TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2008 (source: nme)

The Verve - Forth
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Metronomy - Nights Out
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
MGMT - Oracular Spectacula
Mystery Jets - Twenty One
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
Portishead - Third
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Spiritualized - Songs In A&E
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Santogold - Santogold
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
F**ked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
Beck - Modern Guilt
Bloc Party - Intimacy
Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
The Kills - Midnight Boom
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
Foals - Antidotes
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Cass McCombs - Dropping The Writ
Chairlift - Does You Inspire You
Blood Red Shoes - Box Of Secrets
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Heartbreak - Lies
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
Spiritualized - Songs In A&E
Mystery Jets - Twenty One
These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid






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See What Santa has in store for us...

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Editor's Notes: A Day at the Factory

It's slaving at the factory for me, as the new SNEEZE is coming close to its release date. Uhhh... what IS its release date? Let's just say NEXT WEEK. Graciano Lopez Jaena Day was an Iloilo Holiday, and while I was supposed to be out enjoying the holiday, I was stuck here at home working on the finishing touches to the NEW SNEEZE. The Christmas/January 2009 Issue. Yes, THAT IS indeed Viktor of the Underworld movies on the cover of the upcoming SNEEZE magazine (if you already recognize him without us telling you, then you really are a geek). TeaserTeeze lang ni mga bords. We'll also be featuring pix from the Siege Tour Gig and the Grunge vs Reggae Gig. Thanks to Vansen as always for the photos! He's almost become the sort of official photo journalist for the iloilo rock scene. SNEEZE hopes to be around often this time. Thanks to the support many of you give! Merry Christmas lang da sa inyo tanan. See you next week...



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Bill hicks on music

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Album review:The Fabled City The Nightwatchman (TOM MORELLO)

Being a big fan of the first Nightwatchman album, I was pleasantly surprised by this release. Tom Morello adds more instruments and better guitar work, some interesting backing vocals, and further develops his signature brand of in-touch political folk-rock.

Let me say that I've always been a huge fan of Rage Against the Machine, specifically, because of the power of their political message. I was not a huge fan of Audioslave since it was somewhat lacking on this level. But recently, I've been really blown away by both of the new efforts put out by Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha. Tom Morello especially seems to be at a creative high-point in his career, and this album proves his ability to work with a variety of musical styles.

This album will certainly not appeal to everyone. However, I feel there is more a need than ever to have music that speaks to the conditions people are facing all over the world. High points on the album like "Whatever it takes", "The Lights Are On in Spidertown", "Saint Isabelle", "The Iron Wheel", and "Rise to Power" will hopefully provide fuel to the oppressed and those active in movement work.

Keep 'em coming, Tom! We need more musicians like you!




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Jello Biafra's Open Letter to Barack Obama

Dear Mr. Obama,

Congratulations on your recent victory, and for helping build such a strong mandate for change. In that spirit, please do not forget the other aisle you need to reach across. All the relief and publicity for the middle class won't do anything for the 40-100 million Americans who are starving, unemployed or just plain poor.

You have gone out of your way to build a bridge to those of us fed up with war, pollution, inequality, corporate lawlessness and business as usual. You have energized a whole new generation who is far ahead of their elders in knowing what urgently needs to be done. I have never seen such an outpouring of heartfelt emotion, hope and support for an American politician in my life, and I remember Kennedy well. You are the first president in my lifetime to have a bona fide grassroots movement behind you and ready to rock. I hope those crowds' hope and urgency has penetrated deeply enough that you won't let that bridge be washed away.

I remember another person who had the audacity to exploit and toss aside people's hope, and his name is Bill Clinton. Democrats fail time and again when they shirk responsibility and settle for being dealmakers instead of leaders. As important as it is to find common ground and build consensus for change, our situation is so dire we cannot afford any more dealmakers. The people voted for a leader. Anything less risks breaking the hearts of an entire galvanized generation who may then decide it is not worth it to get involved and participate any more.






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One Step Closer to the Amero: Threat of a North American Union

It was just announced on Friday, 5 December 2008, that a summit of Central American leaders “agreed to adopt a common regional currency and passport, among other measures to bolster regional integration in the face of global financial uncertainty.” ...

Many regions have already agreed and implemented plans to create regional currencies, in the process taking power away from local communities. The blueprints for the consolidation of power through single currencies have already been introduced for Asia, South America, the Middle East, and North America ...

It is extremely important to remember that the oligarchy will continually use propaganda through mainstream media to create fear among the populace regarding the necessity to “‘standardize laws’ in the immigration, education and security sectors” of the merging countries, due to the unforeseen collapse of the global economy. This, however, will be a lie.





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It's Official: Men Really Are the Weaker Sex

Evolution is being distorted by pollution, which damages genitals and the ability to father offspring, says new study. Geoffrey Lean reports.

The male gender is in danger, with incalculable consequences for both humans and wildlife, startling scientific research from around the world reveals.

The research — to be detailed tomorrow in the most comprehensive report yet published — shows that a host of common chemicals is feminising males of every class of vertebrate animals, from fish to mammals, including people.

Backed by some of the world's leading scientists, who say that it "waves a red flag" for humanity and shows that evolution itself is being disrupted, the report comes out at a particularly sensitive time for ministers. On Wednesday, Britain will lead opposition to proposed new European controls on pesticides, many of which have been found to have "gender-bending" effects.

It also follows hard on the heels of new American research which shows that baby boys born to women exposed to widespread chemicals in pregnancy are born with smaller penises and feminised genitals.

"This research shows that the basic male tool kit is under threat," says Gwynne Lyons, a former government adviser on the health effects of chemicals, who wrote the report.

Wildlife and people have been exposed to more than 100,000 new chemicals in recent years, and the European Commission has admitted that 99 per cent of them are not adequately regulated. There is not even proper safety information on 85 per cent of them.

Many have been identified as "endocrine disrupters" – or gender-benders – because they interfere with hormones. These include phthalates, used in food wrapping, cosmetics and baby powders among other applications; flame retardants in furniture and electrical goods; PCBs, a now banned group of substances still widespread in food and the environment; and many pesticides.

The report – published by the charity CHEMTrust and drawing on more than 250 scientific studies from around the world – concentrates mainly on wildlife, identifying effects in species ranging from the polar bears of the Arctic to the eland of the South African plains, and from whales in the depths of the oceans to high-flying falcons and eagles.

It concludes: "Males of species from each of the main classes of vertebrate animals (including bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) have been affected by chemicals in the environment.

"Feminisation of the males of numerous vertebrate species is now a widespread occurrence. All vertebrates have similar sex hormone receptors, which have been conserved in evolution. Therefore, observations in one species may serve to highlight pollution issues of concern for other vertebrates, including humans."






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Fast Food Empire Marches On

Burger King's latest campaign, "Whopper Virgins" (by ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky) aims to determine the winner in the Whopper vs. Big Mac battle by taking both burgers to remote places around the world — such as areas in Thailand, Romania, and Greenland — and conducting tastes tests with people who don't "even have a word for burger."

Backlash against the Whopper Virgins documentary is pervasive. In the Daily News, Marilyn Borchardt, development director for Food First, calls the campaign "insensitive" and points out, "The ad's not even acknowledging that there's even hunger in any of these places." Dunca Riley of the Inquisitr also finds the campaign offensive, while Brian Morrissey of AdFreaks says it's "embarrassing and emblematic of how ignorant Americans still seem to the rest of the world."

Watch some teaser clips of the "documentary":







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WHOAA... DOwnload It NOW..

How To Turn Amazon.com Into A Free Download Site

A new Firefox extension called Pirates of the Amazon lets users download movies, games, TV shows, and MP3s free of charge by cross referencing Amazon's product pages with torrent files from the Pirate Bay.

If the content can be found on the Pirate Bay's search index it shows up as a "Download 4 Free" link on the top of the Amazon product page. This links directly to the hosted .torrent tracker file, letting the user avoid having to make a purchase from Amazon in place of acquiring it illegally via BitTorrent.

The extension developer's site, along with the link to download the software is currently offline. The extension made the front page of Digg a few hours ago, which is likely what took the site out (not legal intervention). I've contacted Amazon to see if the company is making any efforts to block the extension but have not heard back yet. As it stands, the extension still works, albeit without the "Download 4 Free" thumbnail, which is hosted on the developer's servers.





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Help support our fellow ilonggo in SF

Hedirected and shot a 30 second ad, entitled From San Francisco with Love, for Nikon as an assignment for my Producing and Directing class. It is part of an online contest to make an ad for the new Nikon Coolpix S60 for Current TV. It is currently number 19 out of 594 ads posted on the site. It would be great to at least make it to the top 5. The winner will be chosen out of the top 5 ads and these will also be aired on Current TV.

am asking for your help and support by kindly taking your time to make an account and vote for it. Here is the link to the ad / site:

http://current.com/items/89535174/from_san_francisco_with_love.htm



http://current.com/ads.htm



Thank you!

Peace and Love.
Start Clicking M8's!!






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Yahoo's Top 10 Trailers of 2008

With all the hype on twilight and harry potter it's still came short on beating the Numero uno.. the no.1 most watch trailer in 2008(maybe asta 2009..hehehe..) THE DARK KNIGHT.. So point your stupid fookin' wand on yourself and be a vampire somewhere else.. It's time to put on a BAT CAPE .. ROCK ON!






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A Fifth Grader's Plan To Take Over The World

Haha, I found this on the internet its a paper made by a 5th grader of Long Beach, Mississippi.. in their school's hallway ... I'm guessing he likes Halo. This child is ... well ... um ... _______. Yeah!





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NEW DUB MIX FROM HOTBOX RP RECORD'S LIGHTSLEEPER AKA. DJIAN STRAIGHT FROM L.A.
el $leep3r dubmix
Check it monnn... SEEN!.. IRIEE!







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SOuth PArk Burn Down Hottopic Retail Store (Twilight Bandwagon)

The Goth Kids drive a stake through the heart of the South Park Vampire Society.
With the popularity of Twilight(ughhhh)everybody wants to be a vampire.. Who knew? Well...the way to destroy an infestation of "vampires" in your town is to burn down your local Hot Topic (http://www.hottopic.com)or.. stop PRETENDING TO BE ONE..!!.





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Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack, Spiritualized members form 'supergroup'

Former members of Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack, Spiritualized, Echo And The Bunnymen and Goldfrapp are set to perform their first gig under the name The Hookham Boys in London.
The band features Damon Reece (Massive Attack, Echo And The Bunnymen, Spiritualized), Alex Lee (Placebo, Suede, Goldfrapp), Sean Cook (Spiritualized), Joe Allen (Strangelove), Jake Drake Brockman (Echo And The Bunnymen), Vincent Pellegrino and Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), who rarely performs live.

Admission will be by donation, and proceeds from the show will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust.





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u got to have balls to do the "El Torro" .
how anyone to do ANYTHING on that rail is beyond me. that just seems way to fuckin crazy. that front smith is sooo clean.


Various clips from the el toro 20 set.





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Volcom "BALUT SALUTE" Philippines Tour

"Skate Demo & Autograph Signing" then Party!

Date: December 6, 2008
Time: 2:00pm ONWARDS

Location: 28th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City (the street beside the Helipad along Rizal Drive)

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I MISS MY DIGITAL HARDCORE MUSIC.

DESSSSSSSSSSSTRRRRRRROOOOOOOOYYYYYY!!
If you haven't heard this kind of music before here's a brief description: Digital hardcore music is typically high-tempo and abrasive, combining the speed, heaviness and attitude of hardcore punk and riot grrrl with electronic music such as hardcore techno, drum and bass and industrial rock.

The music was first defined by the band Atari Teenage Riot, who formed in Berlin, Germany in 1992.The band's frontman, Alec Empire, coined the term "digital hardcore", setting up the independent record label Digital Hardcore Recordings in 1994. German bands with a similar style began signing to the label and its underground popularity grew, with small digital hardcore festivals being held in several German cities.By the mid-1990s, a number of new record labels specializing in the genre were formed around the world. These included Gangster Toons Industries (Paris), Praxis (London), Cross Fade Enter Tainment (Hamburg), Drop Bass Network (U.S.), and Bloody Fist (Australia). DHR also had some kinship with the Frankfurt labels Mille Plateaux and Riot Beats. Alec Empire's work subsequently set the template for breakcore.
Other prominent digital hardcore musicians of this period include Christoph De Babalon, Cobra Killer, EC8OR, Hanin Elias, Lolita Storm, Nic Endo, The Panacea, and The Mad Capsule Markets.

In Alec Empire's words, "Digital Hardcore went from a local, Berlin based scene to an international underground movement." The soundtrack to the film Threat included contributions from digital hardcore musicians, along with metalcore bands. James Plotkin, Dave Witte and Speedranch's project Phantomsmasher combined digital hardcore with grindcore. 21st century digital hardcore groups include Ambassador 21, Left Spine Down, Motormark, Rabbit Junk, The Shizit, Realicide and Tuareg Geeks.

I WOULD DIE FOR PEANUT BUTTER.
Between 'Burn Berlin Burn' and '60-Second Wipe-Out' I think this album is most definitely the better of the two.. with the latter having somewhat a bit of a rap type style to it.. not that that's good or bad, depends on one's tastes.. but with burn berlin burn, the singing is more, i dunno, better? I mean that it the nicest way possible so please no hard feelings..
much noisier and louder..?.???..
to sum it up, if yr looking at atr as something different or perhaps if yu've heard of them and are looking to hear them, i strongly recommend this album over the latter released '60...'
the album is mainly revolution based lyrical screams, distorted break-beats, sampling going on, and chaos..
I personally enjoy 'Into the Death','Heatwave','Not Your Business', and perhaps 'the Future Of War' slightly and I do mean slightly over the others, meaning that all the tracks are purely exquisite bliss ;'')

At the time ATR completely blew me away. To this day, whenever i need a nice sharp blast of audio amphetamine, this is the disc i reach for. And it's funny, on the surface it just seems like "oh, right, punk rock with techno beats", but the sounds and the textures are so perfectly dense and overwhelming that you know that the mastermind behind this wall of noise -- Alec Empire -- was far more than some snot nosed punk with a sampler. Sure, sure, the faux-anarchist stance is naive and silly, but something makes me think that underneath the naive self-righteous indignation, they knew it was silly too. For my money these guys were far more interesting, inspiring and innovative than Nirvana (even though they gleefully sample Nirvana, or re-play the riff and get away with it!)

Well, it's 2008 now and the digital hardcore revolution has all but ended, but still, it was a damn cool noise and deserves a listen. And the seeds of a new dissonance have been planted. Time to take that ball and run with it in a new exciting direction....

Oh yeah and make sure to use lots of exclamation points!!!

Arrgh!!!

ha ha!

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