Groupies' Panciteria
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01 Boladas/Blangko 01 Boladas/Blangko
The band's Tacloban City hit, daily played on i-FM Tacloban from mid-December 2005 to mid-March 2006! This piece opens the CD titled 'Heto Na . . . Ating Jackal Virgin!'. It's a protest song on lip service governance.
03 Apat Na Syon 03 Apat Na Syon
an elegy lamenting the concept of an uncivilized government.
04 This Is My Blood (Waray Waltz) 04 This Is My Blood (Waray Waltz)
portrays a drinking scene in a poverty-ridden province, royal waltz-style
05 Binola, Ni-Rape, Minarder (The Apparition, Sa K 05 Binola, Ni-Rape, Minarder (The Apparition, Sa K
The complete title is "Binola, Ni-Rape, Minarder (The Apparition, Sa Katolikong Bansa ng Ating Jackal Virgin)" This song paints the rape and murder of a young "ihaw-ihaw" dancer whose body is found by a riverbank.
06 Corrupt na Reyna 06 Corrupt na Reyna
In the guise of a love song, this paints the relationship between politicians/government officials and an under-informed electorate.
07 O Aking GRO (o, 630) 07 O Aking GRO (o, 630)
A lament on the upside down working hours of a "guest relations officer" (bar hostess) whose departure for her "office" starts at 6:30 in the evening. The narrator here goes through all sorts of vanity acts to please an absent love object.
08 Cebuano Indios Attack At Dawn Magellan's Estero 08 Cebuano Indios Attack At Dawn Magellan's Estero
The complete title is "Cebuano Indios Attack At Dawn Magellan's Estero Bites Resort". This is a working class song commenting on Cebu's tourist industry, emulating likewise a traditional Cebuano eroticism.
09 Heto Na (Narcosystem, Wating-ever) 09 Heto Na (Narcosystem, Wating-ever)
11 Syota From Call Center Island 11 Syota From Call Center Island
This ska rendition of "O Aking GRO" transfers the situation to that of a call center love object, with the narrator still going through the same vanity cum for-her-security preparations.
12 Help! (War Vets' Song) 12 Help! (War Vets' Song)
While comically intro-ing as a Santana-esque song, it soon transforms into a rock homage to Beatles pop, but singing of a war vet's lost love.
13 Jesus Christ, Superstars! (Guest) 13 Jesus Christ, Superstars! (Guest)
A song about Philippine politics and the Filipino electorate, as well as the Boy Abundas of the country's PR industry who help keep a lowbrow approach to a candidate's popularity.
14 Tao Palabas (o, Love Your Enemies) 14 Tao Palabas (o, Love Your Enemies)
Musically Nirvana-esque with Metallica-inspired passages, this is the CD's closing song that's probably the only philosophical one in the collection. The parenthetical title negates the negativism of the title and the pessimism of the song's body.
