Happy Mondays LXX

featured readers for the 70th installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights this coming Monday, Feb 1 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1. Exie Abola
2. Larry Ypil
3. Tom Sykes
4. Keith Cortez
5. Mikael Co
6. Jacob Dominguez
7. Kash Avena
8. Andrea Duerme
9. Waps San Diego
10. Carlomar Daoana
11. Dave Buenviaje
12. The Batutes
13. Lawrence Bernabe
14.JC Casimiro
15. Gian Lao
16. Camille Rivera
17. Yol Jamendang
18. Corin Arenas
19. Petra Magno
20. Pancho Alvarez
21. Ed Geronia, Jr.
22. Axel Pinpin
23. Joseph Saguid
24. Lope Cui, Jr.
25. Eric Dasig Aguilar
26. Yasmin Almonte

*plus other special guests and regular readers.

with special guest acoustic set in between the readings Roberto Nicolas

*readings start promptly at 8:00pm 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 the bar tender of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

to cap the night, alternative/indie act Ivan Theory will be performing.

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

*photo courtesy of www.bandplanet.co.uk

Happy Mondays LXIX

featured readers for the 69th installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights tomorrow, January 18 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1. Exie Abola
2. Andrea Duerme
3. Drey Teran
4. Keith Cortez
5. Mikael Co
6. Jacob Dominguez
7. Kash Avena
8. Tom Sykes
9. Waps San Diego
10. Sasha Martinez
11. Dave Buenviaje
12. The Batutes
13. Axel Pinpin
14. Lawrence Bernabe
15. INGENUE: Jenny Logico, Hogi Cadlum, Betty Uy-Regala, and Opaline Santos
16. Ria Torrente
17. Camille Rivera
18. Marne Kilates

*plus other special guests and regular readers.

special guest acoustic set in between the readings and immediately after by Johnoy Danao

*readings start promptly at 7:30pm 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 Allan or Jhennie, the bar tender of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

to cap the night, alternative/indie acts Jeff Pagaduan, Ivan Theory, and Circus Charlie will be performing.

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

*photo courtesy of www.permanent-unit.com

YEARS LATER: January 2010 Remix

Happy Mondays LXVIII

featured readers for the 68th, first Happy Mondays Poetry Night of the year this Monday, January 4 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1.Pocholo Goitia
2. Andrea Duerme
3. Drey Teran
4. Yol Jamendang
5. Mikael Co
6. Jacob Dominguez
7. Kash Avena
8. Tom Sykes
9. Waps San Diego
10. Sasha Martinez
11. JC Casimiro
12. The Batutes

*plus other special guests and regular readers.

special guest acoustic set in between the readings and immediately after by Wincy Ong of US=2/Evil=0

*readings start promptly at 7:30pm 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. :)

to cap the night, alternative/indie act Circus Charlie will be performing after the readings.

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

photo c/o v2finearts.blogspot.com

Happy Mondays LXVII: A Quintet of Books

It's a whole evening of poetry as Happy Mondays Poetry Nights celebrates its 67th, year-ender installment with the launch of Carlomar Daoana's new book of poems titled The Fashionista's Book of Enlightenment, and the re-launch of Care of Light by Gemino Abad, Poems Sing Kwenta'y Cinco by Alfred Yuson, Pilgrim in Transit by Victor Peñaranda (Anvil) and Bird Lands, River Nights and Other Melancholies by Jose Marte Abueg (UP Press).

also to be on sale are other new titles from Anvil and UP Press, including Connecting Flights, an anthology of Poems, Stories, and Essays edited by Ruey De Vera.

featured readers for the the reading this Monday, Dec 21 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1.Carlomar Daoana
2. Gemino Abad
3. Alfred Yuson
4. Victor Peñaranda
5. Exie Abola
6. Mikael Co
7. Lourd De Veyra
8. Ramil Digal Gulle
9. Marne Kilates
10. Erik Dasig Aguliar
11. Arnold Molina Azurin
12. Marte Abueg
13. Sarge Lacuesta
14. Johanna Fernandez
15. Bethina Elmido
16. Waps San Diego
17. The Batutes
18. Sasha Martinez
19. Doodz Generoso
20. Drey Teran
21. Homer Novicio

*plus other special guests and regular readers.

special guest acoustic set in between the readings and immediately after by Johnoy Danao

*readings start promptly at 8pm 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 the bar tender of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

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

Years Later: The Year Ender

the December installment of the monthly tribute to the anthems and rarities from the shadow cabinets of the the New Wave era. kitakits, mga chong!

Another Manic Mondaze

above are some photos from last night's 66th installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights. see you all on the 21st of December for our grand year-ender. Happy Mondays LXVII will be launching four new poetry collections from Carlomar Daoana, Victor Penaranda, Krip Yuson, and Jimmy Abad. cocktails and signing at 7pm. readings commence at 830pm. kitakits at makiwasak!

by the way, there's a review of my second collection of poems in this week's issue of the Philippines Free Press (Dec 12 issue) by Patrick Rosal, as well as poetry by Larry Ypil. grab a copy po. :)

Happy Mondays LXVI

featured readers for the 66th installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights, Dec 7 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

Carlomar Daoana

Kristian Cordero

Waps San Diego

Jacob Dominguez

Tom Sykes

The Batutes

Lawrence Bernabe

Marie La Viña

JC Casimiro

Keith Cortez

Pancho Alvarez

Mikael Co

Sasha Martinez

JR Prisno

Dave Buenviaje

Johanna Fernandez

Tomas Leonor

*plus other special guests and regular readers.

special guest acoustic set in between the readings and immediately after by Johnoy Danao

*readings start promptly at 8pm 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 the bar tender of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

10pm onwards, Happy Mondays Jam Sessions Night featuring:

Patience, Dear Juggernaut

Circus Charlie

Biscochong Halimaw

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

*photo from http://4.bp.blogspot.com

Happy Mondays LXV

featured readers for the 65th installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights, November 23 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

Kristian Cordero

Tom Sykes

Waps San Diego

Ed Geronia, Jr.

Jacob W.D.

Sasha Martinez

The Batutes

Lawrence Bernabe

JC Casimiro

Keith Cortez

Pancho Alvarez

Khavn De la Cruz

Johanna Fernandez

Angelo Suarez

Mikael Co

Jimmy Abad

*plus other special guests and regular readers.

*readings start promptly at 8pm 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 the bar tender of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

10pm onwards, Happy Mondays Jam Sessions Night featuring:

Patience Dear Juggernaut

Bee Eyes

Biscochong Halimaw

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

*photo from www.abigailmill.co.uk

It's About Time: A '90s Grunge/Alternative Music Retrospective

from Helmet and Tool to Silverchair and Pearl Jam. a tribute to the great ditties and oddities of the Plaid decade.

featuring covers of '90s anthems and hits by:

Ward 9

Lager Louts

Electric Zombie Carnival

Patience, Dear Juggernaut (featuring Wincy Ong and Jazz Nicolas of Itchyworms)

Inner Volume

FREE ADMISSION. 9pm onwards. kitakits, mga lemonheadbangers. :)

Happy Mondays XLIV: Zombie Night Edition

featured readers for the 64th installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights TONIGHT, November 9 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

Yol Jamendang

Kristian Cordero

Waps San Diego

Ed Geronia, Jr.

Sasha Martinez

Siege Malvar

Totel De Jesus

Rob Ceballos

Lawrence Bernabe

JC Casimiro

Keith Cortez

Pancho Alvarez

Johanna Fernandez

Angelo Suarez

*plus other special guests and regular readers.

*readings start promptly at 8pm 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 Plants Vs. Zombies Night featuring:

Jonar Sabilano

Roberto Nicolas

Electric Zombie Carnival

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

*64 logo courtesy of Jeroen @ sixtyfour.deviantart.com/

YEARS LATER: Louder Than Bombs

Genesis 3:23

there's a nice feature on and banner of Happy Mondays @ www.writersconnect.org. as well as a story, a cnf, and 2 poems by Joey Nacino, Carl Javier, and Waps San Diego, respectively. do pay a visit. :)

photo above's from my current favorite, The Mountain Goats' new album. wasak 'to!

Happy Mondays LXIII + '90s Alternative Music Night

featured readers for the 63rd installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights on Monday, October 19 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1. Kristian Cordero

2. Iñigo De Paula

3. Jonar Sabilano

4. Pancho Villanueva

5. Kash Avena

6. Siege Malvar

7. Waps San Diego

8. Mikael Co

9. Wincy Ong

10. Lourd De Veyra

11. Cor Arenas

12. JC Casimiro

13. Pancho Alvarez

14. Sasha Martinez

15. Marie La Viña

16. Dax Cutab

17. JP Abrajano

18. Ed Geronia, Jr.

*plus other special guest readers and performers.

readings start promptly at 730pm followed by the Open Mic sessions @ 9pm-930pm.

*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. :)

930pm onwards, it's the October installment of the monthly '90s Music Retrospective featuring covers of hits, rarities, oddities, and anthems from the alternative and grunge music era. performing bands are:

1. Patience Dear Juggernaut

2. The Fuhrer Commands It

3. Lager Louts

4. Inner Volume

5. Dissent

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

*photo taken from zazzle.com

Happy Mondays LXII + Years Later

featured readers for the 62nd installment of the bi-weeklyHappy Mondays Poetry Nights TONIGHT, October 5 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1. Wincy Ong

2. Waps San Diego

3. Angelo Suarez

4. Lawrence Bernabe

5. JC Casimiro

6. Keith Cortez

7. Jonar Sabilano

8. Mikael Co

9. Rob Ceballos

10. Keith Cortez

11. Dave Buenviaje

12. Pancho Villanueva

13. Larry Ypil

14. Krip Yuson

15. Jimmy Abad

16. Patrick Rosal

*plus other special guest readers and performers.

readings start promptly at 8pm 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, it's the Imagining October installment of the monthly YEARS LATER: A New Wave Music Retrospective featuring rarities and anthems from the '80s. performing covers are:

XLuthor

Tey's Revenge

Patience, Dear Juggernaut

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

*photo courtesy of i4.ytimg.com

Intake Interview

What is today's date?

Who is the President?

How great a danger do you pose, on a scale of one to ten?

What does "people who live in glass houses" mean?

Every symphony is a suicide postponed, true or false?

Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the
avalanche?

Name five rivers.

What do you see yourself doing in ten minutes?

How about some lovely soft Thorazine music?

If you could have half an hour with your father, what would you
say to him?

What should you do if I fall asleep?

Are you still following in his mastodon footsteps?

What is the moral of "Mary Had a Little Lamb"?

What about his Everest shadow?

Would you compare your education to a disease so rare no one
else has ever had it, or the deliberate extermination
of indigenous populations?

Which is more puzzling, the existence of suffering or its frequent
absence?

Should an odd number be sacrificed to the gods of the sky, and an
even to those of the underworld, or vice versa?

Would you visit a country where nobody talks?

What would you have done differently?

Why are you here?

FRANZ WRIGHT

Wheeling Motel
Alfred A. Knopf

Happy Mondays LXI

featured readers for the 61sth installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights tomorrow, September 21 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1. Nikko Vitug

2. Wincy Ong

3. Johanna Fernandez

4. Angelo Suarez

5. Lawrence Bernabe

7. JC Casimiro

8. Khavn Dela Cruz

9. Keith Cortez

10.Jonar Sabilano

11.Waps San Diego

12. Mikael Co

*plus other special guest Patrick Rosal, Krip Yuson, Marne Kilates, and Jimmy Abad.

*readings start promptly at 8pm 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 Acoustic Night featuring:

Roberto Nicolas

Johanna Fernandez w/ Tonight We Sleep

Patience, Dear Juggernaut

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

*photo courtesy of jaunted.com

Everclear: A '90s Alternative Music Tribute

re-living the anthems, rarities, and indie ditties of the '90s. From Better Than Ezra and Toad The Wet Sprocket to Mad Season and The Breeders.

Featuring performances by The Moves, Waps and Kael, Patience, Dear Juggernaut, and Taggu nDios.

We'll be spinning classic '90s grunge and alternative music as well.

9pm onwards, Saturday, September 19, 2009.

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

"swim up past the breakers
watch the world die"
-- Santa Monica

Happy Mondays LX: Launch of L. Lacambra Ypil's First Book of Poems

Multi-awarded poet and Ateneo professor Lawrence Lacambra Ypil launches his first book of poems, The Highest Hiding Place, tomorrow, Monday, September 7, 2009 at Mag:net Katipunan as part of the 60th installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights.

Collecting the poems that have won for Ypil the Carlos Palanca Awards and the Free Press Awards among others, The Highest Hiding Place charts the author’s more than ten years’ exploration of the intersections of desire, displacement, and voice.

Born and raised in Cebu, Ypil teaches literature and creative writing at the Ateneo de Manila University, while keeping a bi-monthly column in Sun Star Weekend, "Dog-ears in the Wrong Notebook".

The book launch on Monday begins with a book signing and cocktails at 6:30 pm, followed by a reading of poems from the collection from 7:30 pm onwards and bands and performers after.

Joining in the celebration of the book are contemporary Filipino writers and young poets from the Ateneo. The book launch forms part of the regular Happy Mondays poetry reading at Mag:net Katipunan.

Hosting the event is Daryll Delgado.

The Highest Hiding Place is published by the Ateneo de Manila Press and will be available at the launch for only P195. For details, visit http://magnetcafekatipunan.multiply.com.

Performing after the reading are:

Roberto Nicolas
Tonight We Sleep

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

YEARS LATER LX: A New Wave Music Restrospective

re-living the era of music that dared to be different, XB 102, and new wave anthems and rarities of the '80s. 9pm onwards, sept 5. lots of acoustic acts, and some spinning. a listening party devoted to the era of great lyricism and, well, bad hairstyle.

this september's installment of this monthly event features acoustic sets by:

Roberto Nicolas
MoreEasy
Wincy The Night Away
The Superchong
Wall of Sound Jamming Session

kitakits, mga chong. :)