L.A. Vie

Another blog?!!! This account exists only to keep in touch with friends. Click here to read my fiction and here. Oh yes, I decided to use the photos and video feature of this site mostly about notre L.A. vie and the not-so-distant past.

The Magnetic Fields - Busby Berkeley Dreams

I didn't know what or who Busby Berkeley was when I first heard this song by The Magnetic Fields . All I knew was that this song is lovely in a heartbreaking way. It combines the stark honesty of an acoustic piano accompanying a faltering... more

Previous blog entries:
Jul 21	-	Asin - Itanong Mo Sa Mga Bata
Jul 20	-	"Huwag kang tumingala at tumitig sa langit"
Jul 17	-	Malcolm McLaren with Catherine Deneuve - Paris, Paris

Huwag mong Sabihing Hindi Mo na Muli Ako Sasaktan

These two songs began and ended our sets noong nagbabanda pa ako.

I was really serious about playing music then. Masayang tumugtog kahit pa ako na rin ang tumatayong manager, lead singer-songwriter, taga-bayad ng rehearsal studio bill. Kahit pa... more

Previous playlists:
Jul 7	-	Almost Famous

The Road

..each the other's world entire


I've been meaning to write a review of Cormac McCarthy 's The Road but I couldn't, primarily because so many things have been said about this Pulitzer Prize winning novel already. Ironically, I first heard... more

Previous reviews:
Feb 4	-	Bob Marley: The Legend Live (Trojan Video Archive, 2003)
Sep 27	-	Steps
Sep 9	-	In Watermelon Sugar

Flowers for Life, the Probe Team part 1

Multi-awarded tv magazine The Probe Team features Flowers for Zoe and Grupo ng Mga Artista Para sa Alternatibong Sining (GAPAS), 1995.

Previous videos:
Jul 7	-	Flowers for Life, the Probe Team part 2
Jul 7	-	Flowers for Life, the Probe Team part 3