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ASHTRAY GIRL
Blood, beer guts, and Spartan glory
by Regina Belmonte - April 27, 2007 - 12:00am
300 men, 5,000 abs. Of course, the correct count should be somewhere between 1,200 and 2,000 abs, but we like to exaggerate, and I am very bad at math.
Pony tales
by Regina Belmonte - March 30, 2007 - 12:00am
Most little girls want a pony. Maybe it’s because ponies are part of what I like to call the “princess package,”...
High Five for Admit One
by Regina Belmonte - November 10, 2006 - 12:00am
Five years ago, in November 2001, the first Admit One show was organized by then-fledgling indie bands Twisted Halo, Dicta License and Fatal Posporos (and later on, Sugarfree, Cambio and Happy Meals) as a means for...
This teenage wasteland
by Regina Belmonte - September 29, 2006 - 12:00am
I always thought that high school would be over when I left Goldilockslandia. Graduation was, for the most part, a "Ha! I made it! In your face, non-believers!" hour (or three) of triumph; a celebration...
I want my MTV Pilipinas
by Regina Belmonte - September 1, 2006 - 12:00am
August flew past so quickly that I, the self-proclaimed Procrastinatron, find myself still rushing to meet deadlines from weeks ago. The life of a college student is never easy. I have essays, scripts and promotional...
Come on, feel the Halikinoise!
by Regina Belmonte - August 18, 2006 - 12:00am
Fledgling bands with big dreams. Young, idealistic musicians. They all want to be heard on the airwaves. I must confess that, although I have never had much in the way of musical talent, this was also an ambition...
20 soundtracks of many adventures
by Regina Belmonte - July 28, 2006 - 12:00am
It’s nothing you haven’t heard before: I love music. It isn’t my life, at least not yet, but feel as though I would be incomplete without the soundtrack to my many misadventures. This is a...
Standing room only
by Regina Belmonte - June 16, 2006 - 12:00am
There’s a particular kind of music that I like to call driving music. Not that I actually drive, of course (we’d have 10-car pile-ups everywhere if I were behind the wheel). It’s just the kind...
‘Rakenrol hanggang umaga’ at the MTV Summer Break
by Regina Belmonte - May 5, 2006 - 12:00am
After my mom’s "Don’t take drugs!" speech (straight out of Almost Famous), I wouldn’t have been surprised if, halfway through my trip, she started telling people that MTV kidnapped her ...
All you need is love
by Regina Belmonte - February 10, 2006 - 12:00am
The happy Hallmark month of hearts has, so far, been met with a great deal of resentment (and a little violence) by young, single people from the ages of 13 to 30. The lovelorn declare the looming February 14 to...
The Dawn of a new generation
by Regina Belmonte - December 16, 2005 - 12:00am
I just shook the hands of gods!" my awestruck 14-year-old brother declared, after meeting The Dawn at an El Pueblo gig. But The Dawn would rather not be considered an icon, statue, or monument. They don’t...
Survival for defeatists
by Regina Belmonte - October 21, 2005 - 12:00am
By the time this is published, semestral break will have struck the academe with seaside sunbathing and drunken revelry. (It is, after all, Oktoberfest.) And we, the survivors, will be drowning our post-examination...
A series of unfortunate events
by Regina Belmonte - September 30, 2005 - 12:00am
Every once in a while, we all run out of luck. We lose wallets, phones, iPods, and other things that hold value for us. We trip over steps and look like complete morons in front of seemingly countless people. (Or...
Is this a campaign of hate?
by Regina Belmonte - September 23, 2005 - 12:00am
Your music sucks. That’s not rock. You listen to that crap? They’re totally ripping off other bands. I mean they’re clearly trying to be Coldplay. That stuff is so generic, even my tone-deaf kid brother...
Living the dream
by Regina Belmonte - September 16, 2005 - 12:00am
The Jungle Log Jam at Enchanted Kingdom scares the living daylights out of me. I’m afraid of heights, and especially afraid of the torturously slow ascent. The knowledge that a drop is inevitable is more terrifying...
Battling university blues
by Regina Belmonte - September 9, 2005 - 12:00am
Speaking from three months’ worth of experience as an awkward, hopelessly lost freshman, I can safely claim that college is a bloody nightmare. A somewhat pleasant nightmare, at times, but a nightmare nonetheless....
The reign of Rampqueen
by Regina Belmonte - July 1, 2005 - 12:00am
There are some songs that you know everything about. You know exactly when a particular guitar riff is going to start coming in. You know what the next succession of notes in an incredible solo will be; you know...
All around the world
by Regina Belmonte - May 6, 2005 - 12:00am
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – Greetings from Amsterdam! It’s a little funny, but despite the hectic touring schedule, I feel strangely relaxed. There’s something about traveling that seems to lift all...
The Plasti-scene
by Regina Belmonte - April 1, 2005 - 12:00am
A certain lyric from a Placebo song made a lot of sense to me yesterday. Don’t go and sell your soul for self-esteem, don’t be plasticine. Don’t forget to be the way you are. Truer words have never...
Me against the world
by Regina Belmonte - March 18, 2005 - 12:00am
I have been a student of the School That Must Not Be Named for the past 14 years of my life. It is my sworn, solemn duty as a rebellious Catholic schoolgirl to say that, yes, I wish I could leave. I have wanted to...
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