Contributed by erwinrafael (Edited by alteredbeast)
Sunday, January 22, 2006 @ 12:00:02 AM
It was all brought about by chance.
I was planning to watch Cynthia Alexander tonight in Conspiracy Garden Cafe since she is the only Conspiracy regular which I have yet to see play a full set. However, with my younger brother not responding to my [...]

MANILA, Philippines–Super! interviewed two celebrated iterary figures, Dean Alfar and Vim Nadera, to aid us in understanding the present state of Pinoy literature.
Dean Alfar
It is an exciting time for Philippine literature, especially with the growth of Speculative Fiction. Writers have begun to produce more and more stories of wonder and imagination and are being taken [...]

Conspiracy (full name: Conspiracy Garden Cafe) has long been known a byword in the Quezon City underground/progressive live music circuit. By our definition, a “progressive” dive is any place that doesn’t book the usual showbands, acoustic cover groups, and cookie-cutter pop acts. In that group we would probably add 70’s Bistro, Freedom Bar, Magnet Katipunan, [...]

Biting Lyrics
Way back from my college days, I’d been a fan of Heber and his band, Banyuhay. His music, through the years, remain a brutally honest and incisive reflection of Pinoy culture and value system, to wit:

“Ako’y isang Pinoy, ako’y hindi ‘Kano, huwag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango” (I’m Filipino, I’m not [...]

IT’S another Wednesday night at Conspiracy Garden Café and Bar and that means it’s Noel Cabangon’s gig. But joining him onstage are his dear friends Joey Ayala, Cynthia Alexander and Cooky Chua. They clown around. And then they get to sing one of Ayala’s trademark songs. They know them by heart. Ayala and Cabangon even [...]