UP Fair date

Hey, Candyaudioline will be playing at the UP Fair on the 17th. Our timeslot is at around 8 pm, so be early.


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Last night, Allan, Charles and I hung out at 77. We saw Lara there and we fooled around with the camera. Some of the pics were really cool and funny, but I can only put a few here.

dream

you know, i had a really weird dream about buzz night last night. it was scary.

i don't want to expound because the identity of persons must be protected hehe.

in other news: the UP fair is a very fickle thing. bandmates, be ready for anything. kaya niyo ba yung biglaan sa weekday?

i think i just soaked up half of manila's dirt with my jeans on the way to work this morning. yuck.

February Fright Night Lineup

Buzz Night is on February 26, 2005 at Mayric's, 9:30 pm. Entrance is P100.



Still waiting for confirmation from another band, but this is basically it. Just keep posted. Thanks to Ekong for the poster (which he did in a matter of minutes, almost). The early bird catches the worm. The early worm gets bitch-slapped.

O di ba? Horror na horror ang dating. A couple of these acts will be dreampop-ish, by the way.

First practice in more than a year

The last time we practiced as Candyaudioline was in early January in preparation for our recording. We met at Alberto’s studio to practice the old songs.

Kiel did drums for us. He’s pretty good for someone who’s coming in without having listened to the original tracks. We took a little longer for “We’ve Been There” because of the complicated drum patterns and weird arrangement of the song. Other songs we practiced were “Painful,” “Nearby Town,” “All Smiles,” and “Can’t Sleep”, all of which he got almost on the first try.

It was great to see everyone again and to play together. Before it started, we were all itching to get in the studio and play. I couldn’t help jumping up and down throughout the session. We also got to talk about possible gig dates (coordinating skeds). Allan might not make it on Buzz Night again, but we’ll try to play with me on rhythm if we get to practice before then (just the four of us). We’re supposed to play at the UP fair, but they say that there’s been a lot of shady stuff going on among the organizers, so we’re waiting to see if we could grab a spot. I’m also looking into a certain post-Valentine Rockwell gig.

After the practice, Allan held an SPK session, Ralph went ahead, and Ayn took me home. What a great Sunday night.

"Sacrifice Sale"

...CD's for sale...

[GOTHIC METAL]

Dreams of Sanity - "The Game" (800)
To/Die/For - "Epilogue" (800)

[BLACK METAL]

Thy Eastean Feast - "Cycles of Worldburn" (800)

[GOTHIC ROCK]

Siouxsie and the Banshees (3) - 600 each
- "The Rapture"
- "Superstition"
- "Through the Looking Glass"

Tea Party - "The Edges of Twilight" (400)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Live Seeds" (400)
New Model Army - "No Rest for the Wicked" (400)
Non - "In the Shadow of the Sword" (400)
Fad Gadget - "Incontinent" (400)
Magazine - "Real Life" (400)
Wolfgang Press (2) - 400 each

- "The Legendary"

- "Birdwoodcage"

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Contact: 0917-2024470

announcement

All Buzz Night Bands and bands who want to be on Buzz Night:

Please text Allan Montero at o9209610348. His phone conked out so he lost everyone's numbers again.

February Buzz Night is on the 26th. Baka i-text ko na kayo next week.

the difficulties

Thanks, Ekong and Monty, for your constructive comments. (Ang daming Monty sa mundong ito. May Monty sa Grasspipe tsaka may Monty sa Candy egroups... are you the latter or neither?)

Buzz Night is a really hard production to do. For one thing, the mastermind of the affair, Allan, is soooooooo busy that he only gets to take care of it a week before the actual date. Another contributing factor is that the few bands that fit the genre itself are either unpredictable or prone to having unpredictable things happen to them... I don't know why, but it's probably just the law of averages happening, since there are only a few of them nga. We've basically had to start from scratch, too, trying to look for new bands and doing a semi-screened trial and error... this produces duds from time to time, and we've had to accept that. But at least we're actively giving new bands a chance. Actually, we don't really have a choice. It's both a curse and a potentially rewarding experience. For instance, Tether was a great find.

Aside from my “one beer too many” (more like 5 beers, ekong, hehe) act, several things set the stage for last Buzz Night. We had actually lined up some pretty nifty indie numbers like Bagetsafonik, My Science Project and Popular Days lined up, except that they all had to back out at the last minute for various scary reasons (get well soon, guys!). Ideally, we would have wanted to space out the genres with a small consideration for first-come-first-served, but with these three bands out of the line up, the night sounded monochromatic. Also--- and this is the thing that really pissed me off that night--- everyone decided to come late that night. I was forced to sequence the night according to who arrived first just to be able to accommodate everyone and appease patrons and Oka (hehe). Now, if these bands had come earlier, maybe we could have saved the night.

But--- who was mistress of the night? I was. Which is precisely why I’m pissed at myself, as well. If I had taken my head out of my ass for a few minutes (I don’t even think it’s quite out yet, judging from my rant so far), I would have been able to at least calmly handle everything. What time these bands arrived and how scanty the indie-ness of the production was were conditions beyond my control. But I could have kept my cool… or something. Basically, it all was just some really undesirable circumstances placed in the hands of a clueless neurotic. End of story. I hope things will be better this month.

I told Allan I didn’t really want to man Buzz Night anymore, after this, but I know he doesn’t have anyone else to trust. Nobody wants to handle it haha. But maybe I can ask him to give me the numbers and I can contact people myself for him. He’s just too busy to do it himself and he needs help. So watch out for a better Buzz this February.

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By the way, about the Pillow set… Mayric’s really had sucky mics, especially if it’s for a band like Pillow where you have to whisper or croon into a mic. Allan usually tweaks the board for other bands, but nobody can do it for Pillow while we’re up there. It’s a dilemma. It’s funny, though, when Monty said our antics added to the angsty feel… haha! We’re not supposed to be angsty ;D But if you say it wasn’t that bad, then I feel better. Thanks and see you guys next Buzz night.