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themesongs (one word haha)

renaissance

shirley friends, can i just say na ang GANDA nung self-titled 3rd album ng itchyworms. bili kayo pag makakita kayo ng kopya.

ang galing, kakalabas lang nung bring your friends, tas lumabas ngayon yung self-titled ng worms, tapos nung isang buwan yung helicopter ng pedicab, yung marcus highway, haha ang ganda lahat.

naalala ko yung 2001 na lumabas yung brownbeat allstars debut album, yung unang album ng sago, ng worms, imago. saya nun. tas yung parang comparative na patugtog sa pagitan nung hello mico ng ciudad, pati yung little monsters ng worms, pati yung belated but intense sa wakas ng sugarfree. tas feeling ko this year parang parallel year of intense releases.

seriously, honestly, hindi ko inexpect na magugustuhan ko ng ganito yung bagong album ng worms. i mean paglabas nung noontime show nila na-floor ako, tapos naisip ko pano nila susundan yung album na yun? tas nabalitaan ko na yung sunod nilang album hindi ganun ka ambitious, non-concept songs album lang. nag-uusap kami ng kaibigan ko (hi jaton!) haha tapos in agreement kami na parang pag na-set mo yung bar ng ganun kataas (yung tipong may 12 minute art rock song ka to end your wonderful concept album) di ka na pwede maging ordinary nalang...

pero pucha yung self-titled nila hindi ordinary at all. parang compilation album sya ng concept songs haha. early favorite ang "gusto ko lamang sa buhay" tapos siguro lss ko sya hanggang sa mahanap ko yung next favorite sa album. parang narealize ko din na hindi yung concept ng nts yung strength nya, yung songwriting, kahit medyo disjoint. mas gusto ko yung beer, at buwan, at love team, tapos parang mas malayo sila dun sa "artista" angle, tapos yung self-titled parang puro ganun. omg.

tinext ko si jugs sabi ko parang blue album ng weezer vs the outfield (thanks jing haha). ang ganda gandaaaa.

nainis tuloy ako na hindi pa labas yung shirley album. hahaha. i love you itchyworms!

-owel

you should

hi shirley blog it's been a while! but forgive me for i shall indulge in a fanatical post not about ang bandang shirley but my other great love that is the band ciudad haha.

but first things first...
reasons why this is not an off-topic shirley blog post:

1) me and owel are oldschool ciudad mailing listers. i somewhat met owel through ciudad's mailing list 7 years ago.
2) jing studied in ateneo highschool just like all the members of ciudad.
3) selena has a friend who had an ex whom the ciudad boys are friends with

haha. W!

sorryy. ok. the reason for this sudden burst of no1fanhood yet again is because i just got my copy of ciudad's new album "bring your friends" last night at route 196 and to quote ean's text message the morning after: "putangina ang ganda ganda ng bring your friends."

yung description ko ng album ganito:

"para kang nagbabasa ng online journal ng matagal mo nang kaibigan na hindi mo na nakakausap ngayon tapos kahit cryptic/vague/hindi mo na kilala yung mga taong kinukwento nya---naiintindihan mo pa din lahat. nakakaconnect ka pa din sa kanya kase nga matagal mo na siyang kaibigan o kaya somehow parang connected pa din kayo kase marerealize mo na both of you are going through the same things and by realizing that everything seems to be less scary because you know you'll be fine eventually."

or

it's a quarter-life crisis soundtrack.

haha.

ang gusto ko lang talaga sabihin eh ang underrrated ng ciudad pero ang galeng-galeng nila talaga eh so for the love of indierock and everything that is worthwhile please check out ciudad's new album "bring your friends" haha its worth your 250 pesos :)

love, kathy g.
 

independence day

yesterday we had people (hi mikey! hi cholle!) text us that patintero/habulan/larong kalye and tsuper (haha ang haba nung title) were played on jam 88.3.

flashback, to a couple of years ago (2006) fresh from the rizal day sessions ep high. we gave boss toti a copy, and he gave copies to radio stations, for possible airplay. we got played on this wonderful show on NU called radio dredd:school of rock. i'll never forget hearing do you videoke on the radio in all its out of tune singing glory. haha. and jam 88.3 said they'd play us on their independence day opm special.

i wasn't able to monitor the station that year, or last year, but apparently this year we got played on their independence day opm special. haha.

ok yun lang i love you guys. the album is overripe but still sweet. coming soon. :D

-owel

Album Recommendations By ABS

Hey guys! Two of our friends are coming out with albums!


Ciudad is coming out with their fourth studio album, "Bring Your Friends". We've loved their live renditions for the past year or so, so we can't wait to hear them over our headphones this month! Copies will be available at this month's Attraction! Reaction! at Route 196, Katipunan, Q.C. The band will also be playing that night. Yay!

+++

They're out with a full-length album! P100 gets you a custom-made package, original Twin Lobster "art" (hahaha), and more surprises as well as 16 smokin' tracks of original, imaginative rock. "Hell Is The Place Where Flames Grow" will be available at all their upcoming gigs.

Check them out at http://www.myspace.com/twinlobstermanila. You can message them there for copies of their album. I think they're planning to come up with a PayPal account soon...

- selena

konti na lang

last may 29 thursday, ean, selena, and i got ourselves lost in makati once more (actually it was just ean and i as selena knows her way around the said city) to go to liquidpost where we were going to listen to the final master of themesongs. mikey amistoso of ciudad did the mastering of themesongs, to which he repeatedly refers to as "album of the year" (naks! palakpak naman mga tenga namin hehehe). after mikey let us hear the adjustments on "sa madaling salita" and  "bato" (to which we approved), we set out to carefully place some sound effects at certain parts of the album as "finishing touches" so to speak. after mikey helped us place said sound effects in the desired positions, we listened to themesongs in its entirety over beers given to us by mikey. it was 37 minutes of pure sonic bliss we can't wait to release.

till then! :D

=jing=