under the bright lights: March 2006

CD Review 02: Dakilang Pag-ibig - 23rd Psalm

Track List:

1. The Day of the Lord
2. Yahweh, Ikaw
3. Dakilang Pag-ibig
4. Sapat
5. Be With You
6. None Like You
7. Aming Pastol
8. Back In Your arms
9. Sa Piling Mo
10. Lord of All
11. Yahweh, Ikaw (Slam Version)

The album contains nine original compositions and a cover
version of a Malayang Pilipino classic, "Sa Piling Mo." It
stretches to eleven songs as the band takes another shot on their
catchy track "Yahweh, Ikaw" tinkering on some knobs to come up
with a more edgy, pumped-up, "slam version" of the song. (This may
or may not be a good thing, depending on what church you are in,
hehe).

The opening track, "The Day of the Lord," serves as a call to worship
song ushering the listener to a moment of worship. "Yahweh, Ikaw"
follows, perhaps the album's catchiest track . This song, with it's
simple lyrics and feel-good vibe has radio potential (it was already
played in Against the Flow) and can very well be your youth's camp
song for this summer. "Dakilang Pag-ibig" is the best track in the
album, it talks about God's love through the forgiveness of sins. In
the chorus, the writer points out how we are to respond to that love:
"Habang-buhay kitang pupurihin/ Sasambahin at aawitan/ Ikaw ay
aking mamahalin/ Sapagkat ako ay alipin ng dakilang pag-ibig Mo."
The 4-minute rocker, "Aming Pastol" is also a standout track, this is
done in melodic-punk fashion and can be a favorite during live
performances. "Back in Your Arms" has some romantic undertones
in it's title but it is really about God's offer of restoration. Other
notable tracks are "Be With You" which features a female vocalist,
"Sapat" and "Lord of All."

The strength of this album is in the songs. They are all straight-out
worship songs that your local congregation can sing. It's weakness
is in the production, that can be understandable since this is independently-produced. This could have sounded much better if the
technical aspect have been improved. But overall, the album is good
and a really brave effort for these Tondo lads. Thanks for opening the doors.

The album is locally available in all PCBS outlets. Click here for more information or you can email pinoycager@gmail.com.

how will you be defined in the dictionary?

Evan --

[adjective]:

Visually addictive

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Jupiter's New Red Spot

music: stars - hum
mood: hmmm... Schmidt-Cassegrain

From NASA.gov. Astig pinoy pa yung kumuha ng picture!

Backyard astronomers, grab your telescopes. Jupiter is growing
a new red spot.

Christopher Go of the Philippines photographed it on February
27 using an 11-inch telescope and a CCD camera: