Noon Time Show

I am officially closing down this blog.

My new blog is now located at: http://dyugs.blogdrive.com

Thank you very much.

My APO Tribute part 2 WISHLIST:

1.) American Junk - by Dong Abay, Joey Ayala and Junior Kilat.

2.) Syotang Pa-Class - by Radioactive Sago Project

3.) Lumang Tugtugin - by Bamboo or FrancisM

4.) Love Is For Singing - by Up Dharma Down or Sheila And The Insects

5.) Kaibigan - by Hale

6.) Mahirap Magmahal Ng Syota Ng Iba - by Rivermaya or Cynthia Alexander

7.) Princesa - by Juan Pablo Dream or Brownman Revival or Indio I (yung orig line up ha.)

8.) Salawikain - by Queso or Greyhoundz

9.) Kating-kati At Di Mapakali - by Pupil

10.) Suntok Sa Buwan - Join The Club or Soapdish

Also: Pedicab, Johnny Alegre, Dicta License, Kapatid, Mojofly, Chillitees, Session Road, Ciudad

*Tell me what you think! =)

Sobrang na-star struck ako sa APO.

As in GRABE…. At hindi lang ako, or kaming itchyworms… lahat ng banda kahapon sa ASAP, sobrang star struck sa kanila. Si Kerwin (who line-produced the whole APO Tribute album), sobrang speechless nu’ng kinakausap kami ni Danny Javier.

Sabi namin, "Ser, may album pa bang susunod ang APO?"

Sabi niya, "Well, i have 200 songs pa, so siguro… And it’s all in my head!"

Syempre, our jaws dropped.

Sabi ko, "Why don’t you record demos of the songs?"

Sabi niya, "Bakit pa, eh baka manakaw pa! hehehe…."

Sabi ko, "Ako unang mag-nanakaw nun!"

Sabi niya, "Seriously, parang pointless maglabas ng new album, kasi yung last four albums namin, hindi na-promote; hindi pinatugtog ng radyo. Sayang. Kasi kung napatugtog lang yung mga yun, kakagatin sana….Then he added, basta kayo, wag na kayong mag-TV. Huwag niyong kalimutan na mga musikero kayo. Kami, nu’ng ‘Sang Linggo nAPO sila, natuyo ang utak namin. Akala ng mga tao, mga hosts na lang kami…"

Words of wisdom.

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Before our segment, nagpra-practice kami, and Jim Paredes was looking at me. Then, when we made eye contact, nag-"I’m not worthy" sign siya. Oh my Gads. Kakaibang feeling yun. Kasi ang Top 3 GODS ko of OPM ay APO, Eraserheads, and Juan Dela Cruz Band. To have one of your idols do that to you… GRABE!!!!

Sabi ni CD, napanood daw niya sa TV yung performance namin… Halatang favorite daw kami ng APO (kami tsaka Orange And Lemons), kasi sobrang ngiti daw sila sa amin nung tinutugtog namin yung AWIT NG BARKADA. Grabeng pressure!!! Buti na lang, marunong naman kumanta yung si Nikki and Iya… Di lang na-practice yung voices, pero at least hindi Richard Gomez, di ba? hehehehe….

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Nasa akin pa yung GOLD Award na binigay sa itchyworms (lahat ng banda na kasama sa album, may tig-isang GOLD Award!). Ipapakita ko sa parents ko. hahaha… para matuwa naman sila. Para isipin nila seryoso naman yung banda namin.

Sabi ni Kel, noong Rockestra, after kami mapanood ng parents niya na mapa-sing along yung ganun karaming tao, tsaka lang nila narealize na seryoso na ‘tong banda namin…. Baka akala kasi nila, parang laro-laro pa rin eh! hehehehe…

Sayang di nakapunta yung parents ko sa Rockestra. Di ko naasikaso kasi super busy =(

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Lastly, kung trip niyo lang, you can now download AWIT NG BARKADA’s ringback by texting: PA905, send to 2332 (for Globe subscribers only).

Grabe.

Yun lang ang masasabi ko sa ROCKESTRA 2.

You can visit Klara Iskra’s photobuket at:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v223/klaraiskra/rockestraII/

Grabe talaga.

Nung isang araw, sumakay ako sa MRT tapos habang pababa sa SHAW station, may nasalubong akong isang bading (yes, SREAMING FAG, yung tipong makikita mo sa parlor) na gustong pumila sa Train #1 (yung puro babae lang ang pwedeng pumasok)… Kinakausap niya yung guard, malamang nakikiusap para kung pwede dun siya sa 1st train, kasi siksikan sa ibang trains… Di siya pinansin ng guard. As in, tigas mukha. Tapos, natawa ako, tapos natawa din yung guard. hahaha!

Sana di na lang siya nagpaalam… That way, iispin lang nung guard na isang lang syang panget na babae na may konting bigote. Mala-Frida ba?

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Asteeg. Nag-GOLD yung APO tribute album in 5 days!

Tuwang-tuwa si Papa Kerwin kasi pet project niya yan. (Napa-libre nga kanina sa Liquid Post ng merienda eh! hahaha…. napasubo!)

Prinactice namin kanina yung AWIT NG BARKADA para sa ASAP guesting sa Sunday. Two and a half minutes lang binigay sa amin, so at least for Sunday, di makaka-kanta si Kelvin (sorry, girls…). Di bale, malamang, kumpletos rekados yan sa launch sa Megamall!

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Nakita ko LIVE yung INXS sa backstage ng MTV Pilipinas Video Music Awards… Ang labo, dati sa Star World mo lang nakikita yung mga yun ah!!! Tangina, ang tangkad pala ni JD Fortune. Pero pa-rockstar effect pa rin siya. Naghubad siya ng t-shirt at binigay dun sa crowd. So, natira yung suit niya, tapos wala siyang under shirt.

Tangina, ang baho siguro nun after.

Umalis kaagad yung INXS after nilang mag-present ng nominees. Buti pa si MiG Ayesa, nag-stay hanggang sa huli.

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Shyet, bukas na yung Rockestra. Sa sobra naming busy, wala kaming time para bumili (or at least mag-isip) ng isusuot. I swear, kami yata ang isa sa pinaka hindi VAIN na banda… malamang magsho-shopping kami tomorrow after the soundcheck… Malamang sa Mall Of Asia na lang para malapit lang. Para naman kahit paano, matino yung itsura namin sa isang very special gig.

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Asteeg, #3 kanina yung Beer Lite sa NU Countdown. Panalo! Pang-ROMANSA! =)

So papunta kami sa Bohol last Saturday. Pag-pasok namin (w/ all our guitars and other sutff), nakangiti naman yung mga guards sa Cebu Pacific. Tinitignan pa nga namin yung itsura ng guitars namin pag naka-x-ray (pwedeng pang-album cover hehehe)!

Anyway, pagkapasok namin sa metal detector thingie, nakangiti yung isang guard, sabi niya: "Saan concert natin ser?"

Sabi ko, "Sa Bohol!"

Ngumiti naman siya, tapos pagka-lagpas ko, bigla siyang kumanta ng "Sabihin mo na…. Kung ano’ng gusto mo…."

Yoooooon. Akala niya ako si Top Suzara.

Champion!!! =)

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Ang ganda ng tinirahan namin sa Bohol… yung Panglao Island Resort. Oh my Gad, ka-level niya yung Punta Fuego! Super high class, baybeh!!!

Kasabay nga namin dun si Dina Bonevie!!! Kasama niya yung kanyang Caucasian BF/Husband/Whatever tsaka kapatid niya yata na girl tsaka yung asawa nun na French guy din.

Wala lang… nakakahiya kasi nung dinner, kinantahan sila ng 4 na combancheros ng "Ipagpatawad Mo"… Eh di ba kanta ni Vic Sotto yun for her? hehehe… Wala lang!

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On the plane habang pauwi sa manila, sabi ng stewardess, "eto po bili kayo ng orange na wallet, bagay na bagay sa pangalan ng banda niyo!"

Sabi namin: "Hindi kami ang Orange and Lemons!!!"

Hindi sila naniwala. LABO!!!

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Ang labo talaga….

Nag-reprint na daw yung Viva ng copy ng Little Monsters Under You Bed. Tanginang Viva talaga yan. Ayaw nila kaming i-promote dati. Pero ngayong prinomote kami ng UR, tsaka sila magca-cash in. Leche!!!

Yahoo!!!

We’re nominated at the MTV Pilipinas Video Music Awards 2006 for FAVORITE GROUP IN A VIDEO (Akin Ka Na Lang).

Hopefully you can give two minutes of your time to vote for us… alam namin
malabo kami manalo… but we’re just asking for a good fight.. (wag lang
kulelat, hehehe)

here’s the site where you can vote pla…

http://www.pinoyexchange.com/mtv/

you can only vote once/24 hrs for every info na bibigay nyo… so kung
madami makak-vote sa inyo or madami kayo kilala na pwede mag vote,
pls do so….

Thank you so much!!!

JUGS :oP

INXS: yung sa txt po ganun pa din…

MTV REG (nickname) send sa 2219 for registering; then…
txt: MTVVOTE FG ITCHYWORMS, send to 2219

ROCK N’ ROLL REDUX

by Erwin Romulo

The Philippine Star

June 7, 2006

The great rock n’ roll swindle these days is the repackaged album.  The more cynical among us won’t think twice about thumbing our noses and sneering at the blatant display of commercial greed and unfair treatment against the consumer.  If one paid good money for an album, one expects to get the definitive article – not just a test run for the heftier product to be release less than a year later.  But then, that really isn’t what pisses one off.

If it were a repackaged album, then you’d expect more bang for your buck right?  Apparently not – usually the hapless fan gets a gamut of outtakes and insipid acoustic versions of songs already perfect in their current form (which leads to a slight digression disguising a vicious harangue against groups like M.Y.M.P who are the enemy of good, original Filipino music.  If you’re going to do an acoustic take on a particular track, make sure you don’t sound as pathetic as you guys usually do whenever we have the misfortune of hearing “your” music.  It’s not as if you’re folk singers.)  If an artist wishes to release a repackaged album, make sure your fans don’t feel cheated and despise you afterwards.  They’ll make you pay in the end, you’ll see.

Perhaps the best pop group in the country today, The Itchyworms have decided to do what every other pop group – admittedly peers of much lesser talent – are doing: they’re releasing their masterpiece – last year’s best pop album Noon Time Show – in a repackaged format.  Strangely enough, no one is sorry they did.  With the addition of nine tracks painstakingly recorded and put together over a couple of weeks, the repackaged version should serve as an example on how to do it.

First off, it includes three alternate versions of Noon Time Show’s best tracks.  Current single “Beer” is rechristened “Beer Lite” and rearranged for acoustic instrumentation.  (The key word is rearranged.  Going acoustic is not merely playing chords ala Song Hits that the original song had.  It is a well-thought out process that requires skill and talent to pull off really well.)  The surprise in the song comes when instead of Chino Singson’s poignant but self-deprecatingly humorous solo we get hit full on “beer garden style” by a saxophone solo!  By the time you get to the more fragile falsetto of Jugs Jugueta’s last note in the song, it is clear that you’ve just heard the impossible:  a version of “Beer” that manages to be better than the first. 

The same trick is repeated for two other bona fide classics from Noon Time Show.  The jaunty “Akin Ka Na Lang” is reconceived with a piano and does justice to the perfect pop of the original.  “Buwan” though is the real stunner.  A favorite track of this column, it surpasses its predecessor and is just – for want of a better word – magical.  Listening to the alternate arrangement, one is immediately transported to a lush and much more romantic time and setting – the longing prose of the lyrics made poetic through the evocative beauty of the music.  The effect is simply enchanting and one can’t help but wait to have the experience again and again.

The rest of the album does not disappoint.  Included in the CD are the band’s catchy anthems like “Happy Happy Song”, “Hello Moto” and their latest hit, “Kabataang Pinoy” – the theme song to Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition.  Those who expect nothing less than humor from these boys get a full version of Rodel “Jukebox” Rodrigo’s anthem “Grabeng Pagibig” – which will surely assuage those who still feel hurt by April Boy Regino’s decision to immigrate. 

Noon Time Show is probably one of the greatest Filipino pop albums released in the last ten years – one that has attracted a variety of fans from Kris Aquino to Jim Paredes.  It also contains “Love Team”, which – in this column’s humble opinion – is the greatest Pinoy pop song of all time.  It is one of those rare albums you immediately love the first time you hear it – and the funny thing is you love it even more almost a year later.

I confess I listen to it everyday; some songs repeatedly.  Now, I fear, it’s only going to get worse.

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Congratulations to The Purplechickens who are launching their video “Dream Systems” on Jul. 14 Gweilos Eastwood.  Directed by Luna Cruz, it combines live action, 3D graphics and traditional painting techniques.  Live performances by Up Dharma Down, Narda, We Kick Ass For The Lord and The Purplechickens at

10 p.m.

  Open to the public

Recently, napadaan ako sa Ali Mall… So dumaan ako sa mga guitar shops. Naghahanap kasi ako ng bagong soft case na maganda para sa bago kong SG na hopefully makukuha ko today! =)

Anyway, dumaan ako sa LAZER. May 4 silang sales people, at lahat mukhang tamad na tamad… Siguro pagod lang sila, or dahil walang bumibili, or baka ayaw nila sa trabaho nila… Whatever. Anyway, nilapitan ko yung isang medyo nakatayo. Tinanong ko kung may soft case sila. Sabi niya, "Meron."

Sabi ko, "Pwede patingin?"

Wala siyang sinabi. Nakasimangot siyang pumunta sa bodega sa likod.

Dinala niya pabalik. Sabi ko, "AH, medyo manipis pala. Kailangan ko kasi medyo makapal eh." 

(*Note: Dumaan na ako sa manipis na soft case. They offer little or no protection at all. At Madali pang masira yung straps.)

Sabi niya, (na may pang-asar na look,) "MAS MAGANDA YUNG MANIPIS."

Sabi ko, "….Ano?….. Bakit mas maganda itong manipis kaysa sa makapal?…"

Sabi niya, "IKAW… Bahala ka. Sa akin, mas maganda ‘tong manipis." (with yet another pang-asar look on his face).

…. Eto, malamang hindi niya ako nakilala (which is a non-issue for me). Ang nakaka-asar lang is kung anu-ano ang pinagsasabi niya, eh hindi naman siya PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN.  Hindi ko siya minamaliit… Pero huwag niyang sasabihin na mas maganda ang manipis na soft case kaysa sa makapal na soft case kasi HINDE. Not now, not ever.

Pwede naman niyang sabihin, "Ok na ‘to ser, mas mura… Para sa mga nag-uumpisa pa lang…" OK PA YUN EH.

Kaasar.

Anyway, sa Market! Market! branch ng LAZER talaga ako bumibili so KEBS na lang dun sa ALI MALL branch. Kung kilala niyo yung branch manager or kung sino ang may-ari ng LAZER, ikuwento niyo ‘to ha? Kasi ayokong masira ang LAZER dahil lang sa isang tao… Sayang di ko nakuha yung pangalan….Ang sarap lang batukan eh!

Trip niyo ba yung bagong Superman?

Ang dami kong kaibigan na sobrang nagandahan sa Superman Returns.

Noong napanood ko, sa akin ok lang. Maganda naman, but i wasn’t blown away. Parang, wala lang… Tapos, kagabi, pinanood ko yung Superman 1 and 2 starring Christopher Reeve, grabe, siya lang talaga ang SAKTONG Superman! The chin, the smile, the jaw, the posture, even the hair!

Sa totoo lang, medyo mukhang it’s a gay thing si Brandon Routh sa mga posters. Pero actually ok naman siya sa movie eh. Lalo na pag Clark Kent siya. Kuhang-kuha niya yung role na "bumbling fool". Parang loser talaga siya. Si Christopher Reeve, medyo O.A. na aanga-anga as Clark eh. Pero pag dating sa Superman, ang layo na ni CR kay BR! Kasi naman, ang kapal ng kilay ni Brandon Routh! Medyo kamukha niya tuloy yung dating drummer ng Phantom Planet na artista din (Jason Swartzman)!!! Tsaka medyo hindi siya mukhang "larger than life"… Yung asta niya yun, eh… yung balor. Parang kulang sa angas. Sa confidence. Eh dapat pag Superman ka, talagang HERO dapat ang dating mo…

At ang pinakamatinding rason kung bakit di ko masyadong nagustuhan yung Superman Returns ay dahil dun sa CURL niya. Yes, yung nasa noo ni Superman na buhok na naka-curl. Pansinin niyo, napaka- hindi natural ng pagkakagawa. Parang idinikit lang ng PD/Styling team nila. Di masyadong halata sa pictures, pero sa movie, GRABE… ang panget talaga tignan.

(ayoko din na may powers yung anak niya, pero ok din na madaming silang homage sa 1st two movies. Ok lang yung bagong costume, hindi WOW!!! Medyo mabagal sa ibang parts yung movie, tapos wala pa siyang kinalaban physically.)

What do YOU think?!

Shyet, i can’t wait for Spiderman 3!!…..