Category Archives: MUSIC

ROCK MUSIC 101

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so, you want to be a rocker, huh? if so, then pinakamagandang magsimula kay elvis at sa beatles. pagkatapos nito, anything goes na… pwede ka nang makinig sa punk, heavy metal, classic rock, pinoy rock, folk rock and anything in between.april 1956, Elvis’ single “Heartbreak Hotel” became number 1 – “the message may not move you…” ika nga nina peter, paul and mary but what a song it was. sino ba naman ang matatouch sa lyrics na…

Well, since my baby left me,
I found a new place to dwell.
It’s down at the end of lonely street
at Heartbreak Hotel.
You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.

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THE WHO’S BASS PLAYER

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namatay nang bass player ng “the who”. too bad… they were supposed to kick off their north american tour… if you listen to the bass riffs of the song “my generation”, you’d know how much he will be missed.

pareng egay, pinapanood ko yung sound of music kagabi. nung kinakanta na yung “edelweis”, naalala kita. hehehe… naalala ko rin yung “john louie KTV” at yung singing career mo doon.

good morning. saturday na – 1 week exact and counting. magpalamig na kayo ng beer, uwi na ako!!! heehee! this time next week, nasa loob na kami ni jet sa changi airport, umiikot nang pwet at uwing-uwi na!

Pinoy Rock in the Philippines

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si basha anak ni dante at delilah ang lead singer ng “advent call”. if you remember during the pinoy rock days at rj, there was a station id from a very young kid’s voice that goes: “pinoy rock has got a lot of potential going for it, and i want to contribute to the music when the time comes. but you can start right NOW!” – si basha iyon. ngayon lead singer na gwaping at maraming chicks. si adam din na anak niya may punk na band din na tumutugtog sa nasirang club dredd nung araw. hehehe… nood nga kami ni egay ng concert nila sa club dredd for adams set, tapos lipat kami sa mayrics for basha’s set. all in one night.

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HOWLIN’ DAVE – NU 107 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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Lifetime Achievement Award for my Brother Dante: NU107 Rock Awards, Introduction Speech…

by Cousin Hoagy, Dec 2001

Here’s a guy that began his radio career in the light of the Martial Law years. He was the neighbor of my cousin, Johnny in Pasay, near Park Avenue and Libertad. I always got along with him. He was a natural when he began his career at DzRJ in Santa Mesa.

He had one characteristic that makes a good rock jock. He loved music. He ate up everything going on. I remember him bringing me a record of American Country & Western from Nashville, Tennessee and begging to hear it on the air.

Howlin’ Dave spent much of the 1970s getting his chops down, announcing style and gaining a taste for PINOY ROCK which was a very important feature of life in Martial Law. When the show, “Pinoy Rock & Rhythm,” was developed by Charlie Brown and Double A. It was mainly about the live Pinoy Rock scenes that thrived in Olongapo City and Manila. Angeles City was still just putas.

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T. TINIO

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from clubdredd’s website

…1974 brought the first breakup of Juan dela Cruz, although some of the members kept on touring. Eventually, they all had a dispute with Dodie Gonzales, their manager, and the brother of Wally. However, Dodie owned the rights to the name Juan dela Cruz. So Mike and company (essentially the original band) got Bo Razon back and renamed themselves “T.Tinio”, which, although it sounds like it was meant to be an insult to Wally and Dodie (and no one believed it wasn’t), was actually from a Pampanggo manager they had had, named Teodoro Tinio, insists Mike to this day.


MACHINE HEADS IN SINGAPORE

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deep purple will perform in singapore on may 9… baka manood ako. hehehe. kakantahin daw ni ian guillan ang “child in time” – aaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaah…. hehehe.

balitang singapore:

HEADLINE sa Newspaper… isang security guard and nag-baril sa sarili pagtapos nyang barilin ang asawa niya. patay ang sekyu buhay ang asawa. hehehe… boring talaga rito.

Filipino film is tops at S’pore festival: Best Film went to Batang West Side, directed by Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz. His five-hour epic follows the investigation into the murder of a young Filipino immigrant found dead in Jersey City in the United States.

the organ grinder by mark-almond

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here comes the organ grinder
with his little dancing monkey
i remember they used to play outside
the house when i was young

a man who mended chairs,
one who sharpened knives
and a lady who sold lavender
with laughter in her eyes

its funny how the time goes
and you never seem to notice
till they’re gone.

i remember my first bicycle
my father, he bought it for me
and i remember crying
because it wasn’t painted red

i didn’t know it then
but we didn’t have much money
and he must have gone
without a lot
just to see me smile.

its funny how the time goes
and you never seem to notice
till they’re gone.

LET THIS BE A SONG CALLED ME

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Music has been with me since I was a kid. In fact, you could say that my life has been one big album, each passing year moving from song to song. My dad was a big influence. He was one of the pioneers of Philippine Radio. He used to be one of the Sr. Announcers of ABS-CBN, but Martial Law was declared and then all of a sudden, they were all out of work. One of his people was this thin guy named “Ernie Baron”. Hehehe…then without the “Brain Sharpening Hat”, “Healing Diet for the Liver” and all his other inventions. Where was I? Oh yes, my dad used to take me to the radio station a lot and he’d ask me to help him set up the records. Sometimes, we’d go the studio and he’d ask me to record a poem. He’d play it on the air, and my Aunt Eugenie would cry every time she hears it. We’d go to the record companies and they’d give me all kinds of records that by the time I was in 6th grade, I probably would have the most comprehensive rock collection of any 12 year old anywhere in the world. After a year, he’d leave us for another woman. I was 13 years old, without a dad, but with plenty of music.