FREE PIN-UPS: From left to right:  Mitch Singson(drums), Ryan Nachura(guitar), Jeng Tan(bass), and Mon Castro(vocals and guitar).

NEW YORK– In yet another proof of the rapidly changing music industry, top Filipino indie band The Pin-Up Girls are treading the road most major record companies want closed: The band is having their albums available for free download.
Note that the band is not releasing a free single or a free downloadable EP or album, they are making their ‘almost’ complete discography available without charge. The band’s discography consists of three albums: Hello Pain (2001), Taste Test Take On The Weakened Sky (2003), and All Seats are Taken (2006). The later contains a rare collaboration with the late Pinoy Rap legend Francis Magalona entitled “Water the Moon.”

NEW YORK– On September 26, 2009, Metro Manila and its nearby areas in the Philippines were hit by the worst natural calamity in over 40 years. Typhoon Ondoy killed at least 280 people and displaced thousands of residents as it dropped the largest amount of rainfall since 1967, flooding almost 90 percent of Metro Manila and parts of Central and Southern Luzon,a s well as areas in Rizal province. Flood waters over 10 feet ripped through neighborhoods sweeping houses and destroying lives. It was a catastrophe never before seen in an already  typhoon and flood prone country.
In light of these extreme disaster, Poptimes Magazine, the premiere Filipino-American music magazine, along with Soulworks Records, The Filipino Express, Ugnayan ng Mga Anak ng Bayan, and the Damayan Migrant Workers Organization are putting up a series of fundraising concerts in New York City to aid the countless victims of this natural calamity.

The first leg of the Flood Aid series will be held on Sunday, October 11 at Fontana's Bar located at 105 Eldridge Street, New York, New York. Doors open at 2 PM and show begins at 3:00 PM.  Flood Aid 1 will be graced by some of the best artists in the scene today:
Jeni Nielsen, Pachada, Prtdth, John FLorm John Violago, Jay Legaspi, Sodapop Suicide, Qwadra, Trickbag, Blue Mellon Pop, 2 D.I.M, and CO5.

There is a $10 charge at the door.

Proceeds of this concert will be sent directly to The Philippine National Red Cross and The Sagip-Tulong Sa Pilipinas Emergency Relief Campaign. The event will also be a drop-off point for relief goods, thanks to The Damayan Migrant Workers Organization, the group that will facilitate the handling of these kinds of donations.

The second leg of Flood Aid will be on Saturday, October 17 also at Fontanas Bar NYC. This concert will feature three local hot groups: Ready Empire, Ave, and The Happy Analogues; and one of the top indie bands from Manila, Ciudad.
Proceeds from Flood Aid 2, which is also known as "Bring Your Friends to School For Some Tales, will also be donated directly to the groups already mentioned.

A 3rd leg is slated for November 20 also at Fontana's Bar, but specific details are yet to come.

This is a special time for Filipino-Americans to unite for a very urgent cause, hence, we are encouraging you to attend these shows and help out those victims who lost their homes and in dire need of basic stuff like food, water, clothing, medicine, and shelter.

http://www.redcross.org.ph
http://sites.google.com/site/stprelief
http://damayanmigrantworkers.blogspot.com/
http://www.filipinoexpress.com
http://www.soulworksrecords.com

 

NEW YORK – The Philippine Consulate General New York wishes to inform the public that, in accordance with the directive issued by Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, all agencies of the Philippine Government have been mobilized to provide aid and assistance to the victims of Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana) which in six hours brought almost as much rainfall as is expected in a month to Southern Luzon.  A State of Calamity has been declared in the capitol, Manila, and in 25 other provinces.  
The Office of the President has put up Oplan Sagip Bayan, mobilizing government agencies through the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), civic groups, media agencies and other organizations, to provide immediate emergency assistance to affected communities at the local, regional and international levels.  
Filipinos in the tri-state area and beyond have also expressed a desire to help.  The Philippine Consulate General New York advices the community that they may course their donations in the Northeast region of the US to “Project Handang Tumulong”.  Please make checks payable to “Handang Tumulong Fund” (with “Typhoon Ondoy” on the memo line), and send to:
PO Box No. 1362 Fair Lawn, NJ 07410, c/o Filipino American Association of Fair Lawn, Inc. - Nelsie Parrado; or the
Philippine Consulate General New York, 556 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10036 - c/o Consul General Cecilia B. Rebong
Those who wish to send their donations directly to the Philippines may do so through the following channels:
National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)
NDCC Donated Funds
Current Account (Philippine peso) #0-00149-435-3
Swift Code: DBPHPHMM Account #36002016
Development Bank of the Philippines
Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo Branch
Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
Philippines
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Contact Persons: Imee Rose Castillo / Rey Martija
            (632-9312101 local 506-507 or 63-9517119)    
US Dollar
Philippine Peso
DSWD Foreign Donationa
Account No. 3124-0055-81
ZIP Address: TLBPPHMMXXX
LBP Batasan Branch
Constitution Hills, Quezon City
DSWD Donation
Account No. 3122-1011-84
LBP Batasan Branch
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) Account/s
US Dollar
Philippine Peso
Metrobank
Port Area Branch, Anda Circle, Port Area, Manila
Acct Name: The Philippine National Red Cross
Acct. No. 151-2-151-00218-2
Swift Code: MBTC PH MM
Bank of the Philippine Islands
United Nations Branch, Ermita, Manila
Acct Name: The Philippine National Red Cross
Acct. No.: 8114-0030-94
Type of Acct: Savings
Swift Code: BOPIPHMM
Metrobank
Port Area Branch, Anda Circle, Port Area, Manila
Acct Name: The Philippine National Red Cross
Acct. No. 151-3-041-63122-8 MBTC
Type of Acct: Savings
Bank of the Philippine Islands
Port Area Branch, Port Area, Manila
Acct Name: The Philippine National Red Cross
Acct. No.: 4991-0010-99
Type of Acct: Current
Other queries and donations may be referred to the following agencies:
NDCC (Relief Goods / Rehabilitation Equipment)
Maj. General Glenn J. Rabonza
NDCC Administrator
Attn:     Engr. Florentino Sison
    Deputy Chief, Operation Division
Tel:    (632) 9125979 / 9122665; Fax: (632) 9111873 / 9125668 / 9120984
Donation Drop Off Points
Pasay Area
National Resource Operation Center
Chapel Road, pasay City
Attn: Mrs, Francia Fabian
(632) 8528081 / 63918-9302356
Quezon City Area
Disaster Resource Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC)
DSWD Central Office
Attn: Rey Martiga or Imee Rose Castillo
       632-951-7119 / 9517435
       Assistant Secretary Vilma Cabrera at 63918-934-5625
Manila Area
DSWD_NCR
San Rafael corner Legarda St.
Quiapo, Manila
Attn: Director Delia Bawan
        635-734-8622 / 734-8642
Medicines and/or medical and humanitarian missions may contact:
DR. VIRGINIA ALA
Chief, Bureau of International Health Cooperation
Department of Health
Attention: Ms. Noni Balbino
Chief, Technical Division
Tel:  (632) 781-2843, Fax: (632) 781-8843

Updated information on relief and rehabilitation efforts in communities devastated by Typhoon Ondoy well as status reports on recovery operations for the victims are available on the website of the NDCC at  HYPERLINK "http://www.ndcc.gov.ph" www.ndcc.gov.ph.
The Philippine Consulate General New York will be providing details on efforts of the Filipino community organizations in the Northeast USA as they become available.  For more information on Project Handang Tumulong, please contact Deputy Consul General Melita Sta. Maria Thomeczek at 212-764-1330 ext 306 or Cultural Officer Marievic Dimaculangan at 212-819-8655. END.

A back to back show featuring one of the top indie bands from Manila, Ciudad, and one of the Fil-Am scene's most prominent groups, The Happy Analogues.
The show promotes the two bands' latest albums: Ciudad's "Bring Your Friends," and The Happy Analogues' School Tales.

They will be joined by two of the best upcoming groups in the Fil-Am scene: Ready Empire and Ave.

Show info:

Bring Your Friends to School for some Tales

Ciudad
The Happy Analogues
Ready Empire
Ave

Show starts at 6 PM

Fontana's Bar NYC

105 Eldridge Street

$10.00 to enter
21+ event only.