Dallas versus Miami, the (possible) second time around?

Dallas versus Miami, the (possible) second time around?
n.d. a.k.a. nestor / slick master
05/26/2011
04:19 p.m.

Sounds like a rematch, eh?

Well that’s gonna happen if Miami can win on either game 5 or 6.

After all, they want different teams colliding in the finals. It has been the main rivalry (Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers) that they had been seeing for 2 of the past 3 years, with Orlando Magic spoiling the green team and even the most spotlighted LeBron James and Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009. But it will come down in this year’s finale. Another face-off that first clashed in 2006, then will be facing off against each other again.

Dallas Mavericks appeared to be almost over the hump that they are been struggling with. If you remember what the hell happened in the 2006 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks, it was Dallas up 2-0 by defeating them 10 points apiece. When the series shifted to the South Florida Beach, Miami had sparked its run while the Mavs were on the verge on claiming game 3 on their hands. Too good to be true, Miami had staggered a big run to win that and the next game, costing the momentum that Dallas had been carrying on, considering that time had been making 4-point plays just to grab that title. Dwayne Wade had something in mind then, so was Shaquille O’Neal. And moreover, Gary Payton had sparked contributions either despite having an issue with Dwayne Wade earlier. Come game 5, and Dallas had its chance slipped away when Josh Howard, by accident or not, had called the team’s last timeout in between the free-throw shooting situation by their opponent. That cost them a lot, considering that inbounds play for the last two minutes will be a better chance to get back in the game. Miami had won the tile though after winning 4 straight games against Dallas. And wade was the MVP of the series. But this triggered the misfortunes that both teams had suffered.

After ’06 finals, Miami Heat’s first regular season game triggered the breakdown, They had been defeated by he Chicago Bulls. 108-66 was the score, and this was a league-record since a team had defeated the Los Angeles Lakers by 15 way back in 1980s. Since then, they had slowed down by injuries, both by O’Neal and The Flash, and the other goes as well such as the veteran Gary Payton whom were forced to retire then after injuring himself in one of the contests. Trades had been executed, sending Shaq to Phoenix in exchange for the Shawn Marion. Well, things didn’t worked out much either. I can’t recall much news on this team until 2009 when Jermaine O’Neal (no relation to Shaq) had been piloted the team in the middle in exchange for the 6’7” forward known as the Matrix. Well, the experiment had been performing well but failed in the first round against Atlanta Hawks. The next time around, they made it to the playoffs and they were defeated by the Celtics in easy 5 games.

This year, they had been banking on the major renovation of their roster, with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, former franchise plates of their respective teams (Cavs and the Tornot Raptors) and Erik Sploestra on his 3rd season as head coach. They went on to win 58 games, the second in the eastern conference.

And the road throughout then, they had dumped the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics on the first two rounds and each in 5 games, with the clincher eventually emerged victorious at home. Apparently oddsmaker had picked out Boston to trash out Miami considering the solid lineup that the Beantown Celtics had over the Heat, and that’s aside from winning most of their match-ups in the regular season 3-1. However on the lone Heat victory, the Celts had changes on their lineup either.

Next, the Eastern Finals Chicago Bulls, which appears to be on the verge of making an unthinkable recovering on a 3-1 deficit. Derrick Rose was named as the MVP for this season, but his team had fallen out behind by almost 10 points per game in their last 3 contests. This came out after their hustle plays resulted into a 23-point blowout victory in favor of them. Should Chicago win game 5, Heat should better watched out for game 6 as the last time that a team had won in the conference finals facing a commanding deficit was the eventual champion Boston Celtics in 1981. They faced Philadelphia and were badly beaten out after game 4 of the series that putted the Sixers to a commanding 3-1 lead. The Celtics however, over-turned everything as they won the next and last 3 games of the series, with Game 7 an epic one at Philadelphia. Ironically, these are the two teams that Miami had beaten out.

Okay, let’s move to the west coast, Dallas Mavericks appeared to be on the right track, having numerous double-digit winning streaks and went on to a 67-15 record in 2007. But they faced the team that had been emerged victorious against them after four contests in the regular season (3-1), the then-revamped Golden State Warriors. Led by the veteran playmaker Baron Davis and the emerging Monta Ellis, the Warriors had answered every point by the Mavs, to the extent that the former defeated the latter in a very big upset fashion. For three of its six games, only one victory was made by Golden State. However that factor was enough to crash them out as the series had shifted to Oakland, the Warriors had been winning then, thanks to their personnel’s energy and the fans. Next thing, they were defeated on the first round of the playoffs every year then. This resulted to critics claiming that Dallas was a perennial choker in the post-season party regardless having a lot of talents on their roster such as Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry and the recruited ones such as Jason Kidd, Caron Butler, Shawn Marion and Brendan Haywood. This year turned out to be very different though.
Acquiring Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojakovic during the 82 game season, the team had been going under the radar, and they have the #4 seed in the western conference. But since the playoffs was the real show for every basketball fan, dallas then unleashed their force, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers in their 5th and 6th games of the first round, and an incredible sweep to the three-peat seeking Los Angeles Lakers, a series where the defending champs had expressed frustrations resulting into flagrant fouls and ejections to Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom, and Ron Artest. Their star player Kobe Bryant’s injury may have been a factor why they had lost such. However it was also a reminder for coach Phil Jackson that maybe it’s time to go. He had been the main mentor for 11 championships for the past 20 years – 6 by Chicago Bulls and 5 by his last team, the Lakers. And game 6 was a brutal massacre for them as Dallas have made 20 3-point shots, led by the “Jet” Jason Terry whom had nailed 9 out 10 from rainbow country for his 32 points. And no to mention, JJ Barea had been a victim of flagrant fouls by the 3 Lakers.

But the western finals were a different story and the Mavericks had shown no rust had been on them while watching the other teams on a week. Dirk Nowtzki was the star of the show for 48 points and making 24 free throws in its 24 attempts throughout the contest. Their opponent Oklahom City thunder had took Game 2 though, but Games 3 to 5 were all Mavs with 3 and 4 taking out the Thunder’s home court advantage and clinching it out in the 5th clash.

Both teams were a playoff surprises in 2006. And they had done and been doing that gain in this year. The question is, will it be a sweet revenge for Dallas or a sweet first ring for LeBron and Bosh? That will be happening though if Miami clinches out Game 5 tomorrow. However, I’ll break things down should they face each other again.

Dallas had a lot of depth in players, while Miami had been expanding even with Eddie House and Mike Bibby providing long-range firepower and help down the stretch. Actually, Miami has a deeper bench of their own but you have to give credit to the Mavericks for helping out Dirk inside and out. And to ask who’s hungrier will depend on how Jason Kidd handling the ball and how LeBron James had been creating plays. A lot of players were the first times in this contest and only Wade and Dirk were perhaps one of the few people remaining to be matching up against each other again in the second clash.

How will Dallas clinch the title? Just do the things they had been during the time that they defeated Miami on their 2 contests earlier and the ones they had done in the playoffs. Make Kidd and Dirk work on offense, while Terry can also be a key factor on clutch shots, It’s also a battle of the depth, with Brendan Haywood pioneering the second unit it can provide defense, rebounding and inside power, while Peja and JJ Barea can hit shots from the outside so as Caron Butler.

For the Miami Heat, they have to go on the hustle. On some of their games, they were out-rebounded, and it’s good that Udonis Haslem had shrugged off any signs of slowing down. Offensive wise I don’t think they have a lot of problem much expect on Joel Anthony unless he scored significant numbers, Mike Miller providing help in the clutch so was Bibby hitting shots on the break and Chalmers shooting over their opponents.

My prediction? It’s either Miami by 6 or Dallas by 5.

(post script)
May 30, 2011
09:34 a.m.

Apparently, Miami Heat won Game 5 to tune of 83-80, a comeback from a double-digit deficit in the 4th quarter. James had shown his clutch skills like the way he had done when he was still with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Regular-season-wise, Mavericks owns the Heat in their two regular meetings, winning 106-95 at Dallas and 98-96 at Miami.

These two teams had proven out that playoffs were way different than the regular wars. It shows as Miami defeated their heavily rivals Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls, whom both teams had 3 wins apiece over the Heat in their combined 7 meetings. As for the Dallas Mavericks, they were picked as the underdogs for this playoffs once they made to the second round when they faced the then-defending champion Los Angeles Lakers until unpredictably they swept them out.

Now, we’re facing a real different ball game. Coming on ya within the next 2 days!


© 2011 september twenty-eight productions.

RH Bill: Should it be passed or not?

RH Bill: Should it be passed or not?
n.d. a.k.a. nestor / slick master
05/26/2011
03:47 p.m.

I’ve been seeing a lot of articles over the papers and at world wide web regarding one of the current issues here in the country: The Reproductive Health Bill.

Nah, to be honest, I’m not in a position to made a comment much on it. However I can’t help but to get an act on such since I’ve been hearing news on it for most of the time. Look at this health bill that perhaps should have been passed on earlier if it wasn’t for too much politics and if another party would not threaten the legislators and citizens as well. As the debates go on air to congress and to the television stations as well, The Catholic Church had one thing. This bill may promote artificial family planning such as using of contraceptives, something that in their eyes was been very unacceptable considering the Church as the one of the pro-life groups here in the country.

This bill apparently had been in the limelight already aside from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ answers. Tourist guide Carlos Celdran, a true-blooded RH advocate had come to the extent that he protested in side a church, with sporting a Fr. Damaso costume and with that Damaso word in his slogan. He has been against religion extremism, but I don’t think that can’t be a good idea to make a protest. President Benigno Aquino III had expressed his support for the bill. However, the Church had also said that P-Noy is a bad catholic, unlike her mother whom was a former president and a (should I say yellow-blooded?) somehow religious icon to the others. And just recently, Manny Pacquiao a.k.a. the fighting congressman had expressed his side on the issue of the RH bill, saying that it should not be passed with CBCP supporting his decision. On the other hand, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago had told the former to back off and just talk about boxing. And Pacman’s mom lashed out words against the latter, well that is something that is shouldn’t been given much attention anyway.

My take for the matter (since I have wrote this anyway) will be I guess, it should be passed. The RH bill should be passed, implemented and be a law. I didn’t make this decision because of some number of responses at my Formspring account had told me that “yes” but for me after hearing arguments for the matter, reading news articles regarding it and after learning a lot from it, I realized that making a better family can be one of our only choices we can do in our lives. The more children that we have, the more we are prone to poverty. If we’re in our early 20s suffered how hard it is to have a source of living, what more if you married your spouse and make offspring or two? (Exclude me in the marriage anyway) and for instances, every constituent should learn and how to be educated on how responsible they should be. Over the past few years, Manila appears to be over populated but it’s because of the fact that many under-privileged habitants had flew by from the provinces just to have a mindset (or stigma either) that city life could provide them better. However, this resulted to skyrocketing rates of rural people living in the metro. It’s not just all about our life-giving organs, but more on responsibility and for the betterment of everyone. But if this one’s is passed, it doesn’t mean that we’re on the right track, there will always have conflicts. And if you really loved your country, get into act. Speak up, and watch for everything. But after all, it will boil down to man and woman’s choice on how they want to live. I mean if they want to have a lot of children, that’s fine. It’s their right anyway. I’d rather support this bill rather than China’s 2-child policy.

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Rose the new MVP. Numbers Game.

Rose the new MVP. Numbers Game.
n.d. a.k.a nestor / slick master
05/20/2011
04:09 p.m.

Derrick Rose was named the Most Valuable Player of the National Basketball Association for the 2010-2011 season. Also, he was also listed at the All-NBA team for the first time, and joining the unanimous choice for the squad, LeBron James. He has been a factor why the Chicago Bulls had overtaken the San Antonio Spurs for the league’s best record at 62 wins and 20 losses. Look at those stats though they are not as insane as those others 25.0 points and 7.7 assists to go along with 4.1 rebounds, man! All are team highs and eh was also the only player to be part of the top 10 in scoring (7th) and assists (10th). Also, the youngest guy to win it all by the age of 22.

I can only say is this guy is already at the highest level and he can even surpass the other present legends whom are still competing for the career ranks. Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Paul Pierce, Dirk Nowitzki you name them. And so far, his team is at the eastern Conference Finals. However there is something that I have observed for over the past 8 years (including this year). No one, I mean no one had won the championship despite having its star player winning the most valuable player? You want example? Kevin Garnett. Minnesota was on its best time until Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal’s Lakers had stopped them out in the Western Conference Finals. More? Steve Nash. 2 MVP awards in 2005 and 2006, and his squad had made it to the Western Conference Finals and came up short against eventual Western Champs San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks, respectively. Want another? Dirk Nowitzki. He was named the MVP for his Dallas Mavericks squad that won 67 of its 82 games, but lost 4 of its 6 playoff contests in an upset by Golden State Warriors. At first, I was wondering why did he won the award. But I just realized that after all, they may be only good in regular season for that time and it’s better to give credit to Dirkman for leading them. Another one: Kobe Bryant. It was the time where Bryant had gone to a Cinderella story to the extent that his team came up short against eventual champion Boston Celtics. Last on the list: LeBron James. He had won the award twice for leading the Cleveland Cavaliers for the best team record in the league. However the first one, he ran short against eventual Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic in 2009 and the second one against even eventual East champs Boston Celtics, in the semifinals of the 2010 playoffs. Therefore I conclude, that sine 2004, no team in NBA whom had a regular-season MVP player for that season had won a championship. That’s why finals MVP exist, anyway. But 1 had made it to the big stage, and 6 of them had at least made it to the conference finals. So, why the hell did I observe and told you that? Simple. Because basketball is a team sport and individual greats may stand out for their team’s success, but it doesn’t guarantee you a championship unless you’re the last team standing come June. So, for Derrick Rose, I hope you can break the jinx out of it. Good luck!

Whatever happened to the radio greats?

Whatever happened to the radio greats?
n.d. a.k.a. nestor / slick master
05.20.2011
10:22 a.m.

Comparing past to present times of radio, perhaps there had been a lot of differences in between these time periods. And it shows if you ask a lot of people whom were barely young in the 90s than to now. Technology may be an advantage on the present times, sure social media exists and digitalization of transmission in radio signals creates wider reach and number of possible patrons, but for these guys, it doesn’t matter as a lot of personnel who speaks on the microphone weren’t much discriminating as long as you have a good voice, or if you don’t have that good one at least you can do well by modulating it. And most people that didn’t have a high profile background were the pioneer ones whom made it unlike the present where one must belong to. You’re lucky if you are a DJ that came out of your personal aspirations, talents and capabilities, despite not having a pleasant personality. But most of them nowadays have the latter despite having an irritated voice. And many people have noticed these, FM radio plays more beautiful songs than the present, they have less gimmicks compared to nowadays where a movie screening is sponsored. However it boils to one thing, the only thing constant is change. So with means as time goes by, there will be definitely changes that should work and be eventually embraced in a long run. So making a success in this competition of medium will still be barely a long process to handle and patience is a must virtue.

If you are a fan of those old great Manila radio stations in the 90s and 2000s like, Radio Romance, 89.1 DMZ, City Lite 88.3, 923 Joey, 93.9 KCFM, the pop legend 97.1 Campus Radio WLS FM, and its rocker counterpart NU 107, Kool 106 is also counted, and even to the present ones whom I can’t mention all of them’ perhaps you have been wondering what ever happened to them? Why the changed formats? Is still the music and personalities that I hooked up them did still exist in this frequency? I can’t answer them all though this one is just my opinion and observation since I am a born in the 90s with radio all over my left and right ear (where else?) and had been listening to the radio for like one and a half decade.

89.1 DMZ, a former dance radio station owned by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp. (IBC) who also owns government –TV station IBC 13, and where “The Mouth” late Francis Magalona and Angelo Macanaya, a.k.a. DJ M.O.D. (Master of Disaster) had their respective stints. By the turn of the decade, DMZ was reformatted to a radio station which plays Rhythm and Blues (RnB) genre for most of its time. Thus, Wave 891 (or formerly Wave 89.1) was born. Quest Broadcasting bought the station from IBC though the station’s transmitter still remains at its former quarter then. Mr. Love Notes Joe D’ Mango was then the head of Wave. Up to now, it lives to its name sake, and it caters to people whom loves the RnB, and Hip Hop genre.

Radio Romance, owned by ABS-CBN, whom also produced the movie of the same title way back 90s, was later reformatted to WRR 101.9 with the slogan “For Life.” This tagline didn’t only exist to Manila, but also to the M.O.R. (My Only Radio) Stations nationwide (and believe me, its Baguio City counterpart was very strong to the extent that its signal reception can even reach as far as Guiginto, Bulacan in the south. Man, how do you like that?) okay, let’s get back to WRR. It had a huge success, considering many names like Martin D, Laila Chikadora, China Heart, etc were recognized by listeners, including that all-request program Request Express which airs for lunch time (11 am-1 pm.) however as time goes by, so does the level of success of the radio station. They had gone reformatted to Tambayan 101.9 San Ka Pa? almost one and a half-decade later.

City Lite 88.3, similar to Crossover 105.1 was playing jazz for most of the time, and caters to mostly on the upper class people whom really loves jazz music. It had went to Jam 88.3, owned and operated by Raven Broadcasting during the turn of the millennium. And it plays most of acoustic and alternative songs.

92.3 Joey, another dance and jazz stations, with some classic tunes on its side dishes, had been busy on the events. It was later changed for some time until TV5 bought the station from NBC and a new format was introduced, just similar to those AM band. Introduced by News5’s Martin Andanar, Radyo5 92.3 News FM was born by late last year. And during the course of establishing Aksyon TV, they changed programming and give way for the said TV channel to air its shows, just similar to RH Tv and the one who started it all on AM, DZMM Teleradyo.

93.9 KC FM was also one of the best pop stations in the 90s, located between its main competitor Monster Radio RX 93.1 and Mellow Touch 94.7. However when Radio Mindanao Network(RMN) changed and 93.9 iFM was established, it took them some time to regain its popularity, perhaps even before Kuya Jobert went on-air they were already at the level of one of the popular masa-type radio stations in Mega Manila. And they also introduced the digital type of transmitting radio signals, thus having a clear sound that pleases almost everyone who listens to it.

Campus Radio 97.1 WLS Fm was one of the stations I had been listening to ever since I became a radio lover. All Pop Music, information in-between, and the disc jockeys, you named them. They even had a TV plug way back then as the station was owned and operated by Global Media Arts (GMA-7) and most notable programs were perhaps Top 20 @ 12, hosted by the Triggerman which airs daily at 12 noon. Its daily countdown lasts for an hour every day and its weekly counterpart airs every Sunday for 12nn – 2 pm, over the course of it classic-music programming. However, many students were disappointed when they changed its format to Barangay LS. Perhaps they were the primary audience of the said station. It took them some time to gain recognition either. They have been the counterpart for every Pacquiao fight airing on its AM sister station, Super Radyo DZBB 594. And what’s more is perhaps the Wanted Sweetheart program airing by nighttime with Papa Dan as the main honcho.

And recently, I know if you live in the late 80s, you know what is the home of new rock, right? Quark Henares, Francis Brew Reyes, Myreme Academia, Dylan, HalikNU, Remote Control Weekend, the yearly NU rock awards, and okay, now does that sounds even familiar to you, huh? NU 107, then owned and operated by Progressive Broadcating aired for like more than 2 decades old. Over the course, they played all rock music but during the course of time, some fans didn’t became fans of them anymore. What I mean? Sure they dig rock music, but few opted to changed the frequency as time to time it’s not the pure rock music (or even the underground ones) anymore that they played for. Perhaps that’s because rock becames more flexible. Even Francis Magalona, ahd rock rhythm on his rap songs if only you try to notice. But I’m telling you one thing. They don’t have many gimmicks and still they’re capable of having more audiences listening to them. That is the good side of that old radio days. New personalities came and gone later on to their respective careers and you have to love the legacy of NU then. That’s why many people whom were mostly rockers and fans of the said FM station mourned out the very last night of airing of the home of new rock, to the extent that some radio personalities from other media including Magic 89.9’s Tony Toni drop by to give its props to the station for bringing great music to the world of rockers around the Metro. They officially went off-air by midnight of Monday, November 8, 2010 after it played its usual signing off ID and Eraserhead’s Ang Huling El Bimbo. They were off-air for a day to give way to the new station occupying the frequency. Win Radio. A lot of people had gone dismayed. However that didn’t stop Win Radio as their stickers had been seen on a lot of public jeepneys or even at market stands as its support to the new radio station. It also caters to the mass audience. And they had the same case like Campus Radio. Win Radio also owned by the station that owns 91.5 Energy FM.

I have no idea what’s the difference between Kool 106 and Dream FM though I know one thing is for sure enough: they were owned by Associate Broadcasting Company whom also owns then-ABC 5 (now TV5) and also, 92.3 News FM.

Another thing. 103.5, K-Lite aired for 9 years giving Metro Manila the best alternative, and you heard Vitto Lazatin there. Then after 9 years, it had gone to Heart, then later to Maxx. And Maxx Fm carried the old style fo programming the Magic 89.9 had (tunog Kalye, the Early Returns The Final Countdown) and some of the former Magic jocks like King Dj Logan, The Sarge, etc.) then it went out to dance format. Until it reformatted to Wow FM, bringing in Mr. FU (formerly of 91.5 Energy FM), also owend by uest Broadcasting, having a 2 different type of business media alongside Magic 89.9

Some radio stations had gone changing over the course. Try to notice it in their programming. Like at Wave’s. From 89.1 they were now recognized by just 891. Dream sounds still exists, though the KC show had moved form 92.3 to them after U92 had eventually went off and gone to News FM. Yes FM still plays the same, and same goes with 90.7 Love Radio, 91.5 Energy FM, 97.9 Home Radio, 99.5 RT (whom had went into Hit Fm and Campus Radio before returning to its original namesake) and Star FM. They ahd just changed its tagline for the matter of business and advertising.
Magic 89.9 had also been there, though they still play pop music. It’s because careers between its personnel had been always sin this type of process. They come and later, they go. And they had been more hip and cool as Campus Patrollers was later named as the Junior Jocks. Still the same description: The official student dj program of that radio station. Same applies to other types like RX whom has Radio One, etc.
The only difference is as time goes by, radio had gone to another level where DJs had eventual turned out as the next batch of TV personalities (yes, it goes flexible). For example, Mo Twister, a teener in the 90s whom also had the same occupation as a DJ and a TV host. Another one, Grace Lee, from being Mo’s one of the partners in Good Times, now became one of the hosts at GMA-7. Same goes to Samir Gogna (or Sam Sausage, then Sam YG). He had been a campus patroller then moved to RT and then back to Magic and gained recognition even as one of the candidates for Candy Cutie of Summit Media’s Candy Magazine. He was then hitting Eat Bulaga and Diz Is It. Boom Gonzalez is another perfect example, ever since his days at RX 93.1 he had ben a sportscaster at ABS-CBN sports, covering UAAP games. Mia Bayuga and Anthony James Bueno is another addition. Mia hosts for a TV show at Balls Channel while Tony Toni’s for Where’s Tony airing at Studio 23. and who will forget the duo of radio goddesses Andrea Martin Manzano and Jessica Mendoza? Andi9 had been former partner of Mo in his radio show and now the host for fromer early returns countdown shift which was now, Top 5 @ 5. Jessica joined her after following the footsteps of Lia Cruz at the courtside reporter of Ateneo De Manila University. And apparently, Manzano is also one of the present hosts of GMA-7’s Party Pilipinas and was also a model. Aaron Atayde was also host of Quick-E on Studio 23 and for the Strike Zone (whom named after his air name Josh Strike).
Too many to notice, huh? How about the RX 93.1’s Morning Rush’s duo of hosts Chico Garcia and Delamar? They also are columnists for Manila Bulletin. Kuya Jobert of iFM’s had been with Usapang Lalake on Studio 23. Nicole Hiyala and Chris Tsuper of 90.7 Love Radio had been on some event hosting gigs airing on TV, and commercial models, too. And most popular of them all: Papa Jack. From all-music type of medium, 90.7 had turned out to be somewhat to an even popular one, with talk programs in the morning and night shift. Thanks to these 3 guys. Their humor and advice had brought out listeners hooking up for them for a combined 7 hours (8-10 a.m. and 9 p.m.-2 a.m.)

Now, a finally have to conclude this. After a very long rundown. Here’s why this one may not your favorite radio station anymore. MEDIA is BUSINESS. It means, they present something to us and if we patronize such, it means money for their part. It may be not on our part like we’re paying our cable bills, or products that they sold. But it will be by all means of advertising, the lifeblood of every media organization. For them having a lot of advertisers means success on their business, which means that they have a big number of patrons, higher ratings and a much wider content, ‘cause in this stiff competition you have to leave at least no room for small types of improvement. If you have to improve you have to go big time at it will come by a process. And that includes, changing formats, taglines, programming, etc. so at least when you hit by a radio station, you have to know what type of music you are hooking up to, (jokes, other information and hosts may be included) and most of them you have to feel satisfied with it. After all, audience dictates media nowadays. Needs aren’t much existing, it’s more of their wants (but needs should still be there no matter what.) and if you media business heads out there are trying to be a help to the people, feed them right and try to balance things up with profit.
(Anyone or anything that I missed in this entry, I’ll apologize for that. But better yet if you’re studying business and magament related to communications and media, do your research ‘because this is just a result of my observation whether by objective or subjective matters. Anyone’s opinion whose either agrees or disproves, is something I do respect. Thank you.)


© 2011 september twenty-eight productions

p.s. Dream FM had signed off and Energy Fm occupied their frequency. It appears that they're like a certain block-timer on that slot. While 91.5 apparently was now owned by the company that previously owned NU107. They labeled that as Big Radio with its credits to the man that made Win radio, Manny Luzon. Anyway, Internet Radio seems to emerge. However, I'll discuss that soon.

Pacquiao-Marquez Fight. Much better.

Pacquiao-Marquez Fight. Much better.
n.d. a.k.a nestor / slick master
05.20.2011
12:31 p.m.

It is official. Game date is November 12, 2011, a Saturday night at Las Vegas, Nevada. How you wish Floyd Mayweather will be around, right? Nah, I’m not talking about him but the possible trilogy that everyone was craving for. Yes, it’s Manny Pacquiao going up for the 3rd and possibly last time against Juan Manuel Marquez. So, Floyd’s fans, better shut up, okay? Pacman’s got a better opponent than the shit in your coward, racist-wordy man.

Bob Arum had announced that a few days ago. And perhaps more details are already out on the news. The trilogy was Marquez’ request rematch for the match-up with the fighting congressman after the 2004 controversial draw and another match which won by Pacman in a nail-biter.

So, are we seeing a good fight in between. Definitely. Let’s get ready to rumble!

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PlayBack: Tayuan Mo! At Panindigan

05/16/2011 | 04:44 p.m.

When you were a kid during the previous three decades, you may have noticed that in some TV channels, talk shows are their specialty. The content simply comprised of commentary, information, and spiels. Just pure talk.

Perhaps, at present era where soap operas eventually became the icons of primetime television, there are few programs that still stand for the type of the old style. And one of them turned out to be my favorite in Tayuan Mo! At Panindigan.

A bum’s life

A bum’s life
By n.d. a.k.a. nestor/slick master
May 15, 2011
12:56 a.m.

It’s been a month since I officially ended my life as a student. Okay, no more lessons, exams, classmates, professors, or what-so-ever. However, graduation also signified the start of new life as either a professional or a bum. That’s why they called that ceremony as “commencement exercises.”

Nah, I’ll compare my usual schedule of life being a schoolman to now being a laid-ass. It usually starts with this kind. As early as 6 am is my wake–up call and by 7:45 in the morning, I should’ve left the school for my classes. From then, I’ll have some 45 minutes of travel time, which barely means that I’ll come on time. Or if worst-case scenario happens, it extends to an hour. (Thanks to those shits! I’m late again even if there’s some grace period) So, from 8:30 am, I have two 90-minute classes all the way before noontime. Then I’ll have some lunch with my classmates and friends and by afternoon I’ll just hanging around at my friend’s dorm with his barkada and his laptop, digging news, social networking on the internet as a side dish to my new hobby, which is photo-enhancing. I can’t call that photo editing yet since I’m not that skilled and not even had that as my profession. That goes all the way until 9 in the evening. By then, I’ll leave the place, go home and before 10 in the evening, I’ll have my dinner and watch television as my nightcap. Sleeping time is usually set to 11 p.m.

Now, forward to present, I used to wake up at 7 a.m. Since then, I’ll just drink coffee, wash up, took a bath and hit the court since I barely missed playing basketball. Later that day will be breakfast and cleaning the mess (okay, I mean household chores. I do for sometimes mopping the floor and scrubbing the yard. Most of it was scrubbing, washing dishes, and anything goes.) By noontime I’ll have lunch, watch newscast programs, and rest. If I’m still awake for the moment I’ll dig the desktop and do what I want, though most of them were just photo-editing and video-tripping. Otherwise, I’m definitely sleeping then. By late afternoon, I’ll hit the internet and check my e-mail (though it usually goes for like once in every 4 days) and by nighttime, watching basketball games on the summer league and late night programs on TV by 10pm. Sleeping time is like the same thing as me being a student. 12 midnight.

Nah, I can’t really tell what’s the difference of these vacations. Except for the fact that this one’s longer and had no definite length unless you apply for a job right now and get hired right away. But one thing is for sure. It’s not easy to be like one anyway, you’re gonna get stuck to somewhere else (or if you’re introvert, at home) doing the usual things until you eventually get lazy and sick of it. You’re resources slowly emptied up and you can’t do anything to recover unless you have a very thick face or like I said earlier, got a piece of luck on finding a job.

Though one thing is for sure enough: If you’re one hell professional bum, just make sure you really got the profession out of it. Relaxation is not bad, but too much of it can definitely lead you to laziness types of shit. Good luck!

© 2011 september twenty-eight productions.

The post-Christmas Review – Fliptop’s Holiday release – Abra versus Zaito.

The post-Christmas Review – Fliptop’s Holiday release – Abra versus Zaito.

Slick master

24.01.2011 – 10:56

So once again, I had made a post here for at least the first time this year. Anyway, cheers to the post-holiday spirit that this video had brought every rap battle fan on their eyes watching this video for countless times as same as the times of Dello and Target’s early release. I am talking about South radical Production’s main man Zaito whom faced up against Lyrically Deranged Poets’ Raymond “Abra” Abracosa. During the event of Fliptop named “Down N’ South” held last September 25, 2010 at Las Piñas City. The video was released then by Christmas Day.

Just a brief recap: two months before the most-anticipated clash, Zaito just came off a great win over DC Clan Muzik’s Silencer while Abra also had his first ever win at the expense of Harlem Baliw on the event Bwelta Balentong at Quezon City. Records speaking, the former had a 1-1 while the latter had 1-2.

Okay, it seems that the sixth battle was the main event, huh?

First round, I’ll give it to Zaito. He had a great start that he sustained over the game, he really had a greater punch lines than Abra does, but at least LDP’s main fella didn’t come down with a best piece of his own.

However, second round turned to be Abra’s round. He did made up for an almost sluggish start. Well, Zaito, like what I said had sustained the huge impact of his lines he thrown during the battle (well in fact he started it with a rebuttal), but Abra had improved from where he started to the said round.

Third round was supposed to be won by Zaito on my personal opinion, ‘cause he’s still consistent on throwing those punch lines. But as always, people want the battle to go for overtime. Abra’s had threw a heavy one, but if you ask me, it’s to no avail anymore.

Okay, overtime. It already appeared that Zaito had won it not because he’s the last one who spoke but comparing the lines threw by both players at that time, both were hilarious (it actually had made my stomach ache for a while. LOL!) but weighing the lines and lyrics itself, Zaito really owns that. No doubt. But it doesn’t mean that Abra didn’t fight well. In fact this is the only battle I saw that he did not choke (or almost choke, but he quickly made up or it). Good job by both rappers.

Overall, this video is really worth watching so it’s 5 stars out of 5 for me.

2012 theory? That’s a fluke!

2012 theory? That’s a fluke!
Slick master
24.01.2011 – 11:12

I was personally disgusted by the way news had make its own analysis on what happened during the first few weeks of the year. Since flashfloods arouse around the Pacific area and also on American continent, many people would have wondered if either (1) it’s a sign of climate change; or (2) the coming of the end of the world? However, most people tends to think even more negative will had the second answer as their thought, especially of the fact that 2012 had shown a few months after a series of storms ravaged the Northern part of the Philippines in 2009.

Well, I used to remember reading that type of topic in one of my friend’s site in Multiply, relating to the Mayan Calendar stating that at December 20, 2012, there will be a huge disaster that can spell doom for the planet Earth. At first, I was scared, thinking that “man, is this for real??!” however, it also came to my mind that when it talks about judgment day, it is only God who knows when to do so and no other creature does.

So there is allegation of possibility that the disasters occurred during the last 18 months could be a sign of the end of the world or they called it as “2012 theory.”

HOWEVER, I STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THAT IDEA.

‘Cause people hearing that kind of news could be either stunned at disbelief, or will go panicking. After all, media had plays the role of manipulating the minds of society. If people can think otherwise, maybe they will realize that there is a lesson on watching 2012 than just believing on what they saw. Another thing is that people will took it the other way (or from negative to positive) and making changes in helping themselves, the society and the environment as well.

I mean let’s just face it and think wisely. Whatever catastrophe’s occurred in the world right now is clearly not the sign of the end. It’s just the fact that the climate on the world we are living in to now, is changing. We can slow down the process of it if we want to. And that can be by means of taking care of our environment.

Sweet revenge for the red lions.

Last year, NCAA fans had witnessed the sudden domination of the San Sebastian College-Recolletos Golden Stags and their temporary stoppage of the possible dynasty-era of San Beda College Red Lions in a thrilling 3-game series of the league that had been moved some play dates due to typhoons occurred in the Metro.

As for this season, the Lions had just made a revenge over them and what's even sweeter? They sweep their 16 double-round elimination games and had an outright 1-0 lead just before the finale had just started (is this somehow a quirk to the rules? at first i didn't get the meaning of it at all.)

Their 2 final games result: SBC blowing SSC-R by an average of 17.5 points.
see more: http://ph.promotion.yahoo.com/college-hoops/court-experts-article?blogid=college_hoops&postid=236

It seems MVP had its 2 schools on cloud 9 again. just like the ADMU's blue eagles. Let's see if he could score another personal grand slam again should TnT wins the crown in the PBA

Just my opinion - Aftermath of an issue: the Manila hostage crisis.

Just my opinion - Aftermath of an issue: the Manila hostage crisis.
By n.d. a.k.a. nestor
10/09/2010
08:33 p.m.
It started from a simple city tour and ended up in the night full of tragedy. It was the entire Monday, August 23, 2010 and the stage was at the Quirino Grandstand in the City of Manila, but this is not a drama. It was action and suspense, in fact. But this time, no stunts or what-so-ever props. It’s plain police versus suspect plot and bullets and bloods are everywhere inside the Hong Thai Travel bus that parked on the road occupying the grandstand. Anyone whom had heard the live feeds on radio and saw on television would have been in different and unexplained emotions at that time. And it all boils down to one finish: a disastrous one. A certain Rolando Mendoza hijacked the bus that contained 20+ Chinese nationals whom were touring Manila for the last day of staying here in the country and killed 9 of them after seeing his brother getting arrested (and Greg actually attempts to resist it but to no avail) by the Manila Police District live on television. And after almost two high-tensed hours, he was killed by the MPD’s SWAT team despite numerous failure attempts.
Since then, Hong Kong can’t help to get thru their national’s emotions but to insult our country for failing to secure the human’s safety. They blacklisted the RP the first thing after the crisis and days later sent an insult letter to President Benigno Simeon Aquino III. Then few weeks later, the case was still under investigation through the hearings of Senate. And pointing fingers are shown in any angle of this case.
Well, it’s been some 7 weeks since the tragedy and the issue is hardly seen or heard. But this is just my opinion and the question is: WHO’S TO BLAME? It’s hard to make comments on this though perhaps some of notable choices are.
Primarily the negotiator and this includes the Manila City Vice Mayor Isko Moreno. Well I was wondering why he should put to blame. Maybe because of lapses occurred during the negotiation period and too bad I can’t recall the name of the chief negotiator on the part of Police (since this issue is quite dead already.)
Philippine National Police and Manila Police District. Clearly they should have gone to their trainings better, especially for the people assigned to the Special Weapons and Tactics. No wonder why Filipinos are making fun of them. However, citizens should be blamed too. The police had committed the mistake already, and yet these idiots still make fun of them instead of to feel sorry for the Chinese Nationals. I know there are issues which Filipinos pointed out against Hong, but too bad. It’s not part of the trend anymore. In Filipino saying, “hindi na siya napapanahon.” Ain’t that a bullshit kind?
Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim. Since he leads the city is definitely not a valid reason, but leaving during the crime scene is definitely counted there. However, let the guy speak and clear it. The justice (hopefully) should speak for the truth.
National Government and that includes PNoy. They say Aquino had a part of accountability during the hostage drama since he was the head of the state, and the so-called “command responsibility?” well, he apologized though I believe that there’s somebody who should say “sorry” than him.
Media. Another big BLUNDER (or foolish mistake) aside from the police. It is clear though, they cover the entire story out of their possible scoops, agendas and whatsoever. The police failed to keep the distance away from anyone witnessing the crime scene and “crowd control” was totally not present to the scenario. The media should learn to self-regulate. And by regulating means knowing where to delay the live feeds, be sensitive to the issue, delay delivering the news, etc. As simple as that!
However, I will rather think that this fight is over. Let’s move forward and learn from our mistakes committed so that we may be able not to repeat the bad side of history again, even on the different date and event. And please, STOP POINTING FINGERS AND SHOUT ACCUSING NAMES TO THE OTHER.

Foreign artists’ Manila concerts – a threat to OPM?

Foreign artists’ Manila concerts – a threat to OPM?
By n.d. a.k.a. nestor
10/09/2010
10:19 a.m.
Say, it is nice to notice that a lot of foreign music personalities had performed their tours here in the Philippines. You had Beyonce 3 years ago, Maroon 5 and Ne-Yo in their respective performances in 2008, even Katy Perry had done charitable music acts in late ’09. And to notice some icons like Usher in his July concert nearby the Manila Bay, Jay Sean rocking the Big Dome last Sept. 3 and so was the 90s Boyz II Men weeks before; Flo-Rida, Sean Kingston as 2 of the supahfest which features 4 artists in 1 night concert. John Mayer some few weeks ago (after postponing his concert that should had been done by May) and Adam Lambert performing tomorrow night, David Foster’s crew in sometime November, 90s alternative rock act Gin Blossoms in the same month, and many more perhaps that I had forgotten to mention (after all, they’re to many like those rock bands which had took airplay in the 90s and early 2000s). And hey, not to mention the emergence of K-Pop bands here.

Well, it’s good for their respective names and records to reach out as far as the pearl of the orient country like ours. You see people buying tickets despite its skyrocketing rates, rushing to the designated venue and just enjoying the night even if you’re a hundred feet (or even more like a bunch of rows of seats) away from them. However, it will have an effect to the local music industry, though it appears like it’s just a bit. Who cares about our very own Charice if she’s assigned in the States anyway?
Well, we still should be proud that we got a young Filipina out there making her name to the international music industry, alongside Journey’s Arnel Pineda and the Black Eyed Peas’ Allan Pineda Lindo or apl.de.ap (no relation to the rock star’s surname anyway) . However, with people purchasing alien music more than our very own, it’s not hard to see why OPM right now is not totally a successful one. Even if you try to check the hits in the website of a video-sharing community named YouTube. And don’t just blame it to the fact that people doesn’t signed up an account with that website. These acts don’t receive much airplay on the radio like the way it was before. And if you don’t believe me, try comparing the times of the mid 2000s to nowadays. This was the time where OPM rock bands got most of the slots on music charts (even outscoring the foreigners’ regardless if it’s rock or rap) like ex-Mojofly’s front woman Kitchie Nadal, Ebe Dancel’s Sugarfree, Sandwich (regardless if Marc Abaya’s running the vocals or Raimund Marasigan that time) to the even pogi rock bands like Hale, Cueshe, to name the few of them. And by the way, I am pertaining to the Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) format stations since the masa-type of radio stations do play OPM for most (and even more songs than them, not bad though on their part though) and not to mention the pop/rhythm and blues group like South Border joining the trend alongside the rap group Dice and K9.
Nowadays, it is like a hell out shit. Though I’m not blaming the man of CHR type of radio stations anyway. It’s just not all people will appreciate our local music much like those days anymore. And I think we should give our ears a little time to hear them before our alien mentality totally put the shit in our brains.

And I don’t know if I get that right… that PNoy had ordered the KBP whom ordered all the radio stations to play at least some OPM songs per hour of broadcast. I’ll say it’s a nice move to hear our local acts once again. (pardon me if I didn’t though)

Remembering The Onslaught (Part 1)

10/09/2010 11:33 AM

It’s been exactly 54 weeks since a tropical storm ravaged the island of Luzon and caused devastation on almost (if not all) every resident of Metropolitan Manila and nearby provinces such as Bulacan, Pampanga, Quezon, Laguna, Cavite and Rizal. 

In fact, Ondoy (International name: Ketsana) was held accountable for at least 710 casualties and 11 billion pesos in damages to property as it crossed the island Luzon, including the nation’s capital. 

It happened after a massive rainfall on 25 September 2009 that has been unstoppable overnight and lasted 'til late evening of September 26. As part of the millions of victims who already told their stories—through personal or social media—here is my share of witnessing the catastrophic day. After all, who would ever think that a tropical storm like that would cause massive flash floods and overflowing the waterways such as the Marikina and Pasig Rivers?

The Battle Review: FlipTop - Dello vs. Target

08/23/2010 10:21 AM 

Perhaps one of the best local language-made rap battle videos I had ever seen.

If you're not a bit of fan of hip hop culture, then you better turn away from this page. 'Cause these two rappers seemed to have the right usage of words whether it's on cussing or just for plain teasing purposes.

Meralco bringing back the old, glory days?

Just my opinion: Meralco in the PBA: an attempt of reviving the old glory days?

by n.d. a.k.a. nestor
08/13/2010
11:33 / 11:33 AM

It is confirmed that an old franchise will join the sports league of Philippine Basketball Association after some 4 decades. That news came to life after the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) bought the franchise of now-defunct Sta. Lucia Realty for 70 million pesos.

Also, according to Ramon Segismundo, Meralco's Senior VP's statement in the report by Manila Bulletin, that ex-Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio will be the coach of the new team. By the way, Segismundo will be the team's overnor

Say, will this move serves as an act of reviving the-now-MVP-owned-team's charm of the 60s and 70s, when players like Robert Jaworski emerged as one of the league's superstars in the MICAA. We'll find that out come this season.

sources: http://www.pbaddicts.net/news-f14/pba-welcomes-mvps-meralco-t8466.htm#72791