New BYSTORM shirts!

Check out the new BYSTORM 'The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken BYSTORM' shirts which will be available this Saturday at the Forum show. Pinted by Northern Territory. Initial run of fifty (50) pcs on three (3) variations: black ink on red shirt, yellod gold ink on black shirt and gray shirts.

This will coincide with the release of BYSTORM's 'Lungsod ng mga Patay na Buhay' Live CD-R. Unfortunately, it seems that the Bulldozed tape will not be available on Saturday's show. Don't worry, we'll throw another party for this bad boy on October 29, 2010 - that's right, the Halloween show. Beware.

Currently listening to: Gorilla Biscuits 's/t' and 'Start Today'

Nom3.

No place to hang out after band practice? Don't want any noisy bands/people blabbering about anything and everything? Just go to Nomnomnom at the corner of E. Rodriguez and T. Morato Streets in QC an do all that. Hang out and sht. They have a decent vegie selection like this vegie chicken nugget with rice combo and that awesome pasta with vegetables (forgot the name though). They also have an iced tea pitcher and endless supply of ice and water to cool you down on a great evening of stories and planning.

Currently listening to: Battery 'Final Fury 1990-1997', The Weakerthans 'Fallow'

Review: Eyes of Fire/Tsimpayne 'Stoned Jam' split CD-R

Great split between two (2) downtuned, heavy as sht bands from the Flowergrave crew and the other one from Cavite. Eyes of Fire contribute three (3) songs from a live show. One song sounded like it was ripped off from a Juan De La Cruz session. Groovy, Sabbathhic riffs. Too bad, you cannot decipher the vocals and it doesn't help that they don't have lyrics included. Really looking forward to a better recording from this band.

Tsimpayne is a band from Cavite who I've seen once and admittedly I was not that impressed. In this recording though, they are more justified in using the term 'stoner rock'. More groove laden riffs. Think Doomriders and Motorhead.

Good stuff from both bands. Just needs better recording and packaging. The contact info's very hard to read. Approach anyone from the FG crew and I'm sure they'll hook you up. Thanks to Selo for my copy.

Currently watching: The Replacements

Nice to be back.

Finally made it back after a 4/5 day journey to the Lion City. Lots of catching up to do and the Forum Anniv show is already next week.

Still Ill news: The Bulldozed tape will be out of the printers by Wednesday. Unfortunately, it was printed in Kuala Lumpur, so unless it's by a sheer stroke of luck, in all probability, the Bulldozed tapes will not make it (unless you have a relative coming over from KL on Thursday - Saturday, in that case, send me a message) on Saturday's show. On the bright side, it will give us another opportunity to make another release party for the Bulldozed tape! Stay tuned!

On the good news, the Bystorm 'Lungsod ng mga Patay na Buhay' are all but ready for those that will attend the show. This sht will be given to the first one hundred (100) people at the venue this Saturday. So come early and get your Bystorm fix!

Now to the photos above, these were taken during a recent Baguio trip in the best vegie restaurant in Baguio City, cheap and delicious, I tell you. Vegie sardines, curry, soup, sisig, and the crispy kangkong (I was initially looking for the water cress but this is the one available). Really awesome sht here. The name of the resto is Azotea Greens (not related in any way to the Greens in QC, I believe).

Currently listening to: Uniform Choice 'everything', Ignite 'Call On My Brothers' (I need this posi fix after listening to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath for three times in a row...)

Singapura.

Still hanging out on my last night at Singapore. Nothing special, just chillin and taking advantage of the free wi-fi. Gonna be home tomorrow. Got some good and not so good stories to tell y'all. Keep posted. Forum show next week. Don't miss out!

Good stuff: coffee, Tear It Up!, Gehenna, Singapore...

That Old Spaghetti House.

Is it just me or are most branches of The Old Spaghetti House gone? I can name only a few branches that are still around. This one's located in Robinson's Otis in UN Avenue.

Mozarella sticks and 4-cheese pizza in a thin weird shape. Tastes good but not commensurate with the amount. Not too expensive but it's not just that worth it. And those mozzarella sticks are a little bland for me.

I'll be heading to Singapore for a leisure trip for a couple of days but hopefully I can still post some stuff here while I'm there. I plan to get some stuff from SG so hopefully there'll be more Lion City content in the coming posts.

Bad stuff: UST bowing out of contention in UAAP (boy, do they suck!), Red Sox facing a tough climb in the AL wild card race...

Good stuff: Tiger Pussy 'Demo', The Weakerthans 'Left and Leaving'

Outbreak.

Now this is a real Outbreak shirt. Nothing speaks more Outbreak than a plague-infested rat! Seriously, be careful of flash floods hitting the metro or you might get a healthy dose of leptospirosis! A medical broadcast brought to you by...

I'm currently on a 'That 70's Show' binge for a couple of days now. Really great series. A lot of funny sht!

Currently listening to: Eyes of Fire/Tsimpayne 'Stoned Jam' split, Propagandhi 'The Recovered'

TSA in Denmark!

How cool is this? One of the hardest working Pinoy hardcore punk bands will be going to Denmark for almost a week long tour. Denmark will never be the same again!

Busy day ahead: a bunch of pleadings due. two band practices. probably going to a show later and some more obligations.

Still Ill news: The mastering of the Bulldozed tape is done and will be sent to the printers today. The covers will be done next week just in time for the forum show. The Bystorm CD-R's are almost ready. Some new shirts will also be available at this show. Keep checking for more info.

Currently listening to: Deathwish Podcast No. 27 featuring Blacklisted. Check it if you're interested: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/deathcast/id167503091

Mann Hann.

It has always been a mystery to me why this restaurant is always full so I just went ahead to check out if they had any vegie goodies. Tried some vegie spring rolls, tofu and rice but unfortunately, they suck. Even their chili sucks. Only good thing they had was this towering iced tea. Seriously, I would have ordered another big one if I wasn't so full drinking the first one. But their food totally sucked.

Currently listening to: Thou 'Summit', SOA 'No Policy Bootleg'

X-Cutioner's Song.

On a rainy day or night, one could think of a lot of stuff to do. Me? I browsed thru my old TPB's and got hold of this classic. Put on Strife on the earphones and you'll be taken to a 90's journey of sorts.

X-Cutioner's song: Stryfe (oops..) posing as Cable shoots Professor X and infects him with a deadly virus. The X-Men (Gold and Blue teams) and X-Factor converge. They hunt down X-Force who puts up a hell of a battle against X-Factor and 1/2 of the blue team led by Wolverine. Jean Grey and Cyclops are abducted by the Horsemen without the knowledge of Apocalypse. X-Force taken down and imprisoned in the Mansion. The Gold Team with Beast hunt down Apocalypse and were beaten by a severely weakened Apoc. X-Factor/X-Men Blue/a couple of X-Force puts to rest the Mutant Liberation Front. Stryfe battles Apoc in Egypt and nearly kills him. Apocalypse teleports to the Mansion and offers his help to save the Professor. Cable goes back to Department K and unfortunately bumps into Logan and Bishop. More mayhem until Cable makes them trusts him and takes them to Graymalkin where they find out that Jean and Scott were taken by Stryfe to the moon. Apocalypse saves Charles. The X-Men go to the moon and its an all out battle with the Dark Riders and ends with a great showdown between the two men with the same faces. Really AWESOME shit here.

Soundtrack: Strife 'One Truth', Snapcase 'Steps'