Archives

• 20-May-2013
  strike
• 18-May-2013
  post-election blues
• 15-May-2013
  partylist-fail
• 02-May-2013
  Why Teddy
• 29-Apr-2013
  #DearPH
• 23-Apr-2013
  on Lola Nena*
• 21-Apr-2013
  so Kris pays her taxes
• 14-Apr-2013
  shameless
• 08-Apr-2013
  (mis)handling heritage
• 02-Apr-2013
  12 Pinay celebrities to be thankful for
• 21-Mar-2013
  Rage
• 20-Mar-2013
  explaining Kristel away
• 18-Mar-2013
  black monday: mourn the StateU
• 14-Mar-2013
  Tourism and the poor Filipino face
• 10-Mar-2013
  on Robin and the Sultan
• 28-Feb-2013
  on Bam Aquino and social entrepreneurship
• 22-Feb-2013
  the 2013 kick-off
• 03-Feb-2013
  on Of Love and Other Lemons, v.1*
• 01-Feb-2013
  Where’d your glam rock go?
• 27-Jan-2013
  see you University of Baguio!
• 19-Jan-2013
  the media creatures in our midst
• 16-Jan-2013
  dear NBDB,
• 20-Dec-2012
  a letter to Secretary De Lima: justice, please.
• 28-Nov-2012
  on pinoy pride
• 27-Nov-2012
  #SpeakUp about the violence against the Pinay
• 22-Nov-2012
  on the working artist, on artistic labor
• 20-Nov-2012
  Salvatus for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize! :)
• 18-Nov-2012
  a quickie: prostitution ain’t witty
• 15-Nov-2012
  i have no specific expertise
• 07-Nov-2012
  you indie? we BLTX.
• 19-Oct-2012
  Mario O’Hara’s swan song
• 17-Oct-2012
  on kabastusan and Akbayan
• 04-Oct-2012
  wanted: cyber righteous indignation
• 02-Oct-2012
  Cybercrime ba ‘to ser? Rally: October 2 2012!
• 29-Sep-2012
  Enrile’s memoir, and defamation
• 28-Sep-2012
  historical significance? cultural capital!
• 27-Sep-2012
  #AnonymousPhilippines rocks my world
• 23-Sep-2012
  independence is a dangerous thing
• 21-Sep-2012
  no freedom
• 04-Sep-2012
  Cinemalaya 2012: youthful excess & indie on overdrive
• 01-Sep-2012
  Some wishin’ for original Pinoy music and musikero*
• 28-Aug-2012
  buddha blues you, baby!
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: Lea & Anne, and the curse of celebrity
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: Music by the tingi
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: Re-considering pop
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: the fact of celebrity
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: The reality talent sings
• 27-Aug-2012
  click for project stitch!
• 10-Aug-2012
  puso, hindi plastic
• 09-Aug-2012
  10 out 17 Cities in a State of Calamity
• 29-Jul-2012
  the emperor’s new what?
• 25-Jul-2012
  ang saklap maging Pilipino
• 17-Jul-2012
  this book Of Love and Other Lemons
• 14-Jul-2012
  Dolphy, national artist
• 27-Jun-2012
  cynthia and the narrative of leaving
• 12-Jun-2012
  independence, not just freedom
• 08-Jun-2012
  Bid Bad Bayo
• 29-May-2012
  convicted #cjtrial
• 24-May-2012
  today: indie books!
• 10-May-2012
  Claudine’s cojones
• 09-May-2012
  rage
• 05-May-2012
  so late but still valid: on “In The Heights”
• 04-May-2012
  beyond that house: compass & mt.cloud
• 23-Apr-2012
  burn baby burn: criticism, jargon, power
• 22-Apr-2012
  burn baby burn: the falsity of FB engagement
• 05-Apr-2012
  criticism, feudalism, freedom
• 30-Mar-2012
  rappler and the enterprise of spin
• 27-Mar-2012
  on #noynoying & Rocamora’s failed response
• 22-Mar-2012
  before the auction
• 20-Mar-2012
  read those contest rules, read them well (UPDATE)
• 17-Mar-2012
  on racism, in the meantime
• 15-Mar-2012
  i’m-an-artist stereotype in Bacolor’s “Leavings”
• 06-Mar-2012
  Dear Pinay,
• 03-Mar-2012
  BLTX TALX today!
• 01-Mar-2012
  Independent life is good for you.*
• 28-Feb-2012
  WTF FHM!
• 24-Feb-2012
  on Repertory Philippines’ “Leading Ladies”
• 22-Feb-2012
  on Lirio Salvador’s “Sandata”
• 19-Feb-2012
  february in fact, is national arts month
• 17-Feb-2012
  On New, Gaga, Enteng
• 15-Feb-2012
  poverty, human rights & PNoy’s devt plan
• 14-Feb-2012
  on Caringal’s “Status/Hiatus”
• 11-Feb-2012
  the death of us all
• 06-Feb-2012
  Malacanang’s miscommunications team strikes again!
• 02-Feb-2012
  criticism interrogates, questions, shatters
• 31-Jan-2012
  in the end, it is just about love
• 27-Jan-2012
  declared absences in nothing to declare
• 24-Jan-2012
  silence
• 20-Jan-2012
  love & clothes & western kawomenan
• 18-Jan-2012
  Picasso at The Met: sex to begin with
• 16-Jan-2012
  on ignorance and vampires: self-/auto-plagiarism
• 12-Jan-2012
  Tito Jorge
• 11-Jan-2012
  going to the dogs
• 09-Jan-2012
  the dangers of fun
• 05-Jan-2012
  Optimistic about the Pinoy indie: Graceland campaigns for pledges
• 04-Jan-2012
  yearenders and firestarters
• 03-Jan-2012
  grace in the land of Pinoy film
• 02-Jan-2012
  on (the) line: credibility, the academe, journalism
• 01-Jan-2012
  on self-help and the Pinay
• 30-Dec-2011
  on Asiong Salonga, from one of the few Tunay na Lalakes i love
• 26-Dec-2011
  on volunteerism, and the disaster of a government
• 22-Dec-2011
  #sendong relief drive!
• 21-Dec-2011
  take it personally
• 20-Dec-2011
  and just like that…
• 19-Dec-2011
  nasaan si PNoy? or where’s the party?
• 18-Dec-2011
  nasaan ang pag-asa?
• 15-Dec-2011
  in fairness to the president
• 12-Dec-2011
  the Marge and Jeremy show
• 11-Dec-2011
  for Dr. Margie Holmes, an apology
• 11-Dec-2011
  when pop pervades
• 07-Dec-2011
  why free Ericson Acosta
• 03-Dec-2011
  reputation, credibility, disclaimer
• 02-Dec-2011
  Dear Teddy Boy Locsin
• 02-Dec-2011
  because you still wrongly think that Cobonpue-Layug-Pineda were not given this project by govt
• 27-Nov-2011
  bad vibes for NAIA 1 rehab
• 24-Nov-2011
  on PNoy’s 1% of Hacienda Luisita
• 24-Nov-2011
  lives were lost
• 23-Nov-2011
  The (Un-)Worth of Words*
• 21-Nov-2011
  machismo according to Malacanang
• 18-Nov-2011
  Rodel Tapaya WINS!
• 16-Nov-2011
  on Manolo Sicat’s Matayataya
• 15-Nov-2011
  Notes on TEDx Diliman: ideas worth sharing? #4 & #5!
• 11-Nov-2011
  Aquilizan-loving!
• 10-Nov-2011
  notes on TEDx Diliman: ideas worth spreading? #3!
• 10-Nov-2011
  Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo & Jett Pangan FTW!
• 08-Nov-2011
  on “pseudo-history” & the end of discourse
• 07-Nov-2011
  notes on TEDx Diliman: ideas worth spreading? #2!
• 05-Nov-2011
  notes on TEDx Diliman: ideas worth spreading?
• 04-Nov-2011
  admitting to class differences, the dream of readers at home: Butch Dalisay and Phil writing
• 28-Oct-2011
  because literature IS serious business
• 25-Oct-2011
  on Digging In The Dirt, an exhibit
• 25-Oct-2011
  ingress
• 24-Oct-2011
  poverty ain’t a blessing
• 23-Oct-2011
  do something
• 23-Oct-2011
  considerations
• 17-Oct-2011
  on naming Ballet Philippines as the Phil Nat’l Ballet Company
• 17-Oct-2011
  celebrating the production of Peter Pan
• 16-Oct-2011
  composition
• 10-Oct-2011
  Kuya and OPM
• 09-Oct-2011
  exigencies
• 07-Oct-2011
  the writing responsibility
• 05-Oct-2011
  Luisa Mallari-Hall, teacher
• 04-Oct-2011
  Tinarantadong Asintado FTW!
• 02-Oct-2011
  give Ate Guy a break, or what’s wrong with that cig?
• 30-Sep-2011
  PAL, PALEA, PNoy
• 28-Sep-2011
  egress
• 14-Sep-2011
  careless banter: PNoy’s speech problem
• 11-Sep-2011
  coming up for air: notes on criticism 1
• 01-Sep-2011
  beyond the penis, do we care about Pinoy art?
• 24-Aug-2011
  on The Manila Hostage Massacre, a documentary
• 17-Aug-2011
  the path for Revolutionary Routes
• 17-Aug-2011
  media & mideo
• 13-Aug-2011
  Kulo: before/after hysteria
• 09-Aug-2011
  boiling over: Kulo
• 03-Aug-2011
  the industry of offense, art as sacrificial lamb
• 01-Aug-2011
  Soxie Topacio FTW!
• 30-Jul-2011
  the brilliance of two left feet
• 28-Jul-2011
  the gay gaze & the men in briefs
• 27-Jul-2011
  death and comedy at the Virgin Labfest 7
• 20-Jul-2011
  Rizal as someone who lived
• 19-Jul-2011
  notes on OPM 1: celebrity versus talent
• 18-Jul-2011
  Chris Martinez, FTW!
• 11-Jul-2011
  two plays: Virgin Labfest 7
• 08-Jul-2011
  have cemetery, will thee wed
• 05-Jul-2011
  too much Torre 3: on 100 days to heaven
• 04-Jul-2011
  Jose Rizal: simple pero rock
• 03-Jul-2011
  too much Torre 2: on Sam’s twang
• 01-Jul-2011
  on class, the indie film divide, and what unity must mean
• 29-Jun-2011
  A script that took forever and a day
• 26-Jun-2011
  too much Torre 1: on Amaya
• 18-Jun-2011
  Walang K ang K-12
• 10-Jun-2011
  the gift of elsewhere*
• 10-Jun-2011
  Balut and pinoy pride in Reamillo exhibit
• 26-May-2011
  Lolo Ding
• 20-May-2011
  pacquiao, the pits
• 17-May-2011
  too much, in the name of love
• 12-May-2011
  Cebu, Still
• 06-May-2011
  notes of a TV junkie: the cultural elite & pop TV
• 26-Apr-2011
  urban culture as national discourse
• 24-Apr-2011
  popularizing the way
• 20-Apr-2011
  jesus as pepe smith as rakenrol
• 13-Apr-2011
  are we forgiving plagiarism?
• 11-Apr-2011
  plagiarism apology as can of worms
• 05-Apr-2011
  pinoy rap lives!
• 01-Apr-2011
  Kilig down pat in Catch Me I’m In Love
• 31-Mar-2011
  release Ericson Acosta, now!
• 28-Mar-2011
  why it won’t matter to Willie
• 22-Mar-2011
  on Mga Kuwentong EDSA
• 21-Mar-2011
  Revisiting EDSA ’86, failing the revolution
• 17-Mar-2011
  camera creative 1: notes on the 2011 Singapore Biennale
• 13-Mar-2011
  no, being hospitable ain’t cutting it anymore
• 03-Mar-2011
  dear Jim Paredes,
• 03-Mar-2011
  OPT: original Pinoy talent
• 18-Feb-2011
  unexpected romances
• 15-Feb-2011
  this saturday, art in the park!
• 13-Feb-2011
  dear Manila Contemporary,
• 12-Feb-2011
  entangled and powerful
• 09-Feb-2011
  plump and pretty and political correctness
• 08-Feb-2011
  art art art!
• 02-Feb-2011
  dear Dep Ed, on EFA and another additional year
• 19-Jan-2011
  the Boy of the arts: not even a patron
• 13-Jan-2011
  babae kase!
• 11-Jan-2011
  coming in 2011: The (presidential) Troubleshooter!
• 07-Jan-2011
  may nunal sa paa
• 03-Jan-2011
  2010’s top TV (and showbiz) distractions / destructions
• 15-Dec-2010
  pinky and press ethics
• 10-Dec-2010
  why free the morong 43?
• 25-Nov-2010
  the fight for the RH Bill: the failure of those who party
• 25-Nov-2010
  my body, my life: my stake in the RH Bill
• 24-Nov-2010
  what needs to be said about Manny Pacquiao
• 23-Nov-2010
  the street of my childhood
• 22-Nov-2010
  Layang Bilanggo frees us from the indie!
• 19-Nov-2010
  war and wonder in Tsardyer
• 17-Nov-2010
  the saddest of dreams in Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria
• 14-Nov-2010
  impotence in Astro Mayabang
• 11-Nov-2010
  redefining the Pinoy action movie: or in love with Ishmael
• 11-Nov-2010
  dreaming of Marian’s freedoms
• 08-Nov-2010
  the art of lightness by Arlene Sy
• 04-Nov-2010
  Lucio Tan wins again? (DOLE naman!)
• 28-Oct-2010
  wa’ epek si juana change, or why the RH Bill doesn’t need this
• 22-Oct-2010
  no money, no Muji
• 20-Oct-2010
  some heart for Hubert
• 18-Oct-2010
  a resigned Ressa, a resigned us
• 15-Oct-2010
  suddenly survivor
• 11-Oct-2010
  The Cube redefined
• 07-Oct-2010
  dear P-Noy, on Teachers Day 2010
• 06-Oct-2010
  the revolution cannot be staged
• 04-Oct-2010
  month three of P-Noy: notes of a pinay*
• 04-Oct-2010
  relevant RockEd culture: notes on contemporary Pinoy rakenrol
• 04-Oct-2010
  romance(s) in Catalina Africa’s “The Etymology of Disaster”
• 03-Oct-2010
  the travesty of the Pinoy Church 2: life and death in Quiapo
• 01-Oct-2010
  the travesty of the Pinoy Church 1
• 26-Sep-2010
  because i vote for:
• 24-Sep-2010
  would you marry Robin Padilla?
• 21-Sep-2010
  the Charice challenge is on!
• 20-Sep-2010
  Dep Ed needs to do its homework
• 20-Sep-2010
  Cherie Gil, world class
• 13-Sep-2010
  month two of P-Noy: notes of a pinay or the honeymoon is over*
• 11-Sep-2010
  hits and misses in ManilArt2010
• 07-Sep-2010
  fete dela musique, elsewhere
• 07-Sep-2010
  senior moments, notwithstanding
• 29-Aug-2010
  cheche lazaro retires
• 29-Aug-2010
  paris, without
• 25-Aug-2010
  saved by salvatus! notes on the ateneo art awards 2010
• 23-Aug-2010
  august 23 2010: hostage crisis
• 09-Aug-2010
  ruben de jesus and the simple life
• 03-Aug-2010
  objectifying the male? check!
• 01-Aug-2010
  one month of P-Noy: notes of a Pinay
• 30-Jul-2010
  si kuya at kanta
• 28-Jul-2010
  layers of power in imao’s open endings
• 21-Jul-2010
  check out charice’s cheeks, or it’s a vicky belo world, good lord, save us!
• 10-Jul-2010
  in process: travel with no man
• 01-Jul-2010
  Art For Our Times in Dekalogo 2010
• 01-Jun-2010
  Heroism and cliche in Looking for Juan 2010
• 14-May-2010
  anti-activism, anti-freedom of assembly: who survives?
• 09-May-2010
  SATUR IS THE ONE
• 08-May-2010
  para sa partylist!
• 05-May-2010
  when ‘i love you’ is enough
• 25-Apr-2010
  #33 and #37 on your ballots
• 21-Apr-2010
  Art thinks highly of itself in “The Death of Death”
• 21-Apr-2010
  20 days to go!
• 15-Apr-2010
  the sadness of here in Ypil’s highest hiding place
• 14-Apr-2010
  hypocrisy, plagiarism, and four (not just three) plagiarized speeches from MVP’s speechwriters
• 11-Apr-2010
  When Indie Fails
• 07-Apr-2010
  Why Sorry Ain’t Enough
• 06-Apr-2010
  on rhetoric and presidential platforms
• 03-Apr-2010
  Missing Popoy and Basha: or What Do You Take Me For? Crazy?
• 28-Mar-2010
  in defense of (art) criticism!
• 27-Mar-2010
  Boob slips in the age of technology, Or the victimization of Anne
• 27-Mar-2010
  Anong problema sa walang harapan?
• 20-Mar-2010
  Reconsidering Identity in the Aquilizan retrospective
• 18-Mar-2010
  Meat h(a)unts you in Bacolor exhibit
• 04-Mar-2010
  women’s month 2010: feminism on its head
• 01-Mar-2010
  kawayan takes a walk on the blindside
• 09-Feb-2010
  Lack of irony in Happily Unhappy
• 01-Feb-2010
  election primer of sorts
• 26-Jan-2010
  Lee Navas Olazo rock the new year!
• 16-Jan-2010
  dreaming of a president 2010
• 07-Jan-2010
  2009′s Notable Cultural chevers*
• 04-Jan-2010
  Ethnic-abstraction evolves in Ebarle’s hands
• 03-Jan-2010
  hello, i love you (goodbye!)
• 21-Dec-2009
  the good, the sad, the ugly –
• 15-Dec-2009
  happiness and melancholia
• 24-Nov-2009
  Art of Our Lives in Pacena’s Static Reverb
• 21-Nov-2009
  an ongoing saga: or why Edu has some explaining to do
• 15-Nov-2009
  art on fire!
• 15-Nov-2009
  brecht notwithstanding
• 07-Nov-2009
  kawayan de guia: no compromises
• 03-Nov-2009
  the eyes have it? patricia evangelista votes!
• 23-Oct-2009
  the young and the giddy
• 23-Oct-2009
  the artist as activist
• 30-Sep-2009
  let’s talk about those dams!
• 24-Sep-2009
  N.O.A.H. survives the flood
• 14-Sep-2009
  when art and music collide
• 09-Sep-2009
  gag her! or incredible kris redux
• 06-Sep-2009
  mourning alexis
• 27-Aug-2009
  Manila and the ghosts of directors past
• 26-Aug-2009
  The Truth and Raya Martin
• 19-Aug-2009
  a wonder
• 11-Aug-2009
  plagiarism and karen davila
• 03-Aug-2009
  cory and (lost) memory
• 26-Jul-2009
  seeing yellow
• 26-Jul-2009
  palparan, benigno, bencard: alin alin ang naiba?
• 21-Jul-2009
  big bad randy
• 19-Jul-2009
  tears for harry
• 19-Jul-2009
  the rich ba kamo?
• 09-Jun-2009
  on The Male Voice
• 07-Jun-2009
  what party(list)?
• 03-Jun-2009
  HR1109, ConAss, ChaCha, GMA Forever? WTF!
• 30-May-2009
  Agaton and Mindy: love in the time of indie
• 27-May-2009
  sex without love*
• 27-May-2009
  Finding Juan
• 22-May-2009
  Livin’ Rakenrol!
• 20-May-2009
  Ded Na Si Lolo Lives!
• 15-May-2009
  Rico Blanco Soars
• 06-May-2009
  Fuschia fades
• 13-Apr-2009
  Disparate Voices in Harmony
• 04-Apr-2009
  sugod mga kafatid!
• 20-Mar-2009
  in defense of Nicole
• 20-Mar-2009
  tungkol kay Nicole ni Joms Salvador
• 13-Mar-2009
  FrancisM! National Artist?
• 10-Mar-2009
  today: grieving for FrancisM
• 09-Mar-2009
  in mourning
• 06-Mar-2009
  memory and clemency
• 05-Mar-2009
  On losing the grit and grime*
• 02-Mar-2009
  the enterprise of the impossible
• 25-Feb-2009
  oh boy!!!
• 16-Feb-2009
  classism at its best: the “jologs” and the blogosphere
• 02-Feb-2009
  stimulus via SSS? utang na loob!
• 30-Jan-2009
  Shameless
• 26-Jan-2009
  KC as guilty pleasure*
• 26-Jan-2009
  on Sugarfree Live*
• 12-Nov-2008
  The Nostalgia of the Eheads
• 04-Oct-2008
  on the “fiction” of the “fil-am”
• 13-Sep-2008
  The Reality of the Disappeared
• 12-Aug-2008
  A Dose of Self-Conscious Pinoy Machismo
• 12-Aug-2008
  on the Filipinized Korean-novela
• 06-Aug-2008
  questioning the usual
• 01-Aug-2008
  post-SONA blues 2: what’s in a txt (message)?
• 30-Jul-2008
  post-SONA blues: LFS one point, Dep Ed zero
• 30-Jul-2008
  host creation in contemporary times: part 2
• 30-Jul-2008
  host creation in contemporary times: part 1
• 22-Jul-2008
  don’t forget the woman
• 16-Jul-2008
  romanticizing poverty and wowowee
• 14-Jul-2008
  kidnap: truth as tribute
• 14-Jul-2008
  ano kenyo?
• 13-Jul-2008
  the widow as kapamilya
• 13-Jul-2008
  the young and angsty is all you get
• 11-Jul-2008
  no money for books?
• 28-Jun-2008
  presidential torture
• 27-Jun-2008
  KC and skin whitening
• 27-Jun-2008
  dreaming of difference
• 20-Jun-2008
  of real women: ces and cheche, hazel, mary and juana, karen and sherlyn, erlinda and connie
• 19-Jun-2008
  the rich and their notion of nation
• 17-Jun-2008
  making bastos the flag
• 17-Jun-2008
  Where Songbird fails to fly
• 15-Jun-2008
  a joyride with Marcus Highway
• 15-Jun-2008
  when judy ann and meralco fail to mix
• 17-May-2008
  in defense of Ploning
• 09-May-2008
  kaya ng powers ko! — or the patience for meralco
• 07-May-2008
  pinoy rock ‘n’ roll: dead and alive
• 30-Apr-2008
  preying on the birds
• 18-Apr-2008
  we wish for some truths
• 18-Nov-2007
  why say sorry?
• 23-Aug-2007
  one last time: harry
• 09-Aug-2007
  hello partyline?
• 19-Jun-2007
  Chicks Rule!
• 02-Mar-2007
  On Lumbera’s Plenary
• 16-Oct-2006
  Confessing Selves: Notes on the road to realizing self-centered lives
• 15-Feb-2006
  Getting Away With It
• 04-Nov-2005
  Where Has All the Laughter Gone?
• 03-Sep-2005
  Finding Spaces
• 23-Feb-2005
  Killing Credibility on TV
• 20-Jun-2004
  Boycott!
• 12-Jan-2004
  INCREDIBLE KRIS
• 11-Jan-2004
  Afraid of ABS-CBN
• 21-Mar-2002
  Where’s the Bitch? – A Review of Chinie Hidalgo’s Bitchy Poetry
• 18-Feb-2002
  Lording it Over
• 04-Feb-2002
  This Pinoy Harry Experience