Monday, December 22, 2008

Kevin "The Big Bully" Garnett

With the Boston Celtics winning last year's championship, KG has solidified his place as one of the dominant and most respected player in the league. This year's team has gained numerous nods from all corners of the court for keeping the intensity level up and playing every game as a championship-caliber team. It's easy to say that most of the credit goes to KG for releasing the beast within to his teammates!

Some may applaud at this feat but I''m sure not everyone would agree about KG's on-court celebration. For those who are still confused, I present to you...

Exhibit A - Jose Calderon


Exhibit B - Glen Davis (you have to admit that this is hilarious!)


Exhibit C - Jerryd Bayless

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Kicksology: First Edition

To mark my first entry since god knows when, I shall introduce to the world this new section-kicksology, where I will feature shoes that will make your useless time on the internet worth spending. And it's just timely that for my first edition I have the honor to feature the People's Champion, Manny Pacquiao.
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The existence of this shoe makes me even prouder for our World Champ not only for making De La Hoya retire but for being the first Filipino to have a signature Nike shoe.
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Drool over the intricate details that represents P.I.

As most Pinoys are, Manny is no exception to have passion for basketball. As one of the best pound for pound fighter in world right now, Nike honored Manny with a shoe of his own-NIKE AIR MAX BIZNESS PE.

Aside from our own, this shoe is also been worn by Zach Randolph and Richard Jefferson.
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Monday, November 17, 2008

4 SECONDS OF FUN!!!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Free 50 Track Download From Eggboy



DOWNLOAD FOR FREE EGGBOY'S NEW ALBUM “50 INSTRMNTLS N A WK”
Eggboy - “50 INSTRMNTLS N A WK” is the unofficial release of Project Runway Philippine's soundtrack. It includes 50 electronic instrumental tracks in mp3 format including instrumental versions of some Eggboy classics “Just Can't Let You Stay, “Nagsasawa Ka Na Ba?” plus Eggboy Vs. Spazzkid tracks “Experiment 1d”, “Disposable Cup Hussle”, and “Running Off”. All zipped into a 2 part folder (196.8 MB)-- let's see how fast you download this brada? Enjoy!


About “50 INSTRMNTLS N A WK”

"Fortunately I was able to cut a deal with client that I still am the owner of the music used in the series. The story of '50 INSTRMNTLS N A WK' started in mid 2008 when I bagged the job to score the show, it was a rush job and I was given only two weeks before deadline. Although the moment I got the job, I was getting ready to check in my pregnant wife in the hospital who could give birth at anytime.

Eventually, I spent my first week in the hospital (without a laptop, my music making machine is in a desktop at home) and just kept in mind the task I'm suppose to bag the following week which was to submit “55 pieces” of music.

When we came out of the hospital and of course after we settled down, I did the job almost 10 songs a day, just hitting all kinds of genres and as much as possible I tried to like the work I did, and I'm also following the director's (Marie Jamora) guidelines.

It's an exaggeration when I say that I did 50 pieces of music in a week, when deadline came I roughly was able to finish 40 and later some were disapproved but most of it went straight to the series. In the end of the whole project I made almost 80 pieces including stingers, bumpers, and disapproved tracks.

'50 INSTRMNTLS N A WK' is a collection of my personal faves, including some that were disapproved, and some I see fit into the collection.

Nonetheless, I strongly feel even if you've never seen the show, “50 INSTRMNTLS N A WK” is still interesting to throw into your digital players. What can you lose, it's all for free? Download it while link lasts!"

- Diego Mapa

Disclaimer: Please pretty please don't use the music for commercial purposes, if you do intend to, please contact me. Cheers!


Link to part 1 (97.59 MB)

http://www.mediafire.com/?zz4ft1oxzyz


Link to part 2 (99.38 MB)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ehtz2h41zwt


Want to donate to this artist? Click on the link: http://www.myspace.com/eggboynation








Saturday, September 6, 2008

Friday, September 5, 2008

QUOTE OF THE DAY

A nestea

is the best policy. Uuuy...Babasahin niya ulit! :-)

THE NEXT BIG THING AFTER THE EHEADS CONCERT...

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After Katipunan's most popular band took hostage of the whole Manila, now let's turn the spotlight to the top ranking Katipunan based basketball team. It's ATENEO vs LA SALLE!!!

This game has always been the hottest basketball ticket in town! Whether it's a non-bearing game, it doesn't even matter. The game has always been about school pride! I believe some people would even say that sweeping ADMU for the season is better than getting the championship or vice-versa. So this game doesn't prove much if it makes Ateneo becomes the number one team in the country. The question is, who among the Blue Eagle or the Green Archer will conquer the other?

Thursday, September 4, 2008

PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME

INTERESTING FACTS DURING THE EHEADS CONCERT

So let's start our did you know portion.

1. Did you know that Jazz Nicolas was part of the recent Eheads concert
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According to Raimund,
"he's the eraserheads' secret weapon. playing keys, guitar, tambourine,
singing backup vox and triggering samples.

we don't know how he does it but thank you jazz."
2. Did you know that each member's dressing room was named after their kid's name.
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pictures taken from mari arquiza's flickr

Eon - Ely's son, Keonaki - Markus' daughter, Atari - Raimund's daughter, Veda - Buddy's daughter

3. (share your info here)

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

RECORDED EHEADS CONCERT

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I dunno who uploaded this but THANKS wherever yo may be. This is a convenient for all who weren't there or those who wanna relive the night. Rather than jumping from one video to another in Youtube, which I did and trust me this is better!

copy paste or just type it in your URL bar, http://www.webt-v.com/

I heard rumors of a plan for a DVD release of the concluded concert which Im hoping but I find it difficult to see because the night was cut short. But I still believe it's possible, im an Eheads fan! :)

Open Letter To The World, Raimund Speaks Up!!!

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taken from flickr

I believe this was partly written for the haters out there. Not that they fully deserve the credit but they were the ones who actually spawned this letter. Let me offer these people my two cents worth, don't talk when you have nothing good to say. The problem here is people always assume and when you assume things, you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me". Do the math!

"to whom it may concern

i dont usually rant but ive been hearing reports about people
questioning why we played saguijo after the concert.

first things first. when marlboro pulled out and cancelled the show a
week ago, the band was free of all obligation to play the show. if it
was about the money we could have just walked away fully paid no
explanations to the press or anybody. free from the contract. the band
decided to play nevertheless. the tickets and the prices was for the
new promoters to buy out the production from philip morris to put it
simply. contrary to what some people think it takes money to stage a
concert. stage, lights, and video screens don't magically grow out of
the ground. that's what the ticket prices were for. the band was not
in the negotiation meetings between the the two promoters and we did
not want to be in the meetings.

personally i said just call me cos i'm ready to rock. no extra pay no
contract negotiations. as far as the eheads was concerned were out of
the contract.

but here's what you dont understand. playing music is what we do. we
play when we're happy, play when we're sad, play when we're angry,
play when we're sick, play til we die.

painters paint, writers write, my skateboarding friends skate or die.
when u ask nba superstars what they do in their spare time. they play
basketball.
us musicians, we play. thats what we do. getting paid is a bonus. i
will not apologize for that. when we don't get paid we still play.

we played saguijo because we wanted to, we needed to. our hearts and
souls dictated it. we could just go home and sleep. we did not talk
about it. there was no invites there was no plan. we did not get paid.
we borrowed equipment.

yes ely knew about it. buddy told him the next day. yes pupil was in
saguijo too.

yes marcus buddy and i have lost a parent. we know how it feels.

ive been playing music for more than 30 years. professionally since
1993.there have been a few times when it was me who was unable to
continue the set due to illness. albeit it was a lesser scale and
(thankfully) never reported. it was nonetheless life threatening. ive
had a run in with losing my voice, food poisoning, diarreah
(embarassing) and a few more i do not care to mention that involved
blood and bones. i had to drop out of the set from the eheads, cambio
and sandwich. thankfully there was always someone there to finish the
set for me. and i am thankful that they were there. i did not feel
bad. ive also saved a few shows from other bands when shit happens. we
dont plan this and we dont complain but we still play.

my bmx friends ride with broken bones.

if we finished the eheads show that night you would STILL have found
us in guijo playing after.

yes i visited ely in the hospital yesterday. i hope he recovers soon.
we have a show to finish.

music is life
ill only stop playing when i die.

rayms"

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Eraserheads Reunion Part 2!!!

It's been three days since but the hangover from the Eheads concert is still lingering in every fans head. But what mostly haunts everyone is the question about Ely's health and if there is part2 to this unsettled part1? The past few days has been nostalgic and magical for everyone. It's as if the reunion put love in the air. And much like Pacquiao's fights, half of the city's attention was directed to these four UP alumni.

So what really happened after the show? Watch and see my friends...
Singing "Magasin"


"after the first set i was so hyped. i went looking for buddy to check up on him cos his bass effects was malfunctioning.

i found him coming out of ely's tent and said ely was rushed to the hospital. we were all stunned and after a quick production meeting and meeting with his family we had to announce that the concert had to be cut short.

we prepared 3 sets. the first was just a warm up. the remaining two was going to be the fun part.

there was more videos and light shows and pyro in store for everyone.

after getting fans family and friends safely out of the venue maps and i headed over to saguijo bar to meet sandwich pedicab cambio and some friends to hang.

after a few beers buddy arrives so we decided to play the second set on borrowed equipment. thanx to mark maya for the stix. we had a little help from ebe, kris, vin, aia and tani. by the time we were playing el bimbo marcus shows up so he got to play also.

i guess we just did not want to go home to our posh hotel rooms all down and defeated. i'm thankful we have great friends to support us, cheer us up when we're sad, pick us up when we're down.

here's my new motto

drum now ask questions later

rayms
"
With Marcus singing Pare Ko
videos courtesy of quark

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Eraserheads Reunion concert: The Before And After

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I was thinking of the best way to express the MOST AWAITED CONCERT OF THE DECADE IN PHILIPPINE LAND but i was having a hard time. All I can think of were still images in my head of the crowded streets, expired countdown timer, contained emotions as opposed to the roaring fans, and the four piece band composed of Ely Bunedia, Marcus Adoro, Buddy Zabala and Raimund Marasigan.

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I checked my mail today and saw an email from Raimund Marasigan. He talks all about the madness coming to the concert.

"hey kids

its been unbelievably crazy these past few days. i taped a few tugtugan episodes with pedicab and rivermaya, taped a pedicab myx live episode, played a cambio gig in route 196 ,paid our respects to tita lizette, played a sandwich gig in up manila,finish mixing the duster album and take care of last minute production details.

marilou and r.a. treated me to something green and hairy. maps played imago and duster gigs. tarikim skipped school.i gave tix to the teachers haha.

i love my job. i thank God for this opportunity and blessing.

we had soundcheck midnight last night. my drum kit was tuned and inspected by cholo of ernville and mike d. thanx for the cymbals cholo

i got jamie and the sherps mickey, tel and jerry as my crew.

brand new dad darwin was there. soupstar's got a new baby in the family.

a few friends dropped by. the ichyworms, pupil, mark maya and aia, sinosikat, direk quark, erwin romulo, direk marie, and then some.

i'm a bit embarrassed were getting super rockstar treatment. we're checked in a five star hotel, assigned a chauffeured van each, personal bodyguards (which i refused until later tonight) and we can actually raid the mini bar haha(after 20 years in rock n roll).

i didn't get enough sleep. for the first time i'm actually excited about the concert. went to the gym to sweat out last night's beer. i'm having bacon eggs and fruits in the room as i'm typing this.

earnest just dropped veda off. the kids are trashing the room. ill get a massage when they go swimming.

i can't wait to play. i'll see you all tonight.

be safe

rayms
"
Everyone has their own Eheads experience. It is in these experiences that we get to connect with the band. Although time has passed and for a time (before the whole concert was born) these Eheads moments were a thing of our past, shelved as part of history, and much like our childhood memories we can never go back to.

Then the unexpected happened which shook the whole nation! It was wild. It was a prank played to us by life. Very sneaky!
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Lines started to point us to the ticket booths, while the street signs illuminated with "THIS WAY TO EHEADS CONCERT". It was a dream no one didn't want to end.

The show as expected by many didn't end with a bang. In a good way it didn't but in a surprising way-yes. The concert closed down in a rather yet sneaky way again with Ely's heart condition became critical again.

Again the unexpected happen but theirs nothing more to ask but give thanks to the band and for a speedy recovery to Ely.

For the latest update,

"dear everybody

before anything. i just spoke to day cabuhat. and she informed me that
ely's condition is now stable. and they're very thankful for all your concern.

thank you very much for coming t the show. we really felt the cheering
and the singing and the love you all gave.

thank you for understanding that the show had to be cut short.

ely was in no condition (emotionally, physically) to play but he did. and he gave it his all which is more than we could ask from him. given the circumstances he was in.

we all wish him well. we are all confident that he will recover soon.

i promise to give you another eraserheads show as soon as possible.

again thank you very much

rayms"

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pictures taken from flickr

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Eraserheads Tickets

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taken from Philmusic
"For everyone asking about how to get tickets to the Eheads reunion concert...

Tickets will be officially released on AUGUST 28 through Ticket World. You may start calling
now to inquire/reserve at 891 9999. Ticket prices are PhP 1030 and PhP 2060.

Please feel free to re-post. The more people this reaches, the better! =)"

See y'all on Saturday! ;-)"
For those who don't know it yet here are the changes for the Eheads concert:

1) It won't be backed by Philip Morris (Marlboro) anymore as reported before for unknown reasons and apparently they backed out and handed this concert to Radiohead Media Solutions as the new promoter.

2) The concert won't be free anymore. To purchase your own copy, the details are above.

3) It's gonna be on August 30, Saturday. Gates open at 3:00 pm at Bonifacio Global City Open Grounds.

The most important news of all is that the concert is still gonna push through except that we have to live with these minor tweaks for the upcoming event!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Old Eraserheads CDs available!


This is a perfect treat for the new, young and old Eraserheads fans! To those who failed to the grab the band's albums before for whatever reasons (bata pa kami noon kaya walang perang pambili, palaos na sila kaya di ko na binili albums nila, di ko na type mga kanta at style nila, etc) this is it!

They have released the less popular Eraserheads albums- Fruitcake, Natin99, Sticker Happy, Carbon Stereoxide but no Aloha Milkyway. If you are a fan who would love to collect all their recording materials, your music has god has just granted your wish. Rush to your nearest record bars or wait for a another decade. I just got mine and yesterday and I know it's been out there since last week so HARRY UP!

Disclaimer: Im not sure if they released the albums in all the record bars. But if you wanna be sure where to get these precious items, leave your email and i'll send it to you! :)

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Random lists: 24/7 restos in Makati

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NAME: Rufo's Famous Tapa
ADDRESS: 4736 Salamanca cor. Kalayaan Ave., Bel Air (in front of the old Int'l School), Makati City
TEL: 899-3811 or 899-4207
SPECIALTIES: Sizzling T-bone Steak, Sizzling Sisig, Tapas
BUDGET: P100/meal
OPERATION: 24hours

NAME: Yoohoo BBQ
ADDRESS: 8300 Anza St., Makati Avenue, Makati City
TEL: 897-2779
SPECIALTIES: Grilled Pork and Barbeque
ESTIMATED BUDGET: P100/meal
OPERATION: 24hours
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NAME: Wendy's Hamburger
ADDRESS: 7894 Makati Ave. cor. Gen. Luna St., Poblacion, Makati City
TEL: 533-3333
SPECIALTIES: Burgers and Frosty
ESTIMATED BUDGET: P100/meal
OPERATION: 24hours
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NAME: Mang Inasal
ADDRESS: Jupiter St. Brgy. Bel Air, Makati City
TEL: 890-2652
SPECIALTIES: Chicken Inasal
ESTIMATED BUDGET: P150.00/meal
OPERATION: 24hours

Eraserheads Reunion Update

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This is an over due post. hehe! Sorry for the delay (talking to Eheads fans).

I bring in good news courtesy of Subsandwich (Sandwich's mailing list). This has been posted there a couple of weeks ago but only came to my senses now that I should have posted this before. Here's what Raimund Marasigan has to say about the upcoming concert.

"last monday the erserheads met and rehearsed for the first time.

nobody knew what to expect. it was a little uncomfortable since we havent communicated for a long time. but im pleased to announce that the band was playing better than i ever remembered. i guess we all did our homework haha.

i wont say how many songs we finished but it was a lot. there was a lot of drums and no drama.

rayms"

Monday, August 4, 2008

MDK presents: Harold and Kumar2 Escape from Guantanamo Bay


If you there was a movie genre more deeper than comedy which precisely talks about getting high on drugs, then this definitely would be in for the race. Although this may not be your stoner movie of the year as we haven't been graced by the presence of "The Pineapple Express" yet, it sure does make the cut!

Like journal entries, I can easily tag this movie with the words: weed (you just can't omit that because their whole adventure is based on that!), bong, adventure gone wrong, chicks, Neil Patrick Harris, douche bag characters and the mysterious odd couple! It's hard not to draw comparisons from its predecessor and say they're similar. Look at the tagged words I wrote above and you'd say it's practically the same thing but no. The twist in this movie is all about Kumar's love interest to his ex-girlfriend. What's interesting to see and something to look forward to is Kumar's romantic side. I almost got teary-eyed because yes I'd have to admit it was sweet what he did. You should actually take note of what he did.

A perfect company on a lonely Friday night, with your bottle of beer and a bag of chips to go along. Not crazy funny as hell but it's enough to keep you through the night!

Here's the poem recited by Kumar from the movie:

The Square Root of 3 by Dave Feinberg


I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three

The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine

For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic

I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality

When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three

As quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer

We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands

Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

American named Chris singing Itchyworms and other OPM songs



The most amazing thing I've seen today! Nakakabilib at nakakataba ng puso bilang isang pinoy at OPM supporter. A "Joe" singing in tagalog and you have to admit he does it so well even with the guitar playing.

I heard about the band raving about this guy, Chris last night at their guest appearance in a radio show. Talk about luck, they've been getting a lot of recognition from their last two album releases. Last year, jim paredes commended them for being musically genius with Noontime Show, and now here's a dude from the other part of the world playing their songs. The band deserves it!

Go to their album launch. July 23, 2008 @ Cafe Rallos at Rallos St, Quezon City. Support Local Music!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Eraserheads songs put movie to life


I read in the blog of Mukamo.com that people are planning to do a movie about Eraserheads songs. I think it's nice to spread the talent of those four guys but I feel like they're just milking and riding with their fame. Just a suggestion, I think it would be better if they cast in unkown actors or indie cred actors so that we won't be distracted with how these teeny boppers will basterdize the movie.

here's the actual report,

"Ultraelectromagnetic Love is an upcoming trilogy movie produced by Regal Entertainment, which is based on three Eraserheads songs.

Episode 1 is titled “Tindahan ni Aling Nena,” it will star Glaiza de Castro and Marky Cielo. Episode 2 is titled “Magasin”, it will star the love team of Jennica Garcia and Mart Escudero. The last episode is “Torpedo” and will be lead by Aljur Abrenica and Kris Bernal. All songs of the movie’s sound track were credited to Eraserheads’ lead singer Ely Buendia as composer and the movie script is penned by Fairlane Raymundo"