July 13 - Millenia, In BeTWEEn Days (Don't forget to bring your moolah, if you don't want to get thrown out ;)
July 19 - Streetlife (though we'll be last, so come very late, if at all)
July 26- though i think this is tentative... don't even know where

okay. i'll post again later at 6 am if I can. If not, Ayn will tell you about last night. I've run out of internet so I can only use off-peak hours. haha.

see you at Mayric's!

Monday, July 07, 2003

Damn, I was sorry I wasn’t able to attend last practice either. Don’t worry, I’m pretty much free for the rest of my days…

I hope we’re not banned from Mang Sam’s for good. But I noticed that he has become a little more ornery these days. Maybe it’s all the late nights. Anyway, I was able to follow your little reasoning in the last entry, Ayn. It’s a real dilemma—should amps be louder or should we tame ourselves down? I think amps were made to be that loud because that’s the limit of the human ear… on the other hand, our music just isn’t the same if it isn’t ear-splitting.

Hey. Maybe we just need to go to another studio :)

Friday, July 04, 2003

Kailan kaya tayo hindi makakasira ng gamit? Ayoko naman i-condemn si Roel sa ginawa niya last practice kasi guilty rin ako sa ganung gawain. Sabi ni Allan ako daw nagsira ng bass amp kina Mang Sam. Tapos kay Mang Jun, muntik ko na masira yung ilaw. At hindi ko na mabilang ang mga nasira kong amp sa tugtugan.

Dapat siguro may makagawa ng amp na para satin. Pero tama ba yun? Yung amp ang makikibagay satin? Pero tama rin ba na makibagay tayo sa amp? Naiintindahan niyo ako? Ako hindi ko kasi naiintindihan mga pinagsasabi ko.

Sige, kawawa naman ako. Kausap ko nanaman ang sarili ko. Itutulog ko nalang to.
We had practice the other night. Hulaan niyo kung sino nanaman ang pumalpak. Sino pa ba.

The practice was cut short by Mang Sam.

This time, we really are banned for life sa studio.

Pero pansin ko din medyo nagiging a-hole si mang Sam lately. Nung pumunta yung kabanda ko (sa isa pang banda) dun, humirit ba naman si Mang Sam ng, "bawal ang rak dito. bawal."

Bwahahahahaha.

Hindi ko alam kung sino ang sasabihan ko ng "good luck". Tayo ba o si Mang Sam?

Thursday, July 03, 2003

Hey bandmates!

Miss ko na kayo :) Thanks for the support. I'm fine now. And I'm still with Chris. I'm happy.

Followed your advice, Allan, and it paid off. You were right about a lot of stuff (except for that "ikaw kasi yung babae" thing hehehe). Thanks.

Thanks, Ayn, for being there. Sorry kung naapekto yung band work ethic ko hehehe... hindi naman. nagkataon lang na i needed to do something drastic last Sunday. Anyway, I'm excited to practice again and to hear the new version of "Today" hehehe.

Wednesday, July 02, 2003

Last Sunday we had practice. Selena wasn't able to make it so kami lang apat. We were tripping out. We first thought that maybe we could do a cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" pero di pa kabisado ni Ralph yung song. Tapos na tripan namin magpakababa ng tingin sa sarili and we tripped on Smashing Pumpkins' "Today". Since sobrang dali ng kanta, pinahirapan namin and we ended up with an extended version of the song. Naging astig yung song kasi ginawa naming reggae/punk/metal.

How we wish na marinig ni Billy Corgan yung ginawa namin. Most probably he'll think, "Why haven't I thought of doing that before? Candyaudioline kicks ass! I'm nothing compared to them. All hail candyaudioline." Malas ni Corgan at hindi niya tayo kilala.

After the practice, naglolokohan kami. Pangalan namin kunwari: Smashin' Pumpin'. Si Allan si Billy's Organ, si Ralph si Ihang-iha, ako si D' Arte, si Roel si Jimmy Chamba lang. Ang korni namin diba? Ayos lang, korni rin yung tinugtog namin eh.

Billy Corgan, eat your heart out you sucker.

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Moving forward to last night... galing ako ng UP Fine Arts for a gig. Hinatid ko bassist ng isang experimental noise band sa Lagro. Tamang tama nasa Altered Native si Allan at Roel to man a Moonstar 88 gig. So dumaan narin ako. We had sisig. Sarap ng sisig dun. Minutes after I got there, dumating rin si Jay of Kamikazee. Nagulat kami kasi pareho lang pinanggalingan namin. Sana sabay nalang kami pumunta sa AN. Sandali lang kaming lahat dun. We went home past 2.