excuse me, please

i'd like to clarify what i said in my last post, which has been deleted because it offended some people.

it was a post I had written. Nobody else was at fault. The names I mentioned in that post had nothing to do with the opinions I expressed in it. they were my own opinions. the livejournal i was referring to, i could not even read! hence, the opinions i had about it were admittedly half-baked, therefore mostly bull. small wonder why it offended the writer. i hadn't meant to do that. i apologize.

however, i just want to request that any bad feeling that post had created be shifted towards myself, since i was the author of that post. none of my other bandmates expressed those opinions (which i tried to make open for any interpretation in the first place, but failing to do so, supposedly raised some eyebrows). i only heard the ghost of a reference to the mentioned livejournal, and that's all. everything else was mine... all mine!

i'm puzzled though, because i can't find any trace of the tension my post sparked. was it in the buzz night egroups? if so, i'm sorry i missed it (since i'm not a member) and so i don't really know how to answer the people i've offended. all i can do is apologize for reacting while uninformed on the whole of the matter. i hope this is enough, but if it isn't, i'll just have to accept that, won't i?

you all must think i'm such a dolt. well, perhaps you may be on to something there... ;)

but, please... i implore you to give crap where crap is due and not pour it out on people who are innocent. thank you.

p.s. now i know why i can't find a trace. the internet explorer i'm using refuses to refresh and so i can't see it. well. i've said my piece anyway.

Nyahaha

(for the lack of a better title)

Oh shit. I actually forgot about my gig on that date. Shit shit shit. I'll check if there's another sked for the play. Anyway, the play is only for an hour and a half (no intermission). The problem is, CCP is so damn far from the gig venue. I'll check again with the Matilda girls... just in case the gig gets cancelled or something.

Oo nga naman, ano nga ba ang mas ok? Pentavia Jeans and Shirts or Pentavia Lighter Fluid?

Hi Vlad! See you at the gigs. ;)

A funny scene

My sister Edwina approached me the other night and told me what happened to her when she went to her best friend Aryan's house. Aryan is the younger sister of Pentavia vocalist Vlad. (Hmmm… if our younger sisters are best friends, does this mean that Candyaudioline and Pentavia are best friends, too? ;D)

V: Wina, Wina… anong mas gusto mo? Pentavia Jeans and Shirts or Pentavia Lighter Fluid? (knowing look)
E: (confusion and then flash of mind-shattering realization) ha? Aaaahhhhhhh… hahahahahaha! Hehehe…

(later)

E: Aryan, nagalit ba yung kuya mo dun?
A: Ah… ewan! Hindi naman ata. Si Michelle (girlfriend of Pentavia guitarist) ata baka nagalit…
E: Hehehehe…

*

As the first reel completes mixing, we are become more optimistic about releasing the album. We are reconsidering some songs for the second reel, hoping to fix them with some remixing or partial rerecording. However, as we are nearing bankruptcy (hehehe), don't expect the album to be released in the immediate future because we still have to gather more funds. Hopefully, by March, it'll be out.

This week, we have no gigs because Ralph is pretty busy with his projects at work. Come February, we'll be more active as a band, starting off with a February 11 gig at the UP Fair with Backbeat Bands. I think there was supposed to be a February 6 but I think Ayn will be sessioning for Matilda that night. If you want to catch her as Matilda's sub-bassist, go to any MWF Matilda gig.

Or maybe hindi pala gig yung meron si Ayn. I think she'll be watching a play pala...

*

"Candyaudioline Feminine Wipes------ we will wipe your femininity away!"

Wagmagpinsantayo

Check this out:

Candyaudioline
Mail Order Monster
Buy this LP

1998
4 stars


At Candyaudioline's most inspired, you think your stereo is going to spontaneously combust. "Coming Down" shows off their raw, majestic stomp. Their lyrics about the heartland of America ("I See You Found The Chips") and the movie Tron ("Realm of Impossibility") reach a new level of gloomy and post-rock power hooks.

It's their most powerful outing in quite a while. They are a band as much Black Sabbath-inspired as they are exhilarating. Mail Order Monster remains a quietly assured album, packed with amazing sounds. This music is muddily-produced and sizzling. The strength of this album is its ferocious sonic assault.
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Our readers respond

Dear Robot,

Glad to see Candyaudioline finally getting some well-deserved praise. I listen to Mail Order Monster every day. Keep up the good work.

-- Candyaudioline fan

What do you think?

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For Robert and Ian:

Wagpokoya
Use Your Illusion
Buy this LP

1989
1/2 Stars


Whether singing about confused women ("My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own") or the bar where they used to shoot pool ("I'm With Stupid"), the band takes being disposable to the extreme. When I was in high school, everyone I knew listened to Wagpokoya.
"You Are The Love (My Friend)" illustrates the culpability of those who fight to destroy humanity.

Call it a tragical history tour. Most of the time, Wagpokoya can't shake its reputation for being undeniable.

Wagpokoya's attempt to broaden their sound -- even integrating Serbian war hymns with the swagger of the Velvet Underground-esque "The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret" -- isn't entirely an artistic success. No surprises here. Wagpokoya has been coasting on their reputation for shameless tunelessness for too long. It's not about a salary; it's all about reality.


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Our readers respond

Dear Robot,

Your review of Wagpokoya was dead wrong. Sometimes you just have to enjoy a good rock album for what it is. Use Your Illusion is the record of the year. Your magazine sucks.

Wagpokoya forever,

-- Wagpokoya fan

millennia and buzz night

we played at millennia last night to front for The Youth. Allan played our recently mixed recordings and they sounded good. we played an 8-song set and i was really impressed at how amazing millennia's sound system had become. it was great! i was able to sing in a relaxed manner and everything was so loud. ralph had a problem with the amp and his gadget, though, and he grumbled about it. but all in all, it was cool.

we headed on to buzz night. although allan had entrusted the flow to someone who was already there, they still hadn't started by 11:30! he was kind of pissed so he made us go first. it was ok. i was more relaxed than usual because millennia had been so cool. fours songs lang kasi maraming banda tapos late na.

anyway, it was a success as gigs go :) the real fun was meeting some interesting people and hanging out with old friends (speaking of old friends, charles had a superb birthday party last wednesday. see ayn's blog for details, if you can find it).

2 songs to go for mixing.

tapos na!

tapos na ang lay-in! allan, ralph and i stayed until 3:30 am this morning to finish everything, though ralph left at around 1:30. kulang na lang ng konting keyboard. kaya yun. binisita kami ng mga popular day's plus william minty... ginulo nila si allan habang kumakanta siya ng better view hehehe.

yay!

hay salamat

makakagawa tayo ng paraan sa album... *whew*

happy birthday, charles! punta kami sa bahay niya mamaya. sabay tayo, ayn :) tawag ako sa inyo...

Sub-indie

You're a Post-Punk. You know 70s punk was cool, but
it was mostly just a stepping stone for the
greater intellectualism of what would come
after. The 80s were amazing. You quite possibly
have huge hair, and may wear lots of black.
Snare drums need reverb. Lots and lots of
reverb.


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*These types of quizzes should be enough to confront those ignorant fucks like Alberta Spaghetti and his minions and bands like....hell, you guys know who you are.

um, isa pong pag-drama

ano bang nangyayari sa atin, candymates? ba't ganito???

bow.

sigh.

Pussyfooting

Allan scheduled a practice for us last night at Alberto's along with Soft Pillow Kisses. His aim was to practice Erap of The Youth as a sub drummer and Charles as sub lead guitar for candyaudioline. Unfortunately, Erap couldn't make it at the last minute, and Lara couldn't come either so SPK had the same problem. We were all kind of lazy when we got to the studio and almost decided to nix practice altogether; we were planning to have a dvd fix at Charles's house instead. But of course, me being the goody-two-shoes, I suggested we practice even for a short while because John Paul, having class the next day, was planning not to come along for the movie marathon and I was sorry to see his efforts at attending practice go to waste. Then Mang Jun came out and he was all solicitous and friendly about having the studio ready for us… so we kind of didn't have a choice anymore, did we?

It was fun, though. We practiced as candyaudioline with John Paul as drummer and Charles as lead for three songs: My Silver Chair, An Empty You and Flaming Walls. It took a few tries, but Charles has almost got the guitars for those songs down pat, which was pretty impressive for one practice. Ditto for John Paul. Afterwards, they practiced as SPK (Luie was there, too) sans Lara. Allan was (half) joking that they sounded clearer without the bass, but John Paul said they sounded corny.

We sat around for a while outside before heading to Pares. I tentatively approached Allan about alternatives to releasing the songs we had mixed so far as intended (secret na lang kung ano yung mga proposal na yun). As I've said, I'm not too comfortable with my vocal performance. He told me I was being praning and he tried to assure me that, so far, the way those songs were mixed still fit into his grand design for the album. Throughout the night (because I was being so apprehensive), he kept reassuring me that one of the reasons I could detect these faults was because I had been so used to singing in a certain way and anything different kills my ears (you'll hear what we've done with some songs when the album comes out); also, I can detect them because I'm the one who's singing and I know better. He told me everything was cool so far. Okay. I guess I just need to grow into those songs a little more. Maybe 50 more listens will do the trick hehe. Seriously, I'm still apprehensive, but I also understand that I have to trust Allan's opinion because he knows what we're doing, and that comforts me kahit papaano.

ANYWAY… we had fun eating at Pares because Charles and Allan were goofing off again; add Ayn's comments to that mix and you really have a laugh fest. For some reason, our conversation turned to the subject of penises, specifically, peeing habits of guys (and girls, too, I guess… I mean, they were comparing and contrasting!). It was so vulgar but unbelievably hilarious--- thank heavens the people at that Pares place are so used to us that they didn't kick us out. Apple (former SPK vocalist, before Eloha, I think) arrived later that night with her boylet (sorry, names don't stick with me at first introduction!); she wanted to go someplace and drink. Ayn's parents picked her up first because she needed to go home already, and they brought Tristania with them. She was so cute, pointing at the lights of Pier One in Tomas Morato and saying , "Light!"

So we drank (they had to force me first… I was worried about my voice) and caught up. It was fun to see Apple again and I'm glad she's… ahem… found relative happiness (I say "relative" because it's just starting out). I hope it evolves into something really good for her.

We all went home at around 4 am.

Four more songs to record and then we're all mixing. We've spent a fortune already, but what the hey. Next Pink Noise session will probably be on Wednesday morning.

we're making progress!

we mixed "all smiles/can't sleep" and lapa last night. they sound pretty good (although i'm much too paranoid about my voice... the rest of them rocked, though, i promise!!! :D). we're making headway. still a lot of stuff to lay-in for saturday, but results have made us optimistic.

pahingi ng pera.

hehehe.

Buzz Night is on the 24th! Mayric's, 10 pm. We're playing.

We're also playing at the UP Fair on February 11, UP Sunken Garden. A lot of Backbeat Bands will be there so if you're interested, your 70 bucks will probably take you a long way. Also playing are Softpillowkisses and Popular Days.

"Popular Days Beach Resort--- where all your days are populahhrrrr."

i am not indie at all!




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Who are you trying to fool? Just because you own a couple of Weezer albums
doesn't mean that you're uberindie. Indie people don't hear about cutting edge
new bands from MTV. At least the ignorant don't know what they're missing...



EHEHEHEHE...

astig ba?

updates

for posterity's sake, uulitin ko yung sinabi ni allan sa tagboard (kasi baka mawala yung tagboard eventually).

sad inside and don't go away have been mixed. tonight, mixing of all smiles/can't sleep and additional lay-ins for songs from the first reel (guitars of allan and ralph and vocals of allan and selena).

HOPEFULLY, our time will be used wisely tonight.

thanks to all those who wish us the best for our recording, especially to Jovy who cared to say so in our egroups.

Enter the Fist

Candyaudioline minus Selena (because Selena's the one taking this pic)


Roel and his Super Friends

Distorted Toy

I arrived late last night... Why? I'm not telling ;)

Anyway, I would just like to comment that Southwestern Style is the best--- way better than Pentavia wafer sticks. Everybody's been saying that "La Pa" turned out to be a really good song (because of the added affects).

Jeff is a god, according to Ralph. Well, I guess he really is one.

Nothing much happened when I got to the studio. Charles and I just enjoyed the sound of Allan's snores echoing inside the booth while Ralph was busy laying in some tracks for the lead parts. Hmmm... what else? Selena?

Pass a load!!!!!!!

some progress

five and a half hours last night ("ouch!" says the pocket). ayn finished all bass lines. allan finsihed guitars for 3 songs and ralph finished 2. i have yet to sing again. tonight must flow quickly or we will be in considerably deep shit.

recording blues

"Einstein Chakras Drugstore---- lahat ng gamot garantisadong sabog kahhh! Open 26 hours a day... except night time!"

"______ Condoms--- comes in only one size: small!" (Fill in the blanks with your favorite indie Filipino band hehehe)

"Skies of Ember Cornflakes----- sarrraaaaaaaaaap!"

we wasted around 2 and a half hours on the drums for "All Smiles/Can't Sleep" and "Felt So Fine". We could practically feel our hard-earned money clinking through our fingers peso by peso. sigh...

on a lighter note, once the drums were finished for all songs, progress went smoothly for bass and allan vocals lay-ins... hopefully, this will continue for the remaining sessions. also, we were able to add one song to our list because of extra reel space... only we might end up junking it, depending on our budget. sigh...

could not sing well for "Felt So Fine" last night because I was dead tired. 2 am is not a good time for vocal chords to be trying to reach really high notes.

well, we're learning more each day.

p.s. that song Allan made me listen to yesterday was not by Adorable, and I never said it was; mentioned them for comparison. Anyway, I think it was by.... oh never mind, I might actually be wrong this time.

the first night

everyone acted like they weren't themselves. people who were expected to arrive late came early and vice versa. this caused people to be a little jittery at first. stumbled over the first few takes of "Discarded Toy". however, we started warming up to the feel of recording and we were soon being our goofy selves again. charles took some pics with my camera.

side comment: putcha, ralph, may blog ka pala! i-update mo nga! i like the title hehehe... atsaka buking ka na sa musical tastes mo dahil sa archive hehe. "noebahdee cahres for meeh..."

we finished around 7 lay-ins plus recorded the drums for those songs and completed the bass for two of them. we shall continue again tonight. i'm kind of excited. this time, though, the session has been scheduled an hour later than originally reserved to give leeway for unforeseen setbacks such as last night's fiasco.

on the trip home, allan was playing around with band names, making them into products. ayn and i kept cracking up. my favorite is "Popular Days Soy Sauce". And also "Five Wounds to Enter Cheese Snacks--- comes in only one flavor!" And then there was "Pentaviaaaah Lighter Fluid---- Fire from HELL!". Hmm... actually, that last one was this morning when allan called me up at work. Last night, it was "Pentavia Jeans and Shirts--- we will rock your balls away!" this isn't meant as poking fun at the bands themselves, of course... it just sounds really funny when Allan does the voice overs. tawa kami ng tawa ni Ayn.

this morning, ayn and i were the last ones to go home at 5 am--- and both of us had class/ work at around 9! as a result, i had a really bad nightmare about recording. in it, it was 4 am and still going. allan was so delighted with the progress we were making that he kept us going and going and going... till it was 8:30 and we were all so tired! i was thinking, "NO, ALLAN, NOOOOOOOOO!" yun pala panaginip lang hehehe.

anyway, tumawag si Allan nga sakin kaninang umaga para pag-usapan yung "Light A Candle". He was suggesting ways for me to sing it. i wasn't sure if I could do it the way he wanted me to, which was kind of drunk-british accent-y... like the way Adorable does it (sorry, can't remember the name of the artist of that song he made me listen to as a sample). we still have to iron out little details like that tonight and for the following recording sessions.

anyway, i'm sure we'll have a lot more stories to tell about recording adventures. tatah.

Recording

Tomorrow is the big day. Rather, it's the big night. We shall begin recording the album; we've chosen 12 songs, some of them candy gig staples, others, previously unrecorded, still others, really old songs that require new versions. I saw Allan and Roel last night and both of them told me they were excited, although also a little pressured.

We hope everything turns out well. Soon, our efforts will bear fruit…

By the way, Allan tells me that Discarded Toy is top 88 on the soundclick.com charts. That's weird. I don't know how exactly they decide on that, though, or if it really matters...

If it does matter, thanks to those who thought of doing that or who made it possible. hehe...

Tales From the Bermuda Rectangle

SO… you think candyaudioline is dead, huh? No fricking way.

We have not been blogging for the past two weeks because of unavoidable circumstances. My computer at home fucked up. Allan's keyboard is a fuck-up. Ralph is sick all the time, and not just in the head. Ayn has been… er… busy. Roel's religion forbids him to have anything to do with technological progress. Oh yes… there were many attempts to blog during vacation but blogger always has these little surprises for people who type their entries online--- poof! Your words have magically disappeared.

But here we are. We're back.

Let's see… so we DID talk about that comeback gig at the Backbeat Christmas Party. That was a superb gig. So was the Eastwood gig with Moonstar 88 the next day. Ayn had brought Tristania, who showed beginnings of being a night person as well. While other kids were approaching the stage during our set with their hands covering their ears and their faces contorted in disgust, she was sitting in the front row with her yaya staring up at us and probably wondering what her mom, her ninang, her 2 ninongs, and her tito/a were doing there making that (wonderful) racket. She stayed awake through the whole set, too, and when Ayn came down from the stage she smiled widely at her and asked to be carried. Hah! She's a lot tougher than those wimpy 5 year olds were. People gave us kudos for that performance, mainly because we're a lot tighter now, and also because they probably didn't expect us to gel so well with all the problems we'd been having the past weeks. Anyway, we're all a happy family again. Nag-group hug pa nga kami ni Roel at ni Allan eh.

That happened at the December 27 Winston Music Blast. Roel and Allan were there for Moonstar, The Youth and Parokya. We were sitting backstage and Roel was a little buzzed so he started bringing up the reasons he quit. Allan was just nodding his head… it was kind of a blur but Roel was telling Allan basically that he was such a hot-tempered jackass hehehe. Anyway, Roel said he was wrong for quitting the band; he said on principle he should have quit work. So we were just laughing that he had to bring it up and I just said, "Aww, group hug, group hug!!" and, like weirdos, we hugged. Ayn and Ralph should have seen that (heck--- YOU, dear Reader, should have).

Christmas Eve was spent separately, with our respective friends and families. As you know, Allan, Charles and I spent Christmas evening at Ayn's with a DVD marathon. For the New Year celebration, Ralph, Allan and I spent it at Allan's house (Ralph was all alone with Charmaine off to gensan for her sibling's wedding). Roel was in Baguio. Ayn was with her family-- she was kinda pissed we didn't ask her to come with us, but we were thinking it was important for her to spend it with Tristia and her family. Anyway, the three of us didn't do much. We ate dinner and then Ralph watched "So Close" on the DVD while Allan and I dozed in our seats. I woke up at around 11:30 when Ralph switched to the local countdown specials. At 11:55 pm, Salbakuta performed on channel 7 so we woke Allan up. He looked at it and then went back to sleep. Afterwards he told us he didn't appreciate the fact that he ushered in the New Year with Salbakuta on the brain hehehe. Anyway, we barely woke him up in time for the actual New Year, but we all had our coins jingling at the right moment and we greeted each other and---- well, that was it. I fell asleep again while Ralph and Allan tinkered with Soundclick and more DVDs. In the morning, we had breakfast and watched "The Pianist", which was kind of depressing, but a good movie, too. Allan fell asleep and Ralph and I decided to head home at 11 am.

Friday, we met with him again and also Charles at Megamall. We had a slow dinner at Pizza Hut and then they looked around for more DVDs. Ack! DVD fever! Ayn invited us over to her house for some baked tahong. We stopped to eat some tahong and liempo, and then we headed to Jeff Soapdish's house nearby for his birthday celebration. Acel and Popo of Moonstar were there, Jephoy too… and some of Jeff's friends from Soapdish and other bands. He had a lot of booze flowing, which Ayn and I enjoyed, and Jeff was very solicitous to his guests, bringing them food and drink all the time. They tried to have an acoustic set up, but after Jeff's first song of "High and Dry" by Radiohead (hi, thom ;*), it started drizzling. That sucked… but we still had fun. It was nice of him to ask us over.

We have great news. We are going to be recording an album of 12 songs this week. Finally, we are going to have some concrete output here. As allan says, it's long overdue for the band. Well, here we are. Yesterday afternoon, we practiced the songs we'll be recording. We're hoping to accomplish it in a few days so we could save money. This is it, candyaudioline fans--- our second album! Yipee.

Last night, Roel told us that Tiffany was looking for bands for Millennia. We were off to have dinner so Roel said he'd meet us there, if ever. Sabi niya, "Sige, tugtog tayo! I-text niyo si Tepani kung pano!"

Panalo ka talaga, dude. Candyaudioline forever.

p.s.

we did play last night. Someone lent us a cable for Ayn's bass--- thank you! It was great, although weird na naman yung sound system ng konti, pero matinutino na rin compared to before. Ang sarap kasi ang lakas at ang kapal na naman ng tunog kagabi. Sigh.

Happy New Year, candybloggers!

i am an indie snob!




How indie are you? test by ridethefader

You're just too cool for school, aren't you? You're pretty narrow minded
and opinionated with regards to music (and probably most other things
as well). But you're allowed to be, because you really are better
than everyone else. You take pride in obscurity.
You probably prefer vinyl too, you elitist bitch.