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England’s music scene is intense and rampantly diverse. But for a couple of nights, Filipinos played their own rock ‘n’ roll behind a British backdrop. Twice.
The colossal, 55,000-capacity Philippine Arena will have its first concert on Dec. 31 featuring American R&B/hip-hop artist Chris Brown. This was supposed to be a grand New Year’s Eve party that would have paired him with another American, a female singer-songwriter also known for her dancing skills—but the deal did not push through.
With traffic continuing to be an inevitable part of our lives, we are left with no choice but to find ways to ease the pain a little.
“I met Karl back in ’89 in Club Dredd Timog. He was in Advent Call, a killer band with highly skilled musicians. Karl Roy was fearless and charming and they would win over any crowd everywhere.
“U2, because it’s on my bucket list. Sara Bareilles because I love her songs and memorize all of them. Jack Johnson because he’s my crush and (sometimes laughably) steady, Tony Bennett because I like old-people music, Bigbang (obligatory k-pop reference).” - Chinggay Labrador, author, “Popped and Popped Too”
When Sandwich front man Raimund Marasigan told us a few weeks ago that he would be visiting 12 Monkeys, a new club co-owned by Parokya ni Edgar vocalist Chito Miranda, we made a mental note to check it out soon.
Their love story began long before they realized it. In 2008, New York-based Vanessa Escano Reyna, an Interior Design graduate from the University of Santo Tomas, spent time hanging out with friends at a house in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Her friend Brian Balingit was visiting from Dagupan and was staying there with his cousin. Ver didn’t have the chance to meet the owner of the house; he was working in New York.
Saguijo is a rock club that was born, in the words of owner Chris Carlos, “in the spirit of the late, great Club Dredd.” What he meant was that saGuijo—named after its location on Guijo Street in Makati—is a venue of unknown but talented bands that play their own music, or at least do covers that have yet to be heard on TV variety shows.
When Dr. Martens Philippines asked Raimund Marasigan to design his own 1460 boot using the brand’s Design A Boot Facebook app, the musician didn’t have to look far for inspiration.
