On March 5, 2012, the band Death Cab from Cutie from Bellingham, Washington came to Manila to perform for the very first time. I was one of the happy folks who went out and watched them. My happiness lingers still.

The concert was sublime. Yeah, that's the first description that came to mind. DCFC's music is awesome and overwhelming and the depth of ( Read more... )

I came across this gem a couple of weeks ago. The article is written by Nick Cox over at Thought Catalog. It was read and set to music by Max Lugavere. I enjoyed listening to this very much.

It's six and a half minutes long. Stay with it. Read the article here to keep up.

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Her name is Sarah Kay and she is a poet. Listen to her speak. Hear the quiver in her voice, the earnestness, the rise and fall of her tone. Notice her eyes, they look excited and quizzical and glassy. Watch her movement, where she turns her head and how she waves her hands.

I have not heard of the term "spoken word poetry" until I watched this TED ( Read more... )

I saw this clip a couple of days ago in an awesome site called Colossal.

And yes, this one definitely is. Any person capable of creating such beautiful things with such a complicated, painstaking and brilliant method can only be described as a genius. I was floored.

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If there's one thing art and science have in common, it's that they produce the most amazing things.

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