The Peripheral Universe

Menu

Skip to content
  • ??????????????????

Menu

Skip to content
  • Essays
  • Hear it is
  • Shit We’re Diggin’

Category Archives: Fieldnotes

Fieldnotes

Dispatches from Planet P-Pop

Posted on June 20, 2024 by alicesarmiento • Leave a comment

Day 1 1.06pm: I arrive at the headquarters of a newly developed community engagement app. Their office is housed in a shopping center that appears to still be recovering from the desolation wrought by the still recent pandemic, with a few restaurants, an upscale combination Korean grocery and coffee shop, a preschool, and a handful … Continue reading →

Post navigation

If there’s anything the world needs right now, it’s another music blog.

But wait, don’t leave! Yes, we are slowly carving out our own little space on the web to talk about music, but in talking about the things that fall within the field of music, we’ve also found the discussion veering into other territories. So yes, while this is primarily a music blog, it is foremost an ongoing conversation about music and many other things that conversations about music could lead to. Hence, our name: The Peripheral Universe.

We encourage you to please share responsibly.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.


You may also contact Alice through here or here. She'll be happy to answer any questions, so long as it's nothing too personal.

Thank you for stopping by!

Required Reading

  • Charlie Bertsch, "Autobiography in Music Criticism" Charlie Bertsch, "Autobiography in Music Criticism"
  • Eric Harvey's "Social History of the mp3" Eric Harvey's "Social History of the mp3"
  • Jesse Miksic, "Our Own Shit Generation" Jesse Miksic, "Our Own Shit Generation"
  • Lester Bangs, "The White Noise Supremacists" Lester Bangs, "The White Noise Supremacists"
  • Nikil Saval's "Wall of Sound" Nikil Saval's "Wall of Sound"

Listen in

  • Pinoytuner
  • Radio Republic
  • Republikha

Show some love, buy more stuff

  • http://numberlinerecords.com/
  • http://wideeyedrecordsmanilashop.bigcartel.com
  • YES NO WAVE

Ang Bandang Shirley Baathis Badburn Barangay Tibay Black Metal Blast Ople Blow up da spot Bobby Balingit Boldstar Caliph8 Ciudad Club Dredd Cog Color It Red Cynthia Alexander DLS Pineda Dong Abay Feet Like Fins Fliptop Flying Ipis Francis M Hannah+Gabi Heavy Metal IdKids Isis Japan Jason Caballa Jing Garcia Joey Ayala Karl Roy language Manuel Nicolas Alvero Marie Jamora Mike Villegas Mikey Amistoso Monsterbot Myrene Academia OPM OPM is dead Oral History Outerhope Owel Alvero Parokya ni Edgar Peso Movement Raimund Marasigan Rakenrol Rap Richard Tan Rico Blanco Rivermaya Sandwich Sarabia Optical UP Shopping Center Shugo Tokumaru Skychurch Susan Fernandez Syke Tame the Tikbalang The Aga Muhlach Experience The Diegos The Eraserheads The Eraserhheads The Great OPM Debate The Jerks The Oktaves The Strangeness The Wilderness The Youth Tribal Fish Tupac TV Girl Twin Lobster Vin Dancel Violent Playground Yagi Olaguera Yano

Who we are

  • alicesarmiento's avatar
  • thisisyudhis's avatar
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Peripheral Universe
    • Join 41 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Peripheral Universe
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started