j.luna is the alter-ego of John Robert Luna. He is a Corporate Communications, Ads and PR Writer for a networking company and a licensed English teacher.
A member of the Innovative Noise Collective, his repertoire consists of improvised, non-conceptual and spontaneous performances and Punk inspired spoken word consisting of screams,...
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j.luna is the alter-ego of John Robert Luna. He is a Corporate Communications, Ads and PR Writer for a networking company and a licensed English teacher.
A member of the Innovative Noise Collective, his repertoire consists of improvised, non-conceptual and spontaneous performances and Punk inspired spoken word consisting of screams, growls and gibberish. He is currently the vocalist of Post-Punk band, Tom Estrella and The Shadows (with Norman Wilwayco), Noise/Electrogrind outfit, Annoy! (with Ian Madrigal) and spokenword duo Gonzo Army (with Karl De Mesa).
As a “performance artist”, j has collaborated with The Brockas, Khavn Delacruz (“Tonight, I Will Love You Forever, installation/performance” and as an actor in “Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio”) and with Tupada's Ian Madrigal and Mitch Garcia ("Placenta: Repression/Salvation" and "Souls For Sale").
As a writer, he has won the grand prize for short story in Filipino for the Philippine Normal University’s Genoveva Edroza-Matute Awards in 2005. He also wrote music reviews for the now defunct Fudge Magazine.
j.luna is also an administrator of one of the most influential humor blogs today: http://tunaynalalake.blogspot.com
He has performed with Tupada at the NCCA's Philippine International Arts Festival 2010 at the Ayala Center on February 7 and INC's Noises at the Park held at The Luneta Open Amphitheater on May 2, 2010
He participated, performed and was the Scribe/Journal Writer for Tupada's Inter-Aksyon international performance art event '10.
His works have appeared in the Philippines Graphic, Fudge Magazine, Monday Magazine, Playboy Philippines, Paper Monsters Poetry Pamphlet and an upcoming anthology of flash fiction to be published by La Salle Press in 2011.
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