I recently started a new blog called About that Moment, located at lookingforthatmoment.blogspot.com.

A popular quote once said that art is defined not by what it is per se, but what it means to people the moment it is received.

In my blog, I touch upon works of art (films, songs, paintings, books, whatnot) that I consider beautiful, not by ( Read more... )

Union Square yawns ( Read more... )

2000-2009:  Music in Review / Glenn’s 100 favorite songs of the decade

For the past nine years, I have come up with year-end top 20 lists.  To culminate the decade, I attempted, in vain, to complete a top 150 list of my favorite songs of the decade.  I hit an impasse in the #40s onwards - how do I differentiate songs numbered 40 and 41, and 64 ( Read more... )

Ondoy and the violent dialectic of heroism

Three days ago, I received an e-mail from one fellow law student, bemoaning the continuation of classes notwithstanding the torrential floods that hit Manila a few days before.  In his words, he branded those who sought to push through with classes as having 1cexceptionally screwed up priorities. 1d  The ( Read more... )

I was originally supposed to post this two weeks ago, after the Eraserheads concert.

First...  the runners-up:

From Ultraelectromagneticpop!, there's Easy Ka Lang, the jangly predecessor of "Cool Ka Lang," and Ligaya, which has a special place for every college student who's done thesis work.  From Circus, Hey Jay does the conga, and bonus track ( Read more... )

Yet another list for those who want to compare notes or get ideas for songs to download.

1. China Crisis - "Black Man Ray" (1985) : I first heard this song inside my school service back when I was 14 years old, and it immediately became one of my favorite songs.  This songs just screams EIGHTIES, with its twinkling piano, plucked guitars, and tender ( Read more... )

No doubt, The Only Ones’ “Another Girl, Another Planet” is the best song ever written.

To affirm that bold statement, I gave a curt, offhand nod for myself.  I was careful not to instill any suspicion in my opponents’ mind that I was sending signals to my partner.

It was annual Bridge Fridays at Rissa’s, and we were up against the formidable Emma- ( Read more... )

Here's the ninth installment of my annual year-end list of favorite songs.  These are the songs I've listened to the most, or were simply those that floored me upon first listen.

For those wondering where I get my music, it's a combination of word of mouth, Pitchfork, allmusic, Tiny Mix Tapes, last.fm, Fluxblog, Metacritic, YouTube, 105.9 FM, 88.3 ( Read more... )

He wanted to stop believing in Santa Claus at seven years old.  Yet there was still a tinge of doubt in his unsullied mind.

After all, the other little boys in Elm Street got their wishes.  Little Pedro got his remote-controlled McLaren Silver Arrow.  Little Johnny was already showing Little Matthew his new super soaker.  Little Ben finally got the ( Read more... )

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One day, all the lawyers in the world just disappeared.  There was no fanfare nor spectacle that sent all the lawyers to oblivion.  They just disappeared.

I had read something like this before - Neil Gaiman’s Babycakes - where all the animals in the world suddenly vanished.  The people resorted to eating babies instead.  In a world without ( Read more... )