“I wanted to control it / But love, I couldn’t hold it“

Quite possibly the best song and video of the year. Utterly brilliant. Inescapably infectious. Totally Grade A songwriting.

My Maudlin Career, Camera Obscura’s fourth studio album was released second quarter of the year but I’ve only managed to give it a listen over the weekend. At ang ganda ganda ganda as in.

It only looks ill-advised to place French Navy, the album’s tightest cut, as the first song, as it somewhow dwarfs the subsequent tracks.

French Navy – I can’t play the video without watching it for a minimum of five times in a row.

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Three reasons why this video is completely priceless;

1. Emmanuelle Chriqui

2. You could actually hear Joey Fatone singing here

3. Lance bass kissing Chriqui…

Where’s the love song to set us free
too many people down, everything turning the wrong way round

and I don’t know what love will be
but if we stop dreaming now, lord knows we’ll never clear the clouds

-Blur’s Out of Time

Timeless!

Original by Kylie Minogue

Rendition by Jose Gonzalez. Galing.

Myla: Nakaka-loka pala pag marunong na maglakad anak mo.

U1: Hintayin mo pag marunong na humingi ng pera.

Bisyo

ng Mga Anak ng Tupa

Laspag ang katawan,
Walang ganang kumain, walang ganang matulog
Ganyan ang itsura mo, kaibigan ko
Para kang bangkay, balat at buto

Chorus
Mahal kong kaibigan, bisyo ay iwasan
Bisyo ay iwanan, bisyo ay labanan
Mahal kong kaibigan, bisyo ay iwasan
May kaligayahan sa kinabukasan
Hoy, hoy hoy

II
Palagi kang wala sa sarili mo
Sakit ka ng ulo ng pamilya mo
Wala kang naitulong sa paligid mo
Sayang lang ang buhay na binigay ng Diyos sa ‘yo

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Pakinggan niyo blockbuster ‘to pramis.

Click niyo link.

http://www.imeem.com/people/Sl6lGh/music/usqBfM89/mga-anak-ng-tupa-bisyo-bisyo/

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Pangarap kong kantahin ‘to sa lahat ng aking mga mahal na kaibigan.

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Sana may ganito sa bidyoke.

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Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!

Nota bene: My phone went nuts from Saturday until about Monday. Busted signal plus malfunctioning battery. Failed to receive a number of messages. If you’ve sent a message and I was not able to respond, sorry.
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Pet peeve: Sana lang wag na masyado i-dramatize ang coverage sa Ondoy. Nakaka-asiwa ang romanticized portrayal sa mga victims, sa pangyayari, na nilalapatan pa ng mga music na kundi pang Maalala Mo Kaya eh pang Doomsday soundtrack. Tas ‘yung word usage pa, tsk, di naman ata kasama sa job description ng media ang tumula’t maging makata. As it is, napapakita na nung event ‘yung gravity nung calamity, ‘di na kailangan palabukan pa, sana wag na masyado gatasan. Parang exploitative na ang dating by some measure. Pornographic almost.
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Question: Puwede ka bang mag-panic buying, pero kalmado ka lang habang bumibili?

Have just listened to the Pains’ new EP Higher than Stars, and I can’t get way past the single! Higher than Stars is so goooood, as in stunningly-jaw-droppingly goooood. I’ve been listening to it all day long. Glittering-fluttering synths and charming-picturesque vocals. Synthgasmic!
Muntik na ako maiyak nung una ko napakinggan, ang ganda talaga eh!

“so sure you kept it under covers, until you knew you loved her”
“no secret’s too safe, and how you can’t stay / higher than the stars.”

Check it out!

Official site

Myspace

Last.fm

Wiki

The world’s coolest bus stops.

Favorite ko ‘yung sa Ventura.

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Estrade hurls libel charges against Yuchengco and the PDI.

I wonder when our anachronistic criminal libel statutes will be revised.

Here’s a paper from the UK Ministry of Justice on Defamation and the Internet.

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News of the obvious from Scientific American: “Early Risers Crash Faster Than People Who Stay Up Late.”

I am a true-blue Night Owl. It’s great reading and writing at night.

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Muntazer al-Zaidi explains why he threw the shoe.

“To change the world—it may not work, but it sure is fun trying.”
-Erick Rudnick, founder of US-based zine “Aftershock”

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Wow, na -shock ako ng sobra sobra sa balitang to.

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I Miss You! by Aaliyah. Ang ganda.

- It was such an unbelievable experience. The whole thing. The whole day. And if you had seen him, if you could have felt him. I mean, it’s the same hall. We’re listening to the sam goddamn music, but.. But, no. You see him, it’s one thing, but you feel him… I’m watching him. He’s watching the music. And while they’re playing, I say, ‘My God, there is something higher out there.” Something higher out there, and he lives in it, and he’s with it.” I never even experienced it, but I can tell.. I don’t even know what you fucking call it.

- Grace