Alex @ May 30, 2007 | | Entertainment, Music | Comments (3)
It just occurred to me. I’ve always been reading about the tradition of yelling “Freebird!” in rock concerts in the US. To those who aren’t familiar with the topic, Freebird’s a song by legendary Southern US rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. If you’ve watched My Name is Earl and god-forbid Elizabethtown you may have seen references to this anthem.
I have no arguments against this. Freebird’s probably overrated, say, compared to other 70s rock anthems but it’s a nice song. Smooth topped off with an incendiary guitar battle at the end. The song’s been so ingrained in the American rock culture that it’s been an old running “joke” to yell out a request for it. Never mind if the band’s borders more on jazz. Here’s an article about it, The Curse of Freebird.
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Tags: Entertainment, Music, Rock
Alex @ March 20, 2007 | | Entertainment, Music | Comments (4)
I haven’t really done much surfing on the net. Since I’m not yet in the mood (just finished posting another article on LifeSpy) to write my term papers, I headed over to Philmusic.com for a bit of muzak news. And being a Wolfgang fan, this news definitely struck me first “Wolfgang is back and working on a new studio album.”
Wolfgang fans who have been craving for a follow up to their last album “Black Mantra” (released in August 2001) will finally get their wishes fulfilled as demos of an upcoming album have been released over the mobile Internet space.
Yahoo Philippines’ mobile music portal has released four demos of the band - intended for a new album, which would be their sixth studio album, not including their live album “Acoustica” and the US-released compilation “Volume”.
Unfortunately for us, there’s no Wolf to man the tins and skins:
Three out of four of the original members of the band are recording the demos - vocalist Basti Artadi, guitarist Manuel Legarda, and bassist Mon Legaspi are involved in the recording project. Out of the picture for the forseeable future is drummer Wolf Gemora, who has been devoting all his energies to his band Lokomotiv.
Read Jim Ayson’s full article here.
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Wolfgang
Alex @ March 5, 2007 | | Money, Music | Comments (2)
Authors Note:This is the third part on my How to buy a second-hand guitar series of articles.
It took me a real while to finally get back to finishing this series.
Anyway, here are my tips on what to look at a guitar. And I mean real nitty-gritty details on the guitar. So you’ve scoped a guitar that you’re interested in. You’ve scheduled a meet-up so you can check the guitar in person. Finally, a chance to examine the guitar. And here’s a checklist of what to check.
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Tags: Money, Music
Alex @ March 4, 2007 | | Lifestyle, Music, Politics and Society | Comments (0)
And I remember wanting to do a short film entitled “Elmo Must Die” featuring that weird Tickle-Me-Elmo doll. Anyway, here’s a clip on them emo:
Tags: Emo, Lifestyle, Music, Politics and Society
Alex @ February 28, 2007 | | Entertainment, Music | Comments (0)
Okay, this came in from my old college acquaintances. Reposted from their message:
The STAND-UP Executive Committee cordially invites you to:
“Magkasama, Magsasama: Isang Dekada, Isang Pakikibaka” a fund raising concert and reunion on Sunday, March 11, 8pm at the Purple Haze Bar, Tomas Morato Avenue. ticket entrance that comes with 1 free beer or iced tea will be pre-sold at 150 pesos.
This features performances by Jeff Pagaduan, Tikaz Gregyz (featuring Bidz of Studio 23’s Wazzup Wazzup), Lady Bedspacers, Wreckless Imprudence, Machine Gun (featuring Jon Corsiga), Cynthia Alexander, Bobby Balingit of the Wuds and more…
For tickets, please contact the following:
0919 678 2838 (Krissy Conti)
0921 632 8634 (Lees Decenteceo)
0915 508 7278 (Voltz Robles)
Tenth anniversary STAND-UP shirts will also be sold at the venue. SPECIAL EDITION ITO!
Inaasahan po namin ang inyong pagdalo. Invite your friends! Salamat sa ‘yong suporta!
Tags: College, Entertainment, Music, STAND-UP, UP
