Eleven for 7

Holy shit, it’s August already? Here’s what I spent the first few months of 2012 crying to: My bones and my preferences tell me I’m getting older, so as much as I’d like to have something sparkly like “Call Me, Maybe” on this list, I…I can’t lie. Crying and rocking back and forth is a … Continue reading →

Oh, Geography

Here’s what you do when you receive a letter: you respond (even if it takes a while, which in my case, it did). This letter was going to Windsor, Ontario, which is more than a little odd, because just a few days ago, I had no concept of a place called Windsor, Ontario. This was … Continue reading →

Consequence of (Asian) Sound

What we talk about when we talk about Shugo Tokumaru Shugo Tokumaru is described as a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. While there is nothing new about artists with multi-hyphenated titles, think for a second about what that means for the kind of music he makes. When describing the work of virtuoso musicians, the tendency is to … Continue reading →

Weekdays on the Vengabus

Patok and the Pinoy Consciousness Asking “What is patok?” is useless. It’s like asking about any distinctly Filipino invention, sort of like asking what love is. You want to know what patok is? You gotta take a little time, better read between the lines, and “I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME!” That did not make … Continue reading →