Tales
Posted by Erwin Romulo at August 14th, 2010
How to Escape
Posted by Erwin Romulo at August 9th, 2010
by Kris Aquino as told to Erwin Romulo
Art by Gamo Tuaño (gamot.deviantart.com)
Nowhere to hide
I don’t really escape because there’s no escape but I’ve learned to choose whom I keep close. Actually, I’ll answer that with something that Boy (Abunda) taught me, and something my mom also said that there is a price to pay for the level of comfort and security I’m able to give my children. So I accept all the attention, I accept all the judgments, and I accept everything because it’s all part of the package. So I’ve never wished to be anything else because generally, and this I quote from my sister Pinky, it’s looking at life as a glass that’s half full rather than half empty. In my situation, I really believe I’m blessed because, and I’ve said this so many times, who really gets to be what they’ve wanted to be when they were 2-years-old?
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Sticky Fingers: Jenna Genio is subjected to the test
Posted by Erwin Romulo at July 9th, 2010
Artist and photographer Jenna Genio is undoubtedly a provocateur—but in the best sense of the word. She readily admits to being diagnosed as being a ‘borderline personality” as well as being bipolar or having acute manic depression. With the current debate on the forthcoming edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or the DSM V as detailed in my article for the Philippines Free Press here, we decided to subject this mercurial but prodigious talent to our own evaluation.
Formulated by British psychologist Hans Jürgen Eysenck, it was used in the 70′s for admission into psychiatric wards or for assessments of mental patients, although it’s since fallen out of fashion in psychiatry circles. It was given to cult author J.G. Ballard (Crash, Empire of the Sun, The Atrocity Exhibition) for a documentary film made on him. You can view the film here. In the original test, you can only answer yes or no (that also accounts to it’s validity being questioned). For Jenna, we allowed her to elaborate a little if she wished.
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A Person We Love: Alexis Tioseco
Posted by Erwin Romulo at July 5th, 2010
Here’s an unpublished interview with Alexis from the website Criticine by Davide Cazzaro:
The following conversation was recorded in Manila towards the end of the beautiful day, in late November 2008 after the Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference (ASEACC), that May Adadol Ingawanij and Ben Slater describe in their introduction to Criticine: Love Letters.
I have waited for some time before making this transcript available. It was for my own research and not originally intended for publication, nor had Alexis had the chance to read it or make amendments, but the tragic events of September 2009 transformed it into a source of pathos and one of the last opportunities to hear Alexis’s views and ideas.
It’s still hard to believe that Alexis cannot read the Love Letters issue he was preparing so enthusiastically, and it is even harder and more painful to know we will not have the chance to read his words (and hear his voice) anymore. As a result, the longer I held onto the recording, the more I felt I was withholding something that should be shared and disseminated.
Read the rest here.
Groups We Love More Than The Beatles (apart from The Stones)
Posted by Erwin Romulo at July 4th, 2010
European surrealists in 1930.
Front row: Tristan Tzara, Salvador Dali, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Rene Crevel.
Back row: Man Ray, Jean Arp, Yves Tanguy, Andre Breton
Quirino Grandstand, June 30, 2010
Posted by Erwin Romulo at July 2nd, 2010
This is Rodolfo Sabayton Jr. or ‘Kahoy’. He is one of our all-time favorite people. We were there together.
The 100 Greatest Movie Insults (NSFW and, oh well, predominantly American)
Posted by Erwin Romulo at July 1st, 2010The Music is Still “It”
Posted by Erwin Romulo at June 27th, 2010One year on since Michael Jackson’s untimely passing, it’s still the music that matters. And none was more ebullient than as heard on this track. It’s just a pure joy, a delight in just the sensation of the rhythms and those gorgeous arrangements (vertiginous strings, percussive frenzy) and that voice. And on this, which is astounding for how he could’ve sung a song about such heartbreak at that age and just bring it. This is popular music at its best.
Our New Favorite Couple: Miriam Quiambao and Boyet Sison
Posted by Erwin Romulo at June 18th, 2010
(via http://twitter.com/iamnqmanalo)
Storyline “Nightfall” on ANC, 9:30 Thursday
Posted by Erwin Romulo at June 17th, 2010Legally blind photojournalist Luis Liwanag and his challenge to the dark. Carlo Cordoviz, and the daughter whose breath stops in sleep.
NIGHTFALL on ANC
Episode 6, Season 6
Thursday 930PM
Created by Patricia Evangelista and Paolo Villaluna
Directed and edited by Paolo Villaluna
Written and produced by Patricia Evangelista
Cinematographer: Raymund Amonoy
Production Managers: Sandra Pineda, Bianca Gacad and Bernice Ilagan
Assistant Director: Jippy Pascua and Sandra Pineda
Assistant Editor: Jippy Pascua
Video Researcher: Biena Magbitang
Gaffer: Adonis de la Cruz
Sound: Nestor Fuentes
Production Assistants: Nicole Magay and Katz Bernardo
Interns: Katsy Lee, Akira Liwanag, Sandra Pineda and Bianca Gacad
