the camera always lies

oh lawl

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:13:00 GMT

guess whose book he's holding?

everynight poster study

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:23:36 GMT

work in progress: graphite pencil, penbrush (sakura and pentel), elephant ink, colored in CS3.
will re-do the text and clean everything up later.

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:38:56 GMT

we secretly wished for the city to burn,
little did we know it would drown.

benefit show for pong

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:45:26 GMT

did the poster and the photo for this, and we are playing as well.

rush id

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:05:10 GMT

legarda

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:56:13 GMT

on tara

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:51:26 GMT

finally got a bit of sleep.
i had in my dreams a girl dancing slowly.
she turned slowly then fell to the ground motionless.
then kreame's text woke me up.
she said she heard news that tara santelices passed away.

i hope she woke up to the most beautiful sunrise she's ever seen.

chokedog

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:29:38 GMT

julie, while worrying about diapers and milk and future college funds,
finds creative ways to release some tension.

cebu nights

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:49:25 GMT

cebu was fun...

thankyou Q & a better hope foudation

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:36:11 GMT

imagine that!
my photo on the newage records' website opener!
thankyou a better hope foundation for the credits!
i appreciate it (unlike what some magazine recently did... lol.)

i'm such a big fan of Q and their "work" ethic.
their shows are silly fun.
but when they play on the streets, it's a whole new level.

i'll be editing the vid interview we took before they went to cebu.
heard they had a blast there, thanks to edwin and the SRA boys.

my photo of them is up on their myspace and some other sites i think.
yeah, they took the time to put my name on the photo. coolness.
arigato goro-san!
arigato piapi-san!
hope to see you again!

so here comes the tour.

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:46:38 GMT

in a couple of hours, were leaving for cebu. we're all excited an nervous for this tour.
but i can speak for everyone that we are glad for edwin and cathy tying the knot. we have them to thank for these shows, as well as harakiri mosh for the friday gig. totally punk rock.

i have all my gear packed up, my guitar needs new strings but ill restring it when i get there.
we have merchandise ready, a bunch of legarda shirts, legarda demos that were gonna sell really cheap because i wanted to give away but we'd need the extra cash for food, and a few more records to sell.

i am looking forward to see tiger pussy rock my socks off. bombo pluto ova is another band i'm anticipating. plus the other bands are definitely gonna be better than us. hahaha. but it's an honor.

on the other side of things, i feel sad that jon can't make it due to grave family matters.
so much shit has been happening these past months and we know it's been hard for him.
despite our heavy hearts, we must go on. oh weall wish for better things. hinode.

i'm still tired from a photo shoot that took me to the mountains of liliw laguna yesterday
but we're all ready to go. hope nothing goes wrong and we get back in tact.

oh, tomorrow, legarda are playing a wedding reception before the gig.
isn't that fun?

LEGARDA cebu tour! day 2 SRA poster

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:37:10 GMT

second day! the post wedding show!
crazy poster hahahaha!

LEGARDA cebou tour day 1

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:37:09 GMT

much gratitude to everyone from harakirimosh!

legarda cebu tour

Sun, 31 May 2009 08:05:52 GMT

yikes. hahaha. tuloy na.

king ly chee (china hardcore) interview

Sun, 10 May 2009 09:57:23 GMT

hong kong's king ly chee has been one of my favorite bands in the region.
they have been to the philippines 4 times and they never fail to amaze me.
these folks have so much heart and have a ridiculous touring ethic.
it's hard not to get goosebumps when listening to their songs.
empowering lyrics and themes that hit close to home.

i catched up with riz and the rest of the guys before they left their hotel to play in summerslam
and managed to do a quick interview for you folks.
i only recognized riz and brian, turns out they have a brand new line up.
to top it off, it was their first gig that night and the new songs were amazing.

enjoy!

_____

btw, this will hopefully become a series of interviews
on bands, labels, zinemakers, and stuff that catch my interst.
it would also serve as a supplement to the hopefully upcoming thought market 10.

new blood show

Sat, 09 May 2009 16:24:14 GMT

staid (QC)

talksick (bulacan)

chase the kitten

Sat, 09 May 2009 16:22:33 GMT

chase the half siamese, half something else and his bro gets kidnapped.
sort of. by the way, he's a big boy now.
kreame and i were having fun. total nonesenical fun.
you should see him, he's insanely cuddly now.

legarda - new song

Tue, 05 May 2009 09:10:40 GMT

legarda [2009.04.26] from sannee crapsalad on Vimeo.

tiger pussy!

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:42:46 GMT

tiger pussy

cebu city's tigerpussy did 4 dates here in manila last week.
cooking up punkrock with riotgrrl influences and some dancepunk/artpunk and you get tigerpussy.
really pissed-off female vocals, furious start-stop-go-then-dancey parts, all energy.
a perfect recipe for a really good band, no, an awesome band!
first caught them in saguijo last wednesday.
by the time my band, legarda, opened the night, they were still on a plane from cebu.
despite getting lost on the way and arriving all so dazed,

they played last on the bill and kicked ass like they owned the place.

too bad the crow have thinned.
despite being new and a bit green musically, a few akward moments, they made it up with spunk and attitude onstage.
they had a lot of things to say, and jan (who wielded two mics) spoke her mind about each song before they played it.
it's rare nowadays that bands say their mind about things be it political or personal before performing.
obviously, a lot of heart has been put into the words. a bit of dialect problems didn't put them off though.
their music was fun and angry at the same time. "fungry" as jan put it.
some bands that come into mind are bikini kill, yeah yeah yeahs, the kills and fast times.

they ended their tour with a gig in laguna with fellow cebu bands gardo, shrapnel, queen city crew.
the venue was insanely hot due to inadequate ventilation, but tigerpussy tore it up with their set.

amidst all the chugga-chugga hardcore and fastcore in the scene, tigerpussy is a breath of fresh air.
furious yet quite enjoyable. not intimidating hardcore punk but nevertheless the music commands your attention.
dancepunk bands are dime a dozen nowadays, so is punk rock.
but tigerpussy manages to merge the two, strip it to the basics, slap on a message and whip it up without sounding dated or cliched.

a demo/record is in the works. i'm excited to see this band improve, tighten up their rhythm section, and write more songs.
cross your fingers that they come back to manila soon.

rawr.

http://www.myspace.com/tigerpussyrawr

unrestrained

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:58:13 GMT

what we want we must create
what we risk will be regained
what we’d assume we must forsake
what’s been destroyed can be replaced

on the lighter side of things

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:19:26 GMT

I'm quite excited about the coming photo workshops I'm gonna conduct down in Alabang.

First up is a small talk on monday for a callcenter to get me going.
Hope all goes well.

legarda tshirt study

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:08:22 GMT

study for a legarda tshirt

hand drawn on plain white tee, font is silk screened.
ill have the actual artwork scanned for additional repair of the design and modification.
repro on silkscreen once work is done.

deepset

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:16:55 GMT

malaysia's deepset

played 2 dates in the A-fest.
incredible lulling instrumental post rock.
think mono and caspian. they put everyone on a trance when they played here.
just like singapore's i am david sparkle, and indonesia's everybody loves irene,
they were fantastic, jaw dropping to say the least.
damn, i wish they would come back.

check them out on myspace.com/deepbeep

yeah, my camera is now dead.
these are the last good shots i've taken with it.

everybody loves irene

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:11:40 GMT

indonesia's everybody loves irene
if you love triphop/downbeat/electronica in the vein of portishead and massive attack,
then check them out at myspace.com/everybodylovesirene

they even covered the misfits' hybrid moments, how awesome is that?

yeah i love them too.

quick setup just after they played day 2 of A-Fest in Manila.

i hope they come back. A-Fest was ridiculously fun.

i am david sparkle

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:03:20 GMT

singapore's i am david spakle.

fantastic instrumental post rock akin to mogwai, explosions in the sky, with hints of good old neurosis.
they played 2 dates of the A-Fest in Manila.

i was stoked to find out that they were coming and boy, were they astounding.
these guys did not disappoint. my ears are still ringing from the wall of sound they put up.

show them some love when they play SXSW by the end of the month!

check them out at myspace.com/iamdavidsparkle

yeah, my camera is now dead.
these are the last good shots i've taken with it.