ramblingsoul: Choose, Daze, Hum

Monday, July 23, 2007

Choose, Daze, Hum

reminder lang. starting tomorrow, and (hopefully) the many tuesdays thereafter, i will be literally inserting my cds into the cd player of Magnet Katipunan (read: not really spinning, as i don't have the gadgets for that. hehe). the "listening sessions" are officially dubbed, Choose, Daze, Hum Nights (pun intended, hehe). It will run from 7-9 pm.

we will have a unique and specific theme per tuesday. the other friday, i played mostly new wave reveries and post-punk rarities from aeons ago. tomorrow it'll be new rock, post-punk, and indie stuff released in 2007, mostly from established and up and coming bands. plus, some not-too-obscure anthems from the last few years.

expect to hear cuts from new releases from artists like Interpol, The Decemberists, The Cribs, Spoon, Field Music, Feist, Andrew Bird, The Hold Steady, Sun Kil Moon, Bright Eyes, etc.

free admission, mga prends. do drop by and hang around. i'll say a little something about the songs or bands or artists, too, if you'll just come and chat (and drink) with me. ahehe.

kitakits! first to arrive gets a free beer from me.

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btw, see you tonight (where else?) for the Love Poetry Night Reading with Delakrus and a bunch of poets including Aldus Santos, Teo Antonio, Noel Del Prado, Angelo Suarez, Gabe Mercado, Dean Alfar, Karl De Mesa, Roxlee, Tengal, Ricky Abad, Kael Co, Mark Angeles, , Easy Fagela, Danton Remoto, Trix Syjuco, Cynthia Alexander, Chito Miranda, Kit Kwe, Andrea Liamzon, Costantino Zicarelli, Fidel Rillo, and Ramil Gulle.

About Joel

Joel M. Toledo holds a Masters degree in English Studies (Poetry) from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he likewise finished two undergraduate degrees (Journalism and Creative Writing). He has authored three books of poetry – Chiaroscuro (UST Press, 2008), The Long Lost Startle (UP Press, 2009), and Ruins and Reconstructions (Anvil Publishing, 2011). Chiaroscuro was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Awards. Toledo was the recipient of the 2006 NCCA Literary Prize, and has won several literary awards for his poetry in English, including two Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards, The Philippines Free Press Literary Award, The Meritage Press Poetry Prize in San Francisco, USA, and the Bridport Prize for Poetry in Dorset, United Kingdom. He was a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Creative Arts Residency at the Bellagio Center in Italy in March 2011 and was the Philippine representative for the 2011 International Writers Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa, USA. Toledo is the current Literary Editor of the Philippines Free Press. He teaches Literature at Miriam College.