Eraserheads Biography

Eraserheads, or E-Heads was a prominent Filipino rock band of the 1990s, formed by Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Marcus Adoro. The band is one of the most successful, critically-acclaimed, and significant bands in the history of Original Pilipino Music, earning them the accolade, "The Beatles of the Philippines." Eraserheads are also credited for spearheading a second wave of Manila band invasions, paving the way for a host of influential Philippine alternative rock bands.

The band released several singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was most evident in the release of their third album Cutterpillow, which achieved platinum status several times. Eraserheads are one of the best-selling musical acts of all time in the Philippines, paving way for an international career that earned them the "Moon Man" in the MTV Video Music Awards.

Their diverse music worked both in the underground and mainstream scenes of the Philippine music industry. By fusing different musical styles such as alternative, pop, rock, reggae, and synthpop, Eraserheads helped change the sound of Pinoy rock.
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Eraserheads's Best Songs

• 1. Ang Huling El Bimbo
• 2. With a Smile
• 3. Huwag Mo Nang Itanong
• 4. Alapaap
• 5. Ligaya
• 6. Magasin
• 7. Pare Ko
• 8. Toyang
• 9. Sembreak
• 10. Minsan

How to Mend a Broken Heart

How to Mend a Broken Heart
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How to Mend a Broken Heart
How to Mend a Broken Heart

People may say no one ever died of a broken heart, but when you're suffering from one, it sure doesn't feel that way--at least initially. These suggestions may help you navigate the painfully troubled waters of a relationship that has ended and help you heal a broken heart.
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Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Instructions

Days 1 and 2
1.
Step 1

Breathe. All you can do is survive this first and difficult day. Take one day at a time. Give yourself permission to mourn. Call in sick at work, sleep all day, eat too much ice cream, sob.
2.
Step 2

Congratulate yourself for being human: It is only when you open yourself to love that your heart can break. Develop and repeat a helpful mantra to get you through the initial shock and pain, such as "This too shall pass" or "I will survive."
3.
Step 3

Reach out to a close friend or family member. It helps to share your thoughts with others. Watch a movie to distract yourself. Choose a comedy that has cheered you up in the past. Or watch a movie that's guaranteed to make you sob--it may surprise you how good that feels.
Month 1
4.
Step 1

Week 1: Force yourself to go out even if you are feeling despondent. Take yourself out for a cup of coffee or go on a long walk. Express your emotions in a way that comes naturally. Write in a journal, paint, sculpt or play music. Do daily cardiovascular exercise--the endorphins will give your spirits an immediate lift. Resist the urge to call your ex. Instead, write a letter. Don't mail it. Go out of town for the weekend to distance yourself from the temptation to call your ex. Visit an old friend or go back home to your roots. A change of environment does wonders for the spirit. Put everything that reminds you of your ex in a box and seal it. Throw it away, donate it to charity or ask a friend to hold on to it indefinitely.
5.
Step 2

Week 2: Surround yourself with friends. This may mean reaching out to people you fell out of touch with during the relationship. Make lists to help you regain your confidence and identity: a list of your friends, of things you like, of what you want to accomplish in the next decade. Spoil yourself: Get a new hairstyle, have a spa day or go shopping. Resist the urge to call your ex.
6.
Step 3

Week 3: Assess the experience. Have you learned anything about yourself? Does the experience make you more empathetic to others who've suffered a hardship? Begin an activity that will fill your time, distract your mind and rebuild your confidence. Train for a marathon, take up yoga or learn a new language. Resist the urge to call your ex. Volunteer your time at a local homeless shelter, soup kitchen or tutoring center. It will take your mind off your own woes and keep your suffering in perspective.
7.
Step 4

Week 4: Continue regular socializing and exercising. While socializing, though, make sure you don't depend on alcohol or drugs to dull the pain. Call your ex if you feel it would be helpful. Resist if you merely want to say hurtful things. Consider dating other people, but be wary of rebound relationships. Understand that you will need to experience and process sadness, anger, guilt and fear to fully heal. Burying or ignoring these emotions will thwart the healing process. Write, cry, share the feelings with friends.
Months 3 to 6
8.
Step 1

Force yourself to go on dates. You'll be surprised to discover that your heart can still flutter over someone. It's part of the healing process.
9.
Step 2

Consult a psychiatrist if you are experiencing symptoms of depression, such as lack of appetite, insomnia or too much sleeping, low self-esteem, and an inability to concentrate or carry out routine tasks. Ask a friend or physician to recommend one who is experienced in treating depression.
10.
Step 3

Remember that healing is a process that takes time. Expect waves of sadness, anger, guilt or fear even after you think you are over it. Give your heart time to heal.
One year and beyond
11.
Step 1

Compartmentalize the experience in your memory: "My heart was broken once. It really hurt and I'm glad it's over."
12.
Step 2

Reach out to your ex if you want to re-establish a friendship. Do not harbor secret ambitions of winning him or her back. You'll only set yourself up for another heartbreak.
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BEATLES MUSICAL FOOTPRINTS

The Beatles' musical footprints
The Beatles
The Beatles spanned pop to psychedelia
By music writer Julie Glassman

They may have changed the face of society as we know it, changed the world some would claim, but one thing is for sure - they knew how to write a good pop song.

Little did the Fab Four realise it at the time, but their instantly memorable, melody-driven hits set the precedent for modern pop music.

Sir Elton John
Elton John cites The Beatles as an influence

And while historians and sociologists may argue about the Beatles' effect on society, few would argue about their effect on the music scene.

The fact that they wrote their own material immediately sounded the death knell for many of the professional songwriters on Tin Pan Alley.

Their ability to find an English voice for an American form like rock - and their runaway success in the USA - inspired a whole wave of British rock and pop acts.

Catholic tastes

They were the first group to use the recording studio as a writing tool, building up complex song arrangements by multi-tracking - and importing orchestral textures and avant-garde effects under the guidance of producer George Martin.

Their catholic musical tastes meant that all kinds of genres could be incorporated into contemporary pop - including music hall, ballads, folk and classical pastiches.

And the group is generally seen as the originator of the concept album, with 1967's Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Their influence on artists as diverse as Elton John and Pink Floyd was obvious as the 1970s began.

While the Beatles' star waned with the advent of punk and new wave music in the late 1970s, even then the influence of the Beatles' sound and style could still be heard in artists like Squeeze, the Police and Elvis Costello.

But a decade later a whole new generation of young musicians rediscovered the Fab Four.

Amalgamation

The late 1980s, Manchester-centred, musical phenomenon known as "baggy" not only saw its musical aficionados sporting Beatle-esque haircuts but also drew heavily on the 1960s.

In most cases, fusing Beatles psychedelia with electronic elements taken from the simultaneously developing acid house scene.


On an altogether different scale of obsession, Liam Gallagher even named his first son, Lennon

Julia Glassman
The Beatles' influence was particularly present in the guitar-style and song arrangements of The Stone Roses, with guitarist John Squire citing them as one of his main influences.

Nevertheless, with such an amalgamation of sounds, their music never even closely resembled The Beatles.

That was to still to come. First with fellow Liverpudlians The La's, with their 1990 hit, There She Goes.

In 1994, its guitarist John Power formed his own band Cast, and his Lennon-esque vocals and memorable songs still see the band reaping the rewards.

Another Liverpool-formed band, the Boo Radleys, whose biggest hit Wake Up Boo! in 1995 ingested both The Beatles's pop and psychedelic styles.

Sun-drenched

"There's never been a time when they haven't been a part of my life," songwriter/guitarist, Martin Carr, told Melody Maker in 1994.

Noel Gallagher of Oasis
Oasis: Beatles' copyists
Indeed the mid-90s saw a whole host of Beatles-influenced bands succeeding commercially, such as Dodgy with their uplifting guitar-pop and sun-drenched choruses.

However, taking the world by storm in 1994, with their debut album, Definitely Maybe, Manchester's Gallagher brothers lived and breathed Beatles, to the point of namedropping the Fab Four in every interview.

"It's beyond an obsession. It's an ideal for living. I don't even know how to justify it to myself. With every song that I write, I compare it to The Beatles," Noel Gallagher told Q in 1996.

On an altogether different scale of obsession, Liam Gallagher even named his first son, Lennon.

Remarkable rehash

Although it seemed that the Beatles heavily influenced many of the successful indie bands in the 1990s, their pop has been savoured in unexpected areas too - many people have compared Angels by Robbie Williams with Hey Jude.

Offspring
Offspring rehashed Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
Even American skate-punk band, Offspring did a remarkable rehash of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da in Why Don't You Get A Job from their Americana album.

Nevertheless, Oasis have been the closest it gets to Beatles copyists, apart from, say, the Bootleg Beatles.

However, although they do steal the occasional Beatles melody, their success has focused around their ability to write their own melodies and then arrange them in a Beatle-esque style, but with a rocky, attitude-dowsed edge.

And although they have never quite experienced The Beatlemania-like levels of success the Fab Four did, they've broken chart records and both Noel and Liam are A-list tabloid fodder.

More importantly though, they can boast almost as many tribute bands as The Beatles.
SOURCE BBC NEWS

STRESS MANAGEMENT

Stress Management Techniques

This section of Mind Tools helps you survive the intense stress that can come with a challenging career.

The first articles help you to understand stress and what causes it: This is an important starting point for effective stress management. They introduce you to the three main approaches to stress management, and then shows you how you can identify the key sources of stress in your life.

We then look at a range of stress management techniques. The Mind Tools approach is, where possible, to tackle stress at source. This means that not only do we show you how to cope with the symptoms of stress, we help you deal with the underlying causes as well.

By the end of the section, you should have a clearer understanding of stress and the importance of managing it; you should be able to analyze the points of pressure in your life, so that you can plan to neutralize them; and you will understand how to use a range of different stress management techniques.

Also remember, as you work through, that if you have particular issues in bringing balance to your life, this is where our coaches can help.


Stress Management - Start Here! - What you need to know about stress

Stress Diaries - Identifying the short-term stress in your life

Job Analysis - The first step in managing work overload and job stress


Performance Planning - Planning ahead to reduce performance stress

Imagery - Mental stress management


Physical Relaxation Techniques - Deep breathing, PMR and the relaxation response
Thinking On Your Feet - Staying cool and confident under pressure


Rational Positive Thinking
Are You a Positive or Negative Thinker?
Anger Management - Channeling anger productively
How Good is Your Anger Management?
Burnout Self-Test - Testing yourself for burnout
Building Self-Confidence - Developing the self-confidence you deserve
Locus of Control - Finding out who's in charge of your destiny
The Wheel of Life - Finding balance in your life

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Managing Your Boundaries - Ensuring that others respect your needs
Beating Self-Sabotage - Recognizing and overcoming it
How to Relax After a Hard Day - Leaving work at work
Toffler's Stability Zones - Finding peace amid chaos
Ready for a Real Vacation? - Preparing to make the most of your precious time
Surviving Business Travel - Minimizing stress during business trips
Rest, Relaxation and Sleep

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panday the movie

‘Panday: Ang Simula’ is set to make its way to be an official entry on December’s Metro Manila Film Festival. Philip Salvador will play the villainous Lizardo and promises their fans to expect lots of adventure and to be action-packed.

Iza Calzado, Rhian Ramos and Geoff Eigenmann also join the cast of this remake. Panday has always been a blockbuster hit since Fernando Poe Jr. put it to life. Senator Bong Revilla Jr. may have continued its legacy for the past few years, but this time it’ll hit the silver screen and ironically, it’ll take us back to it’s beginning one more time.

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