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Kim’s Price Tag Cover

So apparently, craziness runs in the family. Here’s me and Kim doing our version of Jessie J’s Price Tag.   Thank you, thank you!

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The Swan Song Listening Party in 2006

It was Nono who reminded us. Exactly 5 years and a day from now, Nono launched his Swans CD. (By the way, Nono is a kick-ass solo electronic artist. He basically sang and played all the instruments.) My past life involved playing a bass guitar for an all-girl band which performed during The Swan Song […]

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Next to Normal the Musical: It’s Back in Manila!

Next to Normal is one of the greatest musicals I have watched my entire life. It is the only play that has ever brought me to tears. How important is that? To give you an idea, I’ve never cried over a single movie. Ever. That was some time early this year, when it was run […]

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Peter Pan at the Meralco Theater

I bet one time or another you’ve had this Peter Pan fantasy of never growing old. I’m no different! In fact I might still have that fantasy deep within me now — life is a never-ending quarter-life crisis (or so they say). If you are, like me, a fan of this Mr. forever-boy fairy tale […]

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In the Heights: Pacencia y Fe!

You could say that Atlantis Productions strikes again with another moving musical this year — In the Heights. Although the play takes place in a bodega-ish area in Manhattan’s Washington Heights, the common Pinoy would easily relate to the culture of the community, and even the individual stories of its characters. Imagine a typical day of […]