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: Entertainment
9 Nov 2009Elton John’s Rocketman is definitely a classic. Shatner gave contemporary pop culture something to laugh about. I’d take Stewie over Shatner though.
“Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.”
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 [...]
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.