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Shameless Plug: New E-heads shirt now on Sale

With the E-heads Magical Mystery Show on Saturday fever spreading like wildfire on the South Califirnia region, a friend of mine is now selling a different kind of E-heads shirt for the event. It is not the usual “Eraserheads” or “E-heads” titled ones, but the first names of the members of the band.

The red shirt [...]

E-heads Concert Rumormill: 2K for VIP, 1K for Backpart

All those eagerly awaiting for the ticket pricing of the much-anticipated E-heads Magical Mystery Show this Saturday, well, here’s what I caught up while browsing through Philmusic courtesy of reader bohemian DHORJ:
this came from a friend of mine:
as against to the press release that gen. admission ticket price is
P1500, the TICKETWORLD, who would be releasing [...]

E-heads Concert to push through, after all

Yes, E-heads fans. You would still be dancing the El Bimbo at the Tindahan ni Aling Nena. Over the weekend, drummer Raimund Marasigan clarified through the mailing lists of bands Cambio, Sandwich and Cambio (which are, he is a member of) that Philip Morris pulled out from the production of the event and another company [...]

Say bye-bye to your E-Heads Reunion Concert Dream

Well, this just made my day.
After paying up a very expensive plane ticket to get home from abroad and watch their live reunion gig, after spending countless hours and gazillions of monies to print out shirts and other accessories, after sweating it out spreading word about it, after waiting for so long just to download [...]

Ginebra Gin Kings Champions Again (even without Ed Ducut!)

Again, we have witnessed another exciting Ginebra fairy tale run, this time towards the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Championship, winning it by 13 points (97-84) against Air 21 last night . Missed freethrows, countless turnovers, injured starters, a near EPIC FAIL towards the homestretch, unthinkable heroes — a typical recipe for this never-say-die team that [...]

Shameless Plug: Hi-Fi Indios at Sausage Bar this Sat @ Sausage Bar in Timog

Remember the band I featured before in my previous post? The one whose vocalist is cross-breed between Yael of sponge Cola and Eric Fructuoso of the Gwapings? Well, this may be your chance to get to watch them perform at the Sausage Bar this Saturday, August 23. Other bands performing are:
Roxymorrons
Uninviteds
Sonnet2ezra
Codename Adobo
Galaga
Freefish
Kid Corporate
Third Time Charm
Start [...]

PLDT MyDSL Woes — The Continuing Saga (or Nightmare)

I have witnessed at how Michael Phelps carved his name into Olympic immortality with his record-shattering 8 gold medals, and I have marveled at how the USA “Redeem Team” has learned its lesson by making mincemeat out of every team standing on its way with its pesky defensive rotation and adoption to the used-to-be alienating [...]

Francis M. diagnosed with Leukemia

Stumbled upon a post in one of my music mailing lists, and it says:
dear friends…
we would like to ask your generous help in supporting one of our
dearest friends in the industry Mr. FrancisM. He has been diagnosed
with leukemia and we are currently doing a blood drive. Donations are
needed of any blood type and platelets. Please [...]

Beijing Olympics Lip-Synching Booboo - “It was for the national interest”

As the awesomeness and bodacity of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Games motivated me to blog about the signs of Chinese world domination (Check out the medal standings and see how China kicks ass in the preliminary events. And, c’mon, look at the tag behind every shirt you have. It says “Made in [...]

When will Mark David Chapman be set free?

For the fifth time, Mark David Chapman, who got worldwide notoriety for gunning down John Lennon outside the ex-Beatle’s Manhattan apartment in 1980, has been denied parole.
During Champan’s appearance last Tuesday, parole members stated in a one-page decision that although Champan had a clean disciplinary record since 1994, his release “would not be in the [...]