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Thursday, October 11, 2007

• There is only one rule when it comes to drinking: Be sure to get your drunken ass to where you plan on sleeping, without incurring any debt of any kind.

• It is infinitely better for everyone concerned to pick their noses before leaving the house.

• The lavatory is where you will find God, if there really is one.

• The kitchen is where you will find The Devil, if there really is one.

• The bedroom is where you will find all sorts of Ghosts, Holy and Otherwise.

• Louis Armstrong was psychic. "I see friends shaking hands, saying, 'How do you do?' What they're really saying is…" 

• Achilles was done in by his Pride. I do not see anyone raising eyebrows on that issue.

• If I were to choose between a long life without Glory or a Glorious death in battle, I would still choose to be a published writer. That way, I can Glorify myself, in Death and in Life. Har har. 

• MUSIC is not a launching pad into stardom. If you want to be on TV, the radio, the Internet; and if you want your every move monitored by the media, beat up several nuns to their deaths with a rubber dildo while wearing a negligee.

• Sad people do not write, "Tonight I can write the saddest lines…" Sad people – the genuinely grief-stricken ones — raise a formidable army, and raze and pillage and occupy nearby nations for some noble fucking cause because, in reality, Sadness is Anger, dressed in tears and sobs. Anger at being left alone in the morning by the other person, who was most probably led into bed under the influence of some cheap pill that excites the libido. Anger at being oh-so-misunderstood because of Art and shit like that. Anger at being the only 18-year-old who has not yet screwed anyone, not even the neighbor's dog. Sadness, if you look at history, has been – and it still is — the greatest salestalk for getting people to join one side of an otherwise stupid war. The death of Christians, the death of Muslims, the death of Jews, the death of Hindus. How about the death of a person, in general, huh? Should one person's misery be enough to wipe out an entire nation? Sadness… MY FUCKING ARSE! If you are truly sad, get rid of yourself. If you cannot, get off the fucking floor and start cleaning up the fucking mess!

• If you count your troubles more than you do your blessings, you will wind up in a looney bin. On the other hand, if you count your blessings more than you do your troubles, you will find yourself ill-equipped for the cruelty of the human race. If you count both on equal amounts of time, you will eventually find out that you have wasted your time counting your perceptions, which, in the greater scheme of things, are virtually useless. So, to cut it short: Leave the counting to the mathematicians and live your fucking life, you miserable self-absorbed nincompoop!

• Children will always, ALWAYS know more than you ever will.

• Woody Allen was right: There is too much premium placed on the orgasm to fill up the empty spaces in our lives.

• If you have to fight, fight with Dignity and Honor. If you have to run, run when no one is looking.

Oi!

YOU ARE INVITED TO A NIGHT OF MUSIC FEATURING MRM BANDS!

DAHON

FEEBLE

LEAF

NIMBUS CROWD 

THE HANEPS

THE OUTLAWS

 

Guest Band:

VIRGIN HUNTERS

 

FREE ENTRANCE! FREE EXIT!

Come on!!!

October 17, 2007, Wednesday
Purple Haze Bar
Tomas Morato, Q.C.
10:00 pm

 

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I will also be playing drums for ELEMENTO, on the same night at BAR 42, a little further down the street.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

• All the things you learned in Elementary and High School would not amount to shit until you start teaching. Come to think of it, the same goes for College. And Bible School.

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Saturday, October 6, 2007

After more than a month of coming to terms with my 27 years of mess-laden existence, I have realized that:

• Great Expectations are just that. Tell me, have you ever heard of Great Fruitions?

• It is much too often much too hard to relate to relatives.

• While it is true, the adage that you should be kind to the people you are with because they are the ones who will stick with you until the end, it is even better to remember that you should be kind to the people you are with because they can easily stick a knife into your throat when you are stone drunk.

• Pets only take up your time, of which you have so little. You, on the other hand, amuse them so much with your futile attempt at being an overlord of, at least, something.

• Happy pills will not make you happy when you take into consideration how much they cost.

• Substituting the first word of the first line to Simon & Garfunkel's Sound Of Silence with OPEN will turn the first four lines into a monologue for a troubled Demon King.

• I have been out of touch with the current Filipino music scene. *patting my shoulder*

• When it comes to the Koreans I have met, I either love them to the point of shedding tears when I am reminded of them or I have already set about a series of events that will lead to their agonizing demise. 

• It is infinitely better to stay behind the drum kit than to be out front, "connecting" with the audience. While I still have my "dreams" of "doing it a la Dylan" , I have found solace in being in the background, just providing The Beat. After all, it all comes down to The Beat.

• Reality is far more powerful than either Love or Destiny. That lonesome five-peso coin in your pocket can only go as far as you can throw it.

• Music is far more powerful than Reality, Love, and Destiny put together. When we were kids, Leevon's Pa gave us this advice, for which I have been ever grateful: "Never lose the Music in your head and you will never lose your head."

• Cynicism is the greatest weapon in the arsenal of personal defenses. With Skepticism as a side-arm and Sarcasm as ammunition, one would be Invincible.

• God, however glorified He is, had decided to sit out on things — long before History began.

• Faith is overrated and Salvation is a load of shit.

• A cheap knock-off of a Ray Ban Wayfarer is much better than the real deal, especially when it comes to the nitty gritty of a Third World life. Trust me, I have a pair of both and I have relegated the genuine one to the status of keepsake.

• Sticking to one particular brand will burn holes in your pockets on any given payday.

• One can never earn the Trust of anyone. I repeat: NEVER.

• A better version of Wisdom is born every fucking second so get off the mountain top and get yourself a pint.

• Books are too much like Heroin.

• Little will ever be known of my life so, Why bother?

• Having endured Catholic school may have made my hide tougher than Kevlar but it had also made me an asshole.

• You will always be left behind, no matter how much emotional epoxy you apply.

• When you are a self-confessed Luddite, Technology will subtly conspire against you, i.e. the PC will not function when you are racing against a deadline but, minutes after you have given up, your brother or sister will be able to access the full glory of the Inter-fucking-net.

• Cigarette smoking may kill people but so do Governments. On the former, you have a choice. On the latter, you absolutely do not.

• The excess food and beverage are not due to some fucking Miracle. It has more to do with careless handling of money.

• There is no heavenly sound emanating from the sunrise. It is the buzzing of your head after a night of drinking way too much.

• The First Commandment was: "Go get a pen and a piece of paper and write this down: Genesis – all caps. Next line — In the beginning…"

• Tim Armstrong was right: It's over before it starts. 

• George Carlin was right: A baseball bat is more powerful than prayer.

• George Harrison was right: Think for yourself 'cause I won't be there with you.

• Bob Dylan, as always, was right: It ain't me, babe. No, no,no, it ain't me, babe. It ain't me you're looking for, babe.

• And, above all, Joe Strummer was right: You have the right to free speech. Just as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it.