ramblingsoul: YEARS LATER: Total Recall

Thursday, June 03, 2010

YEARS LATER: Total Recall

Back to the the old house this Saturday, June 5 @ Ride & Roll Cafe for the homage to music from the shadow cabinets of the '80s new romantic scene. A tribute to the anthems and rarities from The Smiths and Echo and the Bunnymen to Depeche Mode and Tears For Fears.

featured bands:

Tey's Revenge
The Harutas
Fando & Lis
Watari's Machine
Names Are For Tombstones
Moreeasy
XLuthor

FREE ADMISSION. 8pm onwards. kitakits, mga tsong! :)

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It's all such a blur/
When time goes so quickly/
Trying to hang on to the way/
You'd like things to stay/
Trace back the seconds/
Recall the details

-- The Sound

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.