ramblingsoul: HUNGER STRIKE: A '90s Alternative/Grunge Music Cover Night

Saturday, March 20, 2010

HUNGER STRIKE: A '90s Alternative/Grunge Music Cover Night

A homage to to anthems from the '90s alternative and grunge scene. Featuring covers from Pearl Jam, STP, Nirvana, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Helmet, Filter, Nine Inch Nails, Oasis, and many more.

FREE ADMISSION. 8pm onwards. Ride and Roll Diner, along Xavierville Avenue.

featured bands and performers are:

1. Bayaw Himself
2. W.A.P.S.
3. Contact Sutra
4. The Dave Machos Band
5. Inner Volume

come as you are.

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.