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April
Nothing like death to shake up all the dross from this modern life. If you’re reading this now, then you’re alive, and I need to tell you: don’t wait for tomorrow to make recompenses or to right a wrong or to love someone. Do it now, while there’s still blood pumping through your veins and [...]
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March
In one word, Hillsong United’s Zion is: beautiful. Now let me break it down for you. Musicality There are no complaints. I appreciated all the musical details about Zion, even the cheesiness of A Million Suns. It’s about time that the worship music scene got the memo on how the rest of the world has [...]
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January
It’s been a while since I last made a list of noteworthy local musicians. (Not that it matters if I make that list or not, because, heck, I’m really just a part of the crowd. It’s not like another blog will matter in a galaxy of blogs about OPM. And it’s not as if I’d [...]
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January
I meet a lot of rather awesome people in my line of job. Technically speaking, this thing I do (interviewing people and getting published for it) isn’t really a job. To be honest, half the time I don’t know what I’m doing when they give me magazine assignments, which is why I am always grateful that [...]
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August
Disclaimer: this rhymer, Lupe, is not usin’ “bitch” as a lesson But as a psychological weapon To set in your mind and really mess with your conceptions Discretions, reflections, it’s clever misdirection Cause while I was rappin’ they was growin’ up fast Dear Mr. Fiasco, Thank you for giving me something to think about. [...]
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July
In another life, I was a choir singer. And not just any choir singer, I was part of the UP Manila Chorale, officially dubbed as “Ambassadors of Good Will” by the University Chancellor, which is a fancy way of saying that we were all under full scholarships. Back then, we earned this scholarship by participating [...]
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July
“Music that drowns you.” I’ve said this before in reference to another musician, but see, I could have said, “music that could drown you,” but that would be inaccurate. It is so rare to find music that gives you no choice but take you under. I wish some musicians would understand the capacity of a [...]