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I have a little bit of free time so I am going to write about the kick-ass concert on Sunday. It's not going to be the usual review but just musings and fun things from the Bamboo, Aci9, Lucid Blur, SO3 and Bagwis night. I figured everybody had a great time and each of us had a different interpretation of what happened that night. It was special to everyone for a different reason and this is my interpretation of it.

ACI9
I am forever proud of Aci9. I first saw them live in March of '07 w… Continue

My family has gone through a lot this week. My brother Allan, who lives in the Philippines, passed away on Tuesday. Even though I last saw him three years ago, we remain very close. He is considerably older than me so he always protected me; my sister and I were always two the most important girls in his life. There was a running joke that he was the prettiest child in the family, well, bcause he is (according to him). He loved his wife and he adored his family. In his short (but full) life, he… Continue

Review
On Saturday (July 5th), CPMS had a fundraising for the bands bound for New York. As always, it was a show that I enjoyed; we had five very good performances from the bands. ACI9 started the night with a definite bang. Included in their set list is my favorite American Dream; they also performed Don Pakete which is included in Rock in the Box 2, the main reason we are going to New York! Their set was so good that the audience was clamoring for an encore at the end of it. Being the nice boy… Continue

Sometime last year, Ate Je asked me if I would be willing to become a staff writer for Pinoy Ruckus. There are a lot of reasons why I wanted to join Ruckus but the most compelling one is that Ruckus is a company driven and dominated by women. The business of producing rock shows in contrast, is the business of men, especially in our community. For me, there was something romantic about being a part of something that deviates from the trampled path. Having been somewhat educated in the role of wo… Continue

The road to any accomplishment always starts with a first step. On Feb 9 2008, a first step was taken towards a long elusive goal of building a Filipino music scene in the Midwest. The first of a series of fundraising concerts was staged in 3460 W Lawrence Ave in Chicago’s north side. The Committee on Philippine Issues provided the venue for the concert. That night, around one hundred people braved the snowstorm and the characteristic Chicago cold weather to support the bands that performed and… Continue