Rooftops and Invitations

 (Taken by Baz at Vega Rooftop before the 6 pm service at VCF)

"So much going on in such a small patch of land."

Multi-Love

(photo and cool effects by baz)

i eat what i am

Man v. Fool

Sticman and Pusso Season 1 Sketches (in "un-chronological" order)

words and drawings by baz

All Good Things Must Come to An End

 words by baz

photo courtesy of a random Google search

there surely is 

beauty 

in the things 

that last 

forever

and for the things 

that don't?

there is beauty

when we 

remember

Backseat Driver

 photo by ate grace
words by baz

ir eveny lla erwenk

fi ide kiluoy

s'tah t yhwt ided ne

ero feb i neve

wa suoy

ACE

Meron kang  
TAPE?

Meron kang  
EXTENSION CORD?

Ano ba ang kailangan mong 
idikit?

At ano ba ang kailangan mong 
isaksak?

Bipolar Bers

Coffee "is" Work

Paranoid

Bumohemian

Spent the day arranging two songs with Gelo. 

Celebrated Arwyn's 24th birthday with some birthday food.

Freedom Park-ed. Freedom Park Bench-ed. Photo walked. People-watched. 

Wore pajamas all day.

ELBI Life. 

It's beautiful.

Elbi Morning, Every Morning

words and photos by baz (while driving)

Mornings 

hold 

a promise 

that 

evenings 

would 

always 

keep.

Just had

one of

the sincerest

goodbyes

from

friends

i

seldom

see.

Thank you.

Time Doesn't Wait

 by baz

Seems like the sunlight is starting to dim

And all I  believe in is labeled as sin

For when the clouds watch me they play with my eyes

As they shape the wishes I form in my mind

Can you make me better

Is a question I'll ask

A wiser but bitter...

Happy, irresponsible, free as a child can be

Holding on to nothing but all of the time we have

It's all that I long for today

Cause time won't wait for our "someday"

And She Was Gone

Ginger reading her poem entitled "And She Was gone"

She chose to walk alone

Though others wondered why

Refused to look before her,

Kept eyes cast upwards,

Towards the sky.

She didn't have companions

No need for earthly things.

Only wanted freedom,

From what she felt were

Puppet strings.

She longed to be a bird. That she might fly away.

She pitied every blade of grass

For planted they would stay.

She longed to be a flame,

That brightly danced alone.

Felt jealous of the steam

That made the air its only home.

Some say she wished too hard.

Some say she wished too long.

But we awoke one autumn day

To find that she was gone.

The trees, they say stood witness.

The sky refused to tell.

But someone who had seen it said

The story played out well.

She spread her arms out wide.

Breathed in the break of dawn.

She just let go of all she held...

And then she was gone.

A Dog, a Horse, and Some Kids

 story by baz

one day, there was a dog who rode a horse to school.

the dog's friends asked him, "why ride a horse when you can use your own legs to walk to school?"

the dog said, "because i have a horse."

the dog's friends asked the horse, "you allow a dog to ride on you?"

the horse smiled and asked them, "you allow a dog to go to school with you?"

and they went out for coffee and had a great time.

i will name my daughter "Seven"

i figured that posting stuff on Facebook is just contributing traffic to the already jammed graffiti walls that we have. is it necessary to read and know everybody's thoughts? a good thing about blogs, like this one, is that nobody reads them. it's like vomiting on your very own private space. it's releasing something without anyone really knowing about it. unless you're a vomit detective. it feels good.

i had too much caffeine today. that guatemala antigua from starbucks is really doing wonders for me. it's worth waking up to. i have this big fat textbook wide open and lying in the living room. it looks nice. it works well with the couch. i haven't touched it yet. 

i ordered chicken at kfc. willing to wait, 15 mins? yes. it's an opportunity to read an e-book and not care about anything but the chicken. the end.

1:36 AM

File Name: Misunderstood

Dopamine

 (photo credits: Gelo Arboleda)

I don't need to explain.

People see 

what they want to see.

People hear

what they want to hear.

I don't need to explain.

Never was a time

we gave way to what was meant

because what we want

has more meaning.

I don't need to explain.

Humble Beginnings of the Incubus Street Team, Philippines

By Jabez Flores, Café Antonio - Los Banos/Indie Band News Philippines

                I was supposed to write this article several weeks ago but a very busy schedule did not permit me to do so. And now that the Incubus Tribute Party is this evening, I will try to cram and share this piece of Incubus Street Team Philippines history to you guys in the indie music community.

                My friend from the Street Team, Butch Maligalig, shared with me in an interview how the group all began. 

Indie Band News (IBN): When did the Street Team first meet?

Butch: Back in 2004, Sony Music held a contest for Incubus fans. I was one of the fans who joined along with the other Street Team members. Sony told us that we should promote the concert creatively. But during that time, we didn’t work as a team yet. We each had our own individual gimmicks to promote the event. Members did some picketing; others baked Incubus-themed cookies; while others went poster-happy on different places. Eventually, only one of us won and the rest got Incubus T-shirts.

IBN: So when did you start working together to promote Incubus as a group?

Butch: In 2008, it was MTV’s turn to hold a contest. That’s when we, the fans, decided to team-up and pool our creative juices. I made a flash video and did a mobile promotion of the 2008 Incubus concert (Pacific Rim Tour) around Los Banos, Laguna. We also did some picketing in the Araneta Coliseum complex. Finally, we won! MTV gave us passes to the press conference and we personally met the band in the Crowne Plaza lobby. Brandon Boyd introduced himself to us, “I’m Brandon. Hi.”

IBN: What projects do you have now that you’re more formally organized? 

Butch: Now that we all have jobs, the team decided to up the ante by organizing our own activities. This year, we had a tree planting project at the La Mesa EcoPark. The trees were named after us and we put there, “From the Make Yourself Foundation”. We informed Steve Rennie (the band’s manager) and Jake Versluis (head of the Make Yourself Foundation) about our activity and they said that it was good.

                Having won Steve and Jake’s trust, we decided to organize our own Incubus Tribute Party for the promotion of this year’s Incubus concert. We chose Kjwan as one of the bands to perform because I was standing beside Marc Abaya during the 2004 concert and he was wearing a “Chuck” mask. So I figured out that he must be an Incubus super fan. Malay was also invited because the band’s drummer, Alden, is a friend of one of the Street Team’s members.

IBN: Where will all the ticket sales from the party go?

Butch: The ticket sales will all go to charity. We’re doing this to promote Incubus, their new album “If Not Now, When?” and their concert on July 28 at the Araneta Coliseum. Hopefully, the Street Team will be known for its efforts here in the Philippines to promote all things Incubus.

The Incubus Tribute Party is on Thursday, July 14, 7 PM at B-Side, Makati. With performances from Kjwan, Malay, Letter Day Story, LIME, Soil & Green, an Dash Between Dates. The event is organized by The Incubus Street Team Philippines in cooperation with Jack TV and Universal Channel Sponsored by Ovation Productions, Store and Stack, Sony Music, At the Womb, Indie Band News, Odyssey, Full Circle, and UR Face Radio. Official music channel is Myx. Proceeds will benefit RockEd Philippines, Bantay Bata 163, and the Make Yourself Foundation (MYF).

Tickets at Php 150 each.

Never Press "Next" on a Shuffled Playlist!

Keep the flow as smooth as possible, never get too excited. Wait for the song to finish and be surprised once the intro of the next song starts to kick in. Basic mixtape science.

I just can't keep this playlist to myself. There's this nagging feeling to just plug it in and let others hear it!

1) Taya - Up Dharma Down

2) Be Good - Tokyo Police Club

3) Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap

4) Life Times - Ten Second Epic

5) I Was Just Thinking - Teitur

6) Always - Switchfoot

7) Let Your Love Be Strong - Switchfoot

8) To Be Alone With You - Sufjan Stevens

9)  You Got Your Cherry Bomb - Spoon

10) Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths

11) I Know It's Over - The Smiths

12) Don't Dream It's Over - Sixpence None the Richer

13) Pink Bullets - The Shins

14) Brand New Shoes - She & Him

15) Ridin' in My Car - She & Him

16) Science & Faith - The Script

17) Nothing - The Script

18) She's So Lovely - Scouting for Girls

19) Let it Be Me - Rosie Thomas

20) Baby We're Invincible - A Rocket to the Moon

21) Portions for Foxes - Rilo Kiley

22) Fidelity - Regina Spektor

23) Lost Without You - Robin Thicke

24) Little Secrets - Passion Pit

25) Last Request - Paolo Nutini

26) Pencil Full of Lead - Paolo Nutini

27) The Saltwater Room - Owl City

28) Come Home - One Republic ft. Sara Bareilles

29) Kandi - One Eskimo

30) Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner

Kickass Playlist for Mon

Mon, parinig ko sayo to pag nag-roadtrip tayo uli sa SoliVan...

Out of My Head - Fastball

Secret Smile - Semisonic

She's So High - Tal Bachman

Shine - Collective Soul

Sleepless - Until June

Stranger by the Day - Shades Apart

Im Ok, You're Ok - MXPX

Give Up the Grudge - Gob

Good Morning Baby - Dan Wilson ft. Bic Runga

Fall Down - Toad the Wet Sprocket

Got You (Where I Want You) - The Flys

Into Your Arms - The Maine

Sucked Out - Superdrag

Teardrop - Massive Attack

Thinking of You - Test Your Reflex

Love it When You Call - The Feeling

Beloved - The Working Title

The Saddest Song - The Ataris

With or Without You - U2

Your Woman - White Town

Black Swan Song - Athlete

Praise You - Fatboy Slim

Shining Light - Ash

Halo - Bethany Joy Galeotti

Feel This - Bethany Joy Galeotti

Desperately Wanting - Better Than Ezra

Kiss the Rain - Billie Myers

Don't Say Goodbye, Say Goodnight - Binocular

Step Away From the Cliff - Blue-Eyed Son

Road Mix 24

1) Voulez-Vous - Mama Mia! Cast

2) Inevitable - Anberlin

3) Brighter than Sunshine - Aqualung

4) Superhuman Touch - Athlete

5) Sweet and Low - Augustana

6) Two is Better than One - Boys Like Girls

7) Arithmetic - Brooke Fraser

8) The Space in Between Us - Buidling 429

9) Bruises - Chairlift

10) These Days - Chantal Kreviazuk

11) Pulling a Piano from a Pond - Cinematic Sunrise

12) Coffee - Copeland

13) Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie

14) The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie

15) The Little Things - Colbie Caillat

16) Battle - Colbie Caillat

17) Magic - Colbie Caillat

18) Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year - Fall Out Boy

19) Me and You - Fall Out Boy

20) I Don't Wanna Be - Gavin DeGraw

21) Beating Hearts Baby - Head Automatica

22) Collide - Howie Day

23) Goodnight and Go - Imogen Heap

24) The Chain - Ingrid Michaelson

25) People Watching - Jack Johnson

26) No Stopping Us - Jason Mraz

27) You Belong to Me - Jason Wade

28) Wish I - Jem

29) Stop this Train - John Mayer

30) Hallelujah - Kate Voegele

Put this on Shuffle Yo!

Looks weird on paper but it sounds freakin' great! Can't wait to plug this in the SoliVan!

1) A-W-E-S-O-M-E - Reel Big Fish

2) I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio - Stereophonics

3) Arms of a Woman - Amos Lee

4) She's Gonna Find Me Here - Melee

5) Ray of Light - Madonna

6) Fix the World Up for You - James Morrison

7) I Swear this Time I Mean It - Mayday Parade

8) Blame Me! Blame Me! - Anberlin

9) Thieves - She & Him

10) You Never Know - Goo Goo Dolls

11) Aray'b - Yield Avenue

12) Add My Effort - The Weepies

13) Chances - Five For Fighting

14) Warning Sign - Coldplay

15) Metropolis - Rico Blanco

16) All We Know - Paramore

17) Time & Confusion - Anberlin

18) Latest Mistake- Mandy Moore

19) Nightminds - Missy Higgins

20) The Sharp Hint of New Tears - Dashboard Confessional

21) Celebration (David Guetta Remix) - Madonna ft. Akon

22) Almost Honest - Josh Kelley

23) Half of My Heart - John Mayer

24) The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Prince

25) Saints and Sailors - Dashboard Confessional

26) Pavlove - Fall Out Boy

27) Voulez-Vous - Mama Mia! Cast

28) Drive Away - The All-American Rejects

29) Give Your Heart - Taj Jackson

30) On Love, In Sadness - Jason Mraz