MISTULA : Revelations

…God created Joey.
And He thought she was good.

From the created to the creator, a very happy birthday to our one and only Joey!

See the latest apparition on the Mistula Visions Youtube Channel.

For our foreign friends, here is the subtitled version of Mistula’s appearance on the primetime Philippine TV talk show, Mel & Joey.

The segment may also be viewed at a lower resolution on Mistula Visions.

Sorry, girls, Lugosi won’t do the Oblation Run.

But Mistula will be at the University of the Philippines, Diliman tomorrow, Dec 8, where we have been invited to participate at the annual Writers Night.

This year, the event will last the whole day, starting with the PasKom Komiksibit in the morning, the Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award at 6pm, the Likhaan Jornal Launch at 7pm, then finally the Writers Night proper at 8pm, all at the Faculty Center, College of Arts and Letters.

Those who can find time to drop by, please visit the Mistula exhibit at the Galleria 1 and 2 (displays courtesy of Mistula disciples and art directors for life, Mike Fallarme and Eric Sanchez). Then head on over to Teatro Hermogenes Ylagan, also at the Faculty Center, at 3pm to hear roadies Rey and Joey give a talk about Mistula (because yes, I have stage fright. And yes, Joey will try her darndest to speak in her biggest, most authoritative voice for the U.P. Academe to take her seriously.)

See you there!

The following article was first published on the German publication, MangasZene, issue number 35. Special thanks to our dear friend, Claudia, for the English translation.

Overplay.com is the European online contact point for lovers of Indie music – with an online radio, charts, downloads, band portraits and forums. There is a considerably large amount of exceptional music to be explored and heard. One of the most exceptional bands to be featured there may, however, be the Philippine rock band Mistula, whose songs are in fact consistently in the rock charts, some of which have even reached the number one slot multiple times.

Mistula is also the first Philippine band to have earned one of the top places in Overplay’s International Play & Rate Competition. RockNation is just one of the music magazines to report about it.

In their homeland, Mistula are stars more than ever: They are equally recognized by notable rock communities such as PHILMUSIC.COM and RAKISTA.COM, as well as music channels MYX and MTV Philippines, where their first music video “Mulat” was aired late 2005.
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The following interview first appeared on the German magazine, CHO², January/February 2007 issue.

First of all: Can you explain a bit about the band and the band history for all the readers that don’t already know you?

LUGOSI:
Manx Minuet, our lead guitarist and resident showgirl, lists “band introductions with accompanying contortionism” in her resume, so…

MANX:
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages…

Coming to you, not-so-live, from the beautiful islands of the Philippines…

the first and only rock band in the world with dolls as members, who dabble in artforms of cultural significance…

rock poets extraordinaire…

the hard-as-resin wreckin crew of…

Mistula!
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