You dare not miss this...

This'll be the coolest gig ever.
Sarap panimula ng Summer Vacation!!!

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Three words and 14 reasons
you need to be in Pisay
on March 12, 2005 (Saturday).



Sugarfree :: Cambio :: Imago :: Twisted Halo :: Boldstar :: Radioactive Sago Project :: Brownbeat Allstars :: Mayonnaise :: Orange and Lemons :: Brownman Revival :: Delta Joy :: Gender Bender :: Giniling Festival :: Firelane


March 12, 2005
PSHS Open Field.

Gates open at 4:00 p.m.
Tickets at the gate for P150.

Part of the proceeds of this event will be donated to Kythe, Inc.,
a volunteer organization that cares for pediatric cancer patients
and their families.


[A SaMaPi + Revolver Production]

in cooperation with
the PSHS Batch 2005 Council

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San ka pa?! ;)
Spread the word!!!

My Kjwan Week - Bastusan Na!

Last week was Kjwan Week :D Haven't seen this guys in action in a very looong time, and it was really great seeing them again three times in the span of four days :P

First caught these guys at the UP Fair last Saturday, where their set was just really rockin'. It literally sent dust clouds into the air as the moshers slammed through all three songs of their short but sweet set.

The next day, I went to Tower Records at the Alabang Town Center where the band was supposed to perform at 6pm. Reached Tower at about 5, not much people around yet, so I decided to check out Calvin and Hobbes at Powerbooks. Big mistake, because when I got to Tower at around 5:45, the place was friggin' PACKED! Was excited pa naman to get really good pics because the place was small and I thought I'd be able to get good close-up shots, but NOOO, the place was so crowded, I couldn't even squeeze my way to the front anymore :( Had to make do with my place at the back, buti nalang de-swivel ang LCD monitor ng cam ko :D Looove My Precious talaga, hehehe. At least, I was able to take a couple of ok shots, nangawit nga lang kilikili ko kakastretch ng arm to take pics :P


Kjwan at Tower Records ATC

That ATC gig was really one for the books. In the Kjwan mailing list, Jorel said they really loved that gig - para daw naging Freedom Bar on Admit One anniversary night yung Tower Records, may moshpit pa talaga and crowd surfing(!).


Nagka-moshpit sa *loob* ng Tower ATC(!)

And finally, on Tuesday, caught Kjwan one more time at Tower Records Glorietta. Yet again, maraming tao. Pero mas marami na ngayong chicks kaysa moshers (halos wala nga nung mga yun eh, hehe). It was great meeting a couple of listers (Hey Sansan and Julius!), my good friend Anne (na panalo ang photo-op with Mr. Abaya!), and a Pisay student (Hey Klarisse! Naka-uniform ka pa talaga nun ha :P ) hehehe.

And Jorel was so nice, he let me take pics from inside the ropes! Yipeee! Andami ko tuloy kuha hehehe. Too bad I wasn't really into moving around to take pics from different views, but at least I got good pics of all the members, I think :D Oh and yeah, he gave me a poster too! Woohoo :)



Sayang lang di ko pa napa-sign, kahit CD ko wala pang pirma nila. All the more reason to catch more Kjwan gigs, hehehe...


The view from just outside Tower Records Glorietta

More pics of their Tower Records gigs here (ATC) and here (Glorietta). But this one here is probably my favorite of the lot:


Bastusan na!

UP Fair 2005

UP Fair na!!!

Here are the band skeds. Pick a night, any night! Got these skeds from friends, mailing lists, Bandstand.ph, and Peyups.com. Check out Peyups.com if you wanna know more about each night's gig.

Feb. 14, Monday - Luv-A-Fair :: presented by Alpha Sigma
Parokya ni Edgar :: Sponge Cola :: Urbandub :: Sandwich :: Sugarfree :: Cambio :: Twisted Halo :: Itchyworms :: 6cyclemind :: Imago :: Milk N' Money :: Blue Ketchup :: Hale :: and many more...

Feb. 15, Tuesday - Fairster 2 :: presented by Portia
P.O.T. :: Rivermaya :: Urbandub :: sandwich :: Coffee Break Island :: Brownman Revival :: Hale :: Stonefree :: 6cyclemind :: Cambio :: Imago :: Sugarfree :: Spong Cola :: and many more...

Feb 16, Wednesday - LovestROCK :: presented by Scintilla Juris
MYMP :: Urbandub :: Kjwan :: Cista :: The Mongols :: Brownbeat Allstars :: Chicosci :: Bent :: Blue Ketchup :: Bog :: Chaos Theory :: Cryochamber :: Giniling Festival :: Juana :: Kantula :: Kiko Machine :: Milk N Money :: Nontoxic :: Pennies for Jane :: Protein Shake :: Sacramento :: Simon :: Spelling Contest :: Taffy Trip :: The Brew :: Typecast :: FHM Lingerie Show

Feb. 17, Thursday - SISfire 3: All Is Fair In Love And War :: presented by Sigma Beta
Kamikazee :: Itchyworms :: Imago :: 17:28 :: Cambio :: Cheese :: Sugarfree :: Moonstar88 :: Session Road :: Brownman Revival :: Kitchie Nadal :: Sponge Cola :: and many more...

Feb. 18, Friday - SchizoFAIRnia: Night of Opposites :: presented by UP EMC and UP Circle of Entrepreneurs
sandwich :: imago :: cambio :: sugarfree :: razorback :: slapshock :: mayonnaise :: greyhoundz :: stonefree :: sponge cola :: pop filter :: 6 cycle mind :: orange and lemons :: the wuds :: the jerks :: juan pablo dream :: brownbeat all stars :: radioactive sago project :: itchyworms :: urbandub :: monsterbot :: ciudad :: milk & money :: blue catsup :: the late isabel :: tsongkeys :: ekit :: snowflakes :: dale iba :: anino :: sweet valium high :: burning angels :: matilda :: harsh flavor :: pigs with pearls :: revenge of the oemon :: la passionaria :: tambisan

Feb. 19, Saturday - USC Night: FAIRspectives
Sugarfree :: Imago :: Cambio :: Kjwan :: Mayonnaise :: Itchyworms :: Mongols :: Kiko Machine :: Datu's Tribe :: Sandwich :: 6 Cycle Mind :: Milk and Honey :: Popfilter :: Blue Ketchup :: Akafellas

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By the way, Peyups.com will be selling shirts at their booth on the fairgrounds. Hanapin nalang natin saan dun hehehe. Got this pic from their website:

Think happy thoughts!

HOOK (Robin Williams, 1991) was on Cinemax a while ago. And no matter how many times I've seen it already, I still can't help but finish it everytime I catch it on the tube :P

This has got to be one of my all-time favorite movies. I was in the 5th grade when it came out in the cinema, and to be 11 and believe you can fly like Peter Pan was awesome. As in after watching the movie feeling ko makakalipad ako by simply holding on to my happy thought, hehehe.

Watching it all over again is just as fun! I get senti all over, and the memories associated with this movie come back in waves of nostalgia. As I said, I was Grade 5 back in '91, and in one subject, we were asked to make our wedding invitation. I was totally clueless about who I wanted to marry (d-uh), but then I had just seen Hook, and I was smitten by Rufio, played by Pinoy boy Dante Basco. And so I ended up marrying Dante - as written in my wedding invitation at least :D



Dante's actually all over Hollywood. Besides his big role as the new leader of the Lost Boys in Hook, he has also appeared in lots of shows such as Moesha, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and The Wonder Years. Ever seen the Fil-Am movie "The Debut"? That's Dante in the lead role there, all grown up and still in the business. His latest high profile appearance would prolly be The Black Eyed Peas' video of "The Apl Song", as the younger version of the veteran soldier.

But besides Dante, there are a lot of other things I love about Hook. Heck, it stars Robin Williams, who's probably my most favorite actor ever. Gimme a Robin Williams film and I'd probably love it to pieces (read: Dead Poets Society, What Dreams May Come, etc). Also, the Lost Boys and Jack and Maggie were all so adorable. I can't help but wonder if they're still in showbiz now.

And of course, it's always the quotable-quotes that get me :D I always have a laugh when Maggie tells Hook that he's just "a mean old man without a mommy." And it's one of those awww moments when Tinkerbell tells Peter that that place "between sleep and awake, where you still remember you were dreaming" is where she'd always love him. But I guess this one takes the cake:

TO LIVE...to live will be an awfully big adventure ;)
(Carpe diem, anyone? Dead Poets Society style?)

Puso kong hindi mapalagay...

Oh wow, nabubulabog ang puso ko sa mga nasasagap na balita...
Ok, least bad trip news muna.

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Norah Jones is coming to Manila on March 12!!!
So first I thought, shit, have to choose: Jars of Clay (March 2) or Norah Jones?! Ubos ang paalam points (not to mention ubos ang funds!!!)... Argh...
And then I realized...March 12?! Hello, Pisay fair gig yun! No way in hell I won't be there. Hellur!
Ok, so scrap the Norah Jones gig. At least I can watch Jars of Clay (hopefully), hehehe.

Now, that wasn't so bad was it?
But here comes more bad trip news...

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Here's Myrene's latest post on the sandwich mailing list...
Yep folks, Marc Abaya has left the building.
Read on:

you know, marc will always be our friend, and that friendship we holdabove everything else, even above being a bandmate. he's been with ussince he was in second year college, and now it's time for him to tryout new things. we've always known what a great talent marc is -we've known since 1998 in fact. so it's no surprise that the time hascome for him to strike out into new territory. it's as simple as thatand we fully support him.

another concern was all of marc's fans who kept expecting him to showup only to be disappointed because he'd be tied up with a previousengagement that went overtime. now that he's left, nobody has to comeall the way to a sandwich show only to be let down.

obviously, sandwich is a different animal now. some people won't likeit, some people will stay for the ride. some people might treat itlike a new band. some people who've been watching us for the pastthree months will probably be used to it by now. i'll be the firstperson to tell you to go listen or watch whom you like. music is apersonal thing, right? we have no control over how people perceiveus. and we've never had a desire to second guess the public. in the end, we just want to play.

i do want to stress one thing though - that there's no drama, noantagonism, no resentment. nothing to see here, it's boring. i don'treally have to mention this but this is our list, and you guys arecloser to us than most. there might be those who'll want to blowthings out of proportion and make up a lot of stories. if you havethe time you can clarify things for them. or you can just tell them,it's just a band for crying out loud, get a life.

so, even if we're sad to see marc go, we know we'll be proud to seehim flourish in the careers he decides to take.

;) myrene

Haaay...although I've gotten used to not seeing Marc at sandwich gigs, it's still sad to find out that indeed he has left the band for good. It's not like it's gonna cripple sandwich or anything. In fact, they're mighty fine even without Marc. But still...speechless ako sa lungkot, even if I know I'm gonna enjoy my next sandwich gig as much as i enjoyed all their previous gigs that I've seen. Buti nalang kumpleto sila nung RAID! anti-piracy gig sa UP, which was when I last saw them. Oh well...

More from Philmusic.com: "Marc Abaya Leaves Sandwich"

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And for the most bad trip news I've come across today...
Well, I can't write it down here. You just go check it out for yourself.
PULP's January-February 2005 issue.
I wasn't gonna buy this issue because it was mainly a hip-hop issue. But then I saw this on the cover:
Why the Eraserheads Broke Up - Ely Buendia & Dianne Break the Silence...And a Lot of Balls
So there, I DEFINITELY had to buy the darn mag. And once again, I'm speechless. As I said, just go check it out for yourself.

February Gig Skeds

Ang mga nasagap kong gig sked for February...

Twisted Halo
04 - NU107’s Gweilo’s Hour (9pm)
08 - UST med auditorium: Full Volume Campus Tour
11 - Adamson University C.S. Bldg
13 - 99.5RT Sunday Sessions (9pm-12mn)
16 - DLSU Taft CLA day
18 - ADMU “love ko 2”
19 - UP Fair
19 - ADMIT ONE @ saGuijo
25 - Benefit Concert @ the FAT for flood victims in Quezon
25 - Ateneo College Covered Courts: A Million Miracles benefit concert for tsunami & Quezon flood victims
26 - Arts and Music Fest, Megatrade Hall 3, SM Megamall

Sugarfree
07 - mayrics with 6cycle mind and sponge cola
08 - ust with sandwich twisted halo and bamboo
12 - sm bacoor 3pm (please come early)
12 - st scholastica 7pm
12 - autohaus bar, libis 9pm
12 - manila pen 12 pm
15 - club v, mile long 10pm
15 - up fair 12mn
16 - la salle 6pm
17 - up fair
17 - ncba (tentative)
18 - up fair 12:45am
19 - miriam covered courts 7pm
19 - uerm 9pm
19 - up fair 11pm
19 - admitone saguijo 22 - baker hall, uplb
24 - gweilo's libis (tentative) rt event
25 - national sports grill 26 - sm iloilo
27 - sm cebu

Cambio
05 - U.P. Sunken Garden Saturday
05 - Marikina Riverbanks Rakista Livewire Event 5-6 songs
11 - 6:00 PM C.S. Bldg. Adamson Promo Gig
12 - 7:00 PM St.Scholastica
14 - U.P. Fair
15 - U.P. Fair
16 - 6:00 PM DLSU, Taft
17 - 11:00 PM U.P. Fair c/o SigmaBeta
18 - 12:00 MN U.P. Fair c/o EMC² & Circle of Entrepreneurs 3 songs
19 - 10:30 PM U.P. Fair c/o U.S.C.& LSFM 3-4 songs
19 - SaGuijo ADMIT ONE
21 - Mayrics Puesto Gig w/ Carlo AquinoTheory
25 - Nat'l Sports Grill Libertas Newsletter Fundrasing Concert Fashion Show
26 - 70's Bistro Fundraising for Dumagats, 3-4 songs, c/o Loyola Mountaineers

Kjwan
11 - malolos (malolos sports complex)
12 - la salle ghills
16 - UP sunken garden
18 - St. Paul QC
19 - UP Sunken Garden 97.1 LSFM event
20 - TOWER ALABANG and MENDIOLA
26 - MAPUA
27 - MEGAMALL MEGATRADE HALL

Imago
04 - Baker Hall UPLB 8pm (Rockin Rastas)
05 - Marikina riverbanks (Rakista)
05 - UP Sunken Garden (YFC GATHERING /CAMPUS TOUR)
08 - CLUB V Milelong Makati 10pm (1 hr set)
11 - 5pm Adamson University
11 - UP Bahay ng alumni
15 - UP FAIR
16 - DLSU TAFT 6PM
17 - UP FAIR
18 - BALUARTE DILAO (YFC GATHERING/CAMPUS TOUR)
18 -UP FAIR
19 - UP FAIR
25 - Gasoline alley (fundraising for Dumagats)
25 - NATIONAL SPORTS GRILL GREENBELT (1 hr set)
28 - St. Benilde (YFC GATHERING/CAMPUS TOUR)

Orange and Lemons
06 - Jam 88.3 Jam Sessions 7pm
09 - Gweilos Makati 10pm
10 - "Brave New Wave" at Saguijo Bar 9pm
11 - Bintog, Plaridel, Bulacan 5pm
11 - University of Sto. Tomas 8pm
11 - UP Diliman "MTV VJ Hunt" 10pm
12 - Block Section Bar, Malolos, Bulacan 9pm
14 - Gweilos Libis Valentines Party 9pm
15 - Mayrics, Espana *probably with The Youth
16 - Gweilos Makati 10pm
18 - San Ildefonso, Bulacan 5pm
18 - UP Fair '05
23 - Gweilos Makati
24 - Eastwood City,Libis 99.5 RT event
26 - 70's Bistro

Sandwich
03 - Arkadia Makati
04 - DLSU Taft
05 - Rockista Marikina Riverbanks
08 - UST Full Volume Tour
15 - UP Fair Diliman
16 - DLSU Fair Taft
16 - UP Fair Diliman
18 - UP Fair Diliman
18 - NCBA Fairview Foundation Day
19 - UP Fair Diliman
25 - Friday Nat'l Sports Grill

Wolfmann
02 - 6 Underground with daydreamcycle, C Palanca Street, Makati
12 - Revolver 5 with SVC and Pedicab at Saguijo Cafe
25 - Cafe Saguijo's Guns N' Roses Night!!! Line-up TBA