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damn the 80s
i fully regret the fact (hahaha… hahahaha!) that i didnt announce my new acquisitions of vicor re-issued cds… which is info i will still hold on to, since this could be just one of those insane music phases i sometimes get myself into…
oh crap, ill post about it anyway. one of the cd’s is this one, which is a follow up to my getting this one. so there.
mistake number three
saw the music video of True Faith covering Culture Club‘s Mistake Number Three this morning. can’t say much about the video, since our cable reception is pretty bad with MTV, but its animated, and the narrative looks preety cheesy; not novelty-cheesy, but aptly-cheesy.
the song? oddly, quite appealing. gah, i’m embarassingly going retro-kitschy, i blog about it :/
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in other music news:
John Mayer Discusses His “Kid A” Cover.
i acknowledge the fact that this guy is a guitar-geek, but his stuff is too preppy for me. this bit of info though, is too hard to ignore.
daring declaration
give me your favorite local indiepop band, ill make you listen to Cinderella (no, not that american hairband from the 80s).
listen to Ang Boyfriend Kong Baduy and tell me why Siesta shouldnt sign them. you have everything from trademark strum-strum guitar patterns, backup singers doing their shalala’s, and a whispy-voiced lady-singer. perfect indiepop ingredients, huh?
yes, that Cinderella.
urbandub na ‘to: a concert review
Urbandub music didnt take off in me like this pheonix-out-of-the-flames. i’ve stamped them with the stigma of rich-kid rock. glad it grew on me.
i watched their gig at the Bahay ng Alumni over at UP last tuesday. not expecting much, and being by my lone self, i was just looking forward to take pictures.
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late semi-review of a Majam gig
Majam gigs have always been a sort of priority when i was back in UP, primarily because they were good, and equal to that, the admission was always free. m and i decided to get our infrequent jazz dose last sunday at the Lagoon.
badly enough, they were displaced from the Lagoon stage because of a nearby party, which did appear campus-official, nonetheless noisy. the trio held the concert behind the admin grounds, across the street from the UP Theater. we placed ourselves in front, missing assumingly one, or half a, song.
a competent review with have all the song titles at hand to cite, but Joey Valenciano, the drummer, would, i am lead to believe, permit this misgiving. he even forgets the songs after they play em :) first thing i noticed would be the addition of a new pianist. no Johnny Torres :/ but he does look official, and that’s what the program says, too. his name? sorry, didnt get it also. highlights of the gig was their version of the standard Take Five, and an improv of that Viva Hot Babes hit, Bulaklak. yes, folks, it was a request.
despite the obvious changes, as well as Joey appearing to have lost a little of his heftness, Ruben Reyes (bassist), looking ultra-casual with slippers, and now-long, semi-unkempt hair, this ia Majam as you would probably have them at your house, at the basement, practicing slash performing. its definitely about time to have an album out for these guys.
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damn camera attachment on phone gave crappy pictures of the gig, and im still 30 shots away from finishing a B&W film roll on my Lomo Smena 8M :/ so here’s a lifted image from the web [source]:
