To Vertigo
And the fall of fearing.,

--

Lyrics and Poetry by Maxine Syjuco
Music Written and Performed by A.G. Syjuco
Lead Guitar by Julian Syjuco

Album Art and Design by Maxine Syjuco
Produced by A.G. Syjuco

The Purpose of the Moon

Track no. 1 off the band's debut album "Who's Listening to Van Gogh's Ear. Available now...

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Hotel Carcass

Track no. 2 off the band's debut album "Who's Listening to Van Gogh's Ear. Available now...

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Pater, Ignosce Mihi

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Track no. 3 off the band's debut album "Who's Listening to Van Gogh's Ear. Available now...

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Mrs Stitcher

Track no. 5 off the band's debut album "Who's Listening to Van Gogh's Ear. Available now...

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Confessions of a Chop Chop Lady

Track number 8 from the band's debut album "Who's Listening to Van Gogh's Ear?". Available as a free download!

Who's Listening to Van Gogh's Ear?

There was a Crooked Man

Track no. 3 off the album "Who Shot Bukowski?". Available now in all digital distribution platforms. More information - http://www.jackofnone.net

Who Shot Bukowski?

Dear Georges (Vous Petit Monstre)

It’s cold on the avenue they call Michigan
People walking by in a hurry
They scurry-- to and fro--
Colder still on the streets of Manila
Where we starve each other for affection
Attention 
Affliction
of love.

On the park bench your name unfolds
with the dying leaves--
Pages of an unwritten manuscript
that reads pieces of you and me--
strewn here and there--
What we are
What we might be

A man walks up to me and asks for a cigarette 
At the deadest pace imaginable,
I give it to him.
I stick it to him hard-- cold and bitter
Like the punctuations that disarray your name,
your memory, the fight or flight of grammatical errors
in your syntax of song
And I watch as your memory betrays me
Burning in ashes

(He wasn't you)
(She wasn't me)
(They weren't we)
(They weren't we)

(I called him you)
(I called her me)
(They weren't we)
(They weren't we)

So I make my way home, empty handed
The wind howls slow with menacing madness
Slower still by the light of your absence
Noticing each pause pedantic in silence
How we danced these streets, how we bled them dry,
we soaked up the rivers and drowned in the sky
Now I starve without your affection
And this affliction
is Love

In my bedside drawer I search for something lost and unwound
Pieces of you and me wrapped up in a book unbound
I search, and I search, until I find
Dear God, there it is--

My mind.

--

Music by A.G. SYJUCO
Lyrics and Poems by MAXINE SYJUCO

Vocals by MAXINE SYJUCO
Guitar, bass, synth and programming by A.G. SYJUCO

Michigan Ex Machina (She Wasn't Me)

Michigan Ex Machina (She Wasn't Me) 2

Monsieur X

The Game of Dying

Houdini Whodunit

Dark the Star

Mr Lumpus Decides to Die

Pirouettes of Night

Maman

JACK OF NONE is an experimental rock / art band split between Manila, Philippines and Chicago IL, USA. It is comprised of siblings A.G. Syjuco (principal composer on guitar, bass and synths), Maxine Syjuco (poet-songwriter and vocalist), and Julian Syjuco (guitar).

The band has received critical acclaim for its distinct approach to fusing guitar-driven electronic music with spoken-word poetry.

Jack of None's debut album, "Who's Listening to Van Gogh's Ear?" was released globally in April of 2016. It is being described by critics as "haunting and thought-provoking", "a brave new day for OPM (Original Pilipino Music)", as well as "progressive and bold"

MAXINE SYJUCO is a poet and visual artist from Manila, Philippines. She is the youngest daughter of artists Cesare Syjuco and Jean Marie Syjuco.

Working mainly with photography, digital collage, painting and installation art, her work "possesses an intimate, philosophical, and often twisted voice in storytelling. Manipulating faces, unveiling poignant surrealities, and probing into abandoned rooms of the subconscious, Maxine authors dark, thought-provoking introspections of the human condition and its fragility -- conjuring a netherworld where ghostly images exist neither here nor there."

Her first book of poetry, "A Secret Life," was published in 2008 and received critical acclaim. Her poems have been translated into Polish and French, and have seen print in several international anthologies including the Asia Literary Review, The Poet's Guild Quarterly, Chopin with Cherries, and the 2011 Rhino International Poetry Anthology.

Maxine's exhibits and poetry-performances have taken place in venues as varied as the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, the Tokiwa Museum of Japan, the Hangaram Museum of Korea, the Art Takes Miami Exhibition in the U.S.A., and others.

AG SYJUCO is the eldest son of artists Cesare Syjuco and Jean Marie Syjuco.

At age 15, he was the lead guitarist, composer and arranger for FAUST!, an art-rock band of prodigious siblings that was discovered by MTV Asia in 1996, quickly signed to a major label, and disbanded 2 years later after releasing 2 controversial albums that included the historic "My Secret Identity" (MSI) in 1998 -- probably the first full-length album in the Philippines to be released for free on the Internet by a group of commercially signed recording artists. Abandoning his professional interest in music for the next eight years, he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology from San Beda Alabang, and presently holds a management position in a multinational tech conglomerate.

His more recent musical endeavors include co-producing his Father's critically acclaimed album, "A Sudden Rush of Genius". On Jack of None's "Who's Listening to Van Gogh's Ear" he acts as principal composer, guitar player and producer.

A.G. currently resides in Chicago IL with his wife, Mica, and their daughter, Muli.

JULIAN SYJUCO is the youngest of five children of Cesare Syjuco and Jean Marie Syjuco. He is both an accomplished painter and electric guitarist of note.

He was recently singled out as one of the bright up-and-coming new generation abstractionists, and was featured in the National Artist Jose Joya Retrospective in 2012.

Jack of None

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