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Age Against the Machine
Myths of the near future
by Gino dela Paz
MANILA, Philippines—If you care to look outside, you’ll notice that, duh, it’s 2007. The landscape has changed somewhat. Waists are tragically moving up. Third World babies are the new Fendi Spy bags. No one below 30 watches normal TV anymore. Paris Hilton finds out that karma’s a big bad bitch.
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Age Against the Machine
Juxtaposed with you
by Gino dela Paz
IN between spinning at Gucci parties in Milan and hosting his East Village radio show, it’s likely that Mark Ronson has provided and absorbed some of the most culturally loaded soundtracks in the world.
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Age Against the Machine
Boulevard of broken themes
by Gino dela Paz
FOR some reason, I've come to call it the Donnie Darko Moment. It’s a film that takes an old narrative and twists it, bends it into something truly imaginative and somewhat anomalous. It doesn’t need to have a profound message and stuff.
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Age Against the Machine
Trick or freak!
by Gino dela Paz
"THERE are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: Religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin."--Linus Van Pelt, "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
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Age Against the Machine
The Devil wears Prada from Greenhills
by Gino dela Paz
IN THE SIZE 0 universe of serious fashion magazines, editors roost on top of the carb-free food chain, designers act as cultural weathervanes, and models, photographers, and stylists turn the bubble-sleeved fantasy into reality. Of course, reality in this case is just the opposite.
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Age Against the Machine
Let the rude times roll?
by Gino dela Paz
IT was somehow meant to happen. I stood in line at a bookstore in Megamall, waiting to finally pay for a hefty hardcover I’d been clutching. I expected to check out in a jiffy but I didn’t, which left me slightly unhinged.
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Age Against the Machine
Temple of Boom!
by Gino dela Paz
AT 13, I WAS AT THE ground floor of my beat-driven dreams, moonlighting as the default DJ for my own birthday party. Of course, all that meant was fading Nirvana in (and fading C+C Music Factory out) using a beat-up DiscMan and a Kenwood stereo. But still, despite the woefully DIY conditions
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Age Against the Machine
Temple of Boom!
by Gino dela Paz
AT 13, I WAS AT THE ground floor of my beat-driven dreams, moonlighting as the default DJ for my own birthday party. Of course, all that meant was fading Nirvana in (and fading C+C Music Factory out) using a beat-up DiscMan and a Kenwood stereo.
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