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Wincy Ong
Wincy Ong
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Ping Medina: The actor and the ghost of rockstar past
by Wincy Ong - September 15, 2006 - 12:00am
We are at the Heritage Park Cemetery in Fort Bonifacio. The film spool starts to run. A motley crew of mourners that suspiciously look like a flock of production assistants and grips try their best to act solemn....
Of mascots and music videos
by Wincy Ong - August 11, 2006 - 12:00am
You know you’re watching a Pancho Esguerra music video if the band members are all dressed like Tenenbaums – sailor shirts, corduroys and all. Or if a trinket from a half-forgotten era (from the top...
Mikey Amistoso, the cool nerd virtuoso
by Wincy Ong - June 9, 2006 - 12:00am
Mikey Amistoso usually sings in two voices. The first one is squeaky-high, like that of a kid with a put-upon temper tantrum, on the verge of breaking into a belabored falsetto when the high notes arrive (nevertheless...
The geek and the patriot
by Wincy Ong - February 3, 2006 - 12:00am
There’s so much we can do with our comic books. Think about it. The Philippines – an archipelago of angry volcanoes and infinitesimal rice fields, a suffocating metropolis, a young country raised on Catholic...
Nuking the noontime
by Wincy Ong - December 16, 2005 - 12:00am
One can tell that when the Itchyworms start talking, an otherwise quiet place becomes as loud as Nepa Q-Mart. On this particular evening, a swirl of malevolent laughter invades the walls of Mag:net Gallery, a small...
Pedicab talks ’80s
by Wincy Ong - September 30, 2005 - 12:00am
They’re fun! They’re danceable! They wear matching outfits! And they don’t have a bass player! They’re Pedicab – perhaps one of the most imaginative music acts to come from the Filipino music...
Songs that people will pray to
by Wincy Ong - July 15, 2005 - 12:00am
Pop music obscurantism is a confusing concept. At one point, the obscurantist wishes that less informed music fans would dig a little deeper and tune in more to his underappreciated music, say, music from little...
Invisible jets and bulletproof bracelets
by Wincy Ong - May 13, 2005 - 12:00am
Years before Sigourney Weaver strapped on a flamethrower in Aliens, or before Linda Hamilton went head-to-head with a cyborg in Terminator 2, or even before Sarah Michelle Gellar staked her first vampire in Buffy...
Comic book geekdom
by Wincy Ong - April 15, 2005 - 12:00am
Bobby Andrews walks out of Comic Quest Megamall, a plastic bag tucked under his arm, the smile of a satisfied customer painted on his face. Hey, even ex-T.G.I.S. members need their occasional fix of graphic novels,...
A comic book connoisseur
by Wincy Ong - April 1, 2005 - 12:00am
There’s this beautiful vignette in the Pulitzer-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay where the writer Michael Chabon tells how his protagonist fell in love with comic books: "(Joe Kavalier)...
Stretching the concept of the Pinoy superhero
by Wincy Ong - March 11, 2005 - 12:00am
I haven’t been always comfortable with superheroes who have stretching powers. Most often than not, they’re more goofy-looking than cool, more laughable than menacing. A man that could elongate his limbs...
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