MUSICAL TAG

I have been musically tagged by my bro and future sis-in-law on their He Said/She said blog I didn't follow the survey question-format but I am happy to share my current musical choices.

Although I can sing every children's show theme song on PBS Kids, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and the Disney Channel, I do listen to a lot of indie/alternative music too (my husband is really more in the know than I am) And since I don't own an iPod or download any music to my computer, nor do I go on long car rides, I rely on college music radio stations like XPN (Univ. of Penn)and PRB (Princeton radio) when I do drive. I also listen to XMU and XM kids on satellite radio.

Without any random programs, I tend to listen to CDs straight through, I like giving the in-between songs a chance instead of choosing only the songs I like. And here are my top three at the moment.

1. The Garden State soundtrack -- especially The Shins' two songs, Nick Drake's song and Simon and Garfunkel's; I loved the movie, I love the soundtrack.

2. Funeral by The Arcade Fire -- the songs grow on you, because they never sound the same when you listen to them

3. Rippingyarns by Cynthia Alexander -- okay so this is an old one from the Philippines, but it's still awesome. I also get all sentimental because I personally knew the artist, and remember the creative process that went into it.

Current song I like singing out loud -- that new one by Keane

Cool Stuff that my son Jake loves to listen to:

1. TEEN TITANS by Puffy Ami Yumi -- the whole album, NICE, is happy music. Jake likes to sing the Teen Titans theme out loud -- with or without his karaoke mic. He also likes singing the Japanese songs and wishes he could understand them.

2. Spiderman Theme by Michael Buble -- we listen to this on Yahoo's Launchcast radio

3. New Slang by The Shins -- he likes the Oooooo parts and calls it "that song from Garden State"

4. The instrumental theme song to DK Eyewitness documentary programs -- it sounds new agey and Jake loves to hum it.

5. Doctor Worm by They Might Be Giants -- I introduced him to this classic TMBG song after he heard the new TMBG songs on tv.

Demonyos and Duwendes

Wow, two posts in a week...can you believe it? Here's a link to this week's Filipino Express column.

Maybe next year...

GO EAGLES 


If there is one thing that I wasn't prepared for coming to America, it was football season. The Sunday games, the Monday night games, the hoopla the rest of the week -- the cheering, the jeering, the fanaticism, the rituals. I married into a family of Philadelphia Eagles fans, which makes me a fan-by-default/affiliation. I still don't understand the game fully but I know that a touchdown is good, McNabb is our QB, and my brother-in-law Tom cooks up a storm every football sunday and that's a good thing. Superbowl was a super event -- they came all decked in Eagles gear -- and I sat there, watching, as excited as the next person (We were the underdogs,after all.) -- at least until half-time, because I had to bring my son home, with whom I watched the second and sadly dismal half from the comfort of bed. I could almost hear the collective tears of Philadelphians over the river and the family (who were still at Tom's watching) in the next time, as the Eagles lost to the Patriots by 3 points. Man, and the much-awaited Superbowl commercials were pretty lame too!

Even my family from Manila called to wish us luck the day before, having witnessed the football season last year. My dad, an Ateneo Blue Eagle (like me and my siblings), even bought an Eagles cap from Walmart -- since he wanted to have the same hat as his apo and well, he must've gotten a kick out of the fact that our alma mater and our home team shared the same mascot.

Heads up, Eagles fans...there's always next year!