THIS IS DIY PUNK ETHIC RIGHT HERE

Philippine's finest ska punk band PinkCow fresh from their brief hiatus had recently announced on their Facebook page that they are going to release their sophomore album. But due to shortness of finances they are asking for your monetary assistance to finish their album. They are planning to release it on April.

All they need is for you to buy their shirt designed by Darko Manila in cooperation with Badfish and THE Clothing. The 500 pesos worth of shirt will go directly to the funding of their record in return you'll get their album before anybody else does.

For more details on how to get the shirt you can log on to Facebook and search for Pinkcow Philippines.

JANUARY 18 IN MEMORIAM

This coming January 18, Saturday marks the 7 year death anniversary of Luis Guiang, also known as Weslu. He is the founder of Bisikleta Productions. 

A prominent figure on the Philippine Punk, Hardcore and Ska scene, Luis made beats for Private Stock, G.I. and the Idiots and Philippines' finest ska band - Put3ska. He was also a member of THE ONLY Reggae Band in Manila That Matters non other than Tropical Depression and a seasoned sessionist for The Jerks, Throw, Shuffle Union and Juan Pablo Dream and had been part of the early Brownbeat Allstars and The GoSignals.

His brother who happens to own a Bar in his hometown in Malabon is doing a musical event in his memoriam. Bands included on this event are THROW, JUN AND THE IDIOTS, THE GOSIGNALS featuring RICKY ARAULLO of PRIVATE STOCK, STEADY MOVIN' BEAT, DANDIMITES, EARTHLINGS, NYTE IN TUNISIA, THE EXSENADORS, THE MIGHTY CONTRAS and SHUFFLE UNION

Plus a DJ set from the frontman of Greetings from Julie and the guitarist of Steady Movin' Beat called NICK EN DENCIO.

Entrance is free and the drinks are not, and please bring your tolerance with you and keep your politics out the door.

CONCERNED UNDERGROUND MUSICIANS FOR RELIEF PRESENTS SONGS OF HOPE AND SURVIVAL

Third leg of the benefit show for typhoon Yolanda victims happening on the 23rd of November. Please keep on supporting these shows in aid for our countrymen that are affected by the killer typhoon.

OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING

On behalf of the Philippine Ska, Hardcore and Reggae community please accept our heartfelt appreciation for your kindness that you had shown to our brothers and sisters in the Central Visayas region.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE FOLLOWING:

DIY Ska and Punk label

ASIAN MAN RECORDS for setting up a fund raiser.

HARDCORE HELP FOUNDATION for creating a special fund relief aid for my country.

PHILIPPINE REGGAE SCENE'S RESPONSE TO YOLANDA: BANGON VISAYAS! WARAY BAYAAY!

On November 29, Friday the Bacolodnons are doing a benefit show for the victims of typhoon Yolanda. 

The UNITED VOLUNTEERS OF BACOLOD will be staging the show at MuShu Bar located at 20th Street, Lacson, Bacolod City, Western Visayas, Philippines

The benefit show will showcase Visayan Reggae and Dub bands - BUDOY of the Cebu based reggae dub band JUNIOR KILAT and Bacolod's THE WICKED TARSIERS joining them are 2 of the best reggae band in Manila INDIO I and TROPICAL DEPRESSION.

Bacolod is part of Visayas, one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines which is Luzon, and Mindanao.

When super typhoon Haiyan (locally know as Yolanda) hit Philippines last November 8 The Kabisayaan or Visayas was greatly affected. One of the cities was Bacolod. The Bacolodnons suffered the wrath of typhoon Yolanda and according to initial reports there were 5,941 families or an estimated 35,646 individuals were displaced.

As of this writing Bacolod is declared under state of calamity. They along with the rest of the kabisayaan badly need your help. Please support this noble cause.

FIRST OF A SERIES OF MUSICAL EVENTS FOR THE VICTIMS OF TYPHOON YOLANDA

The CONCERNED UNDERGROUND MUSICIANS FOR YOLANDA RELIEF will be doing a series of Benefit shows for our fellow Filipinos who is in dire need of help.

The first show will be held at IDB Bar tomorrow. Featuring BAD OMEN, BOBBY BALINGIT OF THE WUDS, AL DIMALANTA OF THROW, THE SLEEPYHEADS, VAGABONDS, ARNOLD MORALES OF URBAN BANDITS, BUDDY TRINIDAD of BETRAYED, DRIVEWAY TO DRIVEWAY, DEATH TO PUBERTY, SHOULDER STATE, CROWD DISPERSAL UNIT, TURNOVERS and MILEE NICART.

IDB Bar is located at the 3rd floor of Richland Building, Dr. Arcadio Santos Avenue, Paranaque City. Please do support this noble cause.

Upcoming events will be posted on their Facebook page. 

THE BAYANIHAN SPIRIT

Last month my country, Philippines experienced a deadly earthquake that shooked the whole Central Visayas partcularly Bohol that was hit hard. The magnitude was recorded at 7.2, the deadliest  quake recorded in the Philippine history. The energy of the quake was that of 32 Hiroshima bodmbs.

24 days had passed after the quake and Central Visayas had barely recovered from the calamity then came along typhoon Haiyan that hit Philippine shores on November 8 and ravaged down the region. 

Now Tacloban City once a vibrant coastal city is reduced to a vast corpse strewn wasteland after the onslaught of this super typhoon that is stronger than Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans in 2005. Typhoon Haiyan locally known as Yolanda left an estimated 9.8 people affected, 659.268 families displaced and 10,000+ are feared dead.

It is DAY 4 now and people are sleeping in makeshift tents and some are exposed to rains even lying to their dead loved ones. My countrymen is desperate for help. And being an Overseas Filipino Worker that i am this is one of the few ways that i can do to help my country by writing the sad fate my countrymen had endured on this blog.

As of today food and water supply is growing thin and desperation is growing strong. The level of losses inflicted on my fellow Filipino by Haiyan's earth shattering wake is grim.

Now, more than ever, the bayanihan spirit that is inherent in every Filipino must come to the fore.

I AM CALLING MY FELLOW OFW's, THE INTERNATIONAL PUNK AND HARDCORE COMMUNITY, SKA AND REGGAE COMMUNITY. THE PHILIPPINE VESPA CLUB FOR YOUR HELP.

As of this writing Mr. Al Dimalanta of Throw/Dead Ends and Mr. Arnold Morales of Urban Bandits/Put3ska had created CONCERNED UNDERGROUND MUSICIANS FOR YOLANDA RELIEF last month the people behind CUMFYR had organized a benefit gig for the victims of Central Visayas quake and plans for a similar effort is well underway for the aid to our fellow Filipinos who where displaced by typhoon Haiyan.  They will be staging a lighting quick series of events that will be held this week and probably up until Central Visayas can get back to its feet again.

This is a concentrated effort amongst the Filipino Punk and Hardcore community and if you want to help out please contact ALBERT ALLAN ASCONA of Bad Omen. The relief aid will be coursed through the PHILIPPINE RED CROSS. Rest assured that all pledges will be accounted for and will not fall into the hands of greedy politicians and bogus NGOs.

And to all punk rockers, skinheads and hardcore kids all around the world you can help by going to HARDCORE HELP FOUNDATION log on to http://hardcore-help.com/ 

And lastly the torch bearers of Bisikleta Productions - KONTRA KULTURA along with DIRTY SHOE COLLECTIVE will be staging a benefit gig on Saturday at THE SPOT please do attend the show and bring along bottled water and canned foods and if possible sacrifice a bit of your mobile phone load for our brothers and sister in need. A little goes along way as I always say.