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Some photos I took from yesterday’s event over at Makati.

My sentiments of what took place yesterday will be posted later.

I go to rallies with an almost equal weight on two things: a personal conviction to the cause, and the event being a good photo-op. Last week’s Anti Con Ass rally made me question the first, and since I do these things wholeheartedly, how the hell can I shoot when I’m pissed?

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I’ve been active not only on Plurk (view blog sidebar), but also on Twitter the past few days for what happened in the Philippine Congress. These days, the news you get from the old media channels come in too late, and gets pretty filtered.

I would rather really not blog about politics, but what just happened isn’t the sort of the thing you ignore.

It’s an internet meme. I don’t usually follow these things, but I’ll make this an exception.

Here you go (Artists/Band, Album, Song):

1. Adorable, Against Perfection, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
2. The Album Leaf, Into The Blue Again, Always For You
3. Amiina, Kurr, Rugla
4. … And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Source Tags & Codes, Another Morning Stoner
5. Anthrax, Sound of White Noise, Invisible
6. Astrud Gilberto, Verve Jazz Masters 9, A Certain Sadness
7. The Avalanches, Since I Left You, Since I Left You
8. Bad Religion, Stranger Than Fiction, Stranger Than Fiction
9. Beirut, The Flying Club Cup, Cherbourg
10. Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister, If You’re Feeling Sinister, Like Dylan in the Movies
11. Belly, Sweet Ride – The Best Of, Feed The Tree (Remix)
12. Ben Kweller, Sha Sha, Falling
13. Beth Orton, Central Reservation, Stolen Car
14. Blues Explosion/Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Now I Got Worry, Fuck Shit Up
15. Bon Iver, Blood Bank, Blood Bank
16. Brad Mehldau Trio, Anything Goes, Everything In Its Right Place
17. Brian Eno, Ambient 1: Music For Airports, 1-2
18. Buffalo Tom, Asides from Buffalo Tom, Tangerine
19. Camera Obscura, Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi, Eighties Fan
20. Catherine Wheel, Chrome, Crank
21. Cinderella, Cinderella, Sa Aking Pag-iisa
22. Clint Mansell, The Fountain, The Last Man
23. Cocteau Twins, Lullabies To Violaine CD1, Sugar Hiccup (12” Version)
24. Cody Chesnutt, The Headphone Masterpiece [Disc 1], Can We Teach Each Other
25. The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, A Thousand Hours
26. Danzig, Danzig, Twist Of Cain
27. The Darling Buds, Erotica, Sure Thing
28. The Decemberists, Castaways & Cutouts, Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
29. Dinosaur Jr, Where You Been, Start Choppin’
30. DJ Shadow, Endtroducing, What Does Your Soul Look Like
31. Dubstar, Stars (Original), Stars (Mother Dub)
32. Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis, I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore
33. Edith Piaf, Les Meilleurs, La rue aux chansons avec le Choeurs de René Saint Paul
34. Eggstone, Sweet Summer Sounds 2001, Wrong Heaven
35. Emilie Simon, Emilie Simon, Desert
36. Envy, All The Footprints You’ve Ever Left And The Fear Expecting Ahead, A Cradle Of Arguments And Anxiousness
37. Erik Satie, Reinbert de Leeuw – The early piano works, Gnossienne No. 2
38. Esperanza Spalding, Junjo, Cantora de Yala
39. Ethnic Faces, 10 Of Another Kind, Balik Bayan
40. Faith No More, Angel Dust, A Small Victory
41. Folk Implosion, Kids OST, Nothing Gonna Stop
42. Gene, Drawn to the Deep End, Where Are They Now ?
43. Gomez, Liquid Skin, We Haven’t Turned Around
44. Hum, You’d Prefer An Astronaut, Songs Of Farewell And Departur
45. I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Fear Is On Our Side, The Ghost
46. Idlewild, 100 Broken Windows, Roseability
47. The Innocence Mission, Birds Of My Neighborhood, Where Does The Time Go?
48. Ivy, Apartment Life, These Are The Things About You
49. Jeff Buckley, Live A L’Olympia, Je n’en connais pas la fin
50. John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, They Say It’s Wonderful
51. Joy Division, Still, Dead Souls
52. Life Without Buildings, Live At the Annandale Hotel, The Leanover
53. Low, Things We Lost In The Fire, Sunflower
54. Luscious Jackson, Electric Honey, Ladyfingers
55. Manic Street Preachers, Generation Terrorists, Motorcycle Emptiness
56. Matthew Sweet, Girlfriend, You Don’t Love Me
57. Medicine, The Buried Life, The Pink
58. Miaou, All Around Us, Always Dreaming Of Things To Come
59. Modeselektor, Hello Mom!, I Love You
60. Modest Mouse, The Moon & Antarctica, Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
61. Mogwai, Come On Die Young, Cody
62. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless, When You Sleep
63. Napalm Death, From Enslavement To Obliteration, Evolved As One
64. Narda, Salaguinto’t Salagubang, Jaywalker
65. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, God Fodder, Grey Cell Green
66. Nick Drake, Five Leaves Left, Time Has Told Me
67. Nina Simone, Live at Ronnie Scott’s DVD, If You Knew
68. Odette Quesada, Lite Mellow OPM Music, I Need You Back
69. Pale Saints, Slow buildings, Gesture Of A Fear
70. Papas Fritas, Buildings and Grounds, I Believe in Fate
71. Pat Metheny & Jaco Pastorius, Bright Size Life, Bright Size Life
72. Pavement, Slanted & Enchanted, Summer Babe
73. The Posies, Frosting On The Beater, Dream All Day
74. Prefab Sprout, A Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises, When Love Breaks Down
75. The Railway Children, Listen On: The Best Of The Railway Children, What She Wants
76. Red House Painters, Old Ramon, Between Days
77. Ride, Nowhere, Dreams Burn Down
78. Rocketship, A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness, I Love You Like the Way That I Used to Do
79. Sepultura, Blood Rooted, Crucificados Pelo Sistema
80. Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin, Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg , Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
81. Sergio Mendes, 3 Decades of Music, What Do We Mean to Each Other
82. Scheer, Infliction, Wish You Where Dead
83. Slowdive, Souvlaki, Alison
84. The Softies, It’s Love, I Love You More
85. Sound, Bossa Manila, Habulan
86. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses, Waterfall
87. Strawberry Switchblade, Strawberry Switchblade, Who Knows What Love Is?
88. Sun Kil Moon, Tiny Cities, Exit Does Not Exist
89. The Sundays, France Inter FM Radio: Black Session – Dec 15 ‘92, More
90. Suzanne Vega, Tried And True, Marlene On The Wall
91. Teenage Fanclub, Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six Seconds, The Concept
92. Toad the Wet Sprocket, P.S.: A Toad Retrospective [Japan Bonus Tracks], Something’s Always Wrong [Edit]
93. Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything? (Disc 1), It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference
94. Tom Waits, Closing Time, Ol’ ‘55
95. Tracey Thorn, Out Of The Woods, By Picadilly Station I Sat Down And Wept
96. Up Dharma Down, Songs From The Other Side (Music From And Inspired by Ang Pamana: The Inheritance), Flicker
97. Urban Bandits, Brave New World Live, Nagpapapansin
98. Velocity Girl, Gilded Stars And Zealous Hearts, Zealous Heart
99. Violent Playground, Primordial Soup, Tupperware Party
100. Yo La Tengo, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass, Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind

And like the following:

Marocharim: 100 Songs. Because iTunes is On Shuffle and Repeat
MLQ3: 100 Songs! For Melodious Success!
Ade: 100 Songs. For Great Victory.
Baddie: 100 Songs to Save Your Life

I will tag whoever wants to bother spending precious time making one of these lists. Link back, too, so I can track your list.

Last week, I was still using Windows XP on my home computer. The urge to upgrade to Vista was non-existent, but during a support call at work when I had to do basic blind-support (no remote access) troubleshooting for one of the bosses of the company on a Vista machine, I decided to bypass my biases, and just proceed with an upgrade. This was timely, as I just got myself a new videocard, and a much-delayed DVD writer purchase was already done a month or two ago.

I have Vista on my machine now, with the latest updates. Great improvement from XP? Yes, I should say so. Does it deserve the negative criticism it has been getting since its release? After a few days with it, I really don’t see anything major to gripe about.

Then, Microsoft released a release candidate for Windows 7 to the public last Tuesday, valid until June 1, 2010.

And, here I am, a few hours after downloading the DVD-sized evaluation-copy operating system, and I’m loving how Windows 7 RC works. Very snappy, just like the recently released Ubuntu Linux 9.04.

HA!

On Vista Aero with my current specs, I’m around 60+ RAM usage. On Windows 7 RC Aero, I’m using less than 40-50. My rig runs on a first-gen dual core Pentium and 1.5GB of RAM.

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I had two official drinks when I started school: root beer and sarsi. I didn’t know any other kid who liked what I liked, and I guess that was the start of my being the oddball that i am now.

Back then, there was this weird concoction you can do with sarsi: add one raw egg. I remember sipping it the classic pinoy way: with a straw, and contained in a plastic bag, the type used to sell ice.

So I posed a question over Plurk about it, and no, I found out it wasn’t something that was just done in the 80s. Read more here.

So, being the naturally brave soul I am, I present you with my refreshing post-breakfast drink:

It was good. Like root beer float.

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