The Brat Pack Out Of The Blue
SOME bands are born with the blues, some achieve the blues, and some have the blues thrust upon them.
SOME bands are born with the blues, some achieve the blues, and some have the blues thrust upon them.
A smoky, sensual vibe permeates “That Room,” the upcoming solo debut of Chillitees’ front woman Uela Basco, leaving little to the imagination as to what went on there.
The heart wants what the heart wants… And, apparently, so do the ears. How else can we explain the continued popularity of baroque one-hit wonder Johann Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” as wedding music?
Some time in the late ’70s, while on an office junket to Zamboanga City, I purchased a shoe box-sized Panasonic radio cassette player—a “ghetto blaster”—from the barter trade market. It wasn’t for me, but was on a friend’s shopping list.
With an appropriately rabbinical beard and yarmulke or Jewish skullcap in place of his trademark black beret, you are hard put to recognize Mike Hanopol, one-third of the legendary Juan de la Cruz Band and author of such Pinoy rock classics as “Laki sa Layaw” and “Buhay Musikero.”
In the immortal words of James Brown, “Give the drummer some.” Some what? Some more of that Q.P. mayonnaise, ’yo. But seriously, the local foodie scene has been increasingly trend-driven of late, thanks to the pervasive influence of the blogosphere.
Although he has reached the Beatles’ theoretical age of supposed decrepitude, Wally Gonzalez—yes, two Z’s—is still the coolest guy in the room.
According to the writer’s “rule of three,” things that come in three seem more satisfying, more effective, and more significant than those that come in other numbers.
The first time I saw The Wuds perform was in August of 1986, at the Trinity College gym. It was a fund-raising concert called “Oi! Punk! May Concert!”
Kalayo has variously been described as playing “experimental,” “contemporary,” “folk,” “fusion,” “world” and “roots” music, but “music without borders” is probably a better description.
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