New Music Friday

Well, this isn't going to be a regular feature, but I bought two new CDs today.

Bought the second album from Kapatid, along with the (thank God!) debut album of Up dharma Down.

For the Kapatid album, it'll take me a few listens more to get used to it and have a concrete opinion on these songs.

But as for the Up dharma Down album...

BEST. 300. PESO. ALBUM. EVAR.

Man, I can't wait for the next Sound album to top this. Just the kick in the nuts OPM needs.

Big Time

I had nothing to do after work two Fridays back, and rather than waste my time going home early and thinking about burning the remaining cells in my retina, I decided to go catch a movie, one my sister had mentioned to me a few days prior.



Big Time, from Arkeo Films, stars Winston Elizalde and Nor Domingo as Danny and Jonas, two small-time crooks who unintentionally take a leap into the "big time" by kidnapping a mob boss' son (Jamie Wilson) and his artista-wannabe girlfriend Melody (Joanne Miller). Supporting role of note for Michael De Mesa, playing mob boss Don Manolo.

I'm not really a film critic, so I'll just point out a few of the more hilarious parts of this off-the-wall flick:

- Jonas and the Boy Bawang quip;
- twenty questions that included a choice between GMA or Miriam (and not in the electoral sense);
- Danny suddenly kicking the kidnapped dog and killing it;
- the "Silence" sign in Don Manolo's office

It's probable that I may have watched this with better expectations than other local films due to a bit of indie cred being attached to it, but overall the movie did what I believe it intended to do: push independent film to a greater audience. Well, you got me there.

For more info, you can go to the ArkeoFilms site here.

Here's to more offerings from them.

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