Best Music Albums of 2013

In no particular order:

Reflektor - Arcade Fire
When The Night - St. Lucia
Ice on the Dune - Empire of the Sun
Spreading Rumours - Grouplove

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts - Cold War Kids

Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stoneage

Bangerz - Miley Cyrus

Your Story To Tell - Save Me Hollywood

Evil Friends - Portugal. The Man

Blowout - The So So Glos

MBV - My Bloody Valentine

The Next Day - David Bowie

Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend

Small Sound EP - Tennis

BE - Beady Eye

Random Access Memories - Daft Punk

SUPERMEGAFANTASTIC - IAMDYNAMITE

The Bones of What You Believe - Chvrches
Paramore - Paramore
Infinitesimal - Mother Mother
New - Paul McCartney

Save Rock and Roll - Fall Out Boy

Paanong tayo’y napadpad sa ilang?

Paanong tayo’y napadpad sa ilang?

Hinihip sa hangi’t hayo sa kawalan.

Nang sanlaksang punla ng isang maylalang

Sakop ang liwanag-taon bagkus maunawaan

Sumilip ang liwanag at bumutas ng langit

Kumulay ang oras sa balat ng espasyo

Namamaklang tubig dayuha’t pintasin

Hatid ang sustansya sa abang mga alipin.

‘lipas ng panaho’y umukit ang kasaysayan

Na ang mga punla ay halal sa pag-inam

Sumibol ang maliit na kotiledon sa tadyang

Lumaki’t humulma na tinawag na isang bayan.

Bayani ang bansag sa lahi ng alipin

Ngunit paglao’y maharlikang naging

Naglunsad ang hari ng kanyang mga piging

Sa bawat sulok ng arkipelagong angkin

At kinamkam ang kilala’t mga tagong lupain

Buhat umusbong sanlibong relihiyon

Dumatal kasama ang ‘sang milyong poon

Batid sa labi sa pilosopiyang tugon

Sa sanlaksang walang kasagutang tanong

Magmumula sa langit, sa ibabaw ng ulap

Propetang dakila’t may tangan na aklat

Sa ulo nakaputong ang katotohanan

Bigkas ang awitin ng mga pilosopo

Pisiko, kimiko, mekaniko, puta, at musikero

Politiko

Ililibing ang buhay at bubuhayin ang nakalibing

Sisiklab ng apoy sa dagat ng kamangmangan

Pipintahan ng dugo ang sining ng bawat

Sisilanging sanggol

Tuturuang magiliw ng agham

Ang propeta’y bulaan

Tangan ang kasagutan

Sa mga walang kasagutang tanong

Waksi sa katotohanan

Bigkas niyang magiliw

Sa tamis at pagkakakilanlan

ng lahi ng alipin

Ang lahi ng mga bayani,

Mga santo’t banal

Ang propeta’y bulaan…

Gobernadorcillo

Matters they gently offer

A child exhausted and gaunt

Inside a womb of her mother

Fetish abductive explorer

Mourner’s ill-reverence

Comedian and a hiker

Hitchhiker

Stupid actor

Respected senator

In that case

Or the other

No beast nor wild

Or either unkind

Them people worship

A hippie and his chick

With music loud and strong

Where a country belongs

Socially

Ecstatically

Gramatically

Un-happy

Possibly

The Purpleman

I live anywhere but here:

The sweetness of fragrance of lilac,

The stray colors of the sunrise,

The children that gasp the same fresh air,

And her grass blue as the skies.

They all share the same

strengths and weaknesses.

The tenderness of kisses

And the warmest of embraces;

I solely believe your words,

Soft and vulnerable;

Your eyes are fragile…

I break them not,

And your visions of our existence…

There is passion in your voice,

I care not about what they say, or do,

or not say or not do.

But lest we never meet,

I will perish like sands in your hands

Washed away by the tears of the Earth.

Nurtured by melancholy,

‘coz I lie here in cold,

Lest we never meet.

Let me picture your face,

Your smile,

your lips,

and your eyes.

Let me picture a poet that had never had a soul.

Let the words fly like the winds,

With no life and meaning,

With no passion.

Plant Proves Hawking

What if Robert Plant is a traveler of both time and space, for real? Shocking as it may seem, but I think he gave us hints in their song "Kashmir". Well that hippie-turned-icon is a real deal.

what a lucky texter I am

I just won an RJ Sunday Jam Shirt. Call me lucky yeah!

When Deleting Songs In Your iPod Gets Seriously Depressing

You have tons of music in your desktop to transfer to your iPod. You want 'em all. But your iPod only has 16GB of effin' memory. Now watcha gonna do? You delete songs like you delete your children. It's effin' hard, it's impossible. :|

Random Music Playlist

Some say that one of the best ways to kill anxiety is by making lists. I made lots of lists before. Does that mean I have killed so many anxieties? No! It's just fun making lists really. So for now, let me construct one. This time, it would be my music player which would be putting entries to my list. I just turn the "Shuffle" on and write whichever song it plays. Exciting, huh? Let's start!

Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
Giorgio by Moroder - Daft Punk
Crossroads - Cream
Spinning in Daffodils - Them Crooked Vultures
Sunday Morning  - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
Lyrics of Fury - Eric B. & Rakim
Paano Sasabihin - Sandwich
Talk Show Host - Radiohead
Kaligtasan - Francis M and Andrew E
Christine - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Have You Ever - Incubus
Bloom - Radiohead
Kananete - Eraserheads
Intro - Michelle Branch
Chinese - Lily Allen
Bakit Part 2 - Mayonnaise
Breathe (In the Air) - Pink Floyd
Long Distance Call - Phoenix
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Yesterdays - Guns N' Roses
A Million Stories and All - Mojofly
Just - Radiohead
Unrequited Love - Lykke Li
Pektus - Francis M
Every You Every Me - Placebo
Jealous Guy - John Lennon
In the Evening - Led Zeppelin
Close To You - The Carpenters
Hotchik - Eraserheads
Bonita - Ella Fitzgerald
Pretty (Ugly Before) - Elliott Smith
Shut Up and Let Me Go - The Ting Tings
Happy - The Rolling Stones
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Bounce - Justin Timberlake
Cokimon - Francis M
Hey Fahkah - Eddie Vedder
Bedshaped - Keane
Hotel California - Eagles
Shell Shock - New Order
Two of Us - Beatles
I Could Say - Lily Allen
Baby I'm a Want You - Bread
Vera - Pink Floyd
Ikaw Pa Rin Pala - Kamikazee
Many Shades of Black - Adele
Purple Stain - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Anything - Third Eye Blind
Gone to the Movies - Semisonic
Home - Michael Buble
Keeper - The Mongols
Calgone - Incubus
Runaway Angel - Mojofly
Hilikus - Incubus
Faye - Sandwich
Crawl - Kings of Leon
Wake - Linkin Park
The Drugs Don't Work - Richard Ashcroft
Like a Swan - Kapatid
Why Don't We Do It in the Road - Beatles
Misery Business - Paramore
Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
Dianetic - Pupil
Dahil - Mayonnaise
Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club
Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age
Break on Through - The Doors
Shade - Silverchair
In Between - Linkin Park
Like You'll Never See Me Again - Alicia Keys
Do Bidoo - Kamikazee
If Not For You - Bob Dylan
Handsome Devil - The Smiths
High and Dry - Radiohead
I Appear Missing - Queens of the Stone Age
Way of Da Tongue - Francis M
For the First Time - The Script
You Set Me Free - Michelle Branch
Her - Mojofly
Sugartalk - Sandwich
Musicbox - Regina Spektor
Resistance - Muse
That's How People Grow Up - Morrissey
Crucify - Tori Amos
What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club
Vamos - The Pixies
Tulog Na - Sugarfree

Because of that last song, I decide to conclude this fun random playlist browsing. I also conclude that making lists is bit more fun than just thinking of what to actually do.

Suicidal

And there he stood on the verge of his death

Beyond his passion, aspirations

Apt inspiration

For he happened to like the sense

of death put into his work

Bloodshed, artistic red and black

And white as his skin’s fairness

Eyes faced to the floor

Seeing only his corpse in a mirror

On a canvas filled with earthtone colors

On a portrait of a girl

A girl with eyes of brown,

And beauty and sadness

Incredible sadness

But he did not know why

Why those existed…

Both the girl and her sadness

Incredible sadness

Just an Interesting Conversation from "Peggy Sue Got Married"

Isn't Sofia Coppola cute in this movie? No. She's always cute.

Richard: You see, I think that time is like a burrito... in the sense that one part of itself will fold over... and it will just touch the other part.

Peggy: What's inside? 

Richard: You can fill it with whatever you want. You can fill it with memories, with experiences, trigonometry. Anything.

Peggy: Then you think that time travel is possible for people?

Richard: Yes, it is. It is possible.

She wears black

She wears black.
She passes by me and she doesn't see.
She wears sadness on her face.
Please tell me what she is thinking of.
What is she sad about?
Tell me something about her, please,
wouldn't you mind?

Antaytold

Hayaan mo na maglaro ang mga bata sa arawan, datapwa't guhit ang pawis at dungis sa mukha, 'nahan sa ligaya ang tinig at ngiti. Paglaki'y tangan ang pasasalamat 'pagkat 'nayaang mabuhay nang may layang ibig.

Wala

Lilisanin ko na muna 'tong mundo. 
Maglalakbay sa isipan ng kung sinu-sino. 
Magulo. Walang kahulugan ang mga salita't di
maunawaan ang sinasabi
bigkas sa lenggwaheng tanging iisa lamang
ang 
nakaiintindi
kundi ang sarili.
Maging ang kapatid ay di
mapakinggan ang ibig
May mga tunog ang awitin
ngunit 
walang gustong iparating
walang 
ritmo at sukat
sapagka't
walang sumulat
may tugma ang bawat banat
ngunit
di naman 
madalumat
sapagka't
walang panulat.
Ang lahat ay sa isipa't
Tumatakbo
parang segundo
at bawat titik ay
umaagos
parang minuto
sa kalungkutan
ng oras
ngunit nananatiling
di maunawaan
sapagka't mga mata'y
di maimulat
Sa katotohanan
salat.

Blogpost No. 1

The day that I decide to start another blog. Let's celebrate!