This is from their Wikipedia entry: “Fanny was an American rock band, active in the early 1970s. They were one of the first all-female rock groups to achieve critical and commercial success, including two Billboard Hot 100 top 40 singles. The group was founded by guitarist June Millington and her sister, bassist Jean, who had …
FolkCloud.com is nifty little site which allows the user to find traditional music from around the world by clicking on the country. Check it out: https://folkcloud.com And that’s how I found this bouncy folk rocker. “Bahay Kubo” is a beloved Tagalog song usually taught to children in the Philippines. It’s a little like the American …
Filipina R&B singer Jess Connelly shares the new video for her song “Call Me” from her JCON mixtape out now. It chronicles the various junctures of a romantic relationship and is directed by Adrian Per. Jess is a classically trained vocalist who has quickly amassed millions of plays online and at the forefront of the …
This Quiznos commercial has gone viral in the Philippines for obvious reasons:
These two are cousins from General Santos City in the Philippines. Their names are Aldrich Lloyd Talonding and James Walter Bucong. One of their early Youtube videos went viral and they were invited to come to the US to perform on The Ellen Degeneres Show, where they were given gifts of money and instruments. The …
During Sunday’s Viking/Bear debacle, the network aired a commercial/PSA that reminded viewers to remember 9/11, honor the troops stationed abroad, and that the United States has troops stationed in 175 countries. Parenthetically, the United States has over 800 bases located throughout the world. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Andrew Browne wrote an article about China …
Nine years ago, I gave a copy of The Message bible to my in-laws. I don’t know if they liked it. When we’re visiting, I will usually read a few passages out of it. Then eight years after I gave it to them, the same copy I gave them became a prop in this video …
In the year since this vid first came out, I hope these solar bottle lights have moved across the Philippines and across the world. A while ago, I asked a very wise university professor who thinks about these things professionally if there was any way to cool down the sun-battered corrugated tin shacks in which …
Happy Slip offers a complex, almost Chekhovian, look at family life in her recent vid:
It’s a simple presentation, yes, but they really seem to be enjoying themselves. We truly live in a global village when four dancing flight attendants in Cebu can become worldwide celebrities in less than 24 hours via social networking:
Here’s a highly sexualized clothing advertisement from the Philippines, where it is the most popular video of the day:
This woman lives in Las Vegas. The accent is fake, but convincing for a while: How to Dance in a Club How to be a Kontrabida
Five years old but still funny. The contortion move with the back and butt is a number 8:
This kid is really keeping time, a drum prodigy. He can barely walk but he’s rocking to Joan Jett. Very “pro drummer” facial expressions. – Thanks to Joy Mazo Colella: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=114329025264977
This is one of the most popular Youtube vids in the world today. This boy is from Mabalacat, Pampganga, Philippines. He’s singing at the Puregold in the former Clark Air Force base.
http://youtu.be/db5GFpLBs6U
Not only do the bride and groom play Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” at their wedding reception, they smoke it: The entire wedding had a Beatles theme and bride and groom, Annette Ortiz-Diaz and Dennis Diaz, each play in OC area bands. Together they formed an all-Asian Metallica tribute band called Trapped Under Rice. As reported …
http://youtu.be/Ku9r5R_XVqc
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Taho is a soy based pudding eaten with a caramelized sugar sauce and sometimes bubbles similar to those found in bubble tea. These guys speak Tagalog very well. Where did they learn? Were they missionaries? CIA agents? . . . .
Here’s Jared from the cellphone store’s second choice for great bands from the Philippines, Typecast. They are enormously popular with some of their videos drawing two million plus views on Youtube. Singer, Steve “Daddio” Badiola, reminds me a lot of Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, and a dozen other projects …
Jared at the cell phone store was telling me about some great bands in the Philippines and in particular he recommended a band called, Manila High. I haven’t found a band called Manila High yet, but here’s a really nice little song and video. The band is Kala, the song is Manila High. It’s a …