I met Allan at Glorietta last night where he was supervising a Moonstar 88 gig. I was kind of desperate to see my bandmates again, and I thought that Ayn had already left for Malate without me. Allan said he was probably going to a Parokya gig in Malate after all the Moonstar stuff he had to do, so he said we could probably pass by and see Ayn.
Hard Rock Café gives really good band food.
We hitched with Acel and Danny to go to Intramuros, where Moonstar had another stint. Afterwards, we hitched with Paolo and Mara to Mayric’s so Allan could talk to Kamikazee.
As you can see, it was all about Allan’s business, for the most part.
At around one o’clock, Ayn texted us and told us it wasn’t necessary to pass for her. Sayang din, but we weren’t sure what time we’d be able to do so anyway. So, after Allan was finished with all of his duties, he suggested we hang out at his place and look through his video collection.
I was scared of his dog. But after the initial eager sniffing, he became very placid. He even put his snout on my leg and looked up at me with doe eyes. It was so cute. I couldn’t be afraid of him after that. He also kept perching on the couch’s headboard, as if he were a cat. Funny.
So Allan showed me all the videos he downloaded. Some of them were those isolated hits I used to love from high school, alone in my dorm room: “Girl From Mars”, “Sucked Out”, “Your Woman”. It really brought back memories. And Allan has quite an impressive collection, at least, for me—someone who never really downloads stuff from the Net.
Anyway, at around 4 am, he treated me to a very early Marlet’s breakfast of fried chicken-silog. Yum. But my Royal’s ice had little white flecks in it, so I just opted to drink straight from the bottle, even if it was warm. Then he brought me home. Yehey. Sleep.
Seeing Allan and the prospect of seeing Ayn really cheered me up. The sound trip did, too. I’ve really needed it these past two days. I’ve been feeling jittery and nervous. Kind of schizo. That’s why I was so afraid to meet Milenyo—I didn’t think I could take a hyperactive canine jumping on me and slobbering on me. I thought I’d fall to pieces if he did.
I have very good news, though. In BeTWEEn Days at Millennia will be on Monday and we’re playing. Please be there. We really miss playing and we’d love for you to share the experience with us again. Then again, you can just ignore us. We don’t mind. Haha.
Saturday, October 11, 2003
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
here are the lyrics to my favourite song of the moment ... it's from the pale saints:
Pale Saints - Time Thief
Thought we could breathe easily
It’s not often on the weak
Instead now it descends
To sow our dreams
And mail us into blank...
Chase it cos it’s dangerous on foot
You know I’d help you if I wanted to
hang on because i'll Try to fill a hole inside the pain
Lives inside this house
Lives in both of us
time thief strike don't we realise
Frightened of the world pretend
that It’s your favourite daddy shirt and
Wear it we’re in outer space
The money’s falling through the wall again
Lives inside this house
Lives in both of us
time thief strike don't we realise
Round and round and round we go
The words are breezing and there’s always
One more clue to comprehend
it's not yet through they'll jump into your head
Lives inside this house
Lives in both of us
time thief strike don't we realise
Thought we could breathe easily
It’s not often on the weak
Instead now it descends
To sow our dreams
And mail us into blank...
Chase it cos it’s dangerous on foot
You know I’d help you if I wanted to
hang on because i'll Try to fill a hole inside the pain
Lives inside this house
Lives in both of us
time thief strike don't we realise
Frightened of the world pretend
that It’s your favourite daddy shirt and
Wear it we’re in outer space
The money’s falling through the wall again
Lives inside this house
Lives in both of us
time thief strike don't we realise
Round and round and round we go
The words are breezing and there’s always
One more clue to comprehend
it's not yet through they'll jump into your head
Lives inside this house
Lives in both of us
time thief strike don't we realise
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Allan is Sad Inside
I talked to Allan last night. He’s afraid that his schedule will be too tight to see us this sembreak because of more and more Parokya gigs coming up. Told him we’d still be here.
Does anyone want to cheer him up? There’s a tag board to the right ---------->
Don’t worry. We’ll be back.
Does anyone want to cheer him up? There’s a tag board to the right ---------->
Don’t worry. We’ll be back.
Monday, October 06, 2003
An Empty House
That's the title of a variation of the song we'll be making soon. Just kidding. More like a description of last Saturday night's event. Basically, the only people who were there were Roel's girlfriend's students (Happy birthday, Jen!) and the bands. Balloon Derby didn't even come, so it was only us, Soft Pillow Kisses, Gish and Soapdish. Despite multiple plugs on NU 107, people didn't come. Some people whom Allan had invited came, but were confused by the sign outside which said, "Pitong Stop", instead of "Pit Stop", so they ended up leaving anyway. No use quibbling whose fault that was... guess it was too sudden to expect people to turn up. It was ok.
Ayn and I arrived at around a quarter to ten. Roel was already there with Jen, as usual. We ordered tokwa't baboy and a few drinks. The staff were nice to us, so I won't bitch :) I think even that woman who I don't like was there, and she didn't hound us or anything. Tiffany said hi to us, no doubt remembering our last conversation under the influence of alcohol. I shyly said hello. Hope she didn't misconstrue that as artifice.
The other bands arrived and we all watched "Desperado" on AXN while waiting for Allan, who was fashionably late (harhar). Gish opened the night with songs from Coldplay, Radiohead, and a few originals. I think Popo sang better than the guest Stonefree guy, who's probably too used to singing their own songs to resist the temptation to do vocal gymnastics. Urk.
Then we played. Jeff of Soapdish requested "pretend we're smart" but you know how Allan gets whenever people request. Jeff made faces at me for that.
Then Soapdish played and they were good, as usual. They're better than most of the bands I hear on the radio, and they're catchy enough to be popular, so I don't know why they're still stuck playing with us hehehe. Anyway, it's always fun to have them around.
Soft Pillow Kisses ended the night with a few of their long lost originals. It was refreshing, and I think Louie is really improving :) See? It just takes a lot of getting used to singing with Allan, dear.
After that, Ian and 8 of Cheese passed by to show Allan a video of their performance at the Muziklaban finals. I don't know why.
We stepped outside and realized that someone had again changed the title of the event into "soppotting". How appropriate.
We then headed on to Mister Kebab where we starved for about half an hour before they finally brought us our food.
Hmm. We have no idea what's in store for us anytime soon.
Ayn and I arrived at around a quarter to ten. Roel was already there with Jen, as usual. We ordered tokwa't baboy and a few drinks. The staff were nice to us, so I won't bitch :) I think even that woman who I don't like was there, and she didn't hound us or anything. Tiffany said hi to us, no doubt remembering our last conversation under the influence of alcohol. I shyly said hello. Hope she didn't misconstrue that as artifice.
The other bands arrived and we all watched "Desperado" on AXN while waiting for Allan, who was fashionably late (harhar). Gish opened the night with songs from Coldplay, Radiohead, and a few originals. I think Popo sang better than the guest Stonefree guy, who's probably too used to singing their own songs to resist the temptation to do vocal gymnastics. Urk.
Then we played. Jeff of Soapdish requested "pretend we're smart" but you know how Allan gets whenever people request. Jeff made faces at me for that.
Then Soapdish played and they were good, as usual. They're better than most of the bands I hear on the radio, and they're catchy enough to be popular, so I don't know why they're still stuck playing with us hehehe. Anyway, it's always fun to have them around.
Soft Pillow Kisses ended the night with a few of their long lost originals. It was refreshing, and I think Louie is really improving :) See? It just takes a lot of getting used to singing with Allan, dear.
After that, Ian and 8 of Cheese passed by to show Allan a video of their performance at the Muziklaban finals. I don't know why.
We stepped outside and realized that someone had again changed the title of the event into "soppotting". How appropriate.
We then headed on to Mister Kebab where we starved for about half an hour before they finally brought us our food.
Hmm. We have no idea what's in store for us anytime soon.
Saturday, October 04, 2003
Millennia Tonight!
We’re playing at Millennia tonight and the event is haphazardly entitled: PIT STOP. Please pass by. Soapdish, Balloon Derby and Soft Pillow Kisses are playing, too, and I think there are other bands lined up as well. Ralph is alive, thank god, and so are we. See you tonight!
Thursday, October 02, 2003
Fox Square Cancelled
Kami lang yung na-cancel. We can't play tomorrow night because Roel has work tomorrow. He has to leave Manila in the afternoon. This sucks vacuum I know. I hope that Allan has texted the organizer about it already. The rest of us might still go there to watch the gig. To the readers, punta parin kayo.
Allan told me that Sonnet LVIII's drummer will be sessioning for us. I hope that we can practice with him anytime soon so this won't happen again.
Ano meron sa Millennia sa saturday?
Allan told me that Sonnet LVIII's drummer will be sessioning for us. I hope that we can practice with him anytime soon so this won't happen again.
Ano meron sa Millennia sa saturday?
ops teka.
we won't be playing tomorrow night because roel will be in laguna. too bad. saturday night though, we might be in millenia.
Nawawala si Ralphyyy
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALPHHHHH! Ano bang nangyari sayo? All of us have been texting you and calling you up on the phone about our gigs, but you never answer. When we call Charmaine’s phone up, a guy answers and shuts the phone on us (although, she’s probably changed numbers, we don’t really know…). What’s happened? Are you still alive? Where are you? Do we have to file a missing persons report? Something is fricking wrong with your phone, man.
Hindi na tuloy kami nakatugtog nung Wednesday kasama ang Kamikazee at Monsterbot.
Anyway, we’ll probably be playing late tomorrow night because Allan and Roel will still have to be coming from the Oktoberfest in Libis (because of Moonstar 88). We might be playing on Saturday night, I don’t know where yet. Keep posted. And if you find Ralph, send an email to the mailing list. Baka taong-grasa na siya ngayon na lumilibot sa harap ng Mayric’s, huhuhuhuhuhu…. *sniff*
Hindi na tuloy kami nakatugtog nung Wednesday kasama ang Kamikazee at Monsterbot.
Anyway, we’ll probably be playing late tomorrow night because Allan and Roel will still have to be coming from the Oktoberfest in Libis (because of Moonstar 88). We might be playing on Saturday night, I don’t know where yet. Keep posted. And if you find Ralph, send an email to the mailing list. Baka taong-grasa na siya ngayon na lumilibot sa harap ng Mayric’s, huhuhuhuhuhu…. *sniff*
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
A Front
Last night we fronted for Parokya lang pala. Maple Syrup was there and one of the vocalists was wearing a Chester-of-Linkin-Park ensemble (glasses, polo shirt buttoned up to the top). Ralph was wearing a polo shirt, too, and he buttoned it up to the top to make us laugh. Allan felt bad because none of us were able to go out with him the other night to a movie, when we had all promised we would. Circumstances had been against us. Roel was quiet last night, don’t know why. Ayn drank some beer. I drank some orange juice. Yum.
Then we played. Couldn’t hear myself, but they said I could be heard. Ayn and I left early.
The End. Bow.
Then we played. Couldn’t hear myself, but they said I could be heard. Ayn and I left early.
The End. Bow.
Monday, September 29, 2003
Outcasts of the Outcast
Once, I told a college acquaintance that there were still class distinctions in PSHS, like any normal high school. There were the popular kids and there were the geeks. He incredulously replied, “What?? Nerds persecuting other nerds?? Okay yun ah…”
The other night, we played at Buzz Night. As expected, it was packed because of The Lubitels’ admirers. Ayn and I arrived there at around 10 pm because Allan said Roel had another gig to go to afterwards. As we were bringing the bass out of the van, we saw a guy wearing a red, hooded sweatshirt, cap and glasses entering Mayric’s.
“Uy, Ralph wears glasses?” I raised my eyebrows.
“Now he does.”
Well, at least he had arrived already. We sat down at our usual table and he wasn’t there. We thought he had gone to the bathroom. Minutes later, he still hadn’t come to sit with us. “Maybe that wasn’t Ralph. It sure looked like him. Tingnan ko nga.” I made as if to go to the bathroom myself, but stopped when I saw a girl waiting in front of the door. At least I could see “Ralph”. I turned around to walk away, but took a last look at him—nope. Heehee.
Later, Ralph came in wearing a big ratty shirt. He looked really tired and not his usual red-sweatshirted self. “Still sick,” he said.
“We thought this guy sitting in front was you.”
“Really? Haha.”
So we sat around waiting for the rest of the troop. Allan, Roel and John Paul were stuck in SM North and Charles was off to a date, according to Antz. Antz gave Ayn and me a compilation he made of indiepop and we were delighted. He had even made little sleeves for them and drawn a cover design of sorts with permanent marker. Very thoughtful of him.
Balloon Derby decided to be proactive by getting up to play even if the night hadn’t officially started. They played a good, loud set, keyboards galore. The crowd was pretty enthusiastic that night, and politely so. After Balloon Derby, everyone waited a while for Allan to come around, but he was still nowhere to be seen. Carnival Park rescued us from boredom with their “super twee” sound (a friend’s words, not mine). Outside, Lei of Spring Boutique was begging Antz to let her leave for a party. Charles and John Paul didn’t look like they were arriving any time soon. Shucks… I was hoping to hear her sing that night.
Finally, Charles and Allan, Roel and John Paul hurried into Mayric’s. Candyaudioline immediately started setup. I suddenly became very nervous just before I went onstage and it killed my first notes. I tried not to think too much during the set, but I appreciated how we sound so loud during “An Empty You” and “Nothing Much to Lose”. I recognized an unexpected friend from the audience and it relaxed me a bit. The crowd was very polite. Really. I was grateful.
Lara told us she really liked our set. Ayn’s friend, the one who wants to use our music for a film score, was impressed, too. She showed us her short film outside and we gave her the freedom to pick bits and pieces of our songs for her score. Allan even toyed with the idea of making it a music video for “Empty” and she agreed heartily. It was a cool film and a good idea.
Allan bought me some orange juice. Yummy. I told Kaye that she looked like that girl from “My Love, Cindy” and she laughed so loud. I told her that Charles had a look-alike from the Sexbomb Dancers, too. It’s true. Just watch “Daisy Siete”. These two suspicious looking men wanted to sit down beside Kaye and me, but we gave them such odd looks that they opted to sit somewhere in front. That was fortunate because it turned out that those two guys harassed a woman later that night. They claimed they were CIDG so the Buzz Night guys could do no more than make them leave the venue. Kawawa yung babae. She left soon after that in tears.
Soul Connection and The Lubitels played to an animated audience. Spring Boutique played sans Lei, plus Lara. Soft Pillow Kisses ended the night beautifully. Was there a Shuffle Union? A Ciao? I forget. I’m sorry… I must have stepped outside for some air. Maybe they didn’t come. The Einstein Chakras didn’t. That was a pity. I wanted to hear that “Johnny is a name of a dog in the Philippines” song. I’m not sure I got that right, either.
Allan kindly treated some of us to Mister Kebab after Buzz Night for once. He wanted to stay away from certain areas. Ahem. Before we left for the restaurant, the Ralph doppelganger went to get a taxi with his friends and I pointed him out to the real one. “Yun o.”
Pause. “He’s too healthy.”
Tonight, we’re fronting for Parokya and Kamikazee at Mayric’s.
The other night, we played at Buzz Night. As expected, it was packed because of The Lubitels’ admirers. Ayn and I arrived there at around 10 pm because Allan said Roel had another gig to go to afterwards. As we were bringing the bass out of the van, we saw a guy wearing a red, hooded sweatshirt, cap and glasses entering Mayric’s.
“Uy, Ralph wears glasses?” I raised my eyebrows.
“Now he does.”
Well, at least he had arrived already. We sat down at our usual table and he wasn’t there. We thought he had gone to the bathroom. Minutes later, he still hadn’t come to sit with us. “Maybe that wasn’t Ralph. It sure looked like him. Tingnan ko nga.” I made as if to go to the bathroom myself, but stopped when I saw a girl waiting in front of the door. At least I could see “Ralph”. I turned around to walk away, but took a last look at him—nope. Heehee.
Later, Ralph came in wearing a big ratty shirt. He looked really tired and not his usual red-sweatshirted self. “Still sick,” he said.
“We thought this guy sitting in front was you.”
“Really? Haha.”
So we sat around waiting for the rest of the troop. Allan, Roel and John Paul were stuck in SM North and Charles was off to a date, according to Antz. Antz gave Ayn and me a compilation he made of indiepop and we were delighted. He had even made little sleeves for them and drawn a cover design of sorts with permanent marker. Very thoughtful of him.
Balloon Derby decided to be proactive by getting up to play even if the night hadn’t officially started. They played a good, loud set, keyboards galore. The crowd was pretty enthusiastic that night, and politely so. After Balloon Derby, everyone waited a while for Allan to come around, but he was still nowhere to be seen. Carnival Park rescued us from boredom with their “super twee” sound (a friend’s words, not mine). Outside, Lei of Spring Boutique was begging Antz to let her leave for a party. Charles and John Paul didn’t look like they were arriving any time soon. Shucks… I was hoping to hear her sing that night.
Finally, Charles and Allan, Roel and John Paul hurried into Mayric’s. Candyaudioline immediately started setup. I suddenly became very nervous just before I went onstage and it killed my first notes. I tried not to think too much during the set, but I appreciated how we sound so loud during “An Empty You” and “Nothing Much to Lose”. I recognized an unexpected friend from the audience and it relaxed me a bit. The crowd was very polite. Really. I was grateful.
Lara told us she really liked our set. Ayn’s friend, the one who wants to use our music for a film score, was impressed, too. She showed us her short film outside and we gave her the freedom to pick bits and pieces of our songs for her score. Allan even toyed with the idea of making it a music video for “Empty” and she agreed heartily. It was a cool film and a good idea.
Allan bought me some orange juice. Yummy. I told Kaye that she looked like that girl from “My Love, Cindy” and she laughed so loud. I told her that Charles had a look-alike from the Sexbomb Dancers, too. It’s true. Just watch “Daisy Siete”. These two suspicious looking men wanted to sit down beside Kaye and me, but we gave them such odd looks that they opted to sit somewhere in front. That was fortunate because it turned out that those two guys harassed a woman later that night. They claimed they were CIDG so the Buzz Night guys could do no more than make them leave the venue. Kawawa yung babae. She left soon after that in tears.
Soul Connection and The Lubitels played to an animated audience. Spring Boutique played sans Lei, plus Lara. Soft Pillow Kisses ended the night beautifully. Was there a Shuffle Union? A Ciao? I forget. I’m sorry… I must have stepped outside for some air. Maybe they didn’t come. The Einstein Chakras didn’t. That was a pity. I wanted to hear that “Johnny is a name of a dog in the Philippines” song. I’m not sure I got that right, either.
Allan kindly treated some of us to Mister Kebab after Buzz Night for once. He wanted to stay away from certain areas. Ahem. Before we left for the restaurant, the Ralph doppelganger went to get a taxi with his friends and I pointed him out to the real one. “Yun o.”
Pause. “He’s too healthy.”
Tonight, we’re fronting for Parokya and Kamikazee at Mayric’s.
Friday, September 26, 2003
A Broken Silver
Puede rin yung sinasabi mo Ralph pero pag usapan nalang natin bukas.. I invited my friend to drop by Mayric's for Buzznite.
To Allan, padala naman copies ng mga songs natin (preferably yung Alone Again at Last at yung An Empty You) just in case.
To the rest of the band, in case makalimutan ni Allan magdala ng copy, kung may extra kayo, padala narin.
The film is about "the obsessive compulsive world of a madman in a genuinely loving gay relationship." So I guess you guys already have an idea as to why I want to use "My Silver" or "An Empty You" for the film. Pasok din yung "Broken to Pieces."
Miss you all! Can't wait for tomorrow. You won't believe what hell I got myself into lately. Tsk tsk.
Tah!
To Allan, padala naman copies ng mga songs natin (preferably yung Alone Again at Last at yung An Empty You) just in case.
To the rest of the band, in case makalimutan ni Allan magdala ng copy, kung may extra kayo, padala narin.
The film is about "the obsessive compulsive world of a madman in a genuinely loving gay relationship." So I guess you guys already have an idea as to why I want to use "My Silver" or "An Empty You" for the film. Pasok din yung "Broken to Pieces."
Miss you all! Can't wait for tomorrow. You won't believe what hell I got myself into lately. Tsk tsk.
Tah!
cool edit to the rescue
well, pwede naman sigurong i-dub ko na lang sa bahay yung part ko... through my pc. yun nga lang baka maging supot yung tunog kasi di gagamit ng amp. but at least we have an option, given my dilemna.
Paella
Ayoko na ng paella. Hindi ko kaya...
Excited na akong makita kayo bukas sa Buzz Night. It's a pity you guys won't be able to record for that short film. I was thinking the same thing Ralph was since work hours lang pwede, but then I remembered that I won't really be necessary since instrumentals lang ang kailangan. Sayang. You could have done something different, for a change.
Sana ok na ako by tomorrow. This entry should be entitled Sick! (Part 2).
Excited na akong makita kayo bukas sa Buzz Night. It's a pity you guys won't be able to record for that short film. I was thinking the same thing Ralph was since work hours lang pwede, but then I remembered that I won't really be necessary since instrumentals lang ang kailangan. Sayang. You could have done something different, for a change.
Sana ok na ako by tomorrow. This entry should be entitled Sick! (Part 2).
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Score time out
So pano ba? Wala ka bang break sa hapon? Sarado ang pag-recordan pag weekends eh. Ako naman free day ko Wednesday and Thursday afternoon lang.
So pano, magbigay nalang tayo copy ng songs natin? Sayang.
So pano, magbigay nalang tayo copy ng songs natin? Sayang.
time out
Recording is any working day during office hours. <-- this is key. medyo mahirap sa sked ko 'to. maybe we can just record during weekends.
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
We're gonna score...
Oi, a friend is asking if we're interested in writing for the score soundtrack for a short film. May theme daw or something. The film is around 12 minutes. Maybe we can come up with some shoegaze-y sound for that.
There's no problem daw with money for the recording. Recording is any working day during office hours.
To view the film, we still have to go to PIA (Philippine Information Agency) located at Mindanao Avenue. Hindi pa raw kasi na transfer sa VHS so unfortunately we still need to view it there.
I told her na baka puede na yung songs natin. But she thinks na baka sobra naman kasi it's just a short film. Hey, maybe we can use the adlib parts from "My Silver" or "An Empty You"!!
Ewan bahala na. So trip niyo ba?
There's no problem daw with money for the recording. Recording is any working day during office hours.
To view the film, we still have to go to PIA (Philippine Information Agency) located at Mindanao Avenue. Hindi pa raw kasi na transfer sa VHS so unfortunately we still need to view it there.
I told her na baka puede na yung songs natin. But she thinks na baka sobra naman kasi it's just a short film. Hey, maybe we can use the adlib parts from "My Silver" or "An Empty You"!!
Ewan bahala na. So trip niyo ba?
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