Comments on the previous

First of all, Buzz Night is on the 29th na talaga. Hindi lang kami nagkakarinigan nung isang gabi.

Putcha! The Palanca award for "Noehbahdee cahrress..."!!! That's rich!

That's an interesting post, Ayn. It really presented some valid and often ignored points about politics and music. Medyo skeptical nga lang ako sa sinabi ng author sa dulo about "making our own games" kasi parang naging sobrang vague na siya dun (pero understandable din kasi hindi rin tama kung nag-dictate naman siya). Kaya lang kasi, the system is so big that it encompasses almost every "humane" act in the world, and ultimately, every thing you do will be part of it (the dilemma is then the definition of "humane" and whether it's real or something the system made up)... unless you do something "universally" reviled like murder someone (or in the case of music, probably, kill someone or defecate onstage)... but even that is relative. In the end, it all really depends on what your morals are and kung ano na lang ang masisikmura mong gawin.

For Candyaudioline, tingin ko, hindi masyadong political stance ang nag-enable satin na mag-survive despite backlash from critics on success/output issues. I think it's more of the fact that we're tired of dealing with people who expect us to behave in certain ways and throw hissy fits when we can't exactly do so... so parang "HAY NAKOH" na lang tapos sundin na lang natin yung mga sarili nating goals (which, so far, don't go beyond getting that darn EP/LP out). And I think we've also become "shet-bahala-na-nga" because within our own group exist dissenting ideas and we've had to learn to work with each other in spite of these. We've just had to find SOME sort of neutral ground, and it just so happens that this common ground makes other people frown or smile randomly. Yun pa lang ang nasisikmura natin for now.

Hmmm... ano kaya yung iniisip niyang paraan ng pag- work "out of the system"? And is everything really futile? A lot of the time, it seems that way to me :( So, in my view, what we do now may seem insignificant, apathetic and meaningless to some people, but it's what gets me through the week, honestly.


*I tried fixing the sidebar but couldn't tell what was wrong. I don't think Ayn's post had any characters that could have caused it. Di bale na lang. it will come back up eventually when the post leaves the page hehehe... unless Ralph can fix it first.