Congratulations Australian Open Winners!

Today, there is no happier tennis player than Marat Safin of Russia and Serena Williams of USA who won the singles titles of the Australian Open! They both deserved the title and went through very tough matches.

Marat Safin had a heart pounding 5-set match against the multi-grandslam winner Roger Federer where the 5th set resulted in a slide-two overtime (9-7) during the semi-finals. During the final match against Australia's Leyton Hewitt, Marat started off slow with a great number of unforced errors and lost the 1st set (1-6). However, with the help of his rocket-backhand shots and volleys he was able to take the remaining sets of the championship. The match could've lasted longer when Hewitt had a commanding lead of (3-0) during the early stages of the 3rd set, but Safin held twice and broke serve and regained the lead. The match ended in 4-sets: (1-6),(6-3),(6-4),(6-4). The Russian has two grandslams in his collection, im pretty sure a few more will come.

Yesterday in the women's division, Serena William's won her 2nd Australian Open title against fellow countryman Davenport. The match ended in three sets where the first and third set belong to Serena. I wasnt able to watch most of the match so i can't really say anything about it. Abangan ko pa replay... It's been a while since her last grandslam and this was considered her great comeback. Serena probably has 3-4 grandslams in her collection.

Serena got a fine body man. Sexy pare! Woohoo sexual chocolate!

For those who don't know, im also a tennis freak and i play almost everyday. especially during my bummer days... which is now...

peace \m/

Hoping to get a break!

A few hours ago, we performed together with Sisig and other bands at the Katipunan mini-golf. The band "Pagan Smoke" was bad-ass! wala ako masabi, bow ako sa guitaristang si nats(whose also from Sisig)!! Well, we kinda screwed up in some parts, in most of the songs actually. Some of us came from work and arrived at the gig wasted. this night was a good performance but not outstanding like our mayric's gig, we lacked the energy, the passion(naks) and coordination. plus the equipment sucked d*ck, it took me around 30 mins or more to setup and get a good feedback from the amps. sabog talaga tunog. And theres something about the host(who happens to own a studio near the mini-golf) and his perception on female musicians. when we arrived, he questioned our female members on what genre they're playing. mabel and the others anwsered, "rock/alternative". the oldman was shocked, he can't believe that these good girls play alternative music, he judged them right away from their looks. and i agree, they look like teeny-boppers from sweet valley high, este kids... whahahah!! sorry girls, ang bait nyo masyado tingnan! peace mothf*ckers! but as mabel grabbed the mic, and i stepped on that distortion together with carlo's butt-f*cking beats and jihan's heart-thumping bass notes, we proved him wrong. in fact, he liked our music. same goes with the other females from other bands, he just can't believe females could play in the rock scene. crush nya si carlo, un lang. hahaha!

on the other hand, before going to the gig i rode the mrt to meet up with the band in megamall. as we approached ayala station a dude started talking to me, he asked me where i was playing tonight and what genre do i play. i told him we play alternative music for various production groups, tonight with "Rock Manok". He then told me about his band which is acid jazz/pop/alternative, btw he was also a guitarist, but way better than me, i could tell. Close na kami pare. we just kept on talking about gigs, productions however on some occassions i couldn't relate coz some bands and productions he was mentioning are those i've never heard off. it's quite obvious hes been in the business for a loooong time! so little by little natatahimik nako... after his long talk, he invited our band to play for a production this feb 18, the "UP Fair", which will be held at UP diliman and this event is similar to last year's Fete De la Musique held at Eastwood Libis. They're in great need of bands to fill up the 4pm-12pm sched of the event. Bands like Kwan, Wolfman, Kitchie Nadal, Pinikpikan and many more will be included in this event! This could be a good break for us! but what if we screw up!? putangina pakshet talaga un. and what about intimidation, these are professional bands my friend, and we are...? intermediate. Then again, this is a good break and exposure for us! he got my number, but my mistake was i didnt get his! shit! he might forget about us, and theres nothing i could do to followup, so im praying now that he will contact us! please Lord, pare magpaulan ka ng biyaya. 100% ka sakin.

Prior to that, early this afternoon, i also met a new dude whose also invovled in band productions. but their music is metal, hardcore and grind. pretty much not our style, so its kinda hard to fit in. we'd prefer to be included in reggaes, punk n ska. Im also hoping that our front act for kitchie nadal at csb on feb 16 would push through, that would be another great opportunity... at mahahawakan ko na ang malambot na kamay at pisngi ni kitchie! yahoo! sana!

and as for rody, i guess we made a wrong choice for our new guitarist. hes already missed a number of practices and gigs, and i assume hes gonna ditch us at the feb 4 gig as well. this guy lacks commitment and doesnt know how to prioritize. tsk tsk, we plan to kick him out and keep the original lineup, no more additions as of now. in fact, we sounded better without him. believe me, for the past 2 months of jamming hes been off-tune all the time yet he claims that hes been jamming with professionals ever since. now im wondering... as jc from sisig said, its not the skill, but the chemistry of the band, the skill could come in time. true, i was looking for skill but i forgot commitment and chemistry. another lesson learned. i'll wrap this up, its too long already, ive also discovered new stuff about my guitar, till the next blog!

peace \m/

Signs of the "Glorious Days"

its been a while since my last blog... recently ive been busy with some freelance stuff and im done with it. tomorrow, im as free as a bird again! woohooo! and yes, our confirmation with toei animation is still in process. so here we are, waiting and waiting, hopefully for nothing!

now let me tell you a short story...

last saturday night after band practice, i went straight to Sikatuna vill. at q.c. to pickup some freelance work from a college friend(jana's d name). when we arrived at her place, i let my other bandmates stay in the car for it'll only take a few minutes. however, after 10 minutes of ringing the doorbell, multiple missed calls and text msgs no one seems to be at home. so i went back to the car and listened to some opm music while waiting. then something freaky happened, the tape started to sound weird like its back masked and the lights started to blink simoultaneously. i couldn't fix the prob so i turned off the car. after a minute or so, i started it again and holy shit, it didnt turn on! i gave a few more tries but still no ignition. there and then, that incident reminded me of the "Glorious Days" with the old lancer. i guess you're wondering why i called it "Glorious Days" when theres nothing "glorious" about it, well to tell you the truth i dunno either! i just called it like that, hehe. This time, the civic is fucking up on me. finally, jana went out and invited us in. i gave it rest hoping and praying that when i come back it will start. we stayed around 20 mins, so were back at the car again. 1st try, nothing. 2nd try, yes! the car finally started! my prayers were answered!i figured that the problem was the battery, so we drove through EDSA and south superway with no radio(a little only, we listened to parokya ni edgar, inuman sessions), no aircon and dimmed lights only! not to mention the pollution and heavy traffic along boni because of an event. thank God, we got through that, coz if the civic goes dead in EDSA, that's gonna be a hell of a problem.

as we reached b.f. homes, i felt a bit relieved considering lesser problems if the civic fails again. after eating, i had the car gassed up in caltex and that was the end of it. i turned off the car as requested by the gas boyz, and it never started after that. i gave a lot of tries. a few minutes later my dad came to the rescue, gave the car a boost and were all good. the next day we figured that the problem was not the battery but the alternator. ok, so my dad fixed it, but i know that more problems are gonna come in the future. its a 6 yr-old car, 2nd hand, so wat do u expect. its all we can afford right now and im quite pissed thinking that im gonna go through the "glorious days" again, with a different car. tsk, tsk... maybe its just meant to be. then again i suck at driving and i suck at cars, dunno shit. well, at least i know how to change tires and wash it, hehe. this gonna be another adventure, wanna ride wid me?

oh yeah, we have a gig on friday, jan 28 at Katipunan mini-golf near the flyover bridge. pls do come, there will be a lot of bands. show starts at 8pm, p100 per ticket including 1 drink. Thanks a lot to "Rock Manok" productions.

peace \m/

Sold the memory...

Just a week ago, a few people from the "buy and sell" business went to our place. they were my dad's old friends actually. i just woke up so i went to the dining room to eat, they were talking in the living room but i wasn't listening. a few minutes later they left, and i heard our 1992 lancer glxi(lancer, "shaguar" according to my college & village friends) was turned on and left! my dad actually sold the 12-year old car! for 105,000 bucks thats quite a bargain! they just have to suffer the consequences though; hard startings early in the morning, di-tadyak na aircon, bulok na speakers, sudden engine breakdowns, noisy fan belts, weak shock absorbers(even a little kid sitting at the back could make the car lowered), unchangeable radio stations, tatlong iba't ibang klaseng airfresheners na nka lagay at nakaka-hilo na ang amoy and many more to mention! this car, totally sucked! how i wished xzibit could just pimp my ride! haha! but despite all the ailments, this car has served us for 12-years, and it always FAILED me! haha, but i still love this car!

just like that, as i watched the car being driven away all the memories just flashed through my eyes. haha naks! drama nun ah! from the day i first held my hands on the wheel till' the day i fell asleep while driving and crashed into a revo in EDSA. worse, my dad was with me. speaking of crashes, ive had a few... MAJOR ones! however, only God knows how many "hit and runs" ive been to, haha! seriously! ask my friends, they were with me during those times. to me, those were memories... to my dad, those were heartaches! he could never make the car good-looking, coz everytime he repaints it, boom may gasgas o bangga nanaman.. tsk tsk... i too, failed the lancer. admittedly, i suck at driving. i sucked and i was unlucky. thats why i was never able to bring my car during college coz everytime i get the permission and trust, something happens and back to square 1 again. hanggang tahanan nanaman uli. for 4 years it was like that, on every accident my dad would always say, "ok dating gawi". right now, everytime i bring the car out car, my dad is dropdead worried about the car and calls me every minute, every hour checking up on the car. i went out without the car, no calls, no worries, it just shows hes more concerned with the car. haha.

i was pretty shocked that my dad sold it, he loved that car more than i did. im also shocked someone bought it, but i learned from my dad a while ago that the buyer doesnt know anything about the hard starting shit. haha, goodluck syo pre! if my dad told me about selling the car earlier, i couldve convinced him not to. this car gave me identity(an image kumbaga) and something to talk about during inuman. i was the dude whose car really sucked. for those who don't know, my car used to look like a jaguar, it had mascilla all over it. my dad placed them to hide those mini scratches i made. thats why Isa gave the name "Shaguar". It looked really bad, like a piece of shit i should say. you ain't gettin any dates with this look. btw, after my first accident, the bumper fell off and my dad used a big chain to tie it back in place! now thats ugly! ikinahihiya ko pre! seriously, everytime im dropped off at school everyone stares at that fuckin huge chain man! and its all because of me!

here some of the major accidents:
1. 2000 - while changing lanes i bumped into a 1975 corona
2. 2001 - bumped the back of a 1997 honda civic
3. 2003 - in an intersection, i crashed into a 2002 honda accord
4. 2004 - i fell asleep in edsa then i crashed into a revo

minor:
1. 2001 - bumped noel's honda civic while reversing, it was his brothers' shit
2. 2004 - reversed at a 1998 toyota corolla in a parking lot at KSP grille

there are many more to mention, but God only knows. :)

but then again, despite all those bad things i said and did to the car... it has served me, my village friends, college friends, officemates bandmates and ofcourse my family. it gave us all memories. oh yeah, si marifosque and davao boy! they rode the car as well! hell yeah! we had adventures with the lancer too! i would like to include more but its too long already. just ask me in person, i have a lot to say about this car. too many memories! i could actually write a book about it, theres just a lot to say.

right now ive been promoted into driving my cousin's honda civic that we bought a few months ago, so far no scratches, no bumps, no accidents. ive been praying that my so-called "glorious days" with the lancer will not happen with the civic. please pray for me too. thats all folks :)

peace \m/

Maraming Salamat!

Nagpapasalamat ako kay mister ryan MARIFOSQUE at nabigyan kme ng pagkakataon makipagtugtugan at maki-ingay sa mayric's! I labs you! maraming salamat sa mga pumunta at hu-med-bang sa aming tunog! i labs u rin! at higit sa lahat maraming salamat sa banda ko! ang lulupet nyo lahat knina lalo na si jihan! ewan ko kung ano rason pero sya ang pinaka-maraming fans knina at napaka-lagkit po ng tingin ng mga lalaki sa kanya! hahaha! biru lang jihan! lupet mo! konting banat pa!

grabe, kla mo nakatanggap ng award eh noh? dein, talagang astig lng yung crowd knina heheh, maraming hu-med-bang! sana ganto parati! sa susunod na tugtugan! kita-kits nlang tyo sa 28 sa may katipunan! mabuhay ang musikang amethyst! mabuhay ang peppermint, dumsel in distress, pedro lucas iii at mga iba pang ksama na banda! we labs u all! mabuhay si carlo serrano! mabuhay ang Plug n' Play productions!

rody, ba't di ka nagpakita?! tangina mo kulang kme! pero ayos lang, kung san ka man... sana masaya ka! hihi! un lang po!

p.s. marifosque! sensya na at umuwi kme agad, mukhang ala-tres pa kyo ng umaga tutugtog eh! yaan mo, papanoorin nmin ang album launch nyo sa 29 sa may peligro! promise! peksman! hihi!

peace \m/

Holy Mother of God, Jihan has a blog!

first of all, no one even posted anything regarding my previous post. no 1 cares! :(

Jihan, the shy-est, quiet-est and wackiest(deep inside) member of our band has a blog of her own. this is interesting, i would like to know how her crazy mind works. but that's ok, she's cool and steady at all times. I'll add her in my links.

I have a new layout, new pic and a new banner. Budweiser beer goggles po P199.99 lng sa SM! bili bili na!

peace \m/

Let's go fishing friends!!

I was browsing some of my friend's blog a while ago and one of them posted something about first impressions. actually, she was asking people to post their 1st impressions on her. without hestitating i posted my brutally honest 1st impression on her, hahaha. :)

so here i am asking YOU to write your 1st impression on me in the comments! haha! im not fishing here! im just collecting info! hehe! go and click post comment and say anything you want! go go! please dont be nasty okie!?!?

btw, i have a list of albums lined-up for the review. i'll be posting them very soon, right now im still in the process of absorbing the music and soon to be "one" with the album. hehe :)

heres the list:
1. Parokya ni Edgar - Inuman Sessions vol.1
2. UrbanDub - Birth
3. Kitchie Nadal
4. Korn - Follow the leader
5. The Offspring - Smash

Some of these albums are way ooooldd but i was able to grab a copy just now, so wait for the 2005 edition review hehehe :)

peace \m/

Beer GOOGLES!

Two weeks ago, mara and her "friend" stephen passed by our house, it was a sunday. i was sleeping that time, but mara's simultaneuos super combo knock on the door just woke me up. i said to myself, "what the fuck!? who the fuck!? this better be good." i opened the door butt naked, este with no shirt on and i saw mara smiling with her shiny white teeth and wide nose together with a funny looking chinese dude. they both looked excited, so i was wondering wat was going on. i was wasted, i was out the whole day and i still had that hangover from last night's drinking session. i was pretty shocked and said "oi", then stephen handed me a bag, it was his belated christmas gift for me which he bought from hongkong! shit, ang sweet laglag ang panty ko! haha, fuck it. so whats inside? two cans of imported beer! oh yeah! that surely woke me up! one was hongkong beer and the other is japanese beer. From the wasted and cranky look, i became so delighted that i grabbed the plastic bag then rushed into the fridge like a kid. yup, from the kitchen i heard mara saying "sabi ko syo beer ang trip nyan eh". mara was right and hell yeah did stephen made my day. btw i also collect beer cans/bottles so if any of you have those imported beers pls do give me the can or bottle, thanx.

i hid it deep into the fridge where my dad can't see it. i guarantee you that if he spots it, im sorry but it will surely disappear. i even told all the maids to keep it away from him. it's mine, im saving it for a very special inuman session or for days that im depressed. since then ive been checking the fridge every night if my two beers are still there, for two weeks it has been safe and away from the dreaded hands of my dad.

a few hours ago, i picked up my mom from work and as we reached home i saw my dad having a good san mig light. first thing that came to my mind are those two beers. i havent drank beer with my dad yet, so i took the oppurtunity to have a session with him and told him, "pa! may surprise ako syo! exotic and imported beer toh!" i rushed to the fridge and... WHAT THE FUCK!!?!?!? HE DRANK MY BEER!!! putangina!!!! he was already on his third bottle so he grabbed a san mig light. SHIT! i was protecting that beer for two weeks and he managed to get his hands on it! i was disappointed, i shouted at one of our maids coz i told her to keep it away from my dad but she's so dumb and stupid! knowing that i was hiding it from him, she even offered to open it for my dad! putang ina! bangenge ka gago! gung gong! sarap mo patayin! i was angry making tantrums while my dad just sat there drinking his 3rd can laughing and laughing saying, "sorry! di ko alam eh!" he was laughing hard the fact that i told him i had a surprise for him not knowing that he sabbotaged my beer! fuck!

tonight, i dont feel good, my imported beers were gone and worse my maid threw the cans away. so i got nothing! sometimes maids can be really... u know... too bad im always a victim. btw, heres a maid story told by my friend: one morning, he approached on of his maids and requested to have his polo pressed. he told the maid "ate paki press yung damit". when he went home in the evening, he opened the fridge, he saw his polo shirt. haha. he didnt know if hes gonna laugh or strangle the maid to death. haay.. thats life people.

peace \m/

Hustle, hustle!

Yesterday afternoon i went out with an old friend from our village, we've been planning this since last year but somehow our schedules never meet. oh well it finally happened, like its meant to be, hahah! yuck. anywho, we watched the action/comedy/slapstick movie "Kung-Fu Hustle"!! This movie is f*ckin hilarious! I recommend that you guys watch it! Again, stephen chow has succeeded in making me laugh! Correction, everyone! the humor, the settings, the graphics, even the stars are similar to the movie "Shaolin soccer." Basta, astig! nuod kyo!

obviously a "no brainer post", i can't think of anything else to say dammit!

peace \m/

Sucky Friday!

It's 3:54 a.m. Saturday, obviously i've been attacked by insomnia... again. Wow great timing, just when i needed sleep most here i am back at the pc trying to drain my brain cells. Somehow i don't feel worn out or fatigued despite the stressful friday i've had. In fact, i even drank a few cans of beers with some friends! what the hell, alcohol failed on me this time. Well, at least im not alone, a few minutes ago jihan(another insomniac) texted me that she couldnt bring her car at the jam. So this means were commuting and were gonna carrying a shit load of stuff. (guitars, effects, AMPs?)

Well i guess the reason i couldn't sleep is because im being paranoid about not making it in the qualifying exam i had in toei animation yesterday. it was our last day at navel arts academy for bg training and we were all scheduled for the exam at eastwood. out of 15 students only 8 will be accepted for the ojt program. right now im desperately praying that i'd be the 8th person atleast! god, what a stressful day. from school we made it to toei around 130, we were scheduled 2 o'clock. based on the exam description given to us by the hr of toei, we were expecting to do bg's of One Piece(series) with a time limit which would last around 30 mins to an hour or so. however, when we sat down on the pc's they gave us a rough sheet of backgrounds which has not been cleaned up nor rendered! this is bad, really bad! this means an extra load for us! don't tell me were suppose to do the clean-up artist's job!? this eats up another 1-2hrs of our time and like i said before, it took us hours to paint/render regular backgrounds. and we weren't just given any regular background, they gave us a blow up one where there are many movements such as chase/race scenes. This is bad! given the task i already estimated what time we'll be finished. this is gonna take around 5-7 hrs man, fuck and what time is it? 2:30 pm, shit this means we'll be leaving around nine or so. dammit. and i had other plans in the evening. that bullshit exam caused me a date with a friend! *&^#$@@!!! i was really expecting it to be a short exam, but hell no! given the situation i already said to myself that i may not finish the exam. ive never worked for 7 straight hours even during my college days. there always has to be a gap of 2 hours or so, i dunno but i guess that's how artists really are, were moody and there are times that were completley unproductive. but, like the toei operations manager said, theyre completley destroying our "being an artist". because in this business were required to work and be on-call anytime. this means having to work on late nights, early mornings and sundays as well. we have no choice but to keep on keep on working especially on priority dates or deadlines.

as i predicted, i wasn't able to finish. actually we werent able to finish it. out of 7 students in the 1st batch only 1 of us was able to finish, our super-duper-geek-ass-nerd-looking classmate from UP. hes good. and we don't like him haha. what pissed me off is that their computers sucked, it was pretty damn slow and it kept on hanging! so they transfered me to a new pc where i had to start all over again! take note, thats about an hour wasted. it was already 9 pm and our exam proctor wanted to go home already, so we had no choice but to stop and hope that whatever we finished will be good enough for the evaluation. so far im not proud of my work, and im very disappointed. the time and the pressure of having to make your work look exactly like toei's technique gives you a complete brain drain where you cant work properly and don't know where to start. i just hope the next batch on monday screws up, haha! by tuesday we will be informed of the results, so if you don't recieve a call from toei then its over. shit. after that, being depressed and all, my classmates and i had a few beers. we just had to relax.

i want this job, i couldnt imagine myself being a regular graphic artist again, im done with that. animation is where i wanna be, pray for me guys.

peace \m/

A few adjustments.

Regarding our jam this saturday, we will be having a few adjustments. Amethyst people read this:

1. Tone down Rody's guitar
- Somehow, the only guitar he hears is mine. So in effect he tends to make his guitar so loud it dominates everyone. i can't hear myself, mabel nor jihan. Bad thing is, if he goes off tune its very obvious and sometimes i tend to get out of tune as well. So this time i will be dictating him on what he should do.

2. Make Mabel's voice louder
- Make mabel's voice louder!

3. Shift Aine from backing vocals to percussions
- This is quite interesting, i wanna see how aine will do with percs. During our past jams and gigs i noticed that aine and mabel's voice don't jive that much. I can't even hear aine sometimes. its also hard to train both of them, so might as well focus on mabel with her voice and give aine percussions. That way, we could have a thicker sound. plus, we could have more variations regarding beats. Now its up to carlo to train her. I hope she learns! hehe, magpractice ka pare! Another thing is, having two female vocals in band gives us the impression of a pussy-ass showband type. yuck! Amethyst opinion ko lang to, walang magagalit.

4. Carlo placing "idiot boards"
- Forgetting the chords is the band's biggest flaw! and i can clearly see that it pisses of carlo that much. So i have nothing to say against it, i think we do need "idiot boards" as guide for our chords. I just hope jihan does not bring her own "board" during a GIG! ok jihan?

5. Convince Jihan to shake that thang!
- Jihan, God gave u an ass... Shake it while you do your bass-thumping shit man! Loosen up! Feel the music and feel horny. hahah joke!

That's it, im pretty sure peeps from amethyst will be reading this so guys take note. see on sat!

yours truly,
JP, your loving cute and handsome guitar samurai!

peace \m/

Amethyst is back in business!

After months and months of struggling for gigs and finding an appropriate guitarist... we have finally found both! bit by bit we are getting up on our feet again, for the 2nd time! i almost thought that the band will be disbanded due to lack of practices and gigs. but now, we have a GIG! yahoo! thanks to a good friend of mine, ryan marifosque! he got us a slot in their production event and we will be performing together with other bands @ mayric's, jan 15,05'(saturday)! show starts 930pm. Pls do come, there will be tickets sold though, P100 each with 1 free beer! Good news is, this not a one-time big-time production because they hold events @ mayric's every other week of the month. Meaning we get a chance to be included in these succeeding events! yahoo! exposure! however, the bad side of it is the ticket selling! per event every band is required to sell 5-8 tickets depending on the price, if they dont get to sell it, the band will shoulder it. if they surpass the quota, the extra money will go to the band. thats how these production things work. so its really hard to be heard and noticed man... tsk tsk. in our case its ok, were 6 members! we have more cash compared to those 3-piece punk bands! haha!

aside from catching a gig, we also had other developments:

1. we have a soundclick account!
- check out www.soundclick.com/amethystamethyst and listen to some of our rough acoustic recordings. thanx to our former lead guitarist and soon to be sound engineer Jan Javier, we were able to do acoustic renditions of our songs. The following songs are available for download at soundclick:
a. Astray
b. Farewell
c. Nawawala
Astig to mehn, lalo na yung Astray, hahah! find out for yourself!

2. We have an email account! but its not a yahoogroup --> amethyst_combo_combohan@yahoo.com

3. We are friendsters na rin! Like oh my gosh!!!! hahaha, add us up, just use the yahoo account!

well thats it, we'll keep you posted on whats going on with the supa cool alternative band hehe! for now, wish us luck! support! support naman dyan! im so hot, im sweating like a pig!

peace \m/

Album Review: Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

This album was released waaay back during the early 90's during the famous grunge era with popular hits such as "Interstate Love Song" and "Vasoline". and here i am making an album review of it, kinda late don't you think? oh well, what the heck. back then i wasn't a music fan, i was into toys that time hehehe. i just got a 2nd hand copy 2 days ago and it hasnt left my cd player ever since. a great album, love their music!

It's been a year since i was introduced to Stp music, back then i was only listening to their great hits such as Interstate Love Song, Plush, Sour Girl, Lady Picture Show, Down through mp3's. My curiosity for their music grew so i got copies of "NO.4" and "Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop", their 3rd and 4th album release. From then on my respect for STP grew as i listened to their other tracks that werent released into the mainstream. Since then, i began to look for the "Core" and "Purple"(1st and 2nd album) which i think are their best albums. Anywho, i got "Purple" recently so my last project is "Core", which is very hard to find! So if any of you has a copy or knows anyone selling any please do inform me and maybe we could have a little business meeting, hehehe :)

After listening to the album i could say that "Purple" played a major influence on their succeeding albums. Their sound has not changed that much over the years (riffs, tuning, tempo), however this album appears to be more technical in terms of extra effects and more solos, but the rest are still the same. Scott Weiland's voice style in singing hasn't changed and the riffs created are somewhat similar because of the key and tunings used(drop d, eb and standard). I also liked their music line-up, where they had Scott do percussions on various tracks such as Pretty Penny, Lounge Fly etc. It sounded pretty ok, however they didn't apply this on "No.4". Another thing i liked about them is that they were able to maintain the grunge sound through the years, unlike pearl jam who has completely changed their sound since "Ten" and "VS.". Believe me, it was a big mistake. After that Pearl Jam was removed from the grunge scene and their music wasnt appreciated as much as their early releases.

The tracks that i find cool are Meat Plow, Vasoline, Interstate Love Song, Still remains, Silvergun superman and Big empty! i know most of you wont bother on getting an original copy, so might as well download these tracks on kazaa or something. Ok to mga mehn, astig, magpaka STP na kyo! Overall comment---> ASTIG! LUFETS!

p.s. if you know any place or anyone who sells a copy of "CORE" pls do inform me. Plus, if you know any stores that sell 2nd hand old school cds, i appreciate if you tell me. thanks :)

peace \m/

Bad Boyz ReUnited!

After a week and a half of parties/get togethers and celebrations for Xmas and New Year... the Bad BOyz( Jhun, Ryan, Mark and Me) of Navel Arts Academy, BG artist training class has united once again! we updated each other on whats been going on during the break and other bullshit. We are the so-called "life" of the class, we are the shit and we rule above all else! haha, its not like were supa cool or anything, but i think were the only students in class who appears to be normal and couldn't pass as a geekish-fuckin nerdo! oh well, what do you expect from a class that teaches background painting for anime episodes. Its given, most of the anime enthusiasts and artists are geeks, nerdos and wierdos! well, geeks alone are okay. nerds alone are okay too, but being both of them combined, thats something else! talking to these kind of people makes you so irritated it justs blows your mind away! im sorry, but im very impatient with these kind of people. you know what i mean, im pretty sure you've had classmates like that. no offense to those who have friends or siblings like that and if you're a self-confessed geekish-fuckin-nerdo, sensya na pre suntukan nalang hahaha! anyway i'll stop here before someone starts an email/text messaging war against me. haha.

and here we are, continuing our plates and making jokes out of our classmates using code names para hindi kmi mahalata. besides, we dont even know their names! haha! but, one of our classmates(UP boy) brought a guest! his sister! holy shit, his sister's hot! Undeniably shes looks irrestible in that nusring outfit, i dunno the reason why she's there but i can't concentrate working on my plates! i just can't stop turning back from my pc and stare at the hot chick. shit, this is bad. jhun noticed that and he started picking on me at nagpaparinig pa, tangina kupal talaga hahahah!

Oh i forgot, one member is missing... Opel from the Davao Islands! He's still in Davao though, but he'll be back next week!! this guy is the shit man! he's the life of the group and the laughing stock as well. He has "gaguhin mo ako" stamped all over his face, so far we had been very consistent in ruining and making gago to his life. hahaha, were bad. theres never a dull moment with this dude, seriously without him the group is quite and the classroom is dead. he just keeps on talking and telling stories about davao, anime, burikats(davao whores) and never fails to make us laugh with his sucky davao accent! you just have to hear him talk! and this guy has a huge vocabulary of words you can never imagine, just ask him. 2 weeks ago, we had an inuman session at my place and he proudly confessed his love to our maid, Neneng whom he refers to as his consumo(consumate). hahah, what a fucker. this is another story, ill tell it you guys some other time. i'll post a blog on how Opel won Neneng's heart. Shit, this sounds like one of those Filipino stories where a rich daughter falls in love with her driver hahaha tangina.

Anywho, after class instead of eating lunch along alabang-zapote road we went to g4 since i brought a car and mark had to get something from gold crest. plus, were all bummers and have nothing better to do at home. we ate at food choices g4 and ryan feasted his eyes with the beautiful view of gorgeous women. actually it was a useless trip, a waste of time and money. we were just plain bored and had to kill time, thats why we decided to come with mark. however, when we checked out tower records i was lucky enough to buy two hard-to-find albums! The Offspring-Smash and self-titled album of Stone temple pilots, those were 2nd hand copies though, still theyre hard-to-find! Coolness! These albums are more than 10 years old and were released during the time of Nirvana and Pearl Jam! Thats 2 CDs added to my growing collection and around 700 php deducted from my depleted savings! Who cares, hahah as long as my collection grows its all good. I also saw old albums of Spin Doctors, Candlebox, the Doors, Blind Melon and other old school alternative bands but i didn't have enough cash. I'll be back for those albums, I can't let anyone get a hold of them! I'll be back this friday, i'll withdraw all my f*ckin cash!! sana andun pa sila! our trip to glorieta was worthwhile after all.

damn, i bought more than 10 original cd's since the past month. starting 2005 with no cash is not good. i cant make "not-buying cds" a resolution coz im gonna break it anyway...

peace \m/