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Matahum Nga Cebu

insoy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:23:48 +0000

Hapit na man gyud ang Sinulog, paminawa kuno kung pwede ba ni. (i think i’ve already posted this before. but this one is the official online release endorsed by the songwriters.)

Matahum Nga Cebu

Their Books 2

insoymada — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:39:39 +0000

TSINELAS is now accepting book donations for the next THEIR BOOKS. THEIR BOOKS 2 will be held on the third week of September as part of the 2009 Press Freedom Week celebration. Unlike last year when most of the donors were personalities from the media, the art scene and friends of Tsinelas, THEIR BOOKS 2 will also include books donated by news sources, politicians and other prominent personalities in Cebu.

Clap clap!

insoymada — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:27:35 +0000

ug sa dihang di na ganahan manguli ang mga participants. ing-ana kanindot ang music video workshop niadtong sabado ug dominggo.

more photos

“sinesine” ni kevin

Rakenrol sa itom

insoymada — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:21:31 +0000

pakighilawas sa kangitngit

In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace — Sophocles

(photo gikan sa collection ni larry pitoc)

Cebu’s music scene today

insoymada — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:53:21 +0000

ian zafra wrote in his blog my favorite sins:

“Insoy is now co-host with DJ Ram in Smash FM.

Andoy Calope is doing well with his acoustic poetry.

Tsinelas Association Inc. offering informal education on creative works not completely offered in the academe through charity based workshop series.

Creative Cebu and DTI had just finished its roadmapping exercise. The music sector is recognized as one of the most active and gaining better visibility.

Sonic Boom’s making occasional comebacks to Cebu.

Jude Gitamondoc is nurturing his song blogging community.

Rescue A Hero is giving out original music freebies. Undercover Grasshoppers is now doing the same.

Cattski launched their 3rd album in March this year. The Line Divides will be launching their first this month, next week.

To appreciate what’s going on in the local music circuit, the general rule here is to agree that we are all moving constantly. As to where we still have to find out. The ‘how’ factor is up to you… and us. Keep things in a learning curve and it’s going to be fine. There’ll be more to come.

The Cebu music scene is as healthy as it ever was.”

Banda-Banda 101

insoymada — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:42:45 +0000

anything related to bands and music we discuss. from lyric writing to guitars to groupies. the show is three months old now. so far it’s getting nice feedback. people who used to sneer at smash are now tuning in (at least on wednesdays), some grudgingly – but it’s a good start dude.

we invite guests to act as “experts” on the topic at hand. so far we have invited the following people who practice what they preach: ian zafra, jude gitamondoc, brian sacro, rommel tuico, jay eugenio, edz estrella.

if you know of any nice topic and the right person to talk about it, let me know.

the show is called BANDA-BANDA 101, every wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, at SMASH 93.1.

BOOKid! a success

insoymada — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:29:56 +0000

Magpasalamat ang Tsinelas sa EWIT mountaineers ug sa Lamac Multipurpose Cooperative sa kalampusan sa maong proyekto.

Ang pagkatkat dili gara-gara, dili palabwanay sa abilidad. Ang pagkatkat, gawas nga pakigsuod kini sa kalikopan, pakigsandurot usab sa mga tawo nga nagpuyo sa bukid o sa palibot niini. Ug ang gibuhat sa EWIT nagmatuod nga dili kini imposible.

(more fotos of BOOKid here)

Going pop!

insoymada — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:08:29 +0000

I think it’s time to go pop now. Sorry band mates. You have Jude Gitamondoc to blame.

(more pop fotos here )

Cebu’s art scene, a.k.a collaboration

insoymada — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:58:14 +0000

CEBU’s art scene is probably one of the most alive in the country today, with local musicians, painters, filmmakers, photographers, poets, writers and other artists churning out works like their lives (not livelihood) depended on it.

They are not difficult to find. Check out places like Kukuk’s Nest, Turtle’s Nest, Handuraw, The Outpost and other similar holes and they are there, guzzling beer, discussing Kant, rehashing jokes, plotting revolutions, or simply staring at empty space.

They are many, if you consider how Cebu is just a small community. And their number is growing, with more and more artists from neighboring provinces in the Visayas coming here in search of soul mates and a place to call home.

They may not be a tight, first-name-basis community but they are a sharing group, with disciples of one form of art sharing tables with those of another form of art. They know their works complement each other, so they pass art around, like glass in a tagay session. They have a word for it: collaboration.

In many occasions, the sharing comes in the form of seminars and workshops: veterans guiding neophytes, or wannabes inspiring has-beens (it doesn’t matter) – both ensuring that the art scene lives at least a generation longer.

They may not know it, but the generosity local artists are showing to each other is what keeps Cebu’s art scene going. (By Jimi Stuart Salvador)

PHOTO BY ARCHIE UY, NU107 Cebu relaunching, july 2009

Chatting for MJ

insoymada — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:50:20 +0000

(Aledel is Aledel Gonzales, music buff and former Sun.Star reporter)

July 29, Monday, 12:51 p.m.

Aledel: Insoy! Kumusta?

Me: Hi Del. Ok pa sa olrayt! 80s kaayo nga expression no? Hehehe.

Aledel: No problemo. I deal with 80s stuff on a daily basis. Remember, I’m married to an 80s guy, hahaha!

Me: Mao gyud. I was with your 80s guy yesterday. Hitch ko niya from Aznar Coliseum to office. Michael Jackson kaayo ang sounds sa volks.

Aledel: Yes, he told me. And you talked about MJ the entire ride. I’m still playing MJ songs. Taught my daughter the zombie dance in “Thriller,” haha!

Me: Cool. How is she faring?

Aledel: Give her a couple of months and she’d be giving those CPDRC guys a run for their money, hahaha!

Me: Hahaha. Bitaw, na-shock ko when I heard the news. Naulpot ko sa katre. Nakamata ko’g kalit.

Aledel: My “where-were-you” moment was kind of like that. I was already up cooking breakfast, but I felt really bad. MJ is MJ. I felt like crying. MJ started my music collection. The MJ songs I played during the weekend were the tapes I bought way back.

Me: Tapes? mo-play pa?

Aledel: My “Bad” album was bought in ‘87. I still have it. I’m still digging for my “Dangerous” album. Yes the tapes still play. That’s how nostalgic I can get. My officemates here are still too young to really know MJ music.

Me: Yup. But if you’re into good music, maka-relate man ka ni MJ, bata or tiguwang.

Aledel: The biggest trivia I learned after MJ’s death is that Steve Lukather (Toto) played rhythm for “Beat It.” I always thought it was our guy Eddie Van Halen. Eddie just played the solo diay.

Me: Your 80s guy and Arni Aclao (Sun.Star photographer) told me about the Van Halen, Lukather trivia, and that Slash did the guitars for “Black or White.” I told them “Ben” is a killer rat. Hehehe.

Aledel: Hahaha. I’m playing pure Jackson 5 music today. I turn the volume down when MJ hits those falsettos. That’s a 40-year-old man in an eight-year-old body. Did you know that “She’s Out of My Life” was originally for Frank Sinatra? The composer wrote it to describe a failing marriage. But Quincy Jones saved it for MJ.

Me: He’s a boy-man… Really? I can actually imagine Sinatra singing it. Pwede kaayo.

Aledel: Yep, me too. But the hiccup after “…out of my life…” was real because MJ was really crying after several takes of that recording.

Me: I watched the video on MYX’s 24-hour MJ marathon yesterday. Yup, he’s crying ana nga part. But if we can imagine Sinatra doing the song, it’s because any MJ song is that good, bisa’g kinsay mo-interpret nindot gihapon. Think Beatles, Cobain, Buendia.

Aledel: True, true. During the weekend, I really wished we had cable TV. That was the time I really needed cable TV. But sige na lang. I have my “Off The Wall,” “Thriller,” “Bad” and “Invincible” on tape. I’m still looking for “Dangerous.”

Me: Me too. Wala koy cable sa balay. Wala pud koy balay. Hehehe. I hung out at this bar the night after the news of MJ’s death. It was MJ everywhere. There were three cable TVs in that bar, three different channels, all MJs. It’s like John Paul II once again.

Aledel: Yes, John Paul II and Princess Diana too.

Me: I wish I was old enough to mourn John Lennon’s death. I can imagine.

Aledel: Bitaw no? From what I read, this is what it was like when Lennon died. And that’s why the killer Mark David Chapman still can’t get out on parole.

Me: Let all our music heroes resurrect from the dead, like the zombies sa “Thriller” video, then let’s kill them again, then let’s all grieve together. One world united in one musical grief. Char! Hehehe.

Aledel: I believe that would be in your column tomorrow. And with that, let’s break for lunch. Thanks for chatting. Take care.

Me: Great! Thanks. Amping.

Aledel: Oops, you forgot: “Ok pa sa olrayt!”

Me: Hahaha. Yeah, the 80s! Ok pa sa olrayt!

(SUN.STAR, JUNE 30, 2009)