Post-Alternative-Progressive-Twee-Shoegazing-Rock… what?!
February 28, 2006There, I finally updated the layout of this blog-which-I-have-no-idea-how-long-it-will-last. Blogs come and go for me… simply because wala lang akong tiyaga. However, this one… being both a “tambakan” for my pics and a… err… blog, maybe this has a chance at longevity.
Why the new layout? Well, I thought the bright and sunny colors, along with the sunflower field was just too… “brokeback” (if you catch my drift).
No new pictures for now. Part of the reason is because ang tanga tanga ko kasi, naiwan ko yung camera ko sa office! Buti nalang I still had friends who were still there (thanks to the wonders of overtime) to save my ass. I swear I’m gonna get into really big trouble someday because of my impeccably unreliable memory.
No pics for now, so I’ll just blog about… music. (for those not willing to read through the entire entry, you might want to know that there is an mp3 link at the bottom of the page)
I’m a big music fanatic, no question about it. Half the time, you would probably see me autistically (wow, adjective na pala ang “autistic” ngayon [but seriously, I’ve always thought that I’m mildly autistic]) going about my business with my headphones clamped firmlly onto my head with the world totally shut out.
It has come to my realization that music fanatics and critics alike have coined so many terms, and created so many genres that it’s pretty hard to accurately classify and describe music nowadays. For example, how many of you have heard the following genres: “Twee”, “Shoegaze”,”Post-Rock”,”Alt-Punk” and “Emo”? (look them up, there’s sure to be a description of each somewhere on the net)
See what I mean? And to further complicate things, prefixes like “post”, “prog” (for ‘progressive’), “neo”, and alt (for ‘alternative’) can pretty much preceed any basic genre out there. Again, for example: “Neo-Soul”, “Prog-Jazz”, “Alt-Folk”, “Post-Rock”. In short, music is being more and more amusingly complex. In no time, we’re going to hear genres such as “Neo-Progressive-Funkatronic-Jazz-Rock”. Ano daw?!
Right now, I’m stuck on Post-Rock
Specifically, I’m stuck on Mogwai, which is an amazing band! I would describe them, but it would be better for you to simply listen. Here are links to two of my favorite Mogwai songs:
Mogwai - “Folk Death 95″
Mogwai - Friend of the Night (from Mr. Beast) <– be sure to right-click and “Save As” on this one since it acts weird when simply left-clicked
Sige na nga…
February 26, 2006Okay fine, sige na nga mag-blog na din ako. Tutal andito na ‘to eh. And what am I to blog about? My photo gallery of course (Photo gallery). Mwahahaha, blatant self promotion.
Anyway, since I have three galleries there, I might as well take the time to talk about each one:
First gallery: While the 20th EDSA Anniversay Rally was Going On…
How apathetic of me to have been doing most of these pics while the masses were rallying just a five-minute walk away along Ayala Avenue. Then again, this happens every year… and the news was exaggerated… and GMA also might have arguably exaggerated with her declaration of a “State of Emergency”. So, with all the shit that’s happening in the country, doing this set in Greenbelt was a good means of escape: Flowers, ponds, ducks, the chapel - as if the world were once again sane, peaceful and serene. (I honestly didn’t know they had ducks there.)
My favorite from the set (photoshopped version):
Second gallery: The Tanenbaum Experiment
Tanenbaum is my little stuffed beanie dog toy (ok, that may not have been the right order of words, but you get it don’t you?) given by Mau sometime ago - I hope she doesn’t kill me for forgetting when. I have a terrible memory.
Anyway, I just played around with the dog a bit, and realized that I really need a tripod since most of these shots were taken with a 15s shutter speed (and 8.0 aperture) - good thing that my alternative was to simply place the camera on the table for a steady shot.
The nice thing about slow shutter speeds is that you can play around with them a lot - and that’s how shots 3, 4 and 5 in the gallery came about. My favorite from the gallery though is still the macro close-up. I just like Tanenbaum’s “expression”.
My favorite from the set:
Third gallery: The Wonders of Photoshop
I think the title says it all. I just wish I knew how to use Photoshop better… well, that’s what the internet is for 
My attempt at being artsy-fartsy:
