February 2012
1 post
January 2012
4 posts
For God So Loved the 1 Percent →
The phrase “under God” was not conceived to promote unity, but capitalism and conservatism. Read this amazing essay and see what the Christian right has done to destroy our lives.
The First Ever Collection of QRoems →
What is a QRoem? It is simply a poem written in QR code. I’ve created an online collection of my QRoems, which I believe is the first ever in history. Other QRojects (get it?) are in the works, such as an exhibit and the first ever book of QRoems. Check it out and enjoy!
The Rise of the New Groupthink →
Collaboration is in. But it may not be conducive to creativity.
December 2011
3 posts
The Minimal Me
This holiday season, during the few days off from work, I decided to embrace the minimal me.
I decided I had to get rid of three things I had too much of: furniture, clothes, and books. The furniture was the easiest to discard. Whatever cluttered my studio apartment had to go. There would be nothing on the walls except a clock, a tile portrait of Pessoa, and a road sign I found in Umbria....
1 tag
November 2011
8 posts
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
American Inequality 101 →
David Brook’s hilarious and incisive evisceration of the politics of inequality. See how you measure up.
1 tag
Koyaanisqatsi, 29 years on
Grammelot was able experience Godfrey Reggio’s landmark 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi tonight with live music by the New York Philharmonic and the Philip Glass Ensemble. Twenty nine years on, this film is as relevant and jaw-dropping as when it first came out, and the music, played live and LOUD in the hallowed Avery Fisher Hall, is as cutting edge as it was back in ‘82.
Long before global...
October 2011
8 posts
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs →
At a memorial service for her brother, Mona Simpson recalled his love of beauty and his family, and his final moments.
589 and counting!
According to the latest dispatch from Weebly, my new web site (ericgamalinda.com) has received 589 visits since it was first published — two days ago. Wow. Thanks to you all who came to visit. Stay tuned, marami pang darating.
Invites you to visit his new web site →
Eric Gamalinda is in the Cloud! Come and visit my new web site. It’s still a work in progress, but I’ve uploaded poems, stories, an essay, a slideshow, and some cool reviews from some very nice peeps. Oh, yes, there’s a blog there as well, and it’s open for your comments. See you there.
Give Up The Ghost: Radiohead on Late Night with... →
In case you missed it. This one has only Thom and Jonny doing all the parts. One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
1 tag
Grammelot Really Loves Spotify
Recently added to my playlist:
Zomby: Dedication
Various artists: On Isolation
Gang Colours: In Your Gut Like a Knife
Badel Powell: Os Afro Samba
Owiny Sigoma Band: Owiny Sigoma Band
George Crumb: George Crumb Edition Vol. 7
Thanks to Radiohead for the recommendations.
1 tag
"The whole world is watching" →
Many protesters said they believed the police had tricked them, allowing them onto the bridge, and even escorting them partway across, only to trap them in orange netting after hundreds had entered.
“The cops watched and did nothing, indeed, seemed to guide us onto the roadway,” said Jesse A. Myerson, a media coordinator for Occupy Wall Street. — The New York Times
September 2011
6 posts
1 tag
I'm Not Here, This Isn't Happening -- No, Wait, It...
Conflicting reports as to whether Radiohead is indeed going downtown to join the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Grammelot’s earlier link to the news report mysteriously disappeared. If you’re there and it’s definitely happening, give us a buzz and godspeed.
Radiohead on The Colbert Report →
In case you missed it.
Read this →
An article on the late Kerima Polotan, written by Doris Trinidad, aka me Mum.
Exit Music, 9/1-11/2002
This is the final installment of Exit Music, an experimental “novel” written during the 365 days after 9/11. The idea was to do away with the conventions of narrative and simply have a “character” record observations of his exterior and interior worlds, a sort of journal with no fixed direction, and whose sole (and futile) aim was to save every detail, no matter how...
August 2011
8 posts
Exit Music, 8/16-31/2002
This is the penultimate installment of Exit Music, an experimental “novel” written during the 365 days after 9/11, posted here in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of that event.
August 16
Example of how the media (and most people) put great store in appearances: “Bush often laces his speeches with patriotic references, but they seemed to have deeper resonance with the...
Now showing: China's fake Panchen Lama →
Exit Music, 8/1-15/2002
Exit Music is an experimental novel written during the 365 days after 9/11. I have been posting segments of it to commemorate the 10th anniversary of that event. Here is the installment for August 1-15, 2002:
August 1
Francisco “Franz” Arcellana, National Artist for Literature, passed away at 11:45 a.m., Manila time, on Thursday, August 1, 2002. He was 86 years old.
August 2
The first six...
July 2011
15 posts
Grammelot Loves Spotify!
Playlists added so far:
Jonny Greenwood: Norwegian Wood
Tindersticks: The BBC Sessions
Claude Chalhoub: Communique #1 (yay, Claude!)
Mendelson: Seuls Au Sommet
Noir Desir: 666.667 CLUB
Donald Fagen: The Nightfly
Mus: Pigaz
Gotan Project: La Revancha del Tango
Maria Bethania: 20 Grandes Sucessos
Aphex Twin: Digeridoo
Lemongrass: Hypnosis
Ryuichi Sakamoto: The Last Emperor soundtrack
...
Speaker Boehner on why you should love his plan
Speaking on “The Laura Ingraham Show” today, Speaker Boehner declared why Republicans should support his debt ceiling plan:
“Barack Obama hates it, Harry Reid hates it, Nancy Pelosi hates it. The plan we have got on the table is the best opportunity we have to hold the president’s feet to the fire.”
So there you have it, folks. Mr. Boehner would mortgage our future just to...
Your future is f*cked
Listen up, America: Last night President Obama and Speaker Boehner clearly and unequivocally stated their positions on the debt ceiling impasse.
Pres. Obama said, “The only reason this balanced approach isn’t on its way to becoming law right now is because a significant number of Republicans in Congress are insisting on a different approach, a cuts-only approach — an approach that doesn’t ask the...
Fear of Language
Residents of Arizona, the epicenter of American xenophobia, recently went up in arms against weather reporters’ use of the Arabic word “haboob” for the dust storms that have hit the state. Apparently the residents think it’s a disgrace to use a Middle Eastern word when we’re at war with the Middle East (or so they say). It has been suggested that while they’re...
Exit Music, 7/16-31/2002
Exit Music is an experimental novel written during the 365 days after 9/11. I have been posting the entire manuscript in 15-day installments to commemorate the tenth anniversary of that event. Here is the new installment.
July 16
A dream. I am in our house in Matimyas. It is raining heavily. I am waiting for someone to bring me breakfast from my grandmother’s house. I am going to have a quick...
The Asian American Literary Review: not just... →
Here is a review of the Review. And yay, it’s got me in it. Thanks to Lauren for the link.
1 tag
