Pulse.ph : MUSIC + CULTURE
January 19th, 2011
GLOC-9, JUN LOPITO, DONG ABAY, JOHNOY AND KAKOY, ET CETERA: INA SANTIAGO TAKES US THROUGH HER PERSONAL BEST-OF FOR 2010. NOTHING CHEAP ABOUT HER HAND-PICKED ARTISTS OF CHOICE.
December 14th, 2010
NOTES ON CONTEMPORARY PINOY RAKENROL: WHY POP ROCK AIN’T WHAT YOU THINK, PART 2
THANK GOD FOR INA SANTIAGO, WHO CAN MAKE US RETHINK OUR SNOBBISH WAYS. IN THIS, HER SECOND IN HER “POP ROCK” SERIES, SHE EXAMINES THE MONSTROUS PHENOMENA THAT ARE SAM MILBY AND YENG CONSTANTINO.
November 30th, 2010
APOCALYPSE TELEVISED: ON RICO BLANCO IN IMORTAL
RICO BLANCO: SONGWRITER, VISUAL ARTIST, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, AND NOW, GOD’S GIFT TO LOCAL PRIME-TIME TELEVISION.
November 22nd, 2010
NOTES ON CONTEMPORARY PINOY RAKENROL: WHY POP ROCK AIN’T WHAT YOU THINK, PART 1
THE HIGH AND MIGHTY MAY LOOK DOWN ON THE LIKES OF JOVIT BALDIVINO AND (NOW-JOURNEY FRONTMAN) ARNEL PINEDA, BUT, REALLY, THEY CANNOT LOOK AWAY. INA SANTIAGO EXAMINES MASS MEDIA AND RAKENROL, ONCE MORE, IN THIS NEW THINK-PIECE.
November 15th, 2010
PAUL CATIANG VOICES OUT WHAT SEVERAL ROCK FANS HAVE PINED TO EXPRESS IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO. IN SO MANY WORDS (AND ALSO LOTS OF HEART), A LOVE LETTER TO POSSIBLY THE GREATEST RADIO STATION OF THIS GENERATION.
November 10th, 2010
SEVERAL DEATHS ON THE ROCK FRONT THESE DAYS, BUT LAWYER-MUSICIAN JING GADDI IS STILL LAMENTING (BELATEDLY, BUT STILL) THE DEMISE OF ONE FORMAT THAT’S CLOSE TO HIS HEART: THE CASSETTE TAPE. INCIDENTALLY, THE ICONIC SONY WALKMAN HAS ALSO STOPPED MANUFACTURING (R.I.P., JULY 1, 1979 – OCTOBER 25, 2010).
November 6th, 2010
THIS IS IT: THE LAST NU ROCK AWARDS
ADRIAN ARCEGA, VISUAL ARTIST, MUSICIAN, AND LIFE-LONG NU AFICIONADO, BIDS THE RADIO STATION GOODBYE, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE HEADBANGING POPULACE.
November 2nd, 2010
THE SCRUNK FILES, PART 3 OF 3: G3TTING FREAXXXY
IN THIS, KARL R. DE MESA’S CONCLUSION OF HIS 3-PARTER ON THE SCRUNKS, THE (GASP!) CRUNK CORE CANON IS NAMED. READ UP AND KNOW WHAT TO AVOID (OR ACTIVELY PURSUE, DEPENDING ON YOUR TRIP).
October 28th, 2010
THE SCRUNK FILES, PART 2 of 3: AUTO-TUNE THIS, SON
WHERE KARL R. DE MESA DISSECTS THE “BLEMISHES AND BARFS” OF THE SCRUNK VANGUARD. GET TO KNOW THE NEW (AND ARGUABLY MORE APPALLING) EMO.
October 26th, 2010
THE SCRUNK FILES, PART 1 OF 3: GET SOME LAMB, DAWG
IN THE AUTHOR’S OWN WORDS, “HOW I USED TO BLAME EMO FOR THE COLLAPSE OF TRADITIONAL PUNK VALUES IN MODERN YOUTH MUSIC BUT INSTEAD FOUND CRUNK CORE.” PART 1 OF 3.
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