Pulse.ph : MUSIC + CULTURE
July 26th, 2011
RECOLLECTION: AMY WINEHOUSE AND BACK TO BLACK
PULSE READER IAN URRUTIA SOUNDS OFF ON THE LATE, GREAT AMY WINEHOUSE (SEPTEMBER 14, 1983 — JULY 23, 2011).
July 21st, 2011
NOTES ON OPM: RE-CONSIDERING POP
IT’S SO EASY TO RING OPM’S DEATH-KNELL WITH CASUAL BRUSH-OFFS AND SNOBBISH RETORTS, ALL WHILE IGNORING ACTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE POP FRONT. INA SANTIAGO LAMENTS THE NAYSAYERS AND PUTS SARAH GERONIMO IN PERSPECTIVE.
July 13th, 2011
MOTIONLESS PICTURE: THE ROCK FILM AS LAST(ING) DOCUMENT
WHEREIN ALDUS SANTOS RUMINATES ON THE ROCK FILM AS LAST(ING) DOCUMENT, FEATURING FILMS ON THE WHITE STRIPES, BLUR, AND THE PIXIES.
July 10th, 2011
NOTES ON OPM: THE FACT OF CELEBRITY
KRIS AQUINO’S PEOPLE REALLY TAKE THIS WHOLE “QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA” BUSINESS TO HEART. IN THIS, INA SANTIAGO’S NEW ESSAY IN HER LONG-RUNNING “NOTES ON OPM” SERIES, SHE DISSECTS THE MATTER OF KRIS PUTTING OUT, EHEM, ALBUMS. YES, MUSIC ALBUMS.
May 5th, 2011
LIFE AND HOW TO LIVE IT: ON THE FOO FIGHTERS’ BACK AND FORTH
NO MERE DOCU, THE FOO FIGHTERS’ “BACK AND FORTH,” DIRECTED BY JAMES MOLL, IS ALSO A GLIMPSE INTO THE SERIOUS MUSICIAN’S PSYCHE: LOGIC, HEALTH, AND RELATIONSHIPS BE DAMNED.
April 22nd, 2011
WILL THE PABASA SOON BITE THE DUST? AUTHOR ALVIN TIAMSON’S PULSE DEBUT OFFERS A VALID MUSING.
April 1st, 2011
ALTARS MADE EASY: ON THE NEED TO GET REMINDED, PEPE SMITH, AND OTHER SUCH GHOSTS
ON PEPE SMITH, THOUGH YOU ALREADY KNOW IT: ICON, REMINDER, THE UNDEAD. AND, ALSO, IT’S PULSE 3.0′S FIRST BIRTHDAY TODAY. JUST SAYIN’.
March 12th, 2011
STILL REMAINS: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS IN MANILA
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS IN MANILA: NATURALLY FLAWED, BUT STILL GLORIOUS. TO SEVERAL PEOPLE, A TEENAGE DREAM COME TRUE. ALDUS SANTOS REPORTS.
March 10th, 2011
A DEATH, A SUICIDE, A VIRTUAL FREE-FALL INTO A KNOWING ABYSS: THESE ARE NOT PRETTY THINGS. AND SO IS A BAND’S DEMISE. INA SANTIAGO LAMENTS AND CELEBRATES SUGARFREE (1999-2011).
February 7th, 2011
BECAUSE A) YOU SHOULDN’T BE MADE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN KUH AND TAYLOR; B) IT’S A FREE COUNTRY; AND/OR C) THE FILIPINO MUSICIAN SHOULD COMPETE IN OTHER MORE CREATIVE WAYS. PART 1 OF A MINI-SERIES.
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