Text and photos by: Chris Quintana Lion and the Scouts recently headlined a gig in UPLB entitled sE-DI-Tion: Get Up, Stand Up last November 19, 2015. It was the reggae band's first time to play in Los Banos. Backed up by rap group Kartel, they performed in front of an intimate yet spirited and bouncy campus…
Last night's Bandemonium 2015 Battle of the Bands showcased several of the most promising bands from the Los Banos (LB) local band scene. Presented by the U.P. Jammers' Club as part of their 23rd anniversary, the event was held at a recently opened bar Duplex Tavern. The night saw the bands perform various genres of…
Text and Photos by: Chris Quintana A throng of what could be the country's best skaters has gathered on a Saturday afternoon, August 29, 2015, at Backyard Skatepark in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Elder skaters perched on the adjacent bar drown the humidity with cold beer as they cheer and jeer the young ones arriving and…
Text by: Chris Quintana Inside the white room, framed square iron sheets hang, bearing in tangible perpetuity the artist's attempt to make sense of the world—faces and shapes from the shadows inked in black surface from the bare white void. Photographer Veejay Villafranca opened his latest exhibition "IRONIC" on July 15, 2015 at Pineapple Lab,…
Text and photos by Chris Quintana Salcedo Park in the Philippines’ center of commerce. And here I was again walking along the concrete and marble forest of the Makati CBD. It's been a few years since I was back here. I used to walk these streets at the heart of the business district - mostly empty…
The Alternative brings together four stories and image collections from this year’s Lenten observance. We explore the country’s rich culture and tradition, a mix of Roman Catholicism and Pre-Hispanic beliefs, and their continuing relevance to today’s society. Dax Simbol documents the Magdarame, women mourners in Capas, Tarlac. Kimmy Baraoidan continues to follow the men of…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan An LED sign screams the word “Tattoo” from a window on the second floor of a small building next to a church. The building’s ground floor houses a small eatery full of employees from the mall across during lunchtime. The smell of freshly baked bread and…
Tula ni Kimmy Baraoidan Nais kong maging Gaya ng isang pusa: Mailap ngunit malambing - Kahit anong pagtawag Iyong gawin, lalapit lamang Kung kailan nito ibigin. Hindi ka sasalubungin Sa iyong pag-uwi. Titingnan ka lamang Nang panandalian Ng kaniyang mga matang Antukin, Sapat lamang upang Masabi niya sa iyong O, nariyan ka na pala. Kikiskis…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana Summer is coming to a close, yet the heat is still unforgiving in the small town of Los Baños, Laguna. The trees are at a standstill, so still that not even a light breeze is blowing. The sticky, heavy air makes moving such a chore. Then, out…