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Isha & Mishka
by Juaniyo Arcellana - November 7, 2004 - 12:00am
Lately there have been sightings of two jazz divas, right about the Shangri-La Plaza, Isha and Mishka, or is it Mishka and Isha, in a concert or two launching their respective albums. Isha is Pearlsha Abubakar, associate...
Let us now praise the Grateful Dead
by Juaniyo Arcellana - August 11, 2003 - 12:00am
Perhaps one of the most famous Grateful Dead songs is Friend of the Devil, two of which versions appear in the late 1990s compilation albums, The Bridge School Concerts masterminded by Neil Young, and Live on Letterman,...
Let us now praise the Grateful Dead
by Juaniyo Arcellana - August 10, 2003 - 12:00am
Perhaps one of the most famous Grateful Dead songs is Friend of the Devil, two of which versions appear in the late 1990s compilation albums, The Bridge School Concerts masterminded by Neil Young, and Live on Letterman,...
The Sound and the Rage
by Juaniyo Arcellana - June 15, 2003 - 12:00am
Those who declared that rock is dead shortly after the disbandment of the Replacements, or other such seminal groups of the last decade, did not have an inkling that Audioslave would one day exhume that tired musical...
The last peacenik
by Juaniyo Arcellana - June 1, 2003 - 12:00am
Irish expat Sean Powers and his brand of cool pop jazz simmering on the airwaves may be the last feel-good, give-peace-a-chance music of the new world order, i.e., post-9/11 and post-fall of Taliban and Baghdad,...
A recharged Battery
by Scott R. Garceau - April 27, 2003 - 12:00am
• Artist: BATTERY • Album: Divine Intervention There are two things I know about hard-rock outfit Battery: former Breed-man Mike Turner sings and plays guitar, while former Brownbeat All-stars drummer...
Dusting off JC Superstar
by Juaniyo Arcellana - April 20, 2003 - 12:00am
A search of cyberspace engines would reveal two extant, fairly recent local productions of the enduring rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, one the Atlantis production revolving around the now hibernating Wolfgang,...
By the way, which one’s Pink?
by Scott R. Garceau - April 13, 2003 - 12:00am
• Artist: Pink Floyd • Album: Echoes – The Best of Pink Floyd EMI Records How could many of us have made it through high school without Pink Floyd? Those who grew up (more or less) in the ‘70s...
Osang and the Stones
by Juaniyo Arcellana - April 6, 2003 - 12:00am
Item: Actress Rosanna Roces and daughter go to Hong Kong at the onset of the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) to watch a concert of the aging rockers, the Rolling Stones, and get freaked out when everywhere...
The shouting
by Juaniyo Arcellana - March 23, 2003 - 12:00am
Word was out how Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen, at the latest Grammy awards, paid tribute to the pioneering punk rock band, the Clash with a rendition of London Calling, the title cut of the band’s third...
My life in the bush of ghosts
by Juaniyo Arcellana - March 9, 2003 - 12:00am
That was the title of the album released in 1981 by Brian Eno and David Byrne and, more than 20 years later, still holds some relevance after repeated turns on the cassette player. Eno has been known as a music...
‘D’ is for demonic?
by Scott R. Garceau - March 2, 2003 - 12:00am
• Album Title: Tenacious D • Artist: Tenacious D • Epic Records As seen on MTV, Tenacious D are like most comedy/rock duos – except they’re overweight and dumpy and they both play acoustic...
If Wagner played bass
by Juaniyo Arcellana - February 16, 2003 - 12:00am
Wagner who? You might ask, and recall some German composer or other who was the possible author of the Ride of the Valkyries, which song was the inspiration of the Robert Duvall character in the film Apocalypse Now,...
The end of the Stereolab?
by Scott R. Garceau - December 29, 2002 - 12:00am
Album: Sound-Dust Artist: Stereolab Mary Hansen, one of the singers in the band Stereolab, died a few weeks back in London in a "cycling accident." Only in places like London or Europe do pop stars perish...
Stuck in a moment between Nirvana and Foo
by Juaniyo Arcellana - December 22, 2002 - 12:00am
It’s that time of year when greatest hits, best of, and retrospective anthologies are released like they are going out of style. Part of the harvest are U2’s 1990-2000 collection, the inevitable follow-up...
IBO the first
by Juaniyo Arcellana - December 8, 2002 - 12:00am
Some months ago Sean Power, main man of the acid jazz slash funk group IBO, wrote to say thanks for a review of his band’s second album, Moon of Compassion, that came out in another section of this newspaper....
Everyday is a winding road
by Juaniyo Arcellana - November 3, 2002 - 12:00am
Once every 10 years an inquisitive reporter can try to terrorize Cooky Chua, Color It Red vocalist, but she won’t budge, she can’t be distracted from her music, she can’t be lured away from her band....
An Oasis of sound
by Juaniyo Arcellana - October 13, 2002 - 12:00am
The quintessential ’90s band Oasis molded their sound around Beatles-like psychedelia circa Magical Mystery Tour, complete with seemingly mind-altering distortions and similar sheets of ambient noise.
Music for chameleons
by Juaniyo Arcellana - October 6, 2002 - 12:00am
There are stacks of vinyl records that remain unplayed in the old house, long unheard from since the phonograph player got busted years ago and has been permanently neglected with the advent of the cassette and the...
Once upon a time in New York City
by Juaniyo Arcellana - September 23, 2002 - 12:00am
Recent commemorative tributes on the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York City used video footage with John Lennon’s Imagine as soundtrack for the more heart-rending scenes, practically obliterating...
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