Jessica Rules TV: Ask Jon, the music edition
It has recently come to our attention that we are no longer the only people ripping off Tom Waits titles for our writing. Jon Morales our missing straight guy columnist has infringed on our infringement monopoly, referencing Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards in his twitter profile. Yes he is on twitter, @jonnymo.
We caught up with Jon Sunday night to discuss a wide range of topics, from his Tagalog proficiency and cooking skills to the girlfriend to city ratio of his nomadic existence. In this video we talk about Tom Waits, whether The Wire is the greatest TV series ever, the artistic ambitions of Kanye West, why the Black Eyed Peas should just go away, the toxicology report on Amy Winehouse, being a fan of Maldita, and which Eraserheads songs he knows.
Shot 9/11/11 by my Macbook Air. (Not super-clear, but uploading the file takes much less time.)
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
September 12th, 2011 at 09:53
Some Rizzle Kicks songs, their first album is free on their myspace:
Down with the trumpets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ip8OsExLJs
Fly me to the moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Xu6UFqWoQ
and My Hometown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ecIwjwVRRk
September 12th, 2011 at 10:13
Crush ko na siya! Bet ko ang tawa at ang music-geekiness (kahit meron siyang weird tic pag napapasarap ang usapan (~3 min mark) na nauuna yung boses niya kesa sa galaw ng bibig niya. Chos!)
September 12th, 2011 at 10:58
yeezy taught me! :D
September 12th, 2011 at 13:24
Ah speaking of music I just found this today: Wugazi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs79tXcK1Og
ruthless
September 12th, 2011 at 13:28
I understand that that Maldita song “Porque” is in a bilingual mix of Chavacano (a Spanish-Visayan pidgin — the band members appear to be from Zamboanga City) and Tagalog, and that it’s original to them, not a cover.
Like Jon, I had assumed that it was a cover (from some Latin American singer?), and I complained to myself that I could not completely understand what they were saying (because of the imperfect Spanish grammar — as if I remembered everything from two years of College Spanish many years ago!) — until I found out that those verses were in Chavacano. Then everything made sense.
In any event, I think it’s quite a good song, musically and otherwise.
September 12th, 2011 at 20:10
How cosmic that you’re scoring is Michael Jackson songs hehe :) Oh my gosh, You are not alone! That was the song which had Lisa Marie Presley on the music video… doon sila nagkadevelopan hehehe :D
Jon’s looking good :)
September 12th, 2011 at 20:40
Yay for Kanye!
I listen to Kanye when I have rage issues. Sometimes I even think of pulling a Kanye…”Manila, why wont you let me be great?”
Jon, do you sometimes ask that too?
September 12th, 2011 at 21:58
Yeah, one whole wing of my family speaks Chavacano. I wish I did. My mom seemed to know the song already though and it doesn’t sound like their other songs so I thought it might be a cover.
@eponine maybe i misunderstood the tagalog but that’s not a tic, I can’t actually make my mouth move slower than the sounds I’m making. That’s the audio desyncing from the video. That would be pretty sweet though.
@tara I dunno Manila’s doing a pretty damn good job at letting me be great :). Look at the company I keep!
September 13th, 2011 at 09:18
“I dunno Manila’s doing a pretty damn good job at letting me be great :). Look at the company I keep!”
awww… Jon, you are great! *shrieks*