"What's on your mind?"

Naaalala niyo pa ba yung semi-catchy catchphrase ng commercial ng San Miguel Beer Super Dry? May matching catchy melody ("Whats on your mind with super DRY!). Anyway.

Dry. Tigang. As in. I'm listening to the latest cd offering from the good people at the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts. At ako'y napapa "WHA?!" Here we have the first professional choir in the Philippines and they're justifying their existence by singing DA COCONUT NUT?! It's so sad, really. I mean, wasn't the Smokey Mountain version good enough already? I did enjoy listening to that recording but I also do not need to pay for another one. I mean the choir sounds, uhh, massive. Towards the end we have the choir singing en masse and I can't help but feel that I'm being assaulted by hula-dancing orcs from Mordor --- "coco trees" and all. It's just grotesque. Suuuure they are a good choir. Pero what are they selling? Fortissimos? The cd is awash with timpani rolls and swiisssshhh and swaaassssshes and AAAAAH!!!!!!!s and all that --- so what? Now THAT'S sound and fury signifying nothing. But then again, what were we to expect? It's San Miguel that owns them after all. I mean, would you have taken The Budweiser Foundation for the Performing Arts seriously?

Definitely was the right decision for Sir Jojo to leave. I have always believed that. Despite what everyone says.

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The other day I went out with some friends from Pinas. I was walking along Boylston and lo and behold (!), I saw a sign outside the "Foggy Goggle" Pub saying:

"SEE VANILLA ICE, LIVE!"

And it was real! And there were lots of people outside, all lining up to see this relic of the early 90s. Wonder where Eminem will be 10 years from now?

Having said that, does anyone remember Mr. Ice's (?) MOVIE "Cool as Ice"? Haha. I actually watched that. Also used to have a betamax copy of MC Hammer's Can't Touch This video.

And no I didn't go in to see him. Half of me was wondering if it was really him inside there. Ah but these are the pains of having no money middle of the week because you've spent your week's budget already.

listening to:

Freddie Hubbard - Little Sunflower
to those who don't know who this is, hindi ko rin alam. The piece is something I have to play for my finals sa ensemble. Download it. Ganda. Modal.