The Pre-take: WWE SummerSlam 2017 (Part 3)

08/20/2017 09:55:25 PM

Photo credit: WhatCultureWrestling

We may have been hours away from witnessing the second's biggest WWE pay-per-view event, the one they called “the biggest party of the summer,” and coinciding with an all-heavy music fetsival in the Philippines.

The 31st edition of SummerSlam is poised to take off on Sunday evening at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (Monday morning Philippine time), their third-straight tiume in staging the event at the said venue.  And for over the decade, SummerSlam were only situated in two venues: Barclays Center and Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

The Pre-take: WWE SummerSlam 2017 (Part 2)

08/20/17 09:55:25 PM

Photo credit: WhatCultureWrestling

We may have been hours away from witnessing the second's biggest WWE pay-per-view event, the one they called “the biggest party of the summer,” and coinciding with an all-heavy music fetsival in the Philippines.

The 31st edition of SummerSlam is poised to take off on Sunday evening at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (Monday morning Philippine time), their third-straight tiume in staging the event at the said venue.  And for over the decade, SummerSlam were only situated in two venues: Barclays Center and Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

The Pre-take: WWE SummerSlam 2017 (Part 1)

08/20/2017 09:55:25 PM

Photo credits: WhatCultureWrestling

We may have been hours away from witnessing the second's biggest WWE pay-per-view event, the one they called “the biggest party of the summer,” and coinciding with an all-heavy music fetsival in the Philippines.

The 31st edition of SummerSlam is poised to take off on Sunday evening at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (Monday morning Philippine time), their third-straight tiume in staging the event at the said venue.  And for over the decade, SummerSlam were only situated in two venues: Barclay Center and Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

The Year of the SmackDown (Well, it WAS)

08/16/2017 11:25:47 PM

SmackDown logo obtained thru YouTube

I probably should've wrote this piece long time ago (last month would've been more relevant), just the same way since I have been catching up late with Great Balls of Fire and Battleground. But since SumemrSlam is just around the corner, time to pull the trigger in my mind and finger and be at my poor wrestling fan self again. Anyway...

The year-long stretch from July 2016 to July 2017 was the Year of The SmackDown. I mean, this is how the Blue show called SmackDown Live dominated their counterpart, the flagship Monday Night RAW among the competition between two long-time WWE programs that has been airing since the 90s. All that despite seeing more of sentai-like graphics, and a less-resonating soundtrack.

Stalking the "Stalker"

08/08/2017 10:14:11 PM

screengrab from the movie Kita Kita, obtained from ABS-CBN News

Sa dinami-rami ng mga dapat pag-usapan nitong mga nakaraang araw, bakit nga ba tayo nauwi sa mga pagtatalo na may kinalaman sa pelikulang ito? Ang pinagbidahan nila Empoy at Alessandra de Rossi na Kita Kita, na maliban sa kumita sa takilya ay pinag-usapan nang seryoso ng mayorya?

At higit sa lahat, sa isang anggulo na diumano'y stalker si Tonyo (na ginampanan ni Julius Marquez)?

In The End...

07/25/2017 10:51:08 PM

Photo credits: Linkin Park via Twitter

Honestly, I don't know why I should write this piece. First and foremost, I'm not even a fan (though I don't hate them either). They are probably one of the fewest names which my elders would tell that I should refrain from patronizing to. Because in their eyes, the then-hit thing called “rock music” is nothing but mere disturbing noise.

PlayBack: Jensen and The Flips – Honeymoon (album)

07/26/2017 12:40:01 AM

I've been dying to do this album review since this month last year since July actually marked the formal launching of this record that has probably set them in the stratosphere of the current independent music scene.

'Romantic' Niyo Mukha Niyo!

07/25/2017 04:58:28 AM

Photo obtained via Scout Mag

So. tinannggihan na pala siya na magkape matapos makinig sa kanyang mga malalapit na tao sa kanya, Tapos nito, tapos na dapat ang kwento na to, di ba? Kaso... ano na?

StopOver: Aloha Bar and Grill

07/22/2017 11:55:32 PM

In the outskirts of San Antonio, Makati near the PNR line and just in front of a police station, the words “The Collective” would always ring a bell, but the infamous B-Side would topple them the most. Unless you are a frequent visitor of PADRE, Wingman, and the now-closed Ukulele Philippines.

But apart from the mentioned, there are lot of stalls that comprised The Collective, and one of them is named as if there's Hawaiian vibe that exists in this archipelago.

Make no mistake about it: Aloha Bar and Grill may have installed that sunny-like atmosphere and be relatively small just like those known music bars. But they are one of the underrated nightout spots in the Metro, located at the farthest (and hottest) corner of TC.

The Scene Around: Carousel Casualties Madison EP Tour

07/07/2017 02:04:18 AM

It was the mid-May when Carousel Casualties launched their EP titled Madison wherein close to a hundred people – young and not-so-young – were be able to witness the madness in unison brught by the indie rock quartet of Emmie Villegas, Pau Villanueva, Jot Nicanor, and Xavier Lucente.

Snappy Rebuttals to Stupid Taxi Driver's Excuses

07/18/2017 11:16:52 PM

Photo credits: Rappler

Since time immemorial na lang yata naglipana ang isa sa mga pinakamalalalng problema sa larangan ng transportasyon sa lipunan – ang tahasang pagtanggi ng mga taxi. Siguro karamihan naman sa atin ay minsan nang nagkaroon ng engkwentro na ganito. 

Nah, ako nga tinanggihan ng halos 20 taxi nung may isang araw na kailangan kong pumunta sa BGC para mag-cover nun sa isang event bilang blogger. At hindi lang ito nangyari sa iisang lugar. Sa dalawa pa nga eh.

Yung iba, nuknukan ng pagiging arogante pa kung tumanggina as if isa na siyang demigod at deity ng katrapikan sa Metro Manila. Yung ilan napakabayolente. Yung iba naman, dinaan na lang sa bait para hindi halata ang pagdi-diva nila.

Sa sobrang kakupalan ng ganitong aktibidades, sarap tuloy gawin ulit yung biglang baba ka na lang ng taxi – at hindi mo isasara ang mga pinto nito. (Oo, 'ulit' kasi nagawa na namin yun dati at walang halong pagsisisi yun. Tangina niya eh.)

Ito lang ha? Pare-pareho lang naman tayo nagkukumahog na kumita sa araw-araw. Pero kailangan mo ba talagang manlamang ng kapwa mo at hihirit ka pa ng “keso ano naman gawin ko? Magnakaw?!” (sabay labas ng crowbar o katana). Mga tsong, hindi dahilan yan. 

At please lang, kung gusto niyo na pagkatiwalaan kayo ng publiko sa halip na patulan namin ang mga TNVS, huwag na huwag kayong tumanggi ng pasahero, at baka mabara lang namin kayo sa alinmang isasambit ng mga gaya nito:

Ride No More?!

07/17/2017 09:35:22 PM

Isa sa mga pinakamahalagang bagay sa isang bansa ay ang pagkakaroon ng isang sistema para sa transportasyon ng tao. As in mass transportation ba.

At para sa mga nag-aaral/nagtatrabaho/naggagala sa Kalakhang Maynila, malinaw na isa ito sa  mga pinakamalalang problema na may karugtong pa na sakit na ulo – ang trapiko. Imagine mo no? Mahirap na ngang sumakay, naiipit ka pa sa lugar na iyong kinatatayuan.

At dahil lagi na lang puno ang mga jeepney, bus, at ultimo mga tren – sinamahan mo pa ng maraming maaarte na taxi driver, talaga nga namang ang mag gaya ng carpool at TNVS na lanmang ang nakikitang solusyon rito. Kaya nariyan ang mga gaya ng Uber, Grab, at ultimo ang Angkas.

PlayBack: Stereodeal - New Jersey

07/07/2017 06:15:58 PM

Mid-June turned out to be the very first time I encounter the stompboxer's band called Stereodeal and it was just in time for the launch of the music video of a song that is so emotional in the part of the singer-songwriter-guitarist.

The Scene Around: Vic Viper (2016)

07/07/2017 02:06:48 AM

A lot of gamers would obviously know what this band really offers. Vic Viper,  known for covering lots of game sounds and scores, was in the country late last year. And they hit PADRE inside the Collective on the rainy night in December as part of their Philippine leg tour.

PlayBack: TheSunManager – Worth (album)

05/14/2017 10:10:15 PM

After four years, the solo project has found its way to a full-length album.