ramblingsoul: YEARS LATER: Imagining October

Thursday, September 30, 2010

YEARS LATER: Imagining October

It's back to the old house once again as we usher in the merry month of October with the monthly homage to the music of the '80s new romantic era this saturday, October 2 at Ride and Roll Cafe. YEARS LATER kicks off at 8pm with a listening party of ditties and rarities from seminal bands of the XB 102 decade, followed by covers of new wave anthems by the following featured bands:

1. Tey's Revenge
2. The Harutas
3. The Sleepyheads
4. XLuthor

FREE ADMISSION. kitakits, mga tsong!

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.