UPDATE: Maxene Magalona posted her statement on Facebook regarding Ako Mismo Campaign. Please read it on her note. Thanks to Jim Ayson for the tip.
While I was watching the delayed telecast of Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton’s fight, I saw the Ako Mismo ad on TV. It was actually surprising to see Ely Buendia there in the ad itself. I remember Gang Badoy of RockEd Philippines once wrote in an article that Ely Buendia has this certain charisma that every politician wished for. Continue Reading
We were treated to a performance of Sepultura in Muziklaban’s 10th year but its 11th year will have something more in store for us. Aside from music, tattoos, extreme sports and film making will be included in Muziklaban’s roster of activities. Ricky Sta. Ana (one of the top tattoo artists in the country), Armand Mariano (a famous biker) and RA Rivera (independent film maker) will represent each of the activities that were added. Continue Reading
Awesome Philippines is a project of Department of Tourism and MTV Asia. The website, www.awesomephilippines.com, showcases video remixes by various users that are entries for the contest “Remix your Holiday”. The goal is to create a personal video of your dream vacation in the Philippines. The winner of the contest (and his/her friend) will get to experience a free vacation. In creating the video remixes, you won’t be uploading anything. You’ll just have to choose the photos/videos. Add music to it, add transitions and effects, graphics and text. Continue Reading
We went to Jack Daniel’s Global Music Tour last Friday and thanks to Cris of Revolver for the tickets. It was sad though that my battery died after the set of Corporate Lo-Fi. It was my first time to watch them and I’m impressed. Plus, Nyco Maca with Cynthia Alexander on-stage collaboration was really good. It was my first time to see Nyco Maca live while I saw Cynthia Alexander years back in Fete dela Musique. Continue Reading
It has been a week since Lola Pining passed away. I remember when we were still kids, Lola was our guardian every time Dad went out of town for work. It has been always like that until we became older. Lola would usually pour her cup of coffee on her rice during breakfast which I think some may find weird like when I dipped pandesal into my glass of Coca-Cola. Continue Reading
Actually, Mistaken for Granted is Silent Sanctuary’s third album and not the second. The first album was “Ellipsis of the mind” (independently released in 2004). They had a different vocalist/guitarist back then. The sound before was different from the how the second and third album sounds. The titles of the songs in the first album sounds more serious than that of the latter albums. Looking beyond the titles of the songs by listening to the album, you’ll find that the most common theme here is love which is of course something that one should really be serious about. Continue Reading
The setup was pretty simple. I used my iPhone with the Griffin iTalk app (quality was set to Best, file format produced is AIFF). No cable was attached to the TV and to the recording device (iPhone). I know this is an amateur bootleg but I’d like to check the results. I enhanced the volume of the audio by amplifying it using Audacity (result is an mp3 file 256kbps). I also added Fade in and Fade out but not on this audio sample (see the audio player below).
Good thing it was quiet in the sofa, plus, the dog was not barking. Good thing he was cooperative. LOL. I had to turn off the electric fan so that its sound won’t be recorded as well. Yep. Sacrifices.
Anyway, I was kinda disappointed with the quality of audio that went with the video shown.
Here’s a sample of the result. I’d like to show more samples but the upload speed right now is so slow.
Overdrive
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Huwag mo nang Itanong
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Kailan (lounge)
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Ang Huling El Bimbo
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By the way, I saw myself too on the concert. LOL. Just my eyes, nose and my camera. It is because the bouncer was blocking me. Argh.
Just last Thursday, I had a chance to watch Russ Swift (Guiness World Record holder) at the Manila International Auto Show that’s currently being held at the World Trade Center. He’s such an awesome precision driver. I can’t think of getting myself to drive to parallel park just the way he did it. Continue Reading
Blogging live via Paranaque City since 2001. A 20-something graduate of DLSU-Manila.
An engineer, amateur photographer, graphic and layout artist. Plays the guitar.
Always thought to belong to a certain band. Almost got stuck in a mosh pit but rarely
in the mush pit. Coffee lover. Former gig-a-holic. Asteeg!
In creating the video remixes, you won’t be uploading anything. You’ll just have to choose the photos/videos. Add music to it, add transitions and effects, graphics and text. 
It was sad though that my battery died after the set of Corporate Lo-Fi. It was my first time to watch them and I’m impressed. 
