BURNING CHROME | The Pinoy holiday that almost forgot the baby in the manger
In the Philippines, Christmas isn’t just a day—it’s practically a third season. While much of the world marks December as...
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BURNING CHROME | SW: Ghost signals and the voices that won’t fade
There was a time when the world didn’t tune in through fiber-optic cables or endless social media feeds, but through...
BURNING CHROME | The internet: From information superhighway to a lonely back road
In the early 1990s, the phrase information superhighway captured the imagination of policymakers, technologists, and journalists alike. It was the...
BURNING CHROME | Cyberpunk: Neon dreams, dark realities
Cyberpunk has always been a prophecy disguised as entertainment. In the 1980s, when William Gibson dropped Neuromancer and Ridley Scott...
BURNING CHROME | MiniDisc: An almost forgotten favorite
In the crowded museum of audio history, the MiniDisc stands like a stubborn exhibit that refuses to gather dust. Launched...
BURNING CHROME | Every ‘tech bro’ wants to rule the world
Silicon Valley in California was long romanticized as the crucible of innovation, a place where idealists and engineers imagined transforming...
BURNING CHROME | From hype to reality: Where AI is taking us
Artificial intelligence is no longer science fiction. It has left the ivory towers of research labs and the glossy brochures...
BURNING CHROME | The eternal spin of sound — old formats, new obsessions
There was a time when listening to music wasn’t just something you did in the background. It was ritual. You’d...
BURNING CHROME | Resonances and revolutions — from noise to art (Part 2)
If the first generation of Philippine sound artists wrestled with obscurity and skepticism, the next wave embraced community-building. The mid-2000s...
BURNING CHROME | Resonances and revolutions — from noise to art (Part 1)
The question of what makes music has always been fraught, but the 20th century shook it to its core. When...