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And the Adjacent Possible Tour 2025
I like to test my luck—and this time, it paid off. I won two tickets to see OK Go live, something I genuinely never thought would happen in this lifetime. My fourteen-year-old self would’ve been absolutely ecstatic. Back when I lived in Makati, I bought their self-titled album OK Go on a whim from Tower… — read more
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Marina and the Diamonds: Family Jewels
I remember thinking Lady Gaga was referencing her—Marina and the Diamonds—in all those high-concept visuals, the performance art, the glamorous misery. Turns out it was Marina Abramović. Close enough. I’ve always been drawn to pop music that knows it’s pop music. Even when I was a scene kid in eyeliner and borrowed band tees, I… — read more
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Brand New: “Deja Entendu”
There isn’t much to say because I took a week to make this album review. Déjà Entendu by Brand New had always been such a pivotal part of my history as a teenager growing up in the early 00s. I admit I haven’t owned a single physical copy of Déjà Entendu. I was living in… — read more