Happy St. Patrick’s (Me) Day!

Today is St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t really care about patron saints for the most part, let alone a patron saint associated with alcoholic beverages (lol, I don’t drink, I’m straight edge). But we share the same first name, so I have a special appreciation for St. Paddy. Also, St. Patrick is the title ofContinueContinue reading “Happy St. Patrick’s (Me) Day!”

Music Mondays: Know Your Enemy by Green Day

Today, February 24th, is the the 33rd anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, the bloodless, non-violent revolution that helped topple down the regime of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. The event brought back democracy into the Philippines after the corrupt dictator took sole control in 1972 upon declaring Martial Law. In line with this, thisContinueContinue reading “Music Mondays: Know Your Enemy by Green Day”

Happy birthday, Kurt Cobain!

Kurt Cobain was one of the most influential people in the 90’s, and he was incredibly reluctant about this. This reluctance to fame was probably contributed to him taking his own life in 1994, but his relevance and contributions to music and culture cannot be dismissed. So many things have been said about Kurt Cobain,ContinueContinue reading “Happy birthday, Kurt Cobain!”

Music Mondays: “Bahala Na” by Midnight Meetings

This week’s Music Monday features the song “Bahala Na” by Midnight Meetings. The band is fronted by Filipino gamer and events host Ashley Gosiengfiao. I’m a big fan of Ashley and when I discovered she’s a singer aside from a nerdy gamer (she covered one of my favorite Sleeping With Sirens song once, “If I’mContinueContinue reading “Music Mondays: “Bahala Na” by Midnight Meetings”

Music Mondays: amo by Bring Me The Horizon

British metal band Bring Me The Horizon recently released a new album called amo, and the reactions are fairly mixed, mainly due to the band’s older fans not liking the fact that this album is their most un-metal release to date. amo is ~heavily~ influenced by electronic music (hope you saw what I did there,ContinueContinue reading “Music Mondays: amo by Bring Me The Horizon”

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – False Pretense (Live in Cebu, January 2016)

I saw The Red Jumpsuit earlier this month — January 16th to be exact — when they went to Cebu City as part of their Don’t You Fake It 10th Anniversary tour. Here is a video of them playing “False Pretense”. Enjoy!