the living compilation

Breathe easy.

MOONDOG - Pastoral
MICHAEL KIWANUKA - I Need You By My Side
THAO & MIRAH - Hallelujah
LULLABY FOR THE WORKING CLASS - Good Morning
MAZZY STAR - Flowers In December
THE JAYHAWKS - Stick In the Mud
DOLLAR BRAND - Moniebah
10,000 MANIACS - Verdi Cries
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - Driving (Acoustic)
SMOG - Teenage Spaceship
KAREN O & THE KIDS - Hidaway
SPIRITUALIZED - Broken Heart
TALK TALK - Wealth
BILL WITHERS - Let Me In Your Life (Live)
SCOTT WALKER - The World’s Strongest Man

Directed by Maya Santos and Joel Quizon

Edited by Maya Santos

Sound and Original Score by Rani de Leon

Our film on the Old Union Church/Union Center for the Arts.  See how the life of a building unfolds through the memories of those that have visited and worked there.  From a church build in 1922 in the Little Tokyo area of Downtown LA to its current state as home to three distinct arts group, TRACES 2: Union, is a meditation of history, space, community and co-existence.  Union!

PINOY GROOVE EXPERIENCE (Philippine Popular Music Revisited):

Sharon Cuneta - “Kung Ako’y” from DJ’s PET (1978)

First PGE post in ages.

Not much to say.  From the Philippine’s “Megastar” on her first record, DJ’s PET in 1978.  She was 12.  

Recorded in the milieu of the Manila Sound era but still wrapped in the warmth of the hazy sun of Philippine 60’s and early 70’s folk pop.  Written by the Pinoy Folk Rock duo Verde and Clarino (Tass Verdeflor and Len Clarino).  Something comforting about this song.  It’s at the junction of Pinoy Folk and the Manila Sound.  The acoustic guitar and string arrangement is at one with the dreamy keyboards and persistent bassline.  Add Mega’s doe eyed cooing and it’s all funky and sweet.  Maybe there’s just an inherent sadness and blurry eyed longing when I hear anything Philippines circa 1978.  

Here is a new mix of some sad ass music.  Enjoy!

THIS BEAUTY: The Dark in the Light

BOLIPATA - Hiram 
TIM HECKER - In the Air III 
GROUPER - Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping 
PAN-AMERICAN - Begin 
BALAM ACAB - Oh, Why 
NO CEREMONY - Hurt Love (Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross Remix) 
SOLEY - I’ll Drown 
THE WEEKND - The Knowing 
SLOWDIVE - Souvlaki Space Station 
THE JEZABELS - Austerlitz 
MARY LORSON & BILLY COTE - Newfield Baptist Church 
LUDOVICO EINAUDI - Indaco

Hey friends. Maya Santos and Rani de Leon, along with myself and other friends have been working on this short film as part of the collaborative founded by Maya, called Form follows Function. This is about the LA Hip Hop scene’s old stomping grounds in MacArthur Park called Radiotron. Please take the time to watch it and please share the love. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went in to this and I’m proud to be even remotely part of it. Special thanks to Carmelo Alvarez.

streetphotography in Los Angeles by Joel Quizon on EyeEm

ioanaloger:

Photos & Sound
Photos & Sound at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) by Joel Quizon on EyeEm

The amazing mobile photographer, io analoger posted this.   Thanks, io analoger.   Cheers. 

Eye’Em mobile photography app featured my mobile photos of Los Angeles on their blog.

Really honored.  They’re super cool folks based out of Berlin.  Special shout to Stephanie at Eye’Em for reaching out to me to do a feature on LA. 

Click the link above for more.

From EyeEm:

What comes to mind when someone mentions Los Angeles? Hollywood? Glitz and glam? That’s only a small part of this city. There are also many other smaller enclaves and areas that make the city special, which Joel Quizon helps us discover! The LA-based film maker is currently working on a series of short films about people and places in LA (A Different LA and Traces) and thus travels a lot through the city. Hop on board with Joel and see his version of The City of Angels!

Radio broadcast of FilAm Art’s “Why We Gather” Project (2008)  A brief oral history of Filipino Americans in Southern California and our need/desire to kick it with our peeps. 

Here’s the link if that above stream doesn’t work: 

http://snd.sc/pumScp

I thought I’d post this online during this year’s Filipino American History Month.  Not enough people got to hear it the first go around but it’s a great peace of oral history. Something to share with younger generations as well as a classroom tool. 

Produced by Fil-Am Arts.  Made possible with a grant from the California Council for the Humanities

Interactive story gathering documentation project.
How Filipinos create human connections with each other in a multi-cultural So. Cal. environment.

Features field interviews and historical contexts from Fil-Am community leaders.

Originally aired 2008 

This broadcast features:

Intro - Jilly Canizares
Project Overview - Glenda Gamboa
Historical Context - Melany Delacruz-Viesca
LA History - Florante Ibanez
Family Associations - Kat Carrido
Food - Gerlie Collado
Religion - Carolina San Juan
Community - Ernie Pena, Vanessa Vela Lovelace
Student Interviews – Vanessa Vela Lovelace with Doris Garcia and Michelle Saba / UCI , Nico LIna / UCLA
Hi-Fi Poly-Nation - Reanne Estrada
Thank Yous – Jilly Canizares, Glenda Gamboa


Recorded at KPFK Studios and Edited by Wendell Pascual
Music Selections by Joel Quizon
Featuring music by Susie Ibarra, Up Dharma Down, Dakila and more

Dolphy & Panchito in the mail! #records #vinyl #vinylrecordslabel #filipinovinyl (Taken with instagram)