Pulse.ph : MUSIC + CULTURE
July 29th, 2010
SOME MEN DREAM OF BOMBSHELLS (CERTAIN OTHER MEN, ACTUAL BOMBS). GENUINE BOOKWORMS DREAM OF ARCHAIC FIRST-EDITION RUNS. AND BAND PEOPLE? THEY DREAM OF GUITARS AND PEDAL-CONTROLLED EFFECTS. OWEL ALVERO TALKS TO BARBIE ALMALBIS, ET AL. ABOUT THE NOT-SO-TERRIBLE AFFLICTION KNOWN AS G.A.S., OR GEAR ACQUISITION SYNDROME.
July 27th, 2010
THE R U LISTENING TOUR OF 2010: SHOW NO. 2
MISSING A GOOD THING ONCE IS FORGIVABLE; MISSING IT A SECOND TIME MIGHT REQUIRE A TRIP TO THE HEAD DOCTOR. AND YOU DON’T WANT THAT. CHECK OUT THE SECOND SHOW IN UNDERGROUND RADIO 105.9′S THIRD ANNIVERSARY TOUR. DETAILS HERE.
July 21st, 2010
EMIR: TO BE OR NOT TO BE (A MUSICAL)?
THE OFTEN VERBOSE AND ALWAYS DELIGHTFUL OLI REYES LOOKS BACK ON THE FILM-CUM-MUSICAL “EMIR,” AND WHY IT NEEDED TO BE SUCH (A MUSICAL, NOT A FILM).
July 19th, 2010
THE R U LISTENING TOUR OF 2010
OUR GOOD FRIENDS FROM UNDERGROUND RADIO 105.9 ARE CELEBRATING THEIR THIRD YEAR, AND NOT WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SHINDIG. THE THREE-PART AFFAIR WILL KICK OFF THIS JULY 23 AT THE EASTWOOD CITY CENTRAL PLAZA. DETAILS HERE.
July 16th, 2010
THE BALANCE OF POWER: THE BEATLES IN MONO
HOW MANY BEATLES BOX SETS CAN YOU OWN? APPARENTLY, THE HOLY GRAIL-TYPE SEARCH FOR THE “DEFINITIVE VERSION” OF THE BEATLES’ DISCOGRAPHY HAS NOT ENDED. ELY BUENDIA MAKES HIS PULSE DEBUT WITH AN IMPASSIONED CASE FOR (AND AGAINST) “THE BEATLES IN MONO.”
July 14th, 2010
ON “BEATLESQUE” AND OTHER IDIOMS
FROM BILLBOARD AND “TOP OF THE POPS” TO THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, THE BEATLES INVADE ON ALL FRONTS.
July 13th, 2010
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: LIVERPOOL AS PILGRIMAGE
PULSE KICKS OFF ITS RANDOMLY ASSIGNED “BEATLES WEEK” WITH THIS TRAVEL PIECE FROM MARCO HARDER, WHO WENT TO LIVERPOOL EARLY THIS YEAR (THE BASTARD) FOR WORK, AND, ALSO, TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE TO THE BIRTHPLACE OF THOSE WORKING-CLASS MOPTOPS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD.
July 9th, 2010
PART-FILIPINO CHILL-WAVE ENTHUSIAST TORO Y MOI CREATES DANCE MUSIC FOR THE LOVELORN SO EFFECTIVE YOU’D BE BAWLING OVER WHILE STRUTTING.
July 7th, 2010
NOTES FROM THE WALL-FLY ALMANAC: IN LOVE AND WAR
IT’S NOT EVERYDAY ONE GETS TO SEE ELY BUENDIA IN THE STUDIO, DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST. PULSE PRESENTS A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT (PART OF) THE MAKING OF THE LONG-AWAITED COLLAB BETWEEN THE MOST FAMOUS BANDMAN IN THE LAND AND HIS GOOD FRIEND, THE LATE, GREAT FRANCIS MAGALONA.
July 5th, 2010
THE SCHOOL: LOVELESS UNBELIEVER
THE SCHOOL’S DEBUT MAY REEK OF LOVELESSNESS, BUT IT TRIUMPHS ON THE “LOVELY FIRST ALBUMS” LIST. FURTHERMORE, CAT CORTES MAPS CONNECTIONS WITH THE BAND AND, YES, MOLLY RINGWALD. CURIOUS? YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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