catching up

No shows for a while huh, Well don’t worry we will set up a show this October. As of now I heard a lot of bands quite busy with the upcoming end of semester but the next show is on the works and definitely would be a blast being that we haven’t had one for a while..

Some good reads that I happen to read already but haven’t had the time to review it, again as I said if you are interested you could always borrow and re print my copies of zines that I featured here. Interest in zines lately here in the local diy community in dc is quite at a low point, unlike before as I could remember we would save our cigarette or recess money for school to pay for “Xerox” copies of zines ,both local and international. And it’s so fucking great, punk rock opened up a lot to me but when i read my first fanzine I was astounded. It opened up a whole new world to me and said this is how I want to write! It was even a local one, but man I remember the cut and paste art and remarkable article and views of everything I love and hated. Honestly straightforward, and brutally truthful. Unlike the books I read in school or magazines that my cousin have which doesn’t really say anything that meant to me. Best abour zines also is its all done for the love of it, totally nonprofit. You even tend to loose more than what you would earn but still the hell with it! Im writing this because I and a friend from the THINKING PERSONS LIBRARY here in Davao, is planning to make a zine convention or gathering or what ever the fuck you call it, just something to promote and reawaken a dying culture in Davao. So stay posted ayt? Again a show on October and a zine convention sometime after that!!

I remember Halloween 3rd issue

Got this from the writer it self Mr. Dane Cortes, and again always a winner. A japans inspired cover along with a lot of japans stuffs like interviews with Jap bands Completed Exposition, Dudman, Dread Eye and a Japan scene report. But as he said is not necessarily called a Japan issue coz it also features interview crux interview, an aussie hardcore punk outfit. AxNxS ,a straight edge thrashcore band is also interviewed along with local heroes Bystorm. And if it’s still not enough, tons of music and zine reviews and a Holland and Malaysia scene report! Extremely a lot in 1 package, and as always with all the IRH issues, its flawless!! Great lay out, great questions and a great effort!! Galling….keep it up!!

spinach lasagna from sbarros.great food , looking forward to make myself one.

ASAWHOLE would be playing a benefit show for the flood victims in luzon, this would be on Friday at 6pm to 9 pm at the Victory Chapel ( nice venue huh) as long as it is for a good cause…….

Be there and support the show or at least the cause, I think there is no entrance fee but donations such as rice, canned foods and noodles would be greatly appreciated.. so I guess that’s it! see you then..ciao

Currently listening to a lot of Verse, Killing the Dream, Blacklisted, Up Dharma Down (yes so what)

choices

The thought of being alone haunts us except maybe for some, as for me I want to experience it and it was pretty much what I did the time I was gone. The idea of goodbye disturbs me a lot. Mainly because I hate it and attachment is always so hard to break. Now question is how much people would you lose in a life time? I am in a stage of constant departure and all I get is a nod, Not that it’s not enough but don’t we miss the physical communication? Why is it more normal to say good morning in text messages rather than saying it right in front. He he exactly! That’s what I love about Hc shows that I don’t see in the street or at school or at home. In celebration of living I go to shows and organize some, sing in a band, write, travel and breathe. Time for our community to grow, and grow with us! Not to grow out of. Let’s keep this real and intimate. It saddens me to see friends from this community that are so cool that they suddenly have to play in shows that has corporate sponsorship where in they could be all that the status quo wants them to be, how long would it take you to understand that your words are not becoming dependable rather SELLable. Don’t get me wrong friends, there is nothing wrong with making an honest money out of playing shows but its sad to jump to the point were in you play your music to promote products or even names that is owned by people who don’t give a shit about you and your music and what your music has to say for that matter. This corporation has nothing in mind but to earn money and use every little resource they have to turn everything into profit. This is sad to think that generations before us that had been there to create a circle that for ones, never cared about how much money they are going to get. They would rather have a room of people gathered to create a voice that connects every single breathing human there is inside. It’s a chaotic approach to reality but it is REAL! You cannot hide the fact that the glass house of humanity that hides between proper and correct have failed to let us experience our lives first hand. We are the machinery of civilization aiming to prosper the luxurious world of the elite while we forget to play just to buy the cell phone we need to fit in and not get left behind, Classism justified! There is a marathon of technology that we will never win. But still humanity had been dumb and thinking for yourself had become radical and grass rooted. But still we play the game and we should play it right, coz we have a choice. This is not the choice you see between brand A or B but the choice of not choosing between the 2! The choice of living life and choking it with your own fist, not the choice you get in an election were you choose between elite suited jerks to rule you, that’s not a choice. It’s a cheap delusion of choice, role playing to tell you that the system works for you, well its not and it doesn’t and it will never will. In the books of human race we are NOTHING but numbers and statistics! So please let’s enjoy this community while it is still real, speak up and do something!! Live life, write a song, cut a class or simply cover your ears. Its real and intimate, think for your own and love life, coz if you don’t have a life to live, well you aint got love to give.
Keep hardcore away from greedy corporate business man and wanna be actors and keep it on the streets where it belongs!!
You don’t get it and buy it, you live it…….

MAHIRAP KA LANG BA? MAHIRAP LANG DIN AKO...( an old article)

i got to scan this old article i did a year ago,but still worth reading hehe
judt something to "update".. update this tomorrow!!!


Just last month i visited MAnila. Pretty excited to see long time friends, buy some shit that we dont have here in Mindanao like some lokal UG cds some cheap stuffs
and sweet papers. The last time I went there was 2 years ago. We went there through hitch hiking (yeah I know. its so punk rock!) That 3 day journey riding at least 20 different cargo trucks, 3 days of striking heat and cold nights
.so pretty much prepared to get to MANILA. But this December we rode a plane. So the changes were too soon. Like an hour and 45 min kind of soon. As I walk around Quiapo and other rural places I had a complete apparition of what poverty is. Don’t get me wrong, we are not rich but what I saw in Manila is a disturbing and sad portrait of a rotten society. And I know that sooner or later other places in my home town would also be reminiscent of that. And it scared the shit out of me.....
Visions like this only hardened my question about poverty; living in a 3rd world country must have at least shaken your senses about the question of where we are actually headed. Marketed society of unfulfilled dreams is usual scenery. Best export products of people had left us dumbfounded because the idea and eagerness to earn. Earning not to make our lives easier but rather, just to have enough money to buy the rice that we need for the day. Its surely is a long road out to prosperity.

Roughly 4.7 million Filipino families, comprising about 41% of the population, currently have annual incomes below the poverty line. That cut point is set at something around a dollar per person per day. Smaller than uncle sams nephews school allowance in 3rd grade... This makes us more valid to work for anything. Whether it’s hard or degrading, we oddly forget it. Which is pretty devastating coz we got the man power, we got the resources and we got the needs but we aint got the economic wealth.
There is tremendous geographic variation, ranging from 8% of the population in Metro Manila to 60% in some of the Muslim areas of Mindanao, from 11.6% in the province of Cavite to 79.5% in the province of Romblon.
We're not just talking about absolute poverty here; we're talking about relative poverty - and structural inequality. The bottom 40% of families account for only 13.7% of total family income, while the top 10% account for 35.5%. In economic lingo, the country has a Gini coefficient of 0.4507, which represents a high level of inequality indeed.
When discussing poverty in developing countries, it is essential to avoid the many pervasive stereotypes - the poor are lazy, the poor don't take advantage of opportunities, they just don't care, and on and on But the question is what do we have left? Are we still really so numbingly innocent to think that if we just try our best we will also be at the top. NO!! We will be working for all of this elites or capitalist monsters for the rest of our lives. Maybe we could save a bit but sooner or later the pattern or cycle of a world provided for them will bite you in the neck. One of us will get sick, be in an accident of some sort and will all go back to zero and come running back to them which are unfair because this elite empowered people are unsurprisingly the minority. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined. And 20% of the population in the developed nations consumes 86% of the world’s goods and resources. This situation could also be compared to the rural places also in the Philippine provinces. In Negros Occidental, for example, over 85% of the people live below the poverty line. Most available land is devoted to sugar cane, which is not competitive on the global market and is often sold at very low price in the world market. Not to mention the wage payments which are abysmal and sharecropping is a brutal display of exploitation. Of course large “hacendero” families still own most of the lands. Land reform has obviously no hope for implementation. CHILDREN are starving to death!!!
This process actually is nothing new. As a matter of fact Globalization has been around Pinas for centuries. The famous explorer Mr. Magellan and his posse sponsored by the Spanish crew landed in Cebu, particularly Mactan for 2 main agenda. He saw our islands riches and sieze to colonize it to have easy income and easy wealth and to bless and evangelized the natives with the holy graces of Christianity with the one and only true faith of their catholic church. And the seed of present day situation was then planted. Not to mention (fast forward 3 centuries) when Admiral Dewey steamed into Manila Bay. About 80% of land in the Philippines was in the public domain. since then Filipino politicians was the one who determines how our land was to be exploited and by whom. Those few who has the right connections got the timbers and mining rights. This is our resources, Mother Nature at its best and yet the Philippine state has always encouraged the extraction of this resources. Even leasing large areas for exploitation at nominal fees and ensuring zero export taxes. Such depressive acts are done in exchange of free access or quotas in Uncle Sam’s market.
Also one example of this was x President Ramos administration, he lessen the restrictions on foreign investment by giving incentive bonanzas. Investors were given a 10-year tax holiday, capital tax exemptions and a lot more that I don’t know anymore.
The consequences of these land use policies have not been pretty. You could start by mentioning the ongoing marginalization of indigenous peoples, tremendous concentration of land ownership, and environmental degradation. The net result? Perpetuation of the semi-feudal, semi-capitalist, and neocolonial character of the Philippine economy and mass displacement of indigenous communities and upland farmers.
Then many of us end up in squatter areas.

To be continued

peter

zines zines zines

TIGHT END ISSUE 1

I st issue of many to come I hope, a fanzine dedicated to hardcore and straight edge. I got a copy of it from the maker itself, DAN whom I met while touring Laguna. Well I must say that this is a great job. A lot of show reviews; I think it’s pretty consistent. Looks like our man right here never failed to come to a lot of shows. With interviews of my local favorite acts BYSTORM and HTB! And also with a SxE band from Boston called THE EFFORT. An article about 7’vinyls and an obvious liking for football, a good zine but I must say that I need more. I finished it in one sitting and hungry for more!! Great job bro, keep it up…looking forward for issue number 2..

Contact TIGHT END @ dlbothgunsblazing@yahoo.com

youthcrewrevival.blogspot.com

TIJUANA FUERZE DE RUDO

A nice full format zine, another of his many from GRANPELIGROZINE, according to him “this project is one of those tiny particles floating out of my mind at some stage of recurrent daydreams” . a small issue with 2 interviews, With ASAWHOLE and RADIKAL PRIMATES ( a long running diy zine which I’m so eager to get a copy of) . another great job KJ!!

Im handing out copies of this so if your interested just hit me up ok?

Contact kj : http://www.myspace.com/116051203

Ciao!!!

restart

a pan of baked vegie macaroni with 3 cheese

Well its been a while. I’m sorry if I haven’t updated this as often as I used too. My head has been up to a lot of shit and also been quite disappointed with some stuffs.. Asawhole is supposed to be in a Euro tour and everything has been ok. The paper was done, the shows were booked and we were all set for a chance of a lifetime. The impossible had appeared it self and thinking it was ok. A year of preparation is ended by a 5 minute interview, DENIED! It sucks but life goes on. Reapplication next year! Enough of that..

with t4 crew outside our house

The activities of the past weeks had been an overload. From the AAW Luzon tour to the Luzon people coming over. I myself could say that I was privileged to witness a lot of great bands, meet a lot of people and learn a lot of stuffs. By now I guess it safe to say that in the midst of all this shit I had been enjoying Pinas diy hardcore, at its finest!

with good friend sak of roundhead and iron will

You could see a lot of enthusiasm and passion in every people that you meet and you can’t help but be inspired. A lot of talented song writers, zine makers, organizers that are all up to make a change maybe not in the world but in their lives and the community they are living in. none the less awesome!! Well I got a hand of a lot of new and cool shit so maybe I could share it with you in the coming issues so watch out!!

chain of strength inspired staid shirt

list of good stuffs that makes/made me smile

-ASAWHOLE full length cd (out very soon!)

-STAID and HTB demos samplers

- Goerge Carlin tribute cd ( a collection of performance and interviews of the person who I think is the most intelligent comedian and person who ever lived ,in my own opinion)

-I.R.H issue 3 , Tight End issue 1 and Gran Peligro ( with interview of Asawhole by the way. If you’re interested I still got some copy to pass around)

-Pizza eating frenzy with Bystorm

-krings despedida party (this is how cot do it)

-Carlyn’s steaks (great food great service, big meat)

- HTB’s An exercise in free will –

“we were given a mind, lets use it and question why! TAKE CONTROL of your reason for living , UTILIZE the mind you’ve been given TAKE CONTROL make your own choices UTILIZE your mind and say, I WONT BE YOUR MACHINE!”

More to follow from now on I promise, vacations over..im back!!!

Listening to: JESU ‘CONQUEROR , MIND SET ‘EP, MORRISEY ‘MY EARLY BURGLARY YEARS

TAKE4 HANG OVER

Davao city is back in its normal day. But still haven't gone over the show last Friday. The show was a long one. In fact it is by far the longest, as usual I dont have the show report. But I must tell you that all the visiting bands was awesome.

Staid and Bystorm blew our heads off and so did Mchc crew and Sacrifix. Thanks a lot to those bands who came. And to Bystorm and Staid , a lot of good times and good memories guys. Hope you enjoyed your stay as much as we did..

“ look nowhere far if you want to rebel against something, in our mind alone its rather interesting ”

listening to: STAID AND HALF THE BATTLE DEMO, BIRDS OF A FEATHER ' THE PAST THE PRESENT

tour diary by me lazy version..

After short notices to the organizers the tour finally happened. I was stoked to know that we would be able to play with 3 productions. And everyone was so fucking great!! But as much excitement as I have, I am also nervous as shit. But the hell with it, posters up so everything is a go!!!

Day 1( Pasig Leg)

First things first, we need to fix our business first before concentrating on the shows. So we woke up as early as 530 to get dress and ready for important thing ahead. As we got there we found out that what were getting to isn’t easy but as we pushed ahead with all the drama. We got out that hell hole of an office and officially the “TOUR” begun. We went outside to get something to eat and stroll around. It was raining so hard so we decide to go back to where we stay and get some much needed rest. Afternoon I received a txt message from Mic (bystorm) and led ( xstaidx) saying we would meet them at sm mega mall at around 8. At 6 pm after a loooong preparation with Von, the journey had started. And man, Manila traffic never fails to bring out the monster in me. Then we hopped in the mrt so it was kind of fun, coz it’s the first time for Maui and Piox so we were all laughing and get pictures taken. (promdi attitude represent) we got to the said place a little later than agreed but it was fine. Then we met Mic and Led with Dangie. Finally met this guys after a lot of talking in the internet. We grabbed something to eat at Bohdhi and head of to the show. We got to Cuerdas and met a lot of old friends. Actually more than I expected, Old friends who I’ve met over the years, and it was a great time catching up. Also met Odessa, Aleg and Zepol and thanked them for setting up the show. These guys live a lot further than most of the people there so I was very thankful for the effort. The show kicked off with Just in Case ands guess what, they are from Davao. It was unexpected but a very nice surprise. After them was Rush Id and was great to finally saw them. Great set!! Actually I cant remember the line up coz I was tired as hell. But I know that Bystorm, Play and Sister Bastard played before us. All this bands was awesome , and added to my over flowing nervousness.

Then it was our set. We played a 9 song set and I think we did a pretty clean set, hopefully. I remember people singing along with us while doing a cover from trial. I was shocked to the support given to us by this people who I myself look up to in terms of communication, song writing and fucking awesome sets. And we also got to see our tour shirts courtesy of sir Dyey of Northern Territory. Awesome so thanks a lot bro!!! After us I remember seeing NXCXP which is also an old friend. KillRatio send me shivers to our spines. Thanks Dane for the IRH copy!!! Always a joy reading your stuffs. After this I went outside already to have some chat to the people who was there. Met Raymond from Feud and Staid and its always a pleasure chatting with him. I don’t know anymore who was the bands playing. I just remember going inside again to watch one of my faves of all time, BEAUTY OF DOUBT. Apparently it was their last show for this year coz Ronald is goin outside the country again. After some chat with the NCI crew and a lot of laughs with Play, plus my band mates were drunk as hell, We need to go home to Tateng( Sangkay) along with Archie (Guerra Mundial). So exhausted, so just a couple of hellos and goodnight and bang, were dead!

Day 2 (Laguna Leg)

Woke up at around 9 pm and immediately had breakfast. We were hanngin out with Tateng and his brother and preparing ourselves for the long day ahead. At noon we had lunch at a mall in recto and just walk around and looked at the punk shops there buy some stuffs. Afternoon we met up with our long friend Dha (standfast). It was great to see this girl again. A lot of chit chats, then hop in the first bus to Laguna. It was quite a long ride. Just enough time for us to catch up on things and also get some nap, im amaze that its still bright even at 6pm. We arrived at Laguna and met with my man xJayx Mihara. He immediately brought and welcomed us at his home and introduced us to his family. Some joking around and some much needed shower, we proceed to the venue. We got to Salt water at around 830. The venue was nice. A cozy place with a stage and an open air ambiance, the venue is surrounded by lakes so as I expected it was very cool. Saying our hi and hellos to our friends from Pd. I had the pleasure to hang out with these guys a year ago at Cebu, so we did a lot of catching up with Howell and the crew. We played with a lot of great bands which I don’t remember much because im really not good in remembering a lot I don’t know why.

But I remember moving around Miharas set and Piledriver. Don’t get me wrong but all of the bands were great, I also saw Unheard to name a few. We were the last band to play that night. We did a long set and was very grateful to the crowd. As they went nuts during our set, stage diving and sing along was present. We ended our set with our version of 7seconds Young till I Die and it was enough to end the night with. After the show we went to mini stop to chill out and eat some gi-normous ice cream. Hanged out with youthcrew dan who happens to be the maker of Tight End Zine, amazing sxe hc zine from Laguna. Also shared a lot of laughs with the guys from Pd, GroundZero and Eight ounce, definitely one of the funniest people we’ve met in this tour. Laughed our asses off with these guys! We went home to Jays place along with the crew and watched a couple of videos ate tons of pancit canton and called it a night!!!

Day 3 (Cavite Leg)

The next day we had lunch at Jays place amazing accommodation from his parents and wife. Just chilled out there and laughing because I accidentally fucked up Vons slipper.hehe when good time gone Bad haha. After lunch we said our farewell to Xjayx ,xkelly,Dha, Dan and beda and the rest of Laguna crew. It was kinda sad that we didn’t have that much of a time to spend with these fellows. One of the most amazing people I met in this tour. Hands down to xjay for the accommodation and friendship, One of the nicest person in this side of the planet! Thanks a lot my friend and good luck on being a father. I know you won’t have trouble being one. And to your wife xkellyx, Thanks a lot to both of you and your crew!!!After chilling out on 7/11 plus a dance number from our hardcore/dancer debonair Maui, we ride the van and bid farewell.. at the van I had a little quite time listening to Morcheeba and thinking that the last show is almost on the grasp and the experience was already amazing. We got to Cavite and we were picked up by Archie and Jamie(Phlegm thrower) and went ahead to the venue. Hen we got there we met the main organizer Mario from Guerra Mundial and Kill Ratio. This guy put a lot of efforts to put the show together so we are so stoked and gratefull for that.

At 6 the show started and friends are arriving. Flower grave Collective is one of my oldest friends. This guys are the one who takes care of me and my wife every time I go to Manila. We had all been good friends with this guys because of the same humor and of course our common denominator- WEED!!! So as I met the waray crew especially my pal Ekwa from Eyes of fire, the session begun. Its always a joy hanging out with his guys.Miong and Yan and Marcore never fails to make me laugh as loud. I was having a damn good time and enjoying the bands as well. Amazing set from Censorshit was the first thing I could remember. Also a great stoner band Tsympayne was enough to make me baked as shit. I remember EOT played before us. now on our set. We agreed on playing all of our songs but unfortunately me and my band mates were stoned as hell. Fuck!! And we already forgot some of the titles of our songs but I know its not bad set but damn, Too much weed!! But still the crowd had a lot of fun. I was even surprised when the Flower grave threw confetti and sprayed fake snows and stuffs on us on the first song. PARTEY!!! So fucking great time. After us I remember seeing bands like Guerra Mundial, Eyes of Fire, Vex and all of them are AMAZING!!! Long time I haven’t been in a show like this and was having a time of my life just chlling out, sitting and watching. At 1 pm we went back to Mario’s place hanged out with flower grave friends and slept like a baby… thanks a lot to FlowerGrave. Also to Archie, I dint have much chance to tell you how gratefull we are for taking care of our band and my wife. I lab you bro!!!ehehe
Enough said. The last show was a blast!!!!!

So now is day 4 and the band tour is officially over. But that doesn’t mean our party is over. The next day Jammy brought us to Tagaytay., Amazing place and amazing ride with amazing people. While on the road it got me thinking how great to tour and meet a lot of people. Even Pio told me that what could we have been doing good to deserve such a great accommodation and friendship from people who also amazes us at the same time. We share disame passion that’s it!! We got to jAmmys grandmas house and ate the best tinola ive ever tasted in my life, chill plus good food and just relaxed. The next day had again sinigang and went to tagaytay and ate some mushroom burger. After at night went to mall of asia and went ice skating. We all looked like fools but who cares it was a great time. Mario in Ice skates is a sight to see. Unfortunately we had a little accident with Jammy after trying to follow a girl. He bumped his head badly but fortunately his ok!! Hehe later we said goodbye to jammy and Mario. I remember the last time I was here I told Myong that Mario scares the bajesus out of me. And who wouldn’t be, the dreads, the big fellow with tattoos but its all wrong. This guy was so nice. Also the kindest!! I cant believe that there are still a lot of people who are as nice as him even thou he looks like the guy who could kill you in one attempt!! Joking!!! so the farewell was said and went to the farewell party organized by flowergrave smoke a lot and went home to japs place. The next day we went to recto to meet up with dyey. Thank you sir for the support!!! That night was spent with Dha and Sannee (crapsalad videos) at Vons cousins place. We just relaxed and head to the airport the next day. At the airport Maui was questioned if he has sore eyes because his eyes was so fucking RED , if you know what I mean… that how we said goodbye to Luzon and the Someslowallgo tour was over and a success!!!!

It's amazing how you meet people and become good friend with them when you barely see them or never seen them for that matter.. Conclusion of the tour, Yes there is friendship in a complete stranger. Lets all enjoy!!! Hardcore, good friends good times!!!

Thanks to everyone!!! I don’t need to name names but you know who you are!!!

but i will: Nci, laguna crew and flowergrave!!! Maraming salamat and everybody who came to our shows!!! See you here in Davao!!!

Listening to: MORCHEEBA’CHARANGO, SNEEKER PIMPS ‘BECOMING X

(more pics from our set next post as soon as i get a hand at vons camera ayt? plus a dance video from maui terror)

take4 takeover

posters up!!! please spread and support this event.. partey!!!!

ASAWHOLE FLYERS

UP NOW ARE THE FLIERS FOR THE SHOWS ON THE 7TH AND 8TH OF AUGUST. CAVITE LEG POSTER IS TO FOLLOW..

IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA , HOPE TO SEE AND MEET YOU.

xstaidx

One of my favorite bands existing is XSTAIDX . Thought provoking, fast and down right awesome. With breakdowns that would make you want to stand up and do something.
This posi machine is fronted by Raymond formerly from the legendary Feud. One of the front man that never fail to amaze me with his song writing.. he is joined by members from bands like Half The Battle, The Weapon and Chokecocoi.




Make sure you catch them on august 21 here in Davao..so for the mean while enjoy this demo and know what I’m talking about.

contact them at

www.myspace.com/xstaidx
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wzbzmh3zjry

domingo

well the week turned out to be quite dissapointing. The proposed planned feeding did not happened due to the heavy rains that had been with us lately. But rest assured that within this week, were going to have our feeding again. faces of disapointment

Up now is a poster for the planed ASAWHOLE tour this august. Watch out for the individual poster later.

Sunday again and spent with the family of course. Trying to be physically prepared for the vocal recording. Hope this god damn stitch would stop giving me a hard time, daym!
We are having trouble looking for a venue for the upcoming t4 show because of the events for kadayawan. but I have a list in mind and be taking care of it tommorow.

Best part of being home

To all cot crew bands. We are planning to release a cot compilation so better prepare your songs. I had a meeting with our friends who are willing to help us out with this project and the skeletons had been shaped. COT records would be here soon so get ready.. ..aarggh!!!

Vegan spaghetti with eggplant, mushroom and olives. Spiced up with cilantro, parsley and basil. Home made with lotta love..

Cot crew represent and representing it right!!!! ciao

FRY DAY!!!

The last steps of the recording of ASAWHOLE recording is in sight and would hopefully be released in at least 2 weeks from now. This would be a track record mixed by sound master Paeng Bailey. So stay tuned ayt..

I’m quite excited in the tour on manila. We would be playing shows there and be playing with a lot of great bands. The schedule and poster would be up soon but we definitely be playing in Manila, Laguna and maybe Cavite. But for sure this would be one fun experience.

HEY COT CREW, vegetable collection this afternoon, ayt? And if you’re not doing anything tomorrow and you’re within Davao area, you are more than welcome to help out.

Saydee’s Kitchen feeding would be on the afternoon at Rizal Park at 430 pm.

Cooking and slicing starts at 1030 am at my place.
Your help would be deeply appreciated. See yah!!

(FAVORITE BYSTORM SHIRT)

(THE LAST EXISTING ANGST , MISFIT RIP OFF SHIRT)

GOODSHIT PLAYLIST: RESSURECTION ‘I REFUSE , BABYLON X ‘EVERYTHING, MORRISEY ‘KILL UNCLE, STRIFE ‘ONE TRUTH

A NICE ZINE ON A NICE SUNDAY

Hey.. up now is something that I came across at the end of this week..

I got here a zine that I enjoyed reading so much. A friend from the US sent this to me and a short read but undeniably fun...


We got here ROCKET QUEEN an accurate and cleverly honest take on her life being a stripper. All doors opened and all secrets told. About the life inside this strip bars, “marketing” strategies and benefits of their independent and tax free occupation. With chapters that would take you step by step. This is very cool, written on a first person account. The name of the writer is not told but she is some one that surely didn’t fail to impress me. Very empowering to women who are not stuck in the confines of the world wide” good girl” perception. Honest, intelligent and practical, recommended to our womyn friends. If you want a copy ill let you copy mine or we could trade just give me a message.




July 19, Sunday is my daughter Saydee’s birthday, if you didn’t know my daughter saydee died because of a lung illness. So we got to visit her on the cemetery and lit a candle.THE 19TH OF JULY 2 years ago, This day is considered to be one of the best days of my life. Everything I do is dedicated to you Saydee, I could have lost you but you’ll always be in my heart for ever and ever…

WHAT'S COMING....

Hey Davao City. Well this site has been really still for the past weeks. Because of all the hiatus that happened but hopefully things will change in the coming days.
So what’s new? Asawhole lost a little time but we are now on the few last steps of recording. Kind of excited and hopefully a tour would push through after this. So better keep moving… another thing to be excited is the anticipated Take 4 Takeover of the South.
BYSTORM, HALF THE BATTLE AND XSTAIDX....... IN DAVAO!!!!
Need I say more?

Im only going to finalize the venue and posters would be posted!!!

Ialso heard that one of the finest Cot metallic 90s influenced Hardcore Act Anxiety To Hysteria had just recorded a 6 song ep.
I don’t know how far it’s done but its going to come out sooooon!!! So watch out for it and make sure we support them.

Its about time we here this motherfckers at the player. http://www.myspace.com/anxietytohysteria

August is looking up and its gonna be a blast!!!

Up now is a pizza from a great Italian resto here in Davao City. I tried to stop myself from doing a la Cosa nuestro inspired food review but cant help it.

Pizza dell’ortollano, capriciosa,Al preschutto, peperoni

Picobello serves the best pizzas in Davao, straight from their own brick oven - cooked, the authentic Italian way.

You might think this place is fancy but I think the price is not bad. Infact it’s a great bargain thinking you could get 2 8slice pizzas for the price of one.
And prices of pizza ranges from 220 to 280,cool eh!! ASAWHOLE finished 4!!
For Davao kids I still got some of the ovc stuffs if you’re interested give me a message.

Updates would be posted!! Till then…..

“experience is the worst teacher, it gives the test before presenting the lesson”

GOODSHIT PLAYLIST: BANE ' THE NOTE, MUNICIPAL WASTE ' THE ART OF PARTYING, DEAD PREZ ' EVERYTHING,

ROUNDHEAD DEMO DOWNLOAD NOW

Yo! up now we got ROUNDHEAD. A band that’s been playing with Cot crew for quite sometime already, And never failed to give us an in your face hardcore approach, Singing about the society their living to their surroundings and friendship.

This is their demo and they are kind enough to share us their music. So grab it now..

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jemonmftkwy/roundhead.rar

Watch out for future releases from this dudes, future projects.

Contact them @ http://www.myspace.com/roundheadcot

One of the best bands there is now here in Durian City so check it out!! Enjoy

im back!!! feeding plus show = hardcore!!!

Well i'm finally back. For those who didn't know i was hospitalized and had an operation. My f*ng intestines got twisted. And boy was i f*cked.But its over now and im now in a stage of recovering. The weekend was a blast althou i could barely walk. The feeding was great and we had a great time. im pretty sure the kids enjoyed the Ratatouille, Pancit and rice we prepared. did like a hundred meals and off we go. Anis from Singapore and Ali from Malaysia visited Davao to participate in the event. Thanks guys!!!! After the feeding was a show and it tuned out great as expected. With our lokal Hc Acts , who never failed to bring the house down... Sorry but Mr sicko cant make a show review !!! thanks to everyone who participated and did their part!!!!

Over all, an awesome day and a day to remember!!!

im having trouble with this blog i cant copy paste anything so please if anybody knows how to deal with this please hit me back. cant do shit!!!! aaaarggghhh!!!


Kudos to my Cot family and all our supporters!! you know who you are!!!
Expect more this coming days!!!

diy lives, look around we are everywhere

goodshit playlist: The Smiths' Hatfull of Hollow, Vitamin X ' Full Scale Assault, Mazzy Star' All, Nations On Fire' Burn Again, Amy Whinehouse ' I told You i Was Trouble, Sonic Youth ' Murray Street

SAYDEES DAY PHOTOS

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE EVENT LAST SATURDAY.

AGAIN THANKS TO EVERYONE AND SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME!!!

GOOD FILM

Yesterday, Sunday to be precise was spent with the expected family day. Yeah, anybody who has one knows the drill knows what im talking about, Its good food, quality time and no showers, and of course the inevitable movie marathon. After watching an agonizing marathon of Dr Do little with my kid I got to see one guy I like. No, definitely not Eddie Murphy! Instead I saw Paul Giammatti which leads me to my little note today about one of my favourite movie AMERICAN SPLENDOR

If anyone of you don’t know and gives a shit, American Splendor is a 2003 biopic about the amazing and somewhat weird Harvey Pekar, an author of a comic book series American Splendor. Yes! The film an adaptation of the comics, which dramatize Pekar's day to day life. It was written and directed by documentarians Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, but still shares credit to Pekar and his wife, Joyce Brabner. As I said Paul Giamatti takes the role of Pekar. You might have seen him in a lot of big films and im a fan of his acting although he also takes a lot of stupid roles like the movie he did that lead me to this article. Anyway enough of that, this film even actually has appearances from Pekar and Brabner themselves (along with Toby Radloff, a border line autistic dude who became an “Mtv” vj . guess then need to market on nerds was at its peak that year)., who discuss their lives, the comic books, and how it feels to be depicted onscreen by actors.

“-Can't explain it but America seems to be fixated on watching other people's life. be it the MTV smash "Real World" or the video game "the Sims" and now comic books. Pretty soon someone will release a CD featuring the sounds they make as they move on with their everyday life.”

-Guy from the internet-

The story goes about Pekar who is an everyday anti social man whose life has been turned into a comic. he is a very careful man, works the same job day in day out, and is happy with any girl that he gets be it she's his type or not. He is not happy with his body and face and refers to it as a reliable disappointment. The movie kicks of with his 2nd wife leaving our man Pekar, he has lost his voice and has a very healthy obsession with jazz records. Can’t blame him. He meets a man at a yard sale who he later on convinces to publish his comic book. He agrees and the comic becomes a smash. He becomes an instant celebrity in his own right and meets his 3rd wife through that process. He appears on Dave Letterman and has merchandise from his comic. And gave him a hard time! You just got to see it. The movie is told with great visual style where sometimes we see the real Pekar next to Giamatti and sometimes we see it as a comic strip.



Anyway watch it and see for your self. I don’t know if you’re from other places, Pero chuy if you’re from Davao City you could rent it in some movie rental shops, preferably the old ones. And if it’s for sale then much better. Or you could even rent it and not return it if the place is closing anyway. it would just go to places were it aint worth shit. Just don’t tell them I told you that!! Enjoy!!!!



Goodshit playlist: Morning Again ‘As Tradition Runs Slowly’, V/A Its All In Our Hands (FEUD, HTB AND PLAY) , Sonic Youth ‘Murray Street’ ,