Another Spastic Monday

photos below from the 49th installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights. salamat sa lahat ng pumunta, nagbasa, tumugtog, at sa isang di naniniwala sa order ng management na "Bawal Umehi Deto". kitakits po ulit sa 50th installment sa April 6! :)

Happy Mondays XLIX

featured readers for the 49th installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights tomorrow, March 30 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan re as follows:

1. Angelo Suarez

2. Adam David

3. Leigh Reyes

4. Iñigo de Paula

5. Yol Jamendang

6. Pancho Alvarez

7. Lawrence Bernabe

8. JC Casimiro

9. Pocholo Goitia

10. Carl Clemente

11. Lourd De Veyra

*plus other regular and surprise guest readers.

*readings start promptly at 730 pm followed by the Open Mic sessions @ 930pm-10pm.

*for those interested in reading during the open mic, we will leave a sign-up sheet with Rogel, the bar tender of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

10pm onwards, Happy Mondays BayaWazakZoundz courtesy of:

1. Johnoy Danao

2. Spastic Children (featuring Lourd De Veyra vs. Jay Gapasin)

3. Valet Parking

FREE ADMISSION the whole evening! Kitakits po tayo. :)

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photos below from the second year anniversary of the readings last March 16

Counting Crows

The Struggle between Plenty and Thankfulness

Today when I framed
two crows
in the notch of the ash tree,

I thought of order.
Rain
was in the forecast

and presto, rain. Then
three crows
in the field tilted the world

as if imbalance were
a blessing
dropped in the cup I keep

for blessings. Then
four crows
in the grass, five

on the wire, my plate
heaped up
with six crows.

And to give thanks,
to tell God
six crows were enough,

I lit prayer papers
in the garden—
their orange slippers,

their black, abstract
petals like
anti-confetti, like

hopeful ash, like
a thousand crows.
Then, a thousand crows.

KEITH RATZLAFF

Then, a Thousand Crows
Anhinga Press

from Poetry Daily

Mag:net Bandemonium

above are photos of some of the bands that have continued to support the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights, The Years Later Installments, and the Grunge Night. more photos to be posted soon. salamat po! :)

The Long Lost Startle (June 2009)

above's the final cover design for my second collection of poems. UP Press has slated its release for this coming June.

links below:

UP Press  :

http://uppress.com.ph/newest.html  

Panitikan Website: 

http://panitikan.com.ph/     

Grunge + '90s Alternative Night @ mag:net cafe

reliving the glory daze of the '90s rock and alternative music scene. from the college anthems of the Gin Blossoms, The Lemonheads, and Ash to the Seattle grunge movement of Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam. we'll even include rare one-hit wonders and, well, a little bit of Bush.

tomorrow, march 27, Friday, 9pm onwards. an all-cover night of '90s pop ditties and rarities. featuring:

1. Patience, Dear Juggernaut

2. Virgin Hunters

3. Broken Sauce

4. Shotgun Lola

5. Fat Acid Drop

6. Dissent

Entrance P150 (P50 consumable).

kitakits!

Spot the Difference

Smiling Jesus
Smiling Lourd

Happy Mondays XVIII: The 2nd Year Anniversary Edition

featured readers for TONIGHT's 48th, SECOND YEAR ANNIVERSARY installment of the longest-running, bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights @ mag:net cafe Katipunan Katipunan are as follows:

1. J. Neil Garcia

2. Aldus Santos

3. Marne Kilates

4. Arnold Molina Azurin

5. Larry Ypil

6. Adam David

7. Jonar Sabilano

8. Jimmy Abad

9. Gabe Mercado

10. Ramil Gulle

11. Vim Nadera

12. Krip Yuson

13. Kash Avena

14. Lourd De Veyra

15. Jun Cruz Reyes

16. Keith Cortez

17. Pancho Villanueva

18. Angelo Suarez

19. Inigo De Paula

20. Leigh Reyes

21. Mikael Co

22. Joseph Saguid

23. Sasha Martinez

24. Rafael San Diego

*plus other surprise guest readers.

*as there would be a lot of readers celebrating with us tonight, kindly be in magnet cafe by 7 so we can start promptly at 730 pm.

Happy Mondays Bayawazakzoundz for the evening courtesy of:

1. Los Chupacabras!

2. The Purple Chickens!

FREE ADMISSION this whole, celebratory evening! Kitakits po tayo. :)

YEARS LATER VII: This Charming March

Happy Mondays XLVII

featured readers for the 47th installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights @ mag:net cafe Katipunan tomorrow, March 2, @mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1. Lawrence Bernabe

2. Carlomar Daoana

3. Totel De Jesus

4. Daryll Delgado

5. Ramil Gulle

6. Marne Kilates

7. Ken Ishikawa

8. Sasha Martinez

9. JL Poquiz

10. Jonar Sabilano

11. Joseph Saguid

*plus other regular and surprise guest readers.

*readings start promptly at 730 pm followed by the Open Mic sessions @ 930pm-10pm.

*for those interested in reading during the open mic, we will leave a sign-up sheet with Rogel, the bar tender of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

10pm onwards, Happy Mondays Bayawzoundz featuring:

1. Johnoy Danao

2. Roberto Nicolas

3. El Jonar de Barge

FREE ADMISSION the whole evening. Kitakits po tayo. :)