May 27 Topic: Rock the Rehas -- Jails in the Philippines-- the little that we know of our jail system.

Eavesdrop on a film-docu team's recount of the things they've witnessed in jails. Rock Ed Radio is a discussion on things we think we know about society but probably don't. So let's try this one.

Guests: Tado, Atty. Cadiz, Kris Lacaba, Pepe Diokno, Leslie Umaly. (Lourd de Veyra and Gang Badoy are part of this documentary project) We are waiting for Ditsi Carolino, creator of BUNSO to confirm her schedule.

Ano alam niyo tungkol sa mga bilanggo?

Nakulong ka na ba? Ano ang naging experience mo doon?

May kamag-anak ba kayo o kakilala na nakakulong?

Sa mga abogado, bakit ayaw niyo mag public attorney?

Ano ang tingin niyo na dapat baguhin sa ating mga bilangguan?

Share comments and anecdotes on our jail system. What you think the public should know about jails in the Philippines.

photo taken at the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center
Lahug, Cebu
April 2007

May 20 Topic: Plagia-Rock! Let's take a peek at music plagiarism, parodies, and piracy.

mu·sic (myū'zĭk) n. The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm.

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Plagia-Rock! Let's learn a bit more about copyright laws and intellectual property rights management. Parodies, plagiarism, and lifting from other songs. Music as property. Whew* okey 'to.

Edwin Sallan is one of the essayists of "Tikman ang Langit," the book on the Eraserheads. A former Jingle magazine writer, he says that there really should be no stress on parodies or covering music for as long as one acknowledges the source or the creator of the piece or the melody. After all plagiarism is really more about the 'claiming an idea, line, melodic form' as ones own creation. Ah hah. Taking the credit for what is not really yours is the big deal here.

Pinikpikan's frontwoman, Carol Bello expresses her take on originality. She is delighted when people sometimes sound like them because she is an advocate of promoting indigenous music and rhythms. However, she insists that ideas are abound and infinite. One just has to go out of comfort zones and explore the world more to get richer ideas. She also stresses that we are so lucky that we live in South East Asia where rhythm and music are so closely interwoven with our culture. We should dig in deeper into our indigenous bin of inspiration instead of always looking to the West for music pegs. Tama! She beams local genius and we all agree with her completely. (shown is Lourd de Veyra saying "Oy lagot kayong mga nagpapahamak kay Carol." hehe loko lang, pointer finger up usually means "...point well taken." or "I think I know what you're talking about." he he he)


The pretty Ms. Debbie Gaite of Filscap explains the hows and whys of music copyrighting. She also stresses that Filscap is really about protecting the artist, they safeguard the artist from abusive users of their creations. Plagiarism included! Filscap is a non-stock non-profit group of composers, authors and publishers. They represent the rights of both foreign and local composers, lyric writers and publishers. She thinks we are not out of ideas, the world is large and looming. Explore. Work! Think! Research!

Mike Wage is an OPM fan. He is the project director of Globe's Kantabataan contest. He brought up an interesting point when he asked, who gets paid when a song quotes from the Bible? (sabi ko si God) He also raised the fact that perhaps because it helps in the evangelization, open source ang Bible of ideas. Hmmm. Mike is very encouraging to students. He urges them to keep seeking out their minds and experiences to create music. He also thinks that maybe unoriginality is a symptom of laziness. So work on your music! Search, discover, explore, create. Join their contest. etc etc. (and while Mike waxes profound, all Gang is thinking is, "GLOBE gimme free load on a regular basis, please.")

Sir Francis Brew of the Dawn and NU107 joins in the conversation. He says musicians are trapped sometimes between creating what is in the 'wave' of commercial success and what is truly what they want to say. As a career, sometimes artists adjust to what will be commercially viable. Aaah, the age-old war between commercial and critical success ensues. But he says, musicians don't run out of ideas, record companies do. Hah. Miggy Chavez lead singer of Chicosci and Toti Dalmacion of Terno Recordings both join us on a phone patch. Miggy says we should stop finger pointing on who sounds like who in the biz, just enjoy the music or if you don't, then shut up. (my words, not his. Summary yan) Toti on the other hand explains that originality is important though he understands that in this day and age it is a challenge not to sound like a shade of someone else, he values quality of music. Commercial and critical acclaim should not be mutually exclusive, kaya naman daw pareho.

Edwin, Lourd and Debbie continue the conversation outside. Everyone agreeing to come back for a continuation of this episode. We haven't even discussed the intricacies of downloading, uploading music, shareware, piracy, lyrics lifted, etc etc. There's a world out there of things we need to know about this thing we all adore called mee-yoo-zik.


PS: Rico Blanco of Rivermaya called in and said that OPM is doing really well. Don't ride the bandwagon of pulling everyone down just because. We cannot start from a standpoint of 'gaya gaya talaga ang Pinoy' dahil hindi lahat gano'n! Dapat i-appreciate natin ang nagaganap sa music scene and carry on.

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May 14 2007 Elections

MALINIS PLEASE

Para sa mga nanalo at natalo nitong halalan. Sana yung mga binayaran ninyong mag akyat ng posters ninyo ay bayaran ninyo ulit para tanggalin o kaya pulutin ang mga posters ng mga mukha ninyo mula sa mga kanal kanal.

Salamat po.

A friendly reminder from Rock Ed Radio.

May 13 Topic -- BUKAS NA! MAY BUKAS PA BA? (election eve episode)

LUTRINA 2007

Sa unahan ay nakapedestal ang Patrong pamintuho sa deboto

kasunod ay ang koro ng awit-nobena sa deboto.

Sa likura'y prusisyon ng panatikong rekruter ng deboto.

Tangan ang imahe ng Patron.

Tangan ang mga papelitong-kandilang milyon,

laman ang usal-dasal-pangako ng milagro.

Ay, Bulaklak ng Mayo!

Sa kanilang Lutrina ay igawad --

nang maghimala ang Patron

at ang mga deboto

sa madalang na patak ng iyong boto.

-Axel Pinpin*

Last of the pre-election series ng Rock Ed Radio ang episode sa May 13. We will have the guests of the first part (Noel Cabangon, Chris Belardo, and Pepe Diokno) come back as a re-cap of our conversation regarding your sentiments on Monday's elections. Makikisali din sa usapan ang mga taga Giniling Festival. Yahuu.

Halalan na sa Lunes. Kung may mga tanong kayo ukol dito, maski sa precinct locations, opportunities to volunteer, tungkol sa mga kandidato, tungkol sa mga partylist, maari kayong tumawag mula sa PLDT phone ng libre sa 101-49. "Gabay Halalan" Ito ay proyekto ng Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan ng Ateneo de Manila.

Kung may mga nais pa kayong sabihin, mag post dito ng tanong o comment para sa script ng Rock Ed Radio, May 13.

Pag-usapan ang dapat pag-usapan. Itanong ang dapat tanungin. Sabihin ang dapat sabihin.

Game.




*Axel Pinpin was abducted by elements of the Philippine National Police with four other peasant organizers on April 28, 2006, in Tagaytay City, Cavite. Collectively known as the Tagaytay 5, they were all hidden by their abductors for three days after the arrest. The five were accused of plotting to destabilize the national government. They suffered physical and mental torture while under detention. Pinpin is a consultant and research and information officer of the peasant organization Kalipunan ng mga Magsasaka sa Kabite (Kamagsasaka-Ka). He served as a science research specialist in the Department of Science and Technology from 1996 to 2000. Pinpin was a Fellow in 1999 for Poetry in Filipino at the University of the Philippines Institute for Creative Writing and has published a poetry collection, Tugmaang Walang Tugma.

-*text source http://avhrc-kultura.blogspot.com

Not So Free Concert

To join the gathering at Amoranto:

1. download this jpg.
2. print it out
3. sign the form
4. present at the gate WITH a valid photo ID
5. we encourage everyone to come in a white t-shirt.
6. come early enough bec security will follow venue regulations for capacity
7. rock peacefully while demanding clean elections from the government.

8. umuwi ng buo, pagod ngunit masaya
9. matulog
10. managinip
11. mag-isip ano ang gusto mong i-alay sa bayan.

12. kumain
13. umu-u
14. matulog

15. bumili ng maraming Globe load kasi tunulungan nila tayo. Lumipat na kayo sa Globe.
16. bumili na rin ng maraming Red Horse kasi wow, tumulong din sila. Grabe. For 18 years old and older. Drink moderately. Uminom ng tama.

May 6 - Rock Ed Radio's Advanced Mother's Day Special

I guess nothing unifies a motley group more than the subject of Mothers. We all have our share of stories of inspiration, influence, chaos and order when it comes to our Moms.

Yza Palmero, Shu Uemura make up artist is a single mother and she says that there is really much to be appreciated about the task. She shares that growing up with her Mother can be difficult at times but on the whole it has taught her to be a good mom and her children are most important in her life. Lahat naman may horror story tungkol sa mga nanay, meron ding komplikado na relationships talaga, so tonight we just wanted to focus on the positive and the little expressed appreciation for Moms.
Aia de Leon, the lead singer of Imago took this chance to honor her Mom. She says that her Mom has been an anchor in her life. She wishes she can get at least part of her Mom's charm. Aia says her Mom isn't a stage mom, like any normal parent she was warned about the difficulties of life in music but still -she supported Aia's career choice and is duly credited for it tonight. Si Aia mahal na mahal ang mommy niya. Siguro nung grade school siya lagi syang nagdo-drawing para sa Mommy nya.
Reg Rubio is the lead voice of Greyhoundz. Despite the metal appearances of this man, we all noticed the gentle tone he takes when he talks about his mother. His Mom is overseas and we all wish she could hear him speak of her and her impact on his life. Jaime Garchitorena is an entrepreneur and former recording artist. He says that his Mom allowed him to go on his own search. He jokingly says that he was raised by his Mom's "well-intentioned" neglect. Because in the end, it has given him the opportunity to become what he is now. He is glad his Mom allowed him to journey on his own.
Marc Abaya's Mother is critically and commercially acclaimed director Marilou Diaz-Abaya. He refers to him as "the goddess Marilou." Going through a difficult time right now health-wise, his Mom, in the words of Marc, taught him the love of performance, the sense of the stage, and the challenging humility that ought to come with talent. Marc, despite coming in late during the show (he came from another guesting) certainly added another rich layer to the already-interesting conversation.
Gang expresses admiration for her mom for displaying a tremendous balance in her life academically, professionally and socially --despite having to raise ten children. Gang says her Mom's biggest accmplishment? "...wala pa namang nape-preso sa 'min." Haha. Lourd shared that he appreciates his Mom's silences even when she used to see him make 'mistakes' growing up, mahirap din siguro yung hayaan mo ang anak mong matuto on his own. Kaya nga, sabi ni Lourd, kayong mga nakinig (o nagbabasa nito) maghanap kayo ng oras yapusin ang mga nanay ninyo at magpasalamat. The group continues to talk outside even past the hour. We were all hoping that this episode encourages you to take time out this week to be extra-obedient to your Moms. Maski mahirap! They deserve it.

Rock Ed Radio would like to take this opportunity to wish Marc's Mommy a speedy and comfortable recovery --back to the pink of health! Here's Marc walking out of the station alone. We're almost certain he is thinking of his Mom.

Good vibes rang around the booth earlier tonight. We hope we get to spread this vibe to all of you and all your Mothers. Minsan lang ang buhay, iisa lang ang ating mga nanay.

Peacetime.

So, matanong namin kayo --- "Have you hugged your Mom today?"

May 6 topic: Inaykupo. An Advanced Mother's Day Special

One week before the scheduled International Mom's Day, we are holding this special show. So. Rock Ed Radio wants to remind you that you have a week to prepare something grand for your Mom. And you have one week to be extra-obedient to your Mommys. Generally, there is wisdom in that.


Imago's vocalist Aia de Leon, Greyhoundz lead man Reg Rubio together with entrepreneur Jaime Garchitorena will discuss their socio-cultural take on growing up with their Mothers. Shu Uemura's Yza Palmero will also discuss growing up with a mother who discovered she was lesbian later on in life. Share your insights on the Filipino style of Motherhood. Ask questions, send us one-liners on the best thing you learned from your Mom. Post them here so we can prepare them ahead of time. (This just in: Marc Abaya of Kjwan will join us tonight in mid-show.)

Parangal sa mga nanay natin. Yehey!




About the photo: that's Gang's Mom taking a contemplative walk in the farm in Mindanao. Pregnant with her second child. (c.1958) She had eight more children thereafter. Despite having ten children, she still went on to finish her PhD in English. Mabuhay ang mga nanay!

Important note: Rock Ed Radio extends its condolences to photographer Brutal Grace whose Mother passed away a few days ago in Milan. Our warmest thoughts to you, Grace.