Jan. 17 Sat - The first official HAPPY BOX general meeting for Eraserheads' "The Sticker Happy Parade! - California Spring 1998" shows was held @ Czara Jane DeLa Llana's residence, Mission Hills, CA

Jan. 27 Tue - Oasis : "Be Here Now Live '98" USA & Canada 1998 (special guest: Cornershop) @ Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA
After a successful "Mission Impossible"-strategy, my friend, Eric & I met our all-time favorite lead singer, Liam Gallagher, at the back area of the venue at around 6 PM (two hours before the show!). It was just me, Eric & Liam! We took pictures with him and got his autograph. He's such a very nice fellow. That was my "Liam Adventure No. 2."
...Later that night outside the after-show party, we met Gwen Stefani & Tony Kanal of No Doubt.
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Jan. 28 Wed - Oasis : "Be Here Now Live '98" USA & Canada 1998 (special guest: Cornershop) @ Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA
I went to the second night of the Oasis show (same venue / same support act) with my brother, Haro & friends, Czara, JunJun & Janina...I had another encounter with Liam Gallagher. During Cornershop's set, I saw two guys came & sat two rows in front of us in the orchestra section of the amphitheater. I thought one of them was a Liam-lookalike; but it was actually the Liam. After a few minutes, Liam & his buddy, probably one of his roadies, got up & went to sit somewhere in the middle section. We tried to stalk them but we couldn't keep track so we gave up. During the last two songs of Cornershop, I saw Liam coming down the center aisle towards the orchestra pit. I immediately went to the "Artists Entrance" & waited. Liam finally came & asked him to pose for my camera. He did! He was standing right in front of me for about 10 secs. but unfortunately my camera jammed! He just then gave me a hug, grabbed my head & started messing up my hair...hehehe! That was really funny! Just as before I could try to take his picture, he was quickly nabbed by one of his roadies into the off limits section. That's my "Liam Adventure No. 3."
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Feb. 7 Sat - The Sisters Of Mercy : "Event Horizon" @ Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA - [ ad ] [ photos ] [ show schedule ]
...Barnard & I, with some Brazilian fans/tourists waited for about an hour and a half to see & get Andrew Eldritch's autograph after their concert outside the venue. It was raining & we were soaking wet. Finally, he came out but rushed all the way to this waiting car. He didn't even stop by to greet us...Oh well, that was a real bummer!

Apr. 26 Sun - Madness : "Mad Dogs And Englishmen On Tour" (special guests: Royal Crown Revue / Dance Hall Crashers * / Hepcat * / Turnstiles *)
@ Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ photos ]
...Their first ever US tour since the early 1980's!
* I missed these acts

Eraserheads : "The Sticker Happy Parade! - California Spring 1998" (Presented by Happy Box)
Apr. 29 Wed - Happy Box's first clients, Eraserheads, & their entourage arrive from Manila, Philippines @ San Francisco International Airport (SFO),
San Francisco, CA - [ video ]

May 2 Sat - Eraserheads (guests: Mungo / Next Level) @ Calvin Simmons Theatre (Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center), Oakland, CA

May 9 Sat - Eraserheads (guests: Six Years Into / D-Sector) @ John A. Sexson Auditorium (Pasadena City College), Pasadena, CA

May 14 Thur - Eraserheads, the crew & I fly to New York for 3 shows...(my first time in the Big Apple!)
[ watch my d.i.y. tour film, "New York City Overdrive" ]

May 15 Fri - Eraserheads : pre-concert gig @ Bistro Filipino, Richmond Hill, Queens, New York, NY

May 16 Sat - Eraserheads : "Harana Sa New York" @ Murry Bergtraum High School (Auditorium), Lower Manhattan, New York, NY

May 17 Sun - Eraserheads : free mini-show @ CB's 313 Gallery (CBGB), Manhattan, New York, NY
... After about 5 hours, we flew back to Los Angeles, CA; at 10 PM that same night, Eraserheads & crew flew back to Manila, Philippines

June 13 Sat - "Ang Galing Ng Pilipino" @ Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CA
Featuring the cast of "S.O.P." (Ogie Alcasid, Ai-ai Delas Alas, FrancisM, Vina Morales & Gabby Eigenmann)
- [ video: FrancisM ]

June 20 Sat - "The 6th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast & Fiesta" @ Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ]
Main Stage: The Prodigy * / Green Day / Madness / Third Eye Blind ** / Save Ferris / The Wallflowers / Everclear / Blink-182 / Cherry Poppin' Daddies *
/ Creed * / Marcy Playground * / Fastball * / Big Bad Voodoo Daddy *
2nd stage: Harvey Danger * / Deftones ** / Ozomatli * / Sprung Monkey *
* I missed these acts
** I saw parts of their sets

Eraserheads : "The Sticker Happy Parade! - California Summer 1998" (Presented by Happy Box)
Aug. 5 Wed - Happy Box presents: "Lokalpinoysila98: Version 1.0" @ The Loft, Pasadena, CA
Featuring: Alterground / Signal 3 / Mungo / Skwarel / Sickstrings / special "guest headliner": Eraserheads

Aug. 7 Fri - Eraserheads (guests: Six Years Into / Skwarel) @ Holiday Inn (Music Hall), National City, CA


Aug. 26 Wed - The Charlatans UK : concert @ John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ]

Sept. 12 Sat - Julie Plug : performance @ "1998 Festival of Philippines Arts & Culture", Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, CA - [ photos ] [ watch video ]

Sept. 30 Wed - Macaw / The Creeps / Synk : Club gig @ Colourbox, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
...There was this guy who told me that the stool I was sitting on at the bar was sat on by Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder, etc...cool! (but then again he probably was just BS-ing me, hehe)
...this was my first visit to the Pacific Northwest!

Sept. 31 Thur - Around 7 am, my friend in Seattle, Rex & I went to visit Kurt Cobain's old house at 171 Lake Washington Bl. East. The house where he was found dead!. This is one spooky visit though...As we were checking out the makeshift "Kurt's Park" benches (at Viretta Park) where fans had written messages all over it, the air was suddenly filled with this weird, "varnish-chemical type" smell. Rex didn't really know anything about Nirvana nor Kurt. He was asking me all these questions like, "what songs did they play?", etc...Then the spookier part came! As we got back to the car, I immediately turned the radio on & tuned into Seattle's alt-rock station KNDD The End. "The Dope Show" by Marilyn Manson was playing as we were driving away. Rex was still asking me questions & barely 3 minutes away from Kurt's house, the next song that played was.....Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"!!! Was that a coincidence or what...or was it an actual haunting of the once popular rockstar named, Kurt Cobain? I dunno, you figure it out!
[ read my blog entry ]

Oct. 3 Sat - Rivermaya : "U.S. Tour '98", (guest: Peach Fantastic) @ Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles., CA...This is Rivermaya.'s first ever US show. Produced by Polluted Mind Independent, Ltd. - [ ticket ] [ poster ] [ flyer ] [ setlist ] [ video c/o PMI, Ltd. ] [download audio: MP3]

Oct. 17 Sat - bootleg! in cooperation with Happy Box presents: "P-Noize Sessions" @ Club Chorus, Los Angeles, CA
Featuring: PinkTable / Signal 3 / Mazinger Z / The Jhuts / Sickstrings / Headaches
...my first ever solo live music club/production!

Oct. 24 Sat - "KROQ Free Show" : Reel Big Fish / Local H / Ozomatli @ Santa Anita Park (infield), Arcadia, CA

Dec. 22 Tue - Depeche Mode : "The Singles Tour 86-98", (special guest: Stabbing Westward) @ The Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, CA
...After going thru a few security harrassments, a custodian guy finally got the set list for me. I gave him $10 for it!
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Feb. 27 Sat - bootleg! and Gage Street present: "P-Noize Sessions: Take 2" @ Club Chorus, Los Angeles, CA
Featuring: Peach Fantastic / Six Years Into / Acid Rain / E:Trinity / Sub-Atomic Six

Mar. 14 Sun - "KROQ Free Show" : Fishbone / Goldfinger / Zebrahead / Buck-O-Nine * @ Santa Anita Park (infield), Arcadia, CA
- [ videos: Zebrahead / Goldfinger / Fishbone ]
* I missed this act

Mar. 15 Mon - Downset. : Free concert @ Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA - [ photo ]
...I also met Mixmaster Mike (Beastie Boys' DJ, Invisible Skratch Piklz) outside the venue before the free show

Mar. 27 Sat - bootleg! and Gage Street present: "P-Noize Sessions: The Final Mix...LOUDER!!!" @ Club Chorus, Los Angeles, CA
Featuring: Signal 3 / Acid Rain / Mazinger Z / Overheat / Flattbush

Apr. 18 Sun - Korn & Rob Zombie : "Rock Is Dead! Tour", (special guest: Videodrone) @ Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ]

Aug. 10 Tue - R.E.M. : "Tour '99", (special guest: Mercury Rev) @ The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ set list ]

Sept. 15 Wed - The Church : concert, (special guest: Ester) @ The House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ set list ]
...Their set was 2 songs short due to Marty Willson-Piper walking off the stage!

Sept. 25 Sat - "Himig Sikan'99" @ Naga Night Club, Long Beach, CA
Featuring: Signal 3 / Acid Rain / Fall Out / Alterground / Ube Wan Kamote / Bury The Corpse / Two-Headed Chang / DKN'SYNC / plus DJs: Noisebox

Oct. 5 Tue - The Damned : concert @ The House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA - [ photos ] [ autographs ]
...I actually saw the show thru the TV monitors outside the club. I got to meet Dave Vanian & Captain Sensible after the show.

Oct. 18 Mon - Stereophonics : concert @ Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA - [ photos ] [ autographs ]
...I was just outside & met Kelly & Richard Jones after the show

Oct. 19 Tue - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy : Free show @ Tower Records, Sunset Bl., West Hollywood, CA - [ photos ] [ autographs ] [ setlist ]

Nov. 12 Fri - I sent a copy of Eraserheads' "Aloha Milkyway" CD to KROQ-FM's Rodney "On The Roq" Bingenheimer, hoping that he'd play it
[ read the story ]

Nov. 13 Sat - "KROQ 2000 Calendar Signing" featuring all the KROQ disc jocks (including Rodney Bingenheimer) & a free show by System Of A Down @ Best Buy parking lot, Pasadena, CA
[ photos ] [ video ]

Nov. 29 Mon - After 2 weeks of waiting, Eraserheads' first ever US radio airplay at "The Rodney On The Roq Show" on KROQ-FM.
Rodney Bingenheimer played:
"Hard To Believe" -12:45 am
"Julie Tearjerky" -1:42 am
"Scorpio Rising" - 1:50 am
[ download broadcast ]

Dec. 6 Mon - I sent another Eraserheads CD called, "Fruitcake" (the christmas album) to Rodney Bingenheimer

Dec. 11 Sat - "The 10th Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 1999" @ Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ photos ]
Featuring: Bush / Blink-182 / Rob Zombie / Beck / Tori Amos / Foo Fighters * / Fiona Apple / Oasis ** / 311 / Save Ferris / Powerman 5000
* Ex-Foo Fighters Pat Smear joins the band for one song
** Oasis' first ever L.A. appearance featuring the new line-up with Gem Archer (ex-Heavy Stereo) & Andy Bell (ex-Ride / Hurricane #1)

Dec. 13 Mon - Rodney On The Roq played Eraserheads' "Milk And Money" on KROQ-FM; 2 am - [ download broadcast ]

Dec. 20 Mon - Rodney On The Roq played Eraserheads' "Christmas Party" on KROQ-FM; 12:45 am - [ download broadcast ]

Feb. 19 Sat - After the special mini-club tour, The Cure @ The Palace, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA - [ photos ]
...I got to meet original Cure, Lol Tolhurst; I got to see Robert Smith & the rest of the band up close

Mar. 3 Fri - Morrissey : "Oye Esteban Tour", (special guest: Phantom Planet) @ Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ]

Mar. 26 Sun - The Charlatans UK : "Us & Only Us Tour"; (special guest: Stereophonics) @ The Glass House, Pomona, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ photos ]

Apr. 9 Sun - Oasis : "Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants Tour"; (special guest: Travis) @ Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ]

May 13 Sat - I flew to New York City for the Eraserheads' "The Pop Machine Tour - USA2000"

May 15 Mon - My friends, Stephen, Katrina & I went to check out John Lennon's Imagine memorial, Strawberry Fields @ Central Park, New York, NY

May 18 Thur - Eraserheads & crew arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFX), New York, NY on Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 702, 6:09 am

May 19 Fri - Eraserheads : concert; (guests: Basement 31 / Black Sunny) @ Colden Center for the Performing Arts (Queens College - CUNY), Flushing, NY - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ photos ] [ videos ]

May 20 Sat - From New York City, NY, I took a 7-hour Greyhound bus trip to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I was in Toronto until the 23rd

May 24 Wed - Stephen, Day & I drove from New York City, NY to Chicago, IL. It was about a 12-hour road trip!

May 27 Sat - BrownOdds Productions in cooperation with Happy Box presents: Eraserheads (guest: Brown Odds) @ North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL
...Fatal Posporos' drummer, Annette Ortiz played drums on one song!
[ photos, etc. on the Happy Box website ]

May 28 Sun
- Happy Box, Eraserheads & crew flew back to Los Angeles, CA from Chicago, IL on three separate flights
- The Cure : "The Dream Tour" @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *, Irvine, CA...Our special, surprise treat for Eraserheads!
* formerly known as Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
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June 2 Fri - Synchronicity Productions in cooperation with Happy Box presents: Eraserheads (guests: Love Daria / Nuisance / Acid Rain) @
Cactus Club, San Jose, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ photos ] [ videos ]

June 3 Sat - Happy Box presents: Eraserheads (guests: Alterground / Acid Rain) @ The Palace, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
...Fatal Posporos' drummer, Annette Ortiz played drums on one song!
[ photos, etc. on the Happy Box website ]

June 10 Sat - Eraserheads (guests: Acid Rain / Lost In America.) @ Scottish Rite Center, San Diego, CA
...Eraserheads featured substitute drummers: Haro De Guzman (Happy Box), Mario Torres (Acid Rain) & their roadie, Gary Alvarado. Drummer Raimund Marasigan had to leave days before the show due to a family emergency.

June 11 Sun - Eraserheads (w/o drummer, Raimund Marasigan) & entourage leave for Manila, Philippines

June 30 Fri - "Van's Warped Tour '00" @ Arrowhead Pond (parking lot), Anaheim, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ photos ] [ set list: Jurassic 5 ]
Featuring: Green Day / NOFX / Jurassic 5 / Long Beach Dub Allstars / MxPx / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / The Donnas / Papa Roach / Disturbed
...& many more!

Aug. 3 Thur - "The Summer Road Trip 2000" @ The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ]
Featuring: The B-52's & The Go-Go's (special guest: The Psychedelic Furs)
...The B-52's Fred Schneider joined The Go-Go's in one of their songs

Aug. 14 Mon - Rage Against The Machine : Free "protest" concert, during the Democratic National Convention 2000, across the Staples Center, downtown Los Angeles, CA; 6:45 pm - 7:20 pm
...About 40 minutes after the show, a mini-riot started...Good thing we were leaving already

Sept. 21 Thur - Earth Crisis / Glassjaw / Strife / Drowningman, plus more; club gig @ Whisky A Go-Go, West Hollywood, CA - [ photos ]

Sept. 30 Sat - Gage Street & Happy Box present: "Jologz Fezt" @ FACLA (Filipino American Community of Los Angeles), Historic Filipinotown,
Los Angeles, CA
Featuring: Distorted Youth / Sickstrings / Lost In America. / FallOut / Acid Rain / Signal 3 / Flattbush / Pandora's Box / Noise Barrage / Ungrateful Bastard / Knime
[ photos, etc. on "The Lokalpinoy Chronicles" Facebook page ]

Oct. 5 Thur - Travis : "The Man Who Tour"; (special guest: Remy Zero) @ Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ set list ]

Oct. 21 Sat - "KROQ Flashback Free Concert" @ Santa Anita Park (infield), Arcadia, CA - [ show schedule ] [ photos ] [ videos ] [ set list: Modern English ]
[ autographs ]
Featuring: Modern English & Michael Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel

Oct. 25 Wed - Foo Fighters : "There Is Nothing Else To Lose Tour"; (special guest: Queens Of The Stone Age) @ Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ show schedule ]

Oct. 28 Sat - Pearl Jam : "Binaural" North American Tour 2000"; (special guest: Supergrass) @ Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore, CA
- [ ad ] [ ticket ]

Oct 30 Mon - Tom Tom Club : concert; (special guest: Live Human) @ Key Club, West Hollywood, CA - [ ad ] [ ticket ]

Nov 4 Sat - Happy Box & Gage Street present: "HB.3" * @ SIPA (Search To Involve Pilipino-Americans), Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, CA
Featuring: Flattbush / Lost In America. / Sixty Three ** / Godkiller / Pandora's Box / Fleerbox / Ungrateful Bastards
* Happy Box's 3rd year anniversary celebration
** 2-song teaser; "unofficial" first gig
[ photos, etc. on "The Lokalpinoy Chronicles" Facebook page ]

Nov. 15 Wed - Grandaddy : In-store performance @ Virgin Megastore, Sunset Bl., Los Angeles, CA - [ ad ] [ photos ] [ autographs ]

Nov. 24 Fri - The Chameleons UK : "California Tour 2000" *; (guest: The Bellows) @ Troubadour, West Los Angeles, CA
- [ ad ] [ ticket ] [ photos ] [ setlist: The Bellows ]

Nov. 25 Sat - The Chameleons UK : "California Tour 2000" *; (guest: The Bellows) @ Spaceland, Silverlake, Los Angeles, CA
- [ photos ] [ setlist ] [ autographs ]
* First ever Los Angeles shows since 1987 featuring the classic line-up!

Dec. 9 Sat - Happy Box & Gage Street present: "JF2: Return Of The Jologz" @ FACLA (Filipino American Community of Los Angeles), Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, CA
Featuring: Soundcheck / Last Call / FallOut / Ungrateful Bastards / Pandora's Box / Lost In America. / Acid Rain / Sixty Three / Virgins
[ photos, etc. on "The Lokalpinoy Chronicles" Facebook page ]