G!G 08-27-2005

Stamp will play an acoustic set as front act for the UP JPIA event named 'Swerve' to be held in Top and Tables, Eastwood City, Libis. This is on Saturday, August 27, 2005, 8pm.

Stamp is an indie alt-rock Pinoy band and prepared a mixture of English and Filipino Alt-Rock favorites unplugged for this set.

Vox and rhythm guitar will be handled by (ahem) tofu kid gian. gary will handle lead guitar. cis will handle back-up vox and percs.

PS

i posted this late so this is useless. hehe.

yin + yang = immortality

i got a copy of JLA Earth 2 by Grant Morrison.

all i've got to say is "Woah!"

in more than 50 pages or so, Morrison compresses a million-and-one ideas in one graphic novel. but once you read, the ideas expand in your head!

the JLA team goes to a parallel universe completely different from them and where the norm is evil, not good. so everyone has a bad-ass equivalent: ultraman is evil superman, owlman is evil batman, superwoman is evil wonder woman. same goes to flash and green lantern. it was very interesting how they got out of that scenario.

how Morrison twisted and turned concepts for the parallel evil JLA characters is a wonder. each evil equivalent of JLA character is given interesting characterizations, plus how the relationships between them turned out as well!

it was also interesting how Morrison's Evil Superman, known as Ultraman, has very similar concepts to Mark Millar's Red Son. "Big Brother is watching you" concept, Brainiac as slave/assistant to Superman, plus the cliffhanger near the end also. It is also to be noted that Grant always mentions that he gave Millar the best ending for a Superman story in Red Son.

can't wait for All-Star Superman!

PS

Big Brother concept is threshed out in a reality tv series and now, RP has a franchise. the no-holds-barred who-will-have-sex-with-whom inquiry will make viewers glued to their tellies. (i've seen screen caps for the UK Big Brother, and dang, 'everything' is shown. here in RP franchise, you can view those "tender" moments in pay-per-view.)

the yin and yang concept is what immediately came to my mind after reading JLA Earth 2. not sure if it's the correct framework. will ponder more on that concept next time.

L-E-A-R-N, L-E-A-R-N, L-E-A-R-N

there's this method in films that in order to establish a chracter trait (since a film only lasts for usually 90 mins, you have to establish in a short period of time), you have to show the character portray the said trait 3 times. watch any hollywood film and you would know what i mean.

after years and years of studying, i just found out that in order to learn, you have to repeat the subject material again and again and again. most especially in practical stuff.

sheesh. was i that unresponsive to learning that i was only able to state this fact now? (i usually study a subject material once, due to cramming disorder). i mean, others know they are learning/mastering a skill by doing stuff over and over again, BUT NOT KNOWING/STATING that that is what they are doing.

next time i take a exam, i STATE that the 3-times-rule is in effect.

PS

Ben Folds has new album which is reviewed here.

I only heard the song on a radio station i don't normally listen to (someone else's car stereo) and saw the video on mtv. i really thought ben folds five already made a reunion. but alas, it was only doing the piano/bass/drum set-up alone. i miss ben folds five (darren jesse wrote the song "Magic", one of my most favorite BF5 songs), and ben is definitely on the mellow track since settling down. hope this new album is shipped here in RP.