Archive for January, 2010
The Day I Understood Papa Could Cry
BY MIKEY ABOLA DISCUSSED: Fathers, Mothers, Cancer, Cures My mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer for a little less than a year, prior to that day. I knew and understood the gravity of the situation but it was only this late into her sickness that I saw just how heavy a disease cancer can [...]
I am surprised that I like you, too.
A “First Time You Dated Your Friend, Mix” Note: The songs were changed, from its original 1999 version to defend personal dignity. The original mix, which included hits from acts like Brian McKnight, TQ, and KC and Jojo, will die in my heart, which is currently black until B. Mac makes another album. This mix [...]
First Songs for 2010: A Disco Prayer
Can someone fall in love with you for your ability to make them dance? What signatures of sounds, textures, dimensions? We have atomised speed, like drops of sweat on your neck, and (too much) heat – where can we go from here? All sound now is noise. Our ears are sites for sonic warfare. We [...]
For Anyone Who Thinks Having a Baby is the Best Thing Ever
by NICE BUENAVENTURA I am not having a ball, clearly. But if you insist, I’m the early cinder girl who forgot to wear her slippers. Sure, punctual, but barefoot. This is unfortunate, because in the world of childcare every little thing has potential utility. Yes, even a slipper. An unsteady cot? Maybe one of the [...]
Ballad of the Dark Continent
On Africa, “Africa”, and the limits of first contact via pop media By PAOLO JOSE CRUZ DISCUSSED: omnipresent karaoke anthems, “Africa” by Toto as proxy for ‘World Music’, eco-tourism in Africa, romanticizing ancient civilizations, the politics of outreach travel By now, it sounds thoroughly familiar, especially to veterans of drunken karaoke like me: the insistent [...]
Pepe Diokno Talks First Films
“You can’t separate your politics from your art because it’s part of human thought: what makes our politics makes our society. If you think that politics should be separate from art, then what would you make art about?” Not to be confused with the older Jose “KaPepe” Diokno, Pepe Diokno is in his senior year [...]
Ala Paredes Illustrates
Ala Paredes is a name that would send some synapses to regions of our brains that we don’t usually tap. You may remember her as a video jockey for the local music channel MYX, or that long-limbed model for the clothing brand Penshoppe, or that striking girl who appeared in several commercials back in the [...]
You Were Right (It Was In)
This is the first mix tape I’ve made in a long while, a mix tape about 2009 even if not all the songs were released then. A bittersweet year, good voodoo & bad voodoo. — Oward Bodie The Chemical Bros – “Star Guitar” Gold Panda – “Quitters Raga” Neon Indian – “Deadbeat Summer” Discovery – [...]
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