wee! one of my must-do items check!
FINALLY got to the NU rock awards 
but i think what i enjoyed more, was my reunion with former roomates
Rona and Alessa. They were my roommates of 3years at tita Belle’s house
in UP.
i super enjoyed their company and i realized i missed them alot. we have to do this more often! the dinner was good too
we had it at Pier 1 right in front of the World Trade Center. i have always loved baked tahong lol.
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The first two hosts were “gahhh”. But Iza Calzado and Ramon Bautista
were REALLY cool. they were a good pair. Iza was game with all of
Ramon’s antics, Ramon was a delight to see i think whatever he does or
says is funny :p You should’ve seen Iza do the Ku-kupaw!! thing
ala-Razorback it was soooo cool. haha.
Lots of good looking guys, but there’s this photographer that caught
me and lessie’s eyes and ronnie even took a picture of him hahaha. the
three of us sat near the entrance of the room and did some
people-watching. me and lessie were also looking for people who should
line up for Master Hair Gel’s contest for made up hair hahha.
80% of the crowd was in black. ronnie was wearing white, lessie was in purple, and i was in yellow. lol.
The Juan dela Cruz Band’s performance was the most amusing, well
it’s the first time i saw strippers dancing inside cages “like that”
heheh. Nice place eh?
Ivan Garcia is my new favorite person. he won bassist of the year for Hilera and he’s such a cute awkward little thing lol.
It’s my first time to see Up Dharma Down live i think… Armi’s voice
is amazing. I also liked the ending where they left the stage one by
one and the whole sound was chaotic white noise. they should’ve just
left a moment of silence afterwards just so we’d know it’s over :p
Ebe now looks like he doesn’t take a bath. Congrats to him though for being vocalist of the year, him and Armi.
Razorback is still cool as ever
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there’s this new band FRanco. the vocalist is hot. he looks older
than he is. i’m just not sure about their advocacy to spread
understanding bout the “herb”. to legalize maybe?
I also liked Echo. another indie band… the vocalist has such a powerful voice, and i love how they were able to catch the crowd.
Drummer of Kamikazee was drummer of the year.
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Peryodiko took home alot of awards, including best new artist. i only know one song from them though.
(those in my new must-have list include Corporate Lo-fi. veteran
musicians from different bands came together for this exciting group.
ronnie mentioned them to me and i’m looking them up as soon as i can.
my new dream is to also see Cynthia Alexander live )
My big frustration here is the crowd. because it was the “Rock
awards” i was expecting a more responsive crowd, but dang almost
everyone just STOOD THERE. i mean huh?? i think only about 10% of the
crowd were giving in to the music. tsktsk. is it because most of the
crowd were composed of rich kids? i mean so what? i’m just not sure
about those in the VIP section but they probably wouldn’t move too much
cuz they wouldn’t want to sweat their expensive outfits or trip in
their heels. but i dunno it was just quite disappointing. now i know
why alot of bands love performing in the UP fair. the energy is much
different.
mapipigti nalang yung litid nung kumakanta tinititigan parin sya ng tao hahaha
the performance of Higante was really nice. it was cool to see Francis M’s kid in there giving it all he’s got.
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too bad we had to leave early. but then again Santi would’ve caught up with us if we didn’t.
Song of the year: Antukin
Album of the year: Bipolar.
I’ll update this with the complete list when i get one. 