Discourse, Society, Language, New Media, and I
In: Music
20 Dec 2009It’s quite funny how many would consider Christmas caroling as a Pinoy Christmas tradition as Pinoy as puto bumbong and the parol. (Though one can always argue that Christmas or Christianity for that matter is native.)
It’s quite interesting to look back at past Decembers and ponder the evolution of the songs kids sing to get [...]
In: Music
13 Mar 2009I really don’t know what’s with Los Chupacabras recently but for those who have seen them play and liked them, here’s some oodles of great news for you. Carl (their bassist) just freely “leaked” their recorded songs via e-mail and is encouraging us (the ones who got the mail) to spread the love.
hey everyone. this [...]
In: Music
2 Mar 2009Been revisiting Cowboy Bebop recently and I’m stuck in a loop of Green Bird. The piano piece paired with the choral vocals (Yoko Kanno uses her own ‘language’ for the lyrics) just makes the song so damn freaky. Combine that with the visuals of the episode in which the song was used as background music [...]
I have always been critical of class distinctions in this blog. For the longest time, I evaded any real critical words particularly for those who hail from a social class less fortunate than my petty bourgeoisie. I still remember that playful post of mine that got some pretty amusing jests from the rest of the [...]
Hi! I'm Alex, a 20-something blogger writing about the discourses of social media. Once in a while I still let slip posts about the mundane, the asinine, and the trivial. Feel free to contact me.