she said, he said

Buzz Night for this month is on December 26, 2004. It's a Sunday and it'll still be at Mayric's.

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Allan and I are at the mall right now checking our email. how cheezy hehe. later, we will be going to Altered Native where he is going to do his chore, as everybody knows. Of course, he is dictating all this to me. While, I, on the other hand, am looking forward to seeing Tether (fronting for Moonstar88 and Kamikazee) play live at a foreign venue far far away... from Mayric's. Although, just last Wednesday, they played at a much farther far far away venue somewhere in Cainta. But Charles was the farthest of them all when he unknowingly reached Rizal due to visual constraints caused by hair covering his left side vision.

good thing Yoyong got tired of spinning and spitting air and water in some parts of the country. If not, we wouldn't have eaten at French Baker where allan enjoyed green garlic bread. very Shrek-y.

(if only i could type all the dramatic pauses allan has used in dictating this post to me. i think it adds greatly to making it sensible. unfortunately, i can't.)

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astig talaga ang scriptwriter ng rock awards, lalung-lalo na yung tagasulat ng intro ng Hall of Fame Awardee. Ok naman yung The Jerks sakin (ewan ko lang kay allan) kasi tingin ko deserving sila, kaya lang tingin ko naubusan na lang ang NU nang mabibigyan. dapat kung sincere sila sa pagbigay sa kanila dati pa nila sila binigyan, bago pa binigyan yung eheads. ang tanga pa ng hirit: "they're one of the bands that defined the word independent way before it was abused as a name for a subgenre" (roughly quoted). whatever. maybe if they just praised the band's merits instead and not injected another half-baked jibe at a tired topic. may nagsabi nga sakin, "ganun na ba ka indispensible yung linyang yun para magamit na pang-intro sa The Jerks??" what if gumawa na lang sila ng isang buong show para lang i-trash na naman o i-debate yung topic na yan. parang nangangati na kasi silang gawin yun. uyyyyy, aminin.

allan's corner:

"sino kaya yung nang-abuso ng word without really knowing what it meant? hahaha. parang kailan lang nila nadiscover yung word na 'indie', akala mo alam na alam na nila 'to. tumatahimik na sana ako, kaya lang lalong nangingibabaw ang kabobohan at katangahan. piece of informative background shit....

'70 to '79 - nakakasabay ang pinoy sa ikot ng mundo ng musika to the point na nagkaroon tayo ng sariling tunog, manila sound, ika nga.
'80 to '82 - confused ang pinoy, nalito sa lakas ng dating ng disco, post-punk, new romantic tsaka glam rock. '83 - michael jackson rulez all over the world.
'84 - sa kabila ng kabaduyan ng mainstream, may namumuong eksenang tulad ng breakdancing movement at underground pinoi punk movement.
'87 to '90 - nauso na naman ang glam rock, nangibabaw ang metal.
'90s to present - uso pa rin ang glam rock, nangingibabaw pa rin ang metal, mali pa ang pagkakaintindi sa emo...

kaming mga indie, during those times (early '80s to present), ay cool na cool lang at alam ang aming gusto at ayaw. gets nyo ba? kung hindi, mag-headbang ka na lang to any song of Beyonce.

... hindi ko na pinansin yung mga boybands kasi eksaktong pang isang oras lang ang kaya naming ibayad sa pag-rent ng internet."

selena's hirit:

bahala na nga. oks lang. alam mo ba, allan (and bandmates) na enjoy na enjoy na ako sa aking newfound awareness of absurdity. alternately akong natutuwa at nasusuka every day (baka buntis ako). it makes me feel alive.