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Fight the Power

At the Dark End of the Street

by James Carr

At the dark end of the street
that is where we always meet
hiding in shadows where we don’t belong
living in darkness, to hide alone

You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me

I know a time has gonna take it’s toll
we have to pay for the love we stole
It’s a sin and we know it’s wrong
Oh, our love keeps going on strong

Steal away to the dark end of the street
You and me

They gonna find us, they gonna find us
They gonna find us love someday

You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me

When the daylight all goes around
And by chance we’re both down the town
Please meet, just walk, walk on by
Oh, darling, please don’t you cry

You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me

John Stewart on Sarah Palin’s GOP supporters

Click here.

Galeng talaga ni John Stewart.

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I think every Filipino worth his salt should find time to watch ABS-CBN’s recent documentary regarding the Ninoy assasination, (It is now uploaded on youtube) as well as read Fe Zamora’s seven-part report on the same topic.

I also found Ken Kashiwahara’s account on the final moments of Ninoy in the New York Times. Kashiwahara is Ninoy’s brother in law and was with him on the plane before Ninoy was gunned down in the tarmac.

Please also read Sir Luis Teodoro’s recent column, “Heroes.”

Revolutions are after all waged by the millions — and heroes made by vast constituencies: by the nameless men and women who, confronting police batons, tear gas, water cannon, and even guns, create and imbue leaders with the courage, the sense of community and the single-minded purpose that enable them to be the faces and voices of protest and change. To our sorrow ours does not seem to be a heroic age; and we do not have — we have actually lost — the constituencies that once made heroes of ordinary and flawed mortals.

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This is pretty functional.

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Ilang tips mula sa isang Japanese Girl para sa mga naglalayong maka-date ng Japanese Girls.

Fukuda as Nobita

While I was searching the net for articles regarding the recent resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, I’ve come across this.

The writer of the post hoped that the similarities ended with the facial attributes and the similar sound of “Nobita” and “Fukuda” when read in Chinese as Nobita is

the biggest loser of all anime history. Nobita is clumsy, crys a lot, gets zeros on all his tests, sucks at all sports, and always gets bullied by Jyian and Suneo. He is the boy that Doraemon helps A LOT. He is the one that messes up everything that Doraemon gives him. Now that I think of it, Doraemon is pretty stupid to give him all the gadgets. Without the help of Doraemon, he would probably be dead right now.

After Fukuda exited government with under a year in office (following Shinzo Abe who resigned with only a year in office) in a record-low approval rating, with a host of unsettled domestic issues–like their sputtering economy and widespread allegatations of corruption–to boot, could the second largest economy in the world manage to find its Doraemon to clear the mess before it’s too late? Before China manages to overtake them?

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I love Doraemon by the way.

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Fukuda’s resignation shortly follows the exit of Pakistan President Pervez Musharaf, who threw the towel last Aug. 18 after an impeachment scare. Doesn’t that make you proud of the “determination” and “perseverance” of our dear president?

Pagtanda

Naalala ko lang ‘tong kantang ‘to kasi may kinasal akong ka-batch nung highschool kamakailan lang. Medyo may ilan na rin naman akong mga ka-batch nung highschool na pamilyado’t may anak na pero etong recent na kasal e pareho kong ka-batch nung highschool yung kinasal, kaya parang mas solid ‘yung trip down memory lane, ‘yung pagsalpok nung mga thought na “parang kailan lang kumakanta ka sa prom” e mas hebigat.

Eto, basta, kakaiba kapangyarihan ng kantang to. Kinanta to ni Tom Waits, isa sa idol kong musikero. Basta sobrang ganda lang talaga ng kantang to, maaalala mo pers lab mo, hehehe. Suwabe pa boses ni Tom Waits, ramdam mo ‘yung bigat at hagupit ng taon.

Operator, number, please:
Its been so many years
Will she remember my old voice
While I fight the tears?
Hello, hello there, is this martha?
This is old tom frost,
And I am calling long distance,
Dont worry bout the cost.
cause its been forty years or more,
Now martha please recall,
Meet me out for coffee,
Where well talk about it all.

And those were the days of roses,
Poetry and prose and martha
All I had was you and all you had was me.
There was no tomorrows,
Wed packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day.

And I feel so much older now,
And youre much older too,
Hows your husband?
And hows the kids?
You know that I got married too?
Lucky that you found someone
To make you feel secure,
cause we were all so young and foolish,
Now we are mature.

And those were the days of roses,
Poetry and prose and martha
All I had was you and all you had was me.
There was no tomorrows,
Wed packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day.

And I was always so impulsive,
I guess that I still am,
And all that really mattered then
Was that I was a man.
I guess that our being together
Was never meant to be.
And martha, martha,
I love you cant you see?

And those were the days of roses,
Poetry and prose and martha
All I had was you and all you had was me.
There was no tomorrows,
Wed packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day.

And I remember quiet evenings
Trembling close to you…

Temper fidelis

Have been scouring the web for a video clip of the latest display of “presidential composure” by gma, but have found no such clip. Ewan ko pero parang medyo natawa kasi ako nung nakita ko ‘yung video from ANC. Lalo na ‘yung curtain lecture niya sa staff niya, na nakuhaan ng ANC ng audio, after niya mag walkout.

(Sa posisyon kaya ni GMA bilang presidente may balak siyang mag walkout? Hehehe)

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GMA can’t really act her way out of a paper bag can she?! Her televised addresses (primary of which is the “I am sorry” speech) reeks of artificiality. Sobrang wala siya talagang karisma at konek. Of course we know that it is all scripted, but her pale-faced expression, contrived compassionate face, and monotone vocal delivery betrays the choreography and fakery of it all. Finding a sincere trace of genuine emotion in her voice and expressions is a needle-in-a-haystack task.

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Balitang Olympics lang:

Na-tigok na pala ang tsansa ni Liu Xiang, ang Olympic Poster Boy ng mga Chinese, sa kaniyang event, ang 110m hurdles.

Grabe din kasi pressure sa tao na ito. And to think na sa isang event lang siya magco-compete.

Sabi nga ni James Fallows:

Liu has probably been under more individual pressure than any other person involved in these Games. It would be as if Michael Phelps were the only American ever to have won a gold medal in swimming — Liu’s position among Chinese male track and field athletes — and would be racing only once, in the 50-yard freestyle.

Sabi naman nung coach niya kasalanan daw ng Chinese sports program ang lahat.

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Dun sa mga Phelps fanatic, o basta intereseted lang kay Phelps, maiging basahin niyo itong sinulat ng malupet kong college tropang si Martin.

May nabasa pala akong makulet na description dun sa feat ni Phelps–Great Haul of China. Hehe, la lang.

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Ok din pala yung mga recent entries ni Fr. Mercado sa blog niya tungkol sa usaping GRP-MILf-MOA.

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Relax lang muna.

Funny

See LOL Bush: The president at the Olympics by The Guardian. Funny funny.

How to Write With Style by Kurt Vonnegut

Link from Venus:

In Sum:
1. Find a subject you care about
2. Do not ramble, though
3. Keep it simple
4. Have guts to cut
5. Sound like yourself
6. Say what you mean
7. Pity the readers

“Who can stand in the way of the march of history?”

Evan Osnos’ recent article in the New Yorker presents the most nuanced rendering of present-day China. A panel speaker in a conference I’ve attended said that China is so complex two people could say two entirely different things about China, and they could both be entirely right. The views, sentiments and philosophies of the middle-class Chinese youth, the primary gatekeeper of China’s future, is well represented in the Osnos article. From where I sit, I see a cross-strain of Western ideologies and inherently Chinese values, like nationalism, pervading the post-Tiananmen generation. Chinese Publisher Li Datong states in the article that the Chinese “young conservatives” (described by Osnos as “neocon nationalists”) possess a conservatism “distinct from a status-quo conservatism, because they are not satisfied with a country that has only a status-quo and not a principle.”

The article is also written very well. You have to allot a bit of time though as typical of NewYorker articles, the report sprawls to a breadth of 6,000 plus words. The stacatto tone of the ending paragraph, with sterling economic use of short sentences, is pure awesomeness. Short sentences is the shit y’all!

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Sinologist Orville Schell, in a recent Newsweek cover article, states

While honest criticisms should not be muted just because Chinese leaders find them grating, we foreigners should be mindful of this complex psychological landscape. In reacting to contemporary events, we tend to forget just how deeply implicated we are in how China came to experience and view the modern world. This long relationship has created a still rather unyielding tension as each country interacts with the other. Despite the fact that China has gotten closer than ever to escaping from this past, it’s important to understand that its leaders and people are still susceptible to older ways of responding to the world around them. Now is not the time to provoke them further and impede their progress toward a new, more equal and self-assured sense of nationhood.

Roderickrolling

Tals Diaz, one of that rare dying breed of sensible Filipino lifestyle writers, wrote about the Rick Astley concert at the Araneta Coliseum, and the attendant OMG!-factor of the event.

Filipinos may suffer from short term memory when it comes to dictators and corrupt government officials, but we are blessed with long-term recollection and undying sentimentality for one-hit wonder bands and singers that got people once upon a time to “ledge dance” at Faces.

See also her multiply account and Gabe Mercado’s.

Galeng ng lead

Rick Warren has Rick Warren syndrome. That’s not a joke. He has a brain disorder. “I was born with it,” he says. “I went to the Mayo Clinic, and the doctors said, ‘We have found a dozen or so other people with this. There’s no name, so maybe we’ll just call it the Warren syndrome.”

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Itong essay na ‘to, binabalik-balikan ko. Galeng din eh, kakatawa. Galing din sa Time.

Like NASA before the first moon landing, I have been soliciting advice about what to say when I wake up from brain surgery. That’s right, brain surgery—it’s a real conversation stopper, isn’t it? There aren’t many things you can say these days that retain their shock value, but that is one of them. “So, Mike—got any summer plans?” “Why, yes, next Tuesday I’m having brain surgery. How about you?”

Text-speak is not that bad after all

It is easy to dismiss text-speak, or “textese,” as a pedestrian bastardization of the formal English language. I also thought text-speak is bad. This newsweek article, reporting on a new book by a British linguist, states otherwise. I learn new things everyday.

“jOePM”

After Travis Kraft, meet Chris.

Influences: Azi, OPM (“Original Pinoy Music”), Philippine rakenrol, Hoboken, New Jersey, Gweilos Makati, Big Sky Mind, Kalookan, Quezon City, San Miguel Beer + balut for pulutan, and last but not least, daing na bangus and pandesal for making my breakfast masarap!
Sounds Like: …a white boy singing in Tagalog. It’s OPM with an American twist – I call it “jOePM”.
City: Hoboken, New Jersey
Country: United States

20 Album Covers Recreated in LEGO

Click here.

Best of luck to China…

There would be no substantive benefit to be gained should the Chinese, warts and all, be humiliated from a disaster in the Olympics. (I hope I have the benefit of time to elaborate, well…).   That said, here’s to a succesful Olympics in Beijing! (And a Philippine medal! Asa…)

Click here for a charming account of the way things are, and have been, going in the mainland in preparation for the games.

Gusto ko manood ng lumang Pinoy films…

Poster for Gerardo de Leon’s “Ibulong Mo Sa Hangin.” (Di ko rin alam bakit “Blood of the Vampires” ang nasa poster.)

Kuha ko sa blog ni Noel Vera.

Sino mayroon?

Isaac Mao, China’s “first blogger,” on blogging in the mainland

“Looking at the experience in my homeland, I also believe the abuses of censorship produce a certain level of social fear – which leads to less creativity.”

(I actually met this guy at a media conference in Bangkok. He was very nice.)

“I am Paris Hilton, and I approve this message…”

“I’ll see you at the debate bitches.”

teka, kailangan ko lang talagang i-blog to ng mabilis

Rick Astley is coming to the Philippines yah! Panis lahat ng nagpuntang international act for this year, maybe even for the past ten years, sa “Here and Now” na mangyayari sa Araneta on Aug. 1.

This is the event of the year mga pare! “We’re getting rickrolled as a country,” ika nga ni Liz.

This is The Concert of all concerts, The Event of all events, The Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, The Here and Now.

Takte talaga! ahhhh! Di ko na kaya to. Pupunta talaga siya dito. Pilipinas! Humanda ka!