Charlie Chan.

On a rainy Saturday night after a long drive from Sucat, we went out and hit this 24-hour Yellow Cab joint at UN Avenue. Aside from getting an 18" cheese pizza, we decided to mix it up a little with an order of this Charlie Chan Chicken pasta minus the chicken (I think Den got the chicken though). Really good stuff. Pizza, pasta, Bystorm. Hell yes.

Speaking of Bystorm, Sannee Crapsalad just e-mailed me a bunch of live Bystorm tracks taken from his videos. The sound quality rips. We'll be choosing a bunch of these tracks for a Bystorm Live CD-R which will be available at the Forum Anniversary show.

I also have the Bulldozed files for Still Ill 02. We're just waiting on the artwork and some mastering sht and it will be all good.

Currently listening to: Bystorm 'live tracks', Rival Mob 'Hardcore for Hardcore'

Got fries?

Twin dip action from NYFD. Still prefer the red hot chili peppers though. Flea and the boys really make this an interesting combo.

Been busy doing an inventory of stuff in the house. Found a bunch of Caitlyn Baily CD-Rs as well as very few This is Cavite Not LA comps, plus 2 excess Magrudergrind 'Southeast Asian Tour' tapes. I'll be sending Rush IxDx demos with every order. Send me a message if you're interested.

We also got something cooking for Bystorm for the Forum Anniv on September 18, 2010. The line-up's almost done and the flyer should be up soon. Just waiting for confirmation from a couple of bands. And oh yeah, if you haven;t heard yet, ISVARAH will be doing a BULLDOZED set for that show, so in case you missed out on them, this may be your last chance to see them.

Currently listening to: Paint it Black 'CVA', Hot Water Music 'Live at the Hardback'

Still Ill 02: Update!

Original master tape of the Bulldozed demo

The live side of the BULLDOZED tape is currently being ripped and will hopefully be done within the week. Both the live and studio tracks will then be remastered by Pao of Positivity Studios before being sent to the pressing plant at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

It is also confirmed that ISVARAH will be playing the BULLDOZED 4-song demo at the 2nd Year Anniversary show of diypinoyhcpunk.com forum to be held at Ten02 in Quezon City on September 18, 2010. The line-up will be finalized and released soon!

Currently listening to: Outspoken 'Spotlight', Burn 's/t'

C. Dung recap.

C. Dung video by Jep Peligro.

Great show last night at Ten02! Although the show started a little bit later than expected, it was a blast. KILL RATIO kicked off the show with a bunch of new songs. A good comparison would be Fall of Efrafa. Good sht. ADA, BAD OMEN and THROW followed in succession. Good set from these 'veterans' as can be expected. CARBURETOR DUNG followed suit and I was really impressed with how well they played and their songs are really well constructed. The band has a lot of good things to say.

RUSH IxDx followed the band and we did a pretty good set (I think..haha). Need to write more new songs though. LEGARDA and EYES OF FIRE closed out the show and even if the crowd was a little thinner than expected (maybe because this is their 3rd show in the metro), it was still a lot of fun.

Currently watching: UST vs. Adamson. Teng is burning the hoops right now with 3 triples in a row. Things are looking good.

C. Dung tonight at Ten02!

Cool pic of Arah Kiri during their show at Ten02. Dada of Play mixing it up with the crowd. See you all later at Ten02 for C. Dung. Should be a blast! Pic by D. Regala.

Currently watching: The Incredible Hulk (the one with Norton)

Playlist while running: 97A 'Society's running on empty', Thrash Talk 'Eyes and Nines',
Rites of Spring 'End on End'

The FD Reunion shirt.

Out of print Forgiveness Denied Reunion shit. This is the rarer colorway as most of these shirts come in white. I call this the shtty brown color. Have at it.

Currently reading: Atty. Teruel's book on attorney's fees and law practice. Boring day.

Tofu sardines?

Different set of meal from Greens. Tofu sardines (kinda weird combo right?) and vegie adobo. The adobo's awesome while the tofu is a little bland but isn't it always?

Rush IxDx demo will be available for those still who haven't got it on the C. Dung show on Saturday at Ten02. The clearance sale is still on and going fast. Get at me.

Currently watching: Sons of Anarchy Season 2

Inception.

Holy shit. Just watched this movie and I got two words: serious mindfck. Your dreams will never be the same. Excellent job for the Christopher Nolan crew. About two and a half hours of seriously twisted and layer upon layer of ideas inserted in your brain. That girl (Mol), who also appeared on 'Public Enemies', gives this movie the dark side it deserves. Extraction and inception of ideas in dreams is so f'n weird and may cause extreme paranoia. You've been warned.

Currently listening to: Rot In Hell, Abraxis

Feud 'Never Give Up Trying' shirt.

Because people kept on asking me about the availability of the "Reunion" shirt, it has been decided to reprint this design with a slightly different design. Note that the reunion date is missing. Black ink on blue shirt. I'll be bringing some to the MAIM show later. Small run of 30 pcs on this colorway. Send me a message to reserve.

Currently watching: Liar, Liar.

Unforce 'Keep On Struggling' CD-R

Neil from Unforce gave this to me after some bargaining at the Pagbilao show. First thing you'd notice is the clear Shutdown 'Against All Odds'. If you're not convinced:




Now that we've got that out of the way, Unforce play fast, positive hardcore in the vein of your late 90's revival youth crew bands. This CD-R has 4 songs including a cover of 'X On My Hand' by Feud. Cool. The recording quality is pretty good since it was done at Positivity Studios (ssuupp Paolo??).

The lyrics vary from being positive with song titles like 'Fight For Change' and 'Break This Chain'. One thing that turned me off though was the song 'Beatdown' (just from the title, you'll be warned) with a line that goes 'Throw those sticks of shit, dispose of those drinks. You better change your way if you don't wanna get hurt by my hard fist. Fucking fist'. I mean, seriously? You're gonna beat someone up because they're drinking or smoking? Not cool. Plus I doubt if you'll actually beat someone up.

Potentially good band but remember that old adage, don't act harder than you actually are.

xThink Positivex Records (no address or contact info included).