The UNO White Party
Welcome to 2010: The UNO Calendar Party
UNO Magazine welcomes 2010 with the release of its Connoisseur issue this February, with special guest editor Norman Crisologo, who will be your guide through exquisite and unusual realms of art, food and love. The stunning Michelle Paloma, TV darling and star endorser, is our cover girl — and it’s safe to say you’ve never seen her this way before. Inside, you’ll find features on the best of the local art scene, a collision of photography and fiction, incisive writing on love and lust, and more.
Meanwhile, join us as we celebrate the past, the present and the fabulous future with the UNO Calendar Party. Featuring the much-awaited release of the UNO 2010 Calendar, we’ve got UNO’s prime calendar girls as special guests, plus cool RnB mash-up music courtesy of DJ Lenin. Come to the party dressed in white, on February 18, at Amber Ultralounge, The Fort, Taguig. Bouncing starts at 9pm.
The UNO Calendar Party is brought to you by UNO Magazine — the premier lifestyle magazine for men, and Ginebra Premium.
UNO Magazine. Dispatches for the discerning man.
Gravity Games 2010 Highlands Chase
1.25 kilometers of butter smooth asphalt. 75km/h.
nothing but gravity.
for more details about the race, go to www.gravitygamesasia.com
DC Skateboard Deck Design Competition
January 20, 2010 by France
Filed under Events, Press Release
STEREO I by CHRISTINA DY and JUAN CAGUICLA, SILVERLENS GALLERY
Please come to STEREO I, a collaboration by UNO Creative Director Juan Caguicla and Christina Dy. Opening January 13, Wednesday, 6pm at Silverlens Gallery
The Killers Live in Manila!
January 11, 2010 by France
Filed under Events, Press Release
The Return of The QLE Awards
“NO NOMINEES, JUST WINNERS”: THE 2ND QLE AWARDS WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 28, MONDAY, 10 PM, AT MAG:NET HIGH STREET
LUIS KATIGBAK: It all started last year, when three music-loving, media-saturated friends were disillusioned with the usual annual rock awards. They launched a new ‘awards show’ with articles in the three major dailies, culminating in a gig featuring Intolerant, Itchyworms, Up Dharma Down and others. Those three friends were myself, filmmaker Quark Henares and editor Erwin Romulo.
QUARK HENARES: A lot of really cool things happened after [last year's QLE articles] came out. Rock Ed put up an awards night that was really more of a get-together of music lovers than a hoity-toity awards show.
ERWIN ROMULO: I never imagined we’d do it this again this year, when so much has happened and there is very little to celebrate. Plus this year’s NU Rock Awards was the best in its history.
QUARK: Instead of semi-protesting the Rock Awards, QLE has a new mission, and that is to turn you on to good music that’s mostly overlooked by the pop charts. [...] 2009 in general may have been the most horrible year in the history of the known universe, so I thank the following musicians with all my heart for keeping me company and being that glimmer of hope in the midst of all this chaos…
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BEST SONG I’VE HEARD THIS YEAR
“Matina Town Square” by Zach Lucero feat. Sarah Marco [Quark]
“Matina Town Square” is a masterpiece that will win you over with its 90s alt rock earnestness.
“The Story So Far” by Outerhope [Luis]
Written with honesty, performed with skill and love, this song is one of the most beautiful stories I’ve heard in a long time.
“Superpoke is Nothing Compared to True Love” by Us-2 Evil-0 [Erwin]
An affecting anthem, heartfelt and impassioned but deeply introspective. When Dulce sings, “We just fade away,” it’s already happened―only the song remains.
BEST SONG I’VE HEARD THIS YEAR THAT WAS NOT RELEASED THIS YEAR
“Mmm” by Arigato Hato [Quark]
“Mmm” is a slow-burn delight that results in LSS for weeks to come.
“Clarity (N:ua Remix)” by Bagetsafonik [Luis]
While the song was good to start with, the N:ua reworking―from the 2008 Travel Agents remix album―takes it to a mesmerizing new place.
“Line Drawings” by Sandwich [Erwin]
Cruelly overlooked even by its makers, this is the one song from Sandwich’s < S > Marks The Spot that sounds more alive than any of the popular singles released from the album.
BEST SONG I’VE HEARD LIVE THIS YEAR
Ang Huling El Bimbo by the Eraserheads [Quark]
Cheating, I know, but someone has to acknowledge the sheer drama and power with which the Eheads performed “Ang Huling El Bimbo” for the “Final Set (yeah, right)” last February.
“Medicine” by Waya [Luis]
“Medicine” may have been written based on the lead singer’s experiences with asthma, but it will leave you breathless for other reasons entirely.
“Juggernaut” by Greyhoundz [Erwin]
“Juggernaut” is the song that I wish they made during the band’s heyday in the 90s. If anything, it might’ve prolonged the period so that we could’ve bypassed all the “acoustic” acts that followed them.
BEST SINGLE THAT I HEARD ON THE RADIO
“Matina Town Square” by Zach Lucero feat. Sarah Marco [Quark]
“Twenty Years From Now” by Outerhope [Luis]
Outerhope handed over their new album to radio stations without specifying a single, so it’s interesting to see which tracks individual stations choose to air. This one seemed a natural…
“Let’s Make Babies” by The Bernadettes [Erwin]
This is what all pop should aspire to. It’s music drunk on its own exuberance.
BEST LIVE ACT
Eraserheads [Quark]
Again, it seems totally pointless for me to even give props to the greatest band ever, but the second reunion concert felt like a sort of homecoming to me.
Corporate Lo-Fi [Luis]
Hip-hop with a full band setup is not a new concept, but as you can imagine, it’s not an easy thing to pull off…
Turbo Goth [Erwin]
It’s the shoulders. They make music.
BEST SECOND ALBUM
A Day for the Absent by Outerhope [Quark]
It’s the perfect Sunday afternoon record, a steady listen that showcases Outerhope’s Peanuts-score sound crisper and clearer than the first. [...] Well worth the four-year wait.
Back to the Nut House by Hilera [Erwin]
With their second effort, they’ve grown in ambition as well as skill, delivering a modern rockabilly experience that’s angrier but more focused than its predecessor.
BEST GUITAR PLAYING ON AN ALBUM
Kris Gorra-Dancel [Erwin]
Many of our so-called guitar heroes could learn a thing from listening to Gorra-Dancel, who doesn’t need to resort to a single solo to show that she plays with balls.
BEST FRONTPERSON
Katwo Librando-Puertollano, Duster [Luis]
With undeniable style, spirit, and occasionally slightly off-kilter spiels, she charms and confronts and conquers.
BEST ALBUM COVER
Peryodiko [Quark]
19-year old Paulina Ortega made this brilliant album cover by pouring and shaping real wax. She is genius waiting to happen.
The Dingdong Dantes Experience [Erwin]
Self-explanatory.
The Distinktive Sounds of Pasta Groove [Luis]
The cover accurately―and attractively―represents the glorious mashup of elements inside. You know, much like the Dingdong Dantes album cover does.
BEST NEW ARTIST
Waya [Luis]
This is a band that can do seemingly anything, from revelatory covers of Roison Murphy and The Gossip and Talking Heads to instant-favorite originals like “When” and “Medicine.”
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
Ciudad [Erwin]
Our favorite band is still at it and now they’re playing in Manhattan!
Nine Inch Nails [Quark]
I don’t think Manila’s rocked this hard since Rage Against The Machine back in ‘97.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Up Dharma Down’s “Taya” directed by Nic Reyes [Quark]
Nic Reyes and Up dharma Down have always been the perfect pair-up, and it’s great watching this young director grow with the band.
Pasta Groove’s “Give Bearth” directed by Paolo Garcia [Luis]
Flickering and unfolding like a dream, splicing in vintage film clips with new footage made to look archaeological, the video enhances rather than detracts from the Pasta Groove experience.
Us-2 Evil-0’s “Mighty Heart Attack” directed by J.A. Tadena [Erwin]
Standing as an antithesis to all the rest of the videos gaining airplay today, J.A. Tadena’s video for Us-2 Evil-0’s first single is not a patchwork of pegs strung together from the director’s favorite videos but rather a sincere piece of filmmaking.
BEST LIVE ALBUM
Shuffle Union [Erwin]
Recorded at a tribute gig to the late Luis ‘Weslu’ Guiang in Cubao, this is certainly a testament to the spirit of the statement of its producer, Betrayed’s Je Bautista, that “ska is reggae on beer.”
BEST COLLABORATION
“Matina Town Square” by Zach Lucero feat. Sarah Marco [Luis + Quark]
Not only would it appeal to fans of Zach and Sarah’s bands―Imago and Taken By Cars, respectively―its catchy headlong quality would win over people who were fans of neither.
“Giving Bearth” by Pasta Groove (featuring Up Dharma Down’s Armi Millare, Rubber Inc’s Malek Lopez and Third World Project’s Allen Umali among others) [Erwin]
This track is a demonstration of how adept afro-Filipino stalwart Pasta Groove is in making diverse elements work to his advantage producing music that’s uniquely his own.
BEST PROTEST SONG
“Wala” by Kamikazee [Erwin]
“Wala” is what’s it all about now; and where it’s at—a defiant album saying that for all the bluster our pop stars and Illac Diaz have promoted themselves with: what does it really amount to? WALA.
BEST ALBUM
A Day for the Absent by Outerhope [Luis]
…the songs, from the childlike yet brilliant “Lost in Numbers” to the jaunty “Anna Gabrielle” to the drum-machine driven “Twenty Years From Now” and the deeply affecting “The Man With The Pipes,” are just the best songs I heard this year.
Travel Advisory by Archipelago [Erwin]
…the music sits well with itself, so assured of its own strength that it needn’t try to do anything else.
Fall Crash Infect by Zach Lucero [Quark]
Fall Crash Infect is the best thing that an album could be considering who Lucero is and where he’s been—it’s cathartic.
The full explanations by Quark, Luis and Erwin will come out in the three major daily broadsheets. Stay tuned for links. see you at the awards show!
Bloodletting: The Video You Should See
December 18, 2009 by erwinromulo
Filed under Blog, Events
MAN UP! UNO’s Fashion Show this November 16
Come one, come all. It’s an open invite!
When: November 16, 6:30 PM
Where: NBC Tent, Fort Bonifacio
And here’s a little behind the scenes video:
Sneak Peek of the upcoming UNO Fashion Show 2009.
Behind the scenes of the Go-see last Saturday, October 24, 2009
Shot entirely with the Canon 7D
Copyright - UNO Magazine & RT Teehankee of B-Line Visuals
The James Jean Raffle
“Like Wolverine, James Jean is the best at what he does. Unlike Wolverine, James Jean doesn’t kill people with razors that pop out of his hand. You might not know James Jean by name but you’ve seen his work. His art’s all over the place. It’s in galleries, on Prada bags, album covers, in magazines and on the covers of DC comics. Tom Herpich and Kenichi Hoshine are simlarly talented and definitely blow minds with their intense talent and vision but James Jean is the king. James’ drawings have sophistication, power and delicacy beyond what most drawers can muster.”
– Nick Gazin, VICELAND
James Jean is coming to Manila and we’re all excited. We were so excited that we called up Fully Booked and asked them to do this raffle with us. So we’re now running this contest, and Fully Booked is giving away these great prizes. Honestly, we want them for ourselves. If you want a shot at this, all you need to do is leave a comment below answering the question “Which is your favorite James Jean masterpiece and why?” You can leave as many answers as you want, but note that the top 10 entries will be decided upon by us.
The full mechanics of the contest can be found below:
The following prizes are up for grabs, courtesy of Fully Booked:
One (1) copy of Process Recess volume 3
One (1) copy of Fables Volume 1 Deluxe Edition
One (1) copy of XOXO Postcard BookContest runs from November 4 – November 18. Deadline for entries is November 18, 11:59 PM. Editors of UNO will submit a shortlist of contestants to Fully Booked. Fully Booked will then determine the 3 lucky winners.
Winners will be announced on November 20.
Prizes can be claimed at Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street. Prizes not claimed after 30 days will be forfeited in favor of Fully Booked.
Apol Sta Maria’s Ang Alamat ng Panget and Many Other Book Launch!
Please support August 2009 UNO guest illustrator Apol Sta. Maria as he launches his first (and hopefully not his last) comic book! 
