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BAND AWARDS: A PIONEER AWARD has to go to BLUE MELLON POP for being the first band of the night to start off the festivities! They definitely set the mood, when we didn’t know what to expect. They got us dancing with their rock-n-reggae beats, and that wailing Les Paul!! They also have some of the best songs heard in both nights! I love this band. TRICKBAG gets the BEST OBVIOUS BASS PLAYER REPLACEMENT AWARD!! We definitely missed Mac who was tending to his new-daddily duties this weekend and got another mac daddy instead: Gatchy! “Is that their dad??” Gatch, we salute you for playing so well, all while making us laugh. Brian and Jay held the chords for you and lit it with a flashlight. And then with skill only and obvious bass player replacement possesses, you taped the cords to a nearby pole and squinted with your face an inch away from the paper the rest of the time! Reading glasses anyone?? AMAZING!! Haha. Anyway, it takes a very good musician to do what you did. Thanks for sharing that with us! BEST LEAD SINGER DANCE goes to SODAPOP SUICIDE. Come on! Normally we all have to beg Val to give us what we want: for him to move his sexxay bodayy! And this time, he gave it to us without even toying with out emotions. He swayed with his hands propped on the mic, he moved that head from side to side, and most importantly, we got some pelvic action. Trust me, some of us needed that. Namely me. Ahh, I’m imagining it right now. Heehee. Anyway, the band that makes us sway, gave us the sway. We love it! THEN AGAIN gets two awards! They get the DISTORTION AWARD for giving us our first can of whoopass with their searing guitars. Phil and Mike??? They are two of the quietest, coolest, most humble people you can meet… but you can’t say that about their guitars. Static bliss! This is probably the first band that caused me to lose some hearing this weekend. The second award goes to their bass player, CHET, for getting pants-ed (on his own, somehow) and dropping his jeans to his ankles all while playing the bass! I’m soooo sure that was on purpose. NOT! And the color of his boxers?? OMG, I felt so naughty looking at the school-boy colors!! He gets the PLAID AND ASSCRACK AWARD!!! STELLAS NOTCH was the first female-fronted act of the first night, and so automatically, we think of the sexxxay factor. So they get the SEXY BITCHES AWARD because we could NOT look away. They are the second band to ever receive this award. Last year was SODA POP! Thank you Stella’s Notch for making us feel sexy along with you and making us feel like doing a cha cha! They also get the award for MOST FAMILIAR EQUIPMENT!!! Did I see Ted’s strat? Chet’s Sheraton? Anthony’s bootleg pedalboard? What the?? And why do the guitars look so much sexier all of the sudden?? Well, traveling from the West Coast is a feat in itself, but can you imagine bringing instruments too?? Hellllllll no! So, poptimers from all around gathered up their best equipment and gave it to Stella’s Notch! Thanks poptimers!! I’m obviously biased towards BINKY BIANCA, so without further ado, I give a humble award to us for BEST ROCKIN CUTE-ASS LAVENDER BUTTON THAT EVERYBODY WORE AWARD!!!! Both nights, people rocked our buttons and we are so thankful. The buttons available had either the cartoon version of the entire band on it, or individual cartoon versions of our heads. FACTOID: Did you know that the individual Jay button was the first to run out?? A good drummer is very hard to get, so why not get Jay??? Plus, he’s the only cartoon with a big smile! Did you know that the last button to run out was the BINKY button? Whatever, people. Seriously. Seriouslayyy. The band is called Binky Bianca, ok? Just take the Binky button for goodness’ sake!! Sheesh! I had to practically force Richie of Circled Sin to wear it on the SECOND night, while all the other individual buttons had long run out on the first night!!! Thanks RICHIE! PITY ON BINKY SAMARITIN AWARD! THE HAPPY ANALOGUES gets the award for wearing MOST BINKY BIANCA BUTTONS. Hahaha, just kidding! …Sorta! They get the TRIP and DANCE AWARD. The Happy Analogues have the uncanny ability to take us back to a simpler time. A time where everyone did drugs and no one cared about the consequences! Consequences?? Pah!! Gimme my bag of jellybeans! We all loved dancing to Shing-a-ling… but were we also astral planing to another realm?? Whoa, dude. Were were also astral planing to another realm?? Whoa, dude. Whoa dude. Whoa. RONI gets the CUTIE on BASS DUTY AWARD. Because he’s cute. :-D THESE CURIOUS PLEASURES gets the CRAZY MOTHER-EFFING MUSIC AWARD! That crazy-lookin keyboard player! That guitarist! The cute girl! Wow, I know that this was a lot of the poptimers’ first time seeing this Boston Band, but boy did we rock out like we knew all the tunes! We loved it! Nothing can make you feel more like a rockin mad scientist while singing “Devise! Devise! Devise!” all to the crunchy backbone of a Parker Fly and a tempo-curious beat. And when Abigail played that painted tin percussion, I knew I found the best music to slap Chet’s butt to! Slap slap, yes, slap slap. THE 3rd ELEMENT gets the LOUDEST BAND AWARD. I don’t know if it was really the loudest band, but they were the last band of the first night, and they put my ears to the test! What a way to end the night! What should have been a tired and weary crowd turned out to be a crowd on delirious energy due to this band!! The lead singer was so cute and the melodies definite kept my ears drinking up the sound, although they were ready to bleed. Then, when the drums switched up, the energy went up. And the drummer on vocals was even louder!! LOUD AND PROUD. That’s how poptimers like it!! THE SYNCITS were the first to play on the second night with the sexy JING out in front. Who doesn’t have a crush on Jing, really?? JING AND CHARMAINE get the BEST KISS award. Two girls kissing!? Oh my! I think I might’ve been a little jealous!! Actually THE SYNCITS get the KISSY KISSY BESO BESO BAND AWARD. No one will ever forget the teeny little kiss Jing shared with Charmaine. And the drummer, who designed her own unforgettable East meets East Coast ensemble even decided to take time off before ending the song to blow a kiss to the audience! I’m sure the boys melted into ooey and gooey lil suckers as their eyes widened and they blinked their big eyelashes when they felt the blow from that kiss. AWwwWwWw. Thanks Syncits!!! ACI9 gets the JEKYLL and HYDE SHY GUY AWARD! They look so shy, but then turned right around they rocked our brains out!! Who can forget the lead singer’s deceitful shy little smirk right before he wailed out a solo on us! It’s always the shy ones, right?? On an off topic, I have to admit, we were definitely checking out all the modified pedals on the stage. VERY impressive. It made me wanna go out to GUITAR CENTER, grab a tele, and take out my frustrations by stomping on crayola colored boxes. QWADRA gets the SOLID AWARD. They were just… well, solid. Mahogany solid! The song writing is superior, the vocals are on point, and the countless beat changes were effortless! This band is really memorable because they are just so talented. On a lighter note, this band gets the BEST MAN HAIR AWARD. I always get jealous when guys have longer hair that I do, so of course, I just had to give them props for it! Fritz, Geomar, and even Kendall have braved territory that, I feel, only an Asian man can brave: the world of long hair. And Fritz, don’t think I didn’t notice you shaved the sides of your head with a border line going across! Essstyling!! THE KUWAGOS gets the RAW SEX and SWEAT AWARD. Cuz when you see them, you think about sweaty sex. Ahh, the simplicity. They gave us really great new and old tunes to sing along to. Who doesn’t want to take one of these guys home. I prefer a Gatchy<3<3, but you can collect them all! Also, GATCHY gets the MADALDAL AWARD. Shut up and SING!! Haha, actually I’m biased because I didn’t understand the tagalog. Egg on my face. Everyone enjoyed their set, and yes, even the talking. CHARMAINE gets a KUWAGOS GROUPIE AWARD. Even though she’s married to the drummer, that girl cannot act more googly eyed over a band! But in keeping with The Kuwagos theme of raw sex, she is SUPER HOT! PI get the KARAOKE SING ALONG AWARD for giving out the mic to the audience. No one rocks the karaoke like Filipinos and the magic mic. And PI did not let us forget our already established roots in Karaoke. Gerry gave that mic away so many times, I almost wondered if that was going to mess up the magic mic score! Did I hear Sheryl singing/screaming along to PIs greatest hits?? Why yes I did!! PI definitely gave us that pinoy pride on that night!! BLEUD gets the MAGIC ACT AWARD!! Hot hot hot! Bleud is hot on fire. Their music really gets a crowd going and singing along. But I didn’t know they were magicians! Where was Brian for that first song, seriously??? Amazing appearing act, Bri! The song Ordinary came on, and then pOoF! Brian was on stage! As for Ted, his shirt changed color slowly throughout the night! Whoa! What the hell??? It was like a dark grey at the beginning of their set, and then by the time Bye Bye Na came around, it was black! Magic talaga! Jerwin showed us the magic of keeping his shirt on. Last year’s BEST CHEST, Jerwin decided not to listen to our chanting this time around and he didn’t take off his shirt! Maybe next year ladies! And finally, did you see how with a slight of hand (hands?) Brian and Jay magically changed places? The frontman was in the back, and the drummer was out singing in the front! Unbelievable! David Blane’s got nothing on you guys! BAGWIS gets the KEEPIN IT REAL AWARD. This is probably one of the most positive bands out there, and you definitely feel a sense of Pinoy pride when you watch them play their tunes. They are just a sincere group of people with a powerful message catapulted by a powerful voice!! They also get a BEST T-SHIRT award. The black shirt with the red logo was sported by Demetrio the drummer and you should all buy one! After you buy the album of course!! CIRCLED SIN gets the HIGH NOTE AWARD. Whoa, that guy sang some high notes! Richie sang so high, I thought my glasses were going to crack. Ok, not that high, but man, he can wail! This was actually the only band I went super crazy on and danced like a mofo to. The girl photographer standing next to me even tried to do a couple stage dives! What is this voodoo power you have over us women?? What??? NOIZYTOYS is our favorite friend from the North. They made me want to do get my skateboard, and break my legs trying to do tricks! Skateboard tricks, that is. Hmm. Anyway, Canada has a lot of talent, and NOIZYTOYS is proof! The beats changed and moved us up and down, it almost felt like we were out on a boat in the ocean. They get the house jumping everytime they come over to play with us. I love this band!! They get the OH CANADA AWARD. Oh, Canada?? Who knew they had great Filipino rock!! Thanks for sharing NoizyToys!! WARDROBE & FASHION AWARDS: SHOE OF THE NIGHT goes to the VANS CLASSIC CHECKERED SLIP-ON SHOE!  If you don’t have this shoe, well, you’re probably a loser. And no, I don’t have this shoe. Aw maaaaaaan, I’m never cool, mom!! Everyone wore this friggin shoe. And now I must have a pair. In second place for SHOE OF THE NIGHT is the Chuck Taylor.  A lot of people wore this shoe, but since the Vans came in at #1, you are NOT a winner if you wore this shoe. And yes, I own these shoes. Booo. Sigh. HAT OF THE NIGHT goes to the BEANIE with BRIM.  Yes, you too can be like Circled Sin’s Richie, or NoizyToys’ Andy! You just need the BEANIE WITH BRIM. Not a skier or a skateboarder?? Don’t question it, just buy it! I know I will! INDIVIDUAL AWARDS: MAN OF THE HOUR goes to Ivan B. for being the webmaster of our lovely site, and for partying it up with us. His lovely wife and our fav admin Anna is expecting. Sucha cute mommy! HUSTLER once again goes to my REYES. No one can get the crowd going like he. Tear! :*) HONORABLE MENTION ASS CRACK. Although Chet is first in line for best ass crack for the style in which he dropped his pants and practically his underwear, there are thos that tried to come close. HONORABLE MENTION ASS CRACK goes to BENG from Blue Mellon Pop. What an ass crack. You can see this at practically every gig BMP plays, but this time around, it was just darn special. WHITE PERSON OF THE NIGHT! Oh my! Last year, we had the White People that Tabo award (Anthony and Alex won) but this year, we have two new white people to add to our white people roster! And since I don’t know about their tabo preference, I will give an award just for being WHITE! Awww. Although Anthony (Binky Bianca) is hot and Mike (Then Again) is so much taller than all of us Filipinos, I simply must give the WHITE PERSON OF THE NIGHT to our host, LIBBY! Yay!!! Legs, Boobs, and a pretty face… and she’s white! Thanks Gatchy for taking another white person and bringing her to our Filipino rock world! She’s a great girl and cute to boot! BEST CHEST goes to CHEST-ER! Could fate have planed his name any better? Yes, Chet gets the ass crack award and the best chest award. This guys was practically naked! And we loved how Ivan pinched his nipples over and over again. “My nipples are hairy!”, exclaims Chet. Aw Chester, don’t be so shy. You have BEST CHEST! BEST SOUND ENGINEER goes to the Elvis Costello looking dude at the back of Club Midway, what a nice guy! He gave out $10 copies of each band. Neat. WEIRDEST SOUND ENGINEER goes to the guy at The Delancey. Great sound, but everytime he went on stage I got distracted by his girl-jeans. I want those jeans and that belt! Huh?? WEIRDEST BARTENDER goes to the guy at the mini bar at The Delancey. He showed me his tattoo, did several weird dances, jumped up and down behind the bar, jumped out of the bar and surprised us…. He did pretty much everything he could before he gave us our drinks! And then he gave change bill by bill! I hope you tipped him well! He needs it for more recreational substances!! HOT MESS OF THE NIGHT! Last year, it was Sheryl Garcia. Who can forget her spinning drunkenness at Rock in the Box and countless other gigs?? Well, although it was a close tie between WAY TOO BIG TO CROWD SURF BUTCH (seriously dude) and our good friend GYRATING HIPS PAO… the winner is still SHERYL GARCIA!!! On the first night, she almost made me think she wasn’t even going to get drunk. But then she squatted like a champ and did a weird squat-like dance that only a Native-American dancing around a fire would understand. Then on the second night, she did her trademark jump and spin! She added a few new tricks this year, like stage diving and spitting in the street during a cigarette. God I love this girl!! Whatta hot mess! (A sexy one at that.) ------------------------------------------------ Well, your Binky is getting tired now, and the awards I can come up with are on a low. If you have an idea for an award, let me know. It will be granted. All the winners of the awards get a nice thought, and a special place in our memories. Okay, it’s not a tangible prize, but Binky Awards non profit, so there. As always, thanks to everyone for coming out to Poptimes events and giving us memories that last a lifetime! You are all stars in my Binky book! If any of you take my comments to heart, I will definitely delete the award and you will have my apologies! But I assure you, this is all in good fun. LOVE YOU POPTIMES!!
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