E-Zine of Penguin Gallery

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241013412011-12-15T11:07:25.584+08:00E-Zine of Penguin GalleryAng 25years+ "trip" ni PeNGuin..604 remedios street, malate manila philippines. ABSOLUTELY POLITICS FREEPenguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-7145339667862758582008-01-23T10:33:00.000+08:002008-01-23T10:43:58.959+08:00Spin the Black Thing...

Whats's wrong with CD's MP3's and the whole digital whatever?Absolutely nothing! I am not here to defend the merits and demerits of vinyl records versus CD's and vice versa or whichever is better or worst. All are just formats (I could here audiophiles screaming!!) to deliver the message... and that message is music and it should be and must be appreciated in all it's form.There is nothing more

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-42803998056121157052007-12-10T15:44:00.000+08:002007-12-10T16:06:29.622+08:00Horny People Around..

Halloween day, the gallery was filled with lots of horny people of all size and shapes. Another reason to party and forget even for just a few minutes how things are being run by our so called political leaders. It's all in the newspaper so I don't need to go into details. After all this bog is supposed to be free from politics. Here's some pictures of these 'horny' creatures that night.

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-55569177915286002562007-12-04T11:12:00.000+08:002008-01-23T17:42:54.335+08:00Pop Rock Fashion Robots and Lonely People

Opening this December 04, 2007 is the two man exhibit of Eric David and Penguin Gallery regular Dante Perez. The show is entitled 'Pop Rock Fashion Robots and Lonely People. This show is a study in contrast. To begin with, Eric's work, which includes some wearable art pieces, is a colorful kaleidescope of robotic figures while Dante Perez is pure black and white photos of blared and out of

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-22993285496054576502007-11-29T10:13:00.001+08:002007-11-29T15:19:49.363+08:00Feeling Nostalgic

Browsing thru youtube, I discovered this 'old' (and new) video taken by good friend Egay Navarro during the early part of the 90's , yeah I am that old.......Blast from the past but definitely rocking. The late Pepito Bosch and artist Roberto Villanueva is also on this video. This was taken during one of the many opening nights at the gallery. The occasion this time was the opening of the

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-45026131131607517862007-09-28T09:28:00.000+08:002007-09-28T12:07:58.110+08:00"Fabricated Photos"

One man exhibit of Dondon Villaluz.Just recently the gallery held the one man photo exhibit of Dondon Villaluz. Dondon describe himself as a dreamer of world peace, unity and freedom. On a more lucid state he is a fulltime web designer, graphics artist and photographer.Here are some images of the exhibit. I called them "fabricated" photos in a sense, that they look and resemble something of a

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-80742053666864840582007-09-12T16:58:00.000+08:002007-09-28T11:22:04.377+08:00Goodbye Anita, Max and Joe...

No, I am not turning this blog into an orbituary page, but it seems that in last few days and months the world had witnessed the passing away of some of the most beautiful people that ever live and in some ways made life more interesting and meaningful, both in the world of arts and business.Max Roach (1924-2007) -drummer and civil rights activist help redefined the music of jazz in the 60's.

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-4921028462849435742007-07-31T11:19:00.000+08:002007-08-01T12:20:12.024+08:00Live@Penguin Gallery

Live Music, Live Recording..For the past weeks, I have been experimenting with this newly acquired toy, the Zoom H4 Multitrack Digital recorder. While it may fail in the looks department (it actually looks more of a electric shaver than a sound recorder), the thing delivers awesome recording capability and portability. I had just laid my hands on it and in a few minutes I was able to do some '

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-45332316176193563242007-07-16T13:33:00.000+08:002007-07-16T13:38:35.743+08:00Penguin Gallery-Channels

It's alive and (almost) kicking...Finaly I was able to set-up on youtube Penguin Gallery Channel. It is composed mainly of the videos that I took using a point and shoot Casio digicam with 8MB pixel. But pardon some shots though, some scenes are a bit shaky, its not my hand though, it is more intentional as I was trying to make an MTV like effect, albeit unsuccessfully as you can see. Just watch

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-7075400361641420142007-06-05T10:15:00.000+08:002007-06-13T19:50:54.162+08:00Cesare Syjuco and June Schedule@Penguin

Cesare Syjuco returns to the Penguin Gallery with vengence. Opening night June 7. Check out the schedule performances this month of June 2007. The show entitled 'An Act of Bad Faith' (sounds familliar with the recent May elections?) the show will once again showcase Cesare's masterful amalgam of both the visual and aural landscape of his art.I do not want to predict what will happen. In art as in

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-6766835626386443532007-05-07T10:37:00.000+08:002007-05-07T10:47:53.416+08:00Schedule of May 2007 Events

Nothing much, except postings for the schedule of events for the merry (???) month of May. Come to think of it, this month of May isn't all that merry considering all the killings happening.Much as I don't want to write or even discuss politics in this blog, as usual POLITICS IS THE CULPRIT TO ALL THIS SENSELESS MURDER. WHICH MAKES ME WONDER ARE THEY REALLY DOING IT BECAUSE EVERY CANDIDATE WANTS

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-74662169698452424762007-04-12T18:15:00.000+08:002007-04-17T10:44:21.981+08:00Good bye Kurt (Not Cobain)

Just read an article about Kurt Vonnegut's death at 84. Fiction (or non-fiction depends on your state of mind) writer of such novels like Slaughterhouse Five, Cats Cradle, Player Piano, Slapstick, God Bless you Mr. Rosewater and a host of other 'science fiction meets Salvador Dali" on the way to the galaxy and other stories, he influenced (me included) a lot of free thinking individuals (sounds

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-33472617174850352912007-04-08T13:31:00.000+08:002007-04-10T10:02:49.267+08:00hAPPy EASter!

Today is Easter Sunday.Let us celebrate and hope it will be a day free from politics. Watch new video clips of recent performances by Ronnie Lazaro, txt cum poetry, a great blues jam of the classic "Stormy Monday" by Bo Razon and Jun Lupito, a mean ska performance by Mobster Manila and some hot percussion jam by Tropic Asya.Enjoy!

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-37510752701406571332007-04-06T00:00:00.000+08:002007-04-06T22:01:56.636+08:00New! Video Clips of Live Shows@Penguin

Video Clips of Live Shows@Penguin....Watch out! You might find your drunken self together with the video clips of live shows, gigs and performances at the Penguin Gallery...To view the other vids, click on the link "Whats PLaying?"Here's a clip of last year's (2006) jam of Dr. Royal Hartigan with Bo Razon's group.. enjoy

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-31236767228543188922007-02-26T23:25:00.000+08:002007-03-07T20:36:33.787+08:002 Lazy 2 Write....

I am guilty...I know I have not written nor tried to update this blog for quite some time now. This does not mean that nothing significant has been happening to the bar. On the contrary, A LOT (as the pictures will show) has been happening. From the various art exhibit opening (Bien Benitez one man show, Eghai Roxas and upcoming visual artist John Vincent Balandra's Oddities) to live music

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-9383465017153797442007-01-03T12:00:00.000+08:002007-03-07T17:43:10.742+08:00Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!!Wonder what the New Year will bring?? According to the Chinese New Year 2007 will be the year of the PIG or the Boar. Whatever it is, I hope the year will be better, brighter and hopefully less politics and war. Here at Rock Ola we have decided to have a year end party as if we have not partied for one whole year. Oh well you only live once you know....There's even room for an

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-54568875233189538092007-01-03T11:37:00.000+08:002007-03-07T17:44:04.890+08:00Dr. Royal Hartigan@Penguin..

We had the pleasure of listening for two nights the music and performance of Mr. Royal Hartigan, visiting professor of african music, percussions and dance. The first one happened last December 21, when Mr. Hartigan's student at the University of the Philippines, (about 30 of them) came to dance and played some african based percussive music. The last performance, which was a week later happened

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-78860137130421606652006-10-31T17:12:00.000+08:002006-11-02T09:05:05.547+08:00Skin, Tatoos and Black and White

What's intriguing about black and white photos of women with tatoos? This is the subject matter of a series of black and white photos taken by Wam Molina. He opened his exhibit last Oct 21, 2006. (ends November 6) entitled "Women and Ink". Each picture seems to narrate to the viewer the story behind each tattoo and likewise the story of the women who had her body tatooed.I would have preferred

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1160044094450438012006-10-05T18:18:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:48.784+08:00Opening of Baguio-Based Artist

Art Exhibit Opening is supposed to be fun?Me thinks that it should always be this way. Who needs serious stuff nowadays? Not for these group of guys coming from the Northern part of the Philippines, to be specific the city of Baguio. Their collective work simply entitled "Abang Garrud" (excuse me I have yet to decipher the meaning) consists of art installation, mixed media work and paintings.Here

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1159933369334218492006-10-04T11:30:00.000+08:002006-11-06T17:25:13.990+08:00One Week Later Still no Electricity

Much as I don't want to admit it, I can't helped but feel really and slowly getting frustrated about the electric power situation where I stay. While the rest of our neighbors have began to have their electric power restored, our home (and some four more) are still languishing in darkness. There is something surreal and scary about the whole scene. Really. Going home at night and finding

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1151478615137636252006-06-28T14:58:00.000+08:002006-11-06T17:26:12.555+08:00Fete dela Music - Penguin Version

After months of silence from the organizers of last year's Fete dela Musique, we decided to celebrate our own fete dela musique at the bar. Simply entitled "Fiesta Musika" (or fete dela musique in French), I was able to convince (or rather coerced) some of my musician friends to "volunteer" for a good cause and play for free for one(1) night. We gathered around 15 bands that night, with music

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1151294139332635462006-06-26T11:42:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:48.574+08:00You aint got the thing if you don't know how to swing.

June 17, 2006Friday night. we had the band Brass Munkeys performing some of hottest swinging rock and roll music. Brass Munkeys is composed of roughly eight (8) guys playing music from the swing era of jazz while obviously influenced by Metallica.? Or whatever, good thing though rock and roll doesn't always have to be dominated by guitar players right? or some guys swearing and shouting the whole

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1150358853226528922006-06-15T15:46:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:48.522+08:00Africa Calling : The Sound of Burkina Faso

May 29, 2006 It was one of those boring and "usual" night at the bar when my friend and drinking buddy from way back came to the bar. He brought along his new found friends from guess what ?? Burkina Faso, Africa. What started as ordinary night turns out to be one of the musical highlights since I took over this "aging" behemian home. The guys and gals from this African nation turns out to be

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1150356797765559422006-06-15T15:32:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:48.473+08:00The Birth of the COOL : Happy Bday Miles Davis

MAY 26, 2006BIRTH OF THE COOLA TRIBUTE TO THE MAN WITH THE HORNIt was a celebration of some sort, marking the 80th birthdate of probably one of the most important figure of jazz music, Miles Davis. Born May 26, 1926 Miles Davis established himself as great composer, master of improvisation and elevating jazz music into one of America's great cultural contribution to humankind.That night we had

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1150356671859616532006-06-15T15:30:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:48.419+08:00Rebel Yell! New works by Cesare Syjuco

Tuesday Night, May 09, 2006The last time I saw Cesare Syjuco, if I can recall correctly was right here in Penguin Cafe (now known legally as Rock Ola Cafe). The event was the launching of the band Faust very first CD. Faust is composed of Cesare and Jean Marie's children. That night I had a visual and aural overdose.So I got the surprised of my life when I received a text message from Ronnie (

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1150356220994081612006-06-15T15:22:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:48.306+08:00The "sound" of Drip

No, there is nothing wrong with the title, I am simply refering to the band, The Sound and Drip. The "Sound" consists of 5 guys playing what I call "feel good" groove-based melodies. There is nothing angry nor preachy about their music. It is music made to make you want to dance or sit down and relax . Their set consisted of original composition influenced by the bossa nova movement. Bossa Nova

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1150356042487977552006-06-15T15:19:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:48.252+08:00Feminine Force : Digital Photography Exhibit by Women 4 Women

Title: Babae Sa Tagaraw APRIL 25-May 24 2006Medium : Digital Photography/Musical PerformanceA R T I S T S :Carol BelloLibay Lisangan CantorIndira EndayaAileen FamilaraThe exhibit draws inspiration from four (4) women of different persuasions. Carol Bello, is known more as chantress/vocalist for the world music group, Pinikpikan, Libay is into film direction and Palanca awardee for short story

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1150355602663541942006-06-15T15:12:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:48.149+08:00Multi Medial Works : Contra Pelo

Title : Contra Pelo Medium : Mixed Media/Photos/Musical Performance and InstallationA R T I S T SEghai RoxasLirio SalvadorRio CallarJoselito JuandayanRona RamosRodel PamittanTom DaquioagMichael de GuzmanBryan RamosSherwin CarrilloRichard TuazonBob BalingitErnie ArquionThe exhibit opened with a musical performance by Lirio Salvador's "elemento" group. They played some industrial "avant garde"

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1144738945222226832006-04-11T11:30:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:47.882+08:00The race to Mt. Everest or ABS-CBN versus GMA-7

I just read the news story about the two Pinoy groups vying to be the first Filipino to reach the world's highest peak, Mt. Everest, in Nepal. On one hand we have Mr, Romy Garduce (sponsored by GMA-7) and the First Philippine Mt. Everest Expedition Team (sponsored by ABS-CBN). While this will surely be a cause for celebration and pride for the Philippines, what we are witnessing right now is a

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1142934224400581592006-03-21T17:32:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:47.827+08:00iPODS, MP3's and the lost art of Album covers

If there is anything more sad about the proliferation and advent of "digital music", it is the death of beautiful art work and photographs found in album covers...I remember the days, when I would scourge 2nd hand record shops around Manila, mostly in the area known as "university belt" At times, I would simply purchased a record (or vinyl or LP) just because of the album covers. Nowadays, with

Penguin Gallery-BARFLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330380562382203007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24101341.post-1142388454767748622006-03-15T10:04:00.000+08:002006-10-26T19:36:47.775+08:00Welcome to Rock Ola Cafe's (Formerly Penguin Gallery) E-Zine

Mabuhay and Welcome!Rock Ola Cafe604 Remedios Street, Malate ManilaPHILIPPINESThis is the E-zine for Rock Ola Cafe/Bar (Formerly Known as Penguin Gallery). For the past 25+ years, the bar/cafe has been the hangout and watering hole of Manila's bohemian set. Established in the early 80's (when most of you readers are still in the planning stage), it has survived and witnessed the most turbulent

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