FTW ang Tortang Talong! HEHEHEHE



^^ That is mild. Last night's episode was so intense: throwing of chair, punching, kicking and so much cursing! Nagtago na si Amy Perez...hehehe

The issue: acts of lasciviousness. :)

^asan yung fail???

di mo makikita pagmababa ang standards mo, sir. :|

parang TV show sa pinas noong 1970's:D behind sila ng 40-50 years:D

parang TV show sa pinas noong 1970's:D behind sila ng 40-50 years:D

:)

di mo makikita pagmababa ang standards mo, sir. :|

oh snap! :lol::lol:

sama mo naman.. LOL.

^^ That is mild. Last night's episode was so intense: throwing of chair, punching, kicking and so much cursing! Nagtago na si Amy Perez...hehehe

The issue: acts of lasciviousness. :)

haha. sana may nag upload sa youtube nyan...

^^ That is mild. Last night's episode was so intense: throwing of chair, punching, kicking and so much cursing! Nagtago na si Amy Perez...hehehe

The issue: acts of lasciviousness. :)

someone upload naman oh! :D na-entertain ako ng husto. hehe buti walang pinapakitang chi chis tulad ng Jerry Springer. :D :D

marami yatang sawsawero at sawsawera dito. :lol:

marami yatang sawsawero at sawsawera dito. :lol:

Sa totoo lang, dito ko lang kinaya manuod nyan. Nakakaaliw nga, pero sometimes naisip ko na parang ginawa nating katatawanan ang mga mahihirap at kanilang mga problema. So yeah, parang guilty pleasure sya. Nakakaalis ng pagod after a hard day at work...

Sa totoo lang, dito ko lang kinaya manuod nyan. Nakakaaliw nga, pero sometimes naisip ko na parang ginawa nating katatawanan ang mga mahihirap at kanilang mga problema. So yeah, parang guilty pleasure sya. Nakakaalis ng pagod after a hard day at work...

I only watch Big Brother and Face to Face! and of course the English news. :) hehehe....I don't know why I like Face to Face.
The outburst of their emotions, the cursing, the physical violence are new to Philippine TV. The station claimed that it is not staged. I find that the physical violence is true. Really interesting. :)

^^ ako i stopped watching local shows except the seasonal survivor philippines (kung maganda ang simula). minsan sa bus yung mga variety shows. mostly na mga downloaded tv series from US and UK.

^^ mga OFW total opposite. mas gusto nila ang mga telenovela.

But I don't even like US tv shows myself... I dont watch any local channels except late night talk shows.

^^ natural kasi they still feel at home whenever they watch local telenovelas. pero sobrang nakakabobo ang ganung mga shows.

you like late night shows pala. i love chelsea lately. that tramp never fails to make me laugh :lol:

^^ natural kasi they still feel at home whenever they watch local telenovelas. pero sobrang nakakabobo ang ganung mga shows.

you like late night shows pala. i love chelsea lately. that tramp never fails to make me laugh :lol:

wish ko lang makanuod ako ng chelsea lately ulit.

di mo makikita pagmababa ang standards mo, sir. :|

the video you posted of party pilipinas was during louie ignacio's time. they now have 2 new directors for quite some time. they have improved a lot. even surpassing asap most of the time. ratings will speak for it self. kaya nga puro parinig na ang ginagawa ng mga asap hosts ngayon.

in short, asap is the new sop :lol:

^^ proof :)

someone upload naman oh! :D na-entertain ako ng husto. hehe buti walang pinapakitang chi chis tulad ng Jerry Springer. :D :D

Uploaded na yan sa www.tvbarkada.co.cc

Pwede rin panoorin real time.

OK tong site na to. Meron pang parang online DVR.

Post away folks! :colgate:


Link to Thread 2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=549670&page=101) in the Archives. :okay:

OK, OK... it's overkill... But they need a bit more work. The beat is almost there but the MV needs more work...

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^^ :ohno: Dang! Are boybands are still all the rage? :? Reminds me too much of SuJu. :|

^^ Well, the boys do have some potential but the music video really needs a lot of tweaking.

I wouldn't ever say they were the rage since having boy and girl bands(i.e. Pop Music!!) is pretty much brand new to the Philippines haha! So far all we've had is all this depressing alternative rock :crazy2:

I'll take this over that rock/alternative rock/screamo/birit overkill anyday! :cheers2:

P.S. the one at :49 seconds doesn't really belong.

^^ In all honesty, I would still take band music than pop. They show so much of the creativity but little or none of the credit, which makes our general musical sensibilities all the sorrier.

Too each his own. But as for now, the music industry is heavily lopsided. We need enough music in each industry, but if I were to make a scale - 90% of our music scene is Indie/Alternative Rock/Rock/Screamo and 10% is Pop. Nobody puts a decent amount of focus on the pop groups. Therefore the dancing is weak (ironic since we won the world hip hop championships ...) and the videos look like family home videos.

^^ Siyanga... I think we have to do more on "Indie Pop." Pop music na indie talaga.

Isa pa, most music CDs in the Philippines are cheaper than their import counterparts (ranges from 250-350 pesos and foreign counterparts from 385-700 pesos) but are still going into the charts. Dapat na nga tayong magkaroon ng konting lakas sa sarili.

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This is foul. :nuts:

^^ our choice of music is by preference and no one should fault anyone by his choice.

this so called boy group is just starting and still needs more improvement but i guess this attempt to pop genre is a good start.

In my opinion, while OPM are dominated by alternative/rock music, many of the current teen generation are immersed to this pop music particularly Kpop. this Ppop ( as they are so called) should at least cater to this group of music lovers who will appreciate pop with a Pinoy touch. :)

this is by the way another group...

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Play OPM, Aquino orders radio stations (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/272301/noynoy-calls-hourly-play-original-pilipino-music-over-all-radio-stations)
By JC BELLO RUIZ
August 14, 2010, 3:00pm

President Benigno S. Aquino III wants original Filipino musical compositions played more often in radio stations, noting that they have been a big part of his life.

Speaking during the oath-taking ceremonies of the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit officers and board of trustees in Malacañang Friday, Aquino directed the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), which has jurisdiction over radio stations in the country, to enforce his late mother’s Executive Order No. 255 that mandates the playing of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) songs in radio stations.

In 1987, then President Corazon C. Aquino issued EO No. 255 which requires radio stations with musical format programs nationwide to broadcast a minimum of four original Filipino musical compositions in every clock hour. The directive imposes a fine of P100 for each violation and suspension or cancellation of the radio station’s Certificate of Registration for repeated violations.

Despite a clamor from Filipino artists, EO 255, however, was not fully implemented during the succeeding administrations of former Presidents Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph “Erap” Estrada, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Aquino granted the request of the Filipino artists led by his friend, multi-talented Ogie Alcasid, for the playing of OPM songs in radio stations.

“About your request for me to order the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to monitor (radio stations not following EO 255, I believe that is a small request. The head of the Presidential Management Staff (Julia Abad) is here. I am ordering the PMS to call the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) (Secretary Jose De Jesus) so he could remind the NTC about the executive order (255) and enforce it as soon as possible," Aquino said.

He also pledged that his government would strengthen the campaign on the protection of intellectual property rights, particularly the fight against illegal downloading of music via the internet. He noted that OPM songs contribute 4.25 percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product.

The President suggested to the group the creation of an organization that would promote the welfare of singers, artists and other personnel involved in the local music industry. Initially, Aquino said the funds coming from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office as well as the President’s Social Fund could be used to assist ageing and ailing Filipino artists.

The President thanked the music industry which, he said, has been at the forefront of promoting the country’s arts and culture and uplifting the hopes and dreams of every Filipino.

“For a country that is developing like us that has so many problems, the arts for man’s sake really deserve all the support we can have,” the President said.

The President promised help to the Filipino artists as he related that OPM has played a big part in his life especially being a bachelor.

He said he enjoys original songs by Alcasid, Velasquez, APO Hiking Society, Noel Cabangon, Jose Mari Chan, and Mitch Valdez since their compositions reflect his moods.

He said he and his family used to listen to “Saranggola ni Pepe” where they got inspiration to survive their difficulties when his father, the late Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr. was detained during the rule of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

The song “Love at 30,000 feet” by Jose Mari Chan also gives him “full of positive energy” every time he listens to it, he said.

Though he loves Regine Velasquez’s song, “Hindi Ka Nag-iisa,” which reminds him of the challenges he is facing as President of the country, he has not dared sing it because he can’t emulate the Asia’s songbird’s high notes.

Aquino, in the same occasion, asked the couple Alcasid-Velasquez to be among his principal sponsors when he gets married. Alcasid and Velasquez who are set to wed on December 22 have become friends with the President after they helped him during the campaign for the May 10, 2010 polls.

Alcasid composed some of Aquino’s campaign jingles. He also wrote the theme song for the President’s inauguration last June 30 “Bagong Pilipinas” that was sung by Velasquez.

In return, the singer and composer in behalf of the industry, expressed support for the President’s sincere leadership to bring about change and social transformation through good governance, transparency, and moral ascendancy.

Alcasid said Cory was the “great icon of democracy” while the President has emerged as “the new symbol of change and social transformation.”

Aside from Alcasid, the President administered the oath of office of OPM chairman Mitch Valdez, OPM executive director Elmer Beltran Ingles, Gary Valenciano (VP for internal affairs), Cabangon (VP for external affairs), Christian Bautista (VP for special projects), Chan (treasurer), Dingdong Avanzado (secretary), and ex-officio trustees Jim Paredes and Celeste Legaspi-Gallardo. Velasquez and Jessa Zaragoza, later rendered the song “Kaya Natin,” which was composed in the aftermath of the massive flooding and devastation caused by Typhoon “Ondoy” last year.

Established in October 1986, the OPM is the leading and most respected organization of Filipino professional singers in the country.

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OPM is very good. But it's dominated by mostly ballad and alternative rock. Alot more variety is needed for the Filipino audience to prefer it over mainstream American.

OK, OK... it's overkill... But they need a bit more work. The beat is almost there but the MV needs more work...

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pantapat ba to sa Super Junior?

^^ That's what I said. :lol:

OPM is very good. But it's dominated by mostly ballad and alternative rock. Alot more variety is needed for the Filipino audience to prefer it over mainstream American.

very true.:)

^^ Korekek...

Our local musicians offer a lot of genres, but the exposure we give to them is so moribund. We've listened to a lot of artists we couldn't understand in local radio more than artists who could deliver the goods (have you ever heard of Demolee? Silverfilter? They're really good electronica indie musicians na pwede nang mag-cut ng album with their quality sounds but they're out in bandcamp sharing their music to everyone. Talk about excessive charity and these guys deserve more merit than those overrated "revivalists."

Noong time ni Marcos I think nag-boom yung production ng OPM (and I yet have to find remastered CDs) and we're producing really world-class music. VST, Boyfriends, Hotdog, Bong Penera... And they delivered a plethora of sounds.

Nowadays, our music is ill-supported, but go to Cubao X or Saguijo or just go to Myspace, or lurk an artist in Facebook and they shine bright there. It's time we explore, give way to our local music artists, and give the merit they deserve. And that's what I'm doing right now.

I've always wanted us to develop a creative pop culture that influenced our music but it seems we're always doomed to copying the current wave in pop culture. I remember just two to three years ago when the K.I.T.T.Y. Girls came out as the Philippines' version of the Pussycat Girls. And now we have "Pop Girls" and XLR8 as copies of Korean girl/boy bands. At least XLR8 seems okay, but Pop Girls? Seriously, which genius came up with the name? It's like calling a rock band group "Rock Band". It would make it funny if they were a parody of Korean girl groups, but they're actually serious so it's become a self-parody. :lol:

I'm not hating on them, I'm hating on their lack of creativity and blatant copying. And I'm not blaming the girls since they're prolly do not know any better, it should be their managers, stylists, and producers to be blamed. I'd love to see them grow out of this and become better dancers, singers, MUSICIANS. Or if they're not talented, at least make way for more talented people to take on the helm of "P-Pop". And TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN. The Korean artists train for at least a year or two before releasing an album, and apparently Pop Girls trained for only two months.

the new show that replaced wowowee is such a BORE!!! and dont even get me started with the hosts!!!

^^ ang sabi nga eh pilipinas: fail na fail daw dapat ang title. :lol:

i still prefer wowowee.

I've always wanted us to develop a creative pop culture that influenced our music but it seems we're always doomed to copying the current wave in pop culture. I remember just two to three years ago when the K.I.T.T.Y. Girls came out as the Philippines' version of the Pussycat Girls. And now we have "Pop Girls" and XLR8 as copies of Korean girl/boy bands. At least XLR8 seems okay, but Pop Girls? Seriously, which genius came up with the name? It's like calling a rock band group "Rock Band". It would make it funny if they were a parody of Korean girl groups, but they're actually serious so it's become a self-parody. :lol:

I'm not hating on them, I'm hating on their lack of creativity and blatant copying. And I'm not blaming the girls since they're prolly do not know any better, it should be their managers, stylists, and producers to be blamed. I'd love to see them grow out of this and become better dancers, singers, MUSICIANS. Or if they're not talented, at least make way for more talented people to take on the helm of "P-Pop". And TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN. The Korean artists train for at least a year or two before releasing an album, and apparently Pop Girls trained for only two months.

Even the term "P-pop" is a clone. Coming up on the heels of K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop. :|

^^ ang sabi nga eh pilipinas: fail na fail daw dapat ang title. :lol:

i still prefer wowowee.

mukhang gusto ata ng GMA si willie ah, he was interviewed by mike enriquez..:lol:

sana hindi, may TV5 na lang siya o kaya wag nang lumabas sa TV kahit kailan...:D

^^ i think he prefers tv5. ang alam ko before wowowee nagpadala sya ng feeler sa eat bulaga but they turned him down. pano na ang twin tower condo nya near ABS? :lol:

love the video and the implicit meaning behind...

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here's a new teleserye from ABS-CBN. am not really a fan of ABS-CBN but this Chito Roño's next project might just deliver the goods...well, it seems obvious this is another adaptation of the popular "Twilight" saga but we shall see if this will present some twist. i could remember the last teleserye "Lobo" got Angel her nomination for the 37th International Emmy Awards. It got aired in Brunei and is expected to hit TV screens in Indo-China, Asia, Europe, and Africa in 2010 (http://mb.com.ph/node/249438/rpg-lobo-intere).

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^^ ay bakya. Twilight pati ang picture.

"Vampire, eh? I'll give you something to suck."

- Sabi ni Manong nagtitinda ng mais sa kanto. :lol:

Play OPM, Aquino orders radio stations (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/272301/noynoy-calls-hourly-play-original-pilipino-music-over-all-radio-stations)
By JC BELLO RUIZ
August 14, 2010, 3:00pm

President Benigno S. Aquino III wants original Filipino musical compositions played more often in radio stations, noting that they have been a big part of his life.



Very good move P-noy!!:cheers::cheers:

^^ i think he prefers tv5. ang alam ko before wowowee nagpadala sya ng feeler sa eat bulaga but they turned him down. pano na ang twin tower condo nya near ABS? :lol:

Good observation.:)

^^ ay bakya. Twilight pati ang picture.

fan made lang yan.

Even the term "P-pop" is a clone. Coming up on the heels of K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop. :|

That given, C-pop and K-pop are 'clones' of J-pop. Jpop is a term that has been used since the 60's. Kpop and Cpop, early 2000.

This is the problem with Filipinos. Inferiority complex. If Koreans and Chinese borrow some concepts, they are applauded yet if it's the Philippines, berated.

When Korea made remakes of Japanese and Taiwanese dramas, people were excited. When it were the Philippines, it hasn't been shown yet, yet it's already berated

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I think the reason why many are reacting negatively towards these groups is because this kind of pop music has long been lost.

And in the indie scene, they aren't many either. It's still mostly rock, reggae, ska, metal, in the indie.

Remember the old Jolina Magdangal?

I'm not so sure about the Pop Girls(esp now that the twins are gone), but XLR8, they do have the potential. They need to polish up their dancing and stage presence, other than that, for the very first 'boyband' in the Philippines, they're not bad. Three original compositions in the debut album? Not many boybands get that privilege. And from what I know most of them can play at least one musical instrument. it would be cool if these boys can make themselves A SING-AND-DANCE BOYBAND AND A LIVE BAND AT THE SAME TIME. In Kpop, they even result to buying American pop songs(Sorry, Sorry & Run Devil Run) It's unfair to compare them to PRESENT Kpop idols since Kpop has been doing that since the late 90's IF you're going to see videos of late 90's Kpop girl nad boybands, they're just as awkward. I've seen FinKL wearing 'americana' whiole performing and their vocals aren't really that good plus their synchronization is nothing to the synchronization of Kpop girlbands today.

^^ Siyanga... I think we have to do more on "Indie Pop." Pop music na indie talaga.

Isa pa, most music CDs in the Philippines are cheaper than their import counterparts (ranges from 250-350 pesos and foreign counterparts from 385-700 pesos) but are still going into the charts. Dapat na nga tayong magkaroon ng konting lakas sa sarili.

then it wouldnt be indie anymore if it's gone mainstream/signed with viva, the big 4, gma or abs...

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pop musicmint he phils are just like our soaps...berated when aired in the phils, accused of copycats...but then appreciated abroad and then the haters start to jump in the pinoy pride hype XDD

^^ I'm not sure the term JPOP did exist way back pa. But I know Japan has the most robust music industry in Asia (and probably the most unique.) It's the land where only physical singles trump out physical album sales, where domestic CDs are for 1,500 pesos a pop, where foreign CDs only have this "Japan Only" tracks that couldn't be found anywhere in any domestic release, and thus, causing a few "Asian" CDs to be prohibited in shipping inside Japan.

love the video and the implicit meaning behind...

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^^Their music and videos were only getting better...too bad they just recently disbanded :ohno:

Even the term "P-pop" is a clone. Coming up on the heels of K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop. :|

Every music forum I go to, younger generation Filipinos get really tired of hearing P-Pop being referred to as a clone. I mean seriously, give our country a break! I know we're not known for being the most creative, but when we do try something new - give us a chance!

Thailand has T-Pop, Korea has K-Pop, Japan has J-Pop, Chinese people have Mando-Pop - the name isn't the problem. Nobody started yelling at China for having C-Pop. The Philippines MORE than deserves to have its own pop scene. Everybody says the rest of Asia "copied" J-Pop. Well, guess what: America started pop in the first place, so technically Japan "copied" pop and called it "J-Pop."

Honestly, unless you copy the SAME exact song - P-Pop isn't copying anything. Did anybody copyright pop? No. It's a genre of music for people of all countries to enjoy. Filipinos are fully entitled to having our own flavor of pop music. Pop is the genre, and the country it comes form is the Philippines. Therefore Philippines + Pop = P-Pop. OPM is more of an all encompassing term for any music that comes form the Philippines.

The problem isn't in the name of our industry, it's in the name and composition of the groups. The names are seriously gross - Gigger Boys? What the heck is a gigger? Didn't anybody realize that it's one letter away from the "n-word" as well? Has anybody ever seen them dance? They always fall on the ground, roll around and jump up a lot. You know what else falls on the ground, rolls around and jumps around? Monkeys. What about the Pop Girls? They're actually getting decent, but if you want to rant about names - this is another one to rant about. Somebody earlier made an analogy to naming a rock band "Rock Band." That's a great comparison. Seriously, that's the best we could do? It's like they made a solid effort to embarrass themselves. I can at least give it to XLR8 for coming up with a real name. All of our pop groups seem to end in "boys" and "girls." When you look at the group, hasn't their gender already been established? Gigger Boys, Pop Girls, Mocha Girls, Kanto Boys ... must I name more? Unless you can come up with something that is CREATIVE with the word "girls" and "boys," are the girls and guys in our country really that indistinguishable that they have to include their gender in the name?

Groups like the Mocha Girls who dress like whores and sing in English with a deep roaring voice aren't attractive - at all. There are SOOOO many other groups like that with girls who can't dance in tight leather bikinis. It's actually a turn off. The prostitutes in our country ALREADY look that, and they can put on the same kind of show - why does our mainstream music culture have to reflect something that you can find at the local bar? It's beyond typical, and it reflects ZERO creativity and effort. When it comes to pop, people in this day and age are attracted to talent and class. They're moved by catchy beats, tasteful clothes, good voices and good dancing that could match with it. Let's face it, anybody can wear tight leather clothes, sing in an obnoxiously deep voice and just sway their hips at the same time. Just gather a few of your friends and go to a KTV - you can be a mocha girl. From what I can tell, talent agencies just look for half decent looking people, and they don't even bother training them for a decent period of time so they can debut with everything that it takes to be a pop star. After they find the person, they dress them in weird clothes or dominatrix clothes, they give them a song with probably 1 layer of rhythm, and without any other training (like dance training) they just throw them out on stage a month or two later. These talents that we find need training and polishing - nobody's a ready-made/out-of-the-box pop star.

From a country that won the world hip hop championship and produced great singers like Charice - why do we settle for an unprofessional pop industry? :doh: We shouldn't!

That given, C-pop and K-pop are 'clones' of J-pop. Jpop is a term that has been used since the 60's. Kpop and Cpop, early 2000.

This is the problem with Filipinos. Inferiority complex. If Koreans and Chinese borrow some concepts, they are applauded yet if it's the Philippines, berated.

When Korea made remakes of Japanese and Taiwanese dramas, people were excited. When it were the Philippines, it hasn't been shown yet, yet it's already berated

:ohno:


i agree.

kapag nauna nilang nakita sa isang foreign channel sasabihin nila original, tapos kapag nakita nilang may similarities sa mga local programs, sasabihin gaya-gaya. :lol: karamihan sa kanila mga fan(tards!) ng mga foreign programs na yun. :ohno:

If Hale has that... This is probably the best in my opinion

Soapdish - Adjust

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The best classic MV:

True Faith - Awit Para (Sa Kanya)

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A better move by PNoy would be - "Noynoy forbids the creation of more revivals and covers. Artists must turn to creating their own music."

By the way - Usher's song Love in This Club was made on a computer using Garage Band. Lady Gaga's song Bad Romance was recreated entirely from 4 or 5 iPhones - the same beats and everything. If this is possible, there's ZERO excuse for us (or any country) to have bad pop music!

Oh, and to be honest - the only people that have ever complained about P-Pop being a clone of K-Pop/J-Pop (whatever) are Filipinos themselves. Let's not discourage our music industry from exploring different avenues! >_<

^^ I resoundingly agree. I'm tired of watching covers on ASAP. jeez.

Actually, Korean 'netizens' complain a lot too, and the irony of it pisses me off.

Every music forum I go to, younger generation Filipinos get really tired of hearing P-Pop being referred to as a clone.

Thailand has T-Pop, Korea has K-Pop, Japan has J-Pop, Chinese people have Mando-Pop - the name isn't the problem. Nobody started yelling at China for having C-Pop. The Philippines MORE than deserves to have its own pop scene. And whatever! Everybody says the rest of Asia "copied" J-Pop. Well American started pop in the first place, so Japan copied "pop" and called it "J-Pop."

Honestly, unless you copy the SAME exact song - P-Pop isn't copying anything. Filipinos are fully entitled to having our own flavor of pop music. Pop is the genre, and the country it comes form is the Philippines. Therefore Philippines + Pop = P-Pop. OPM is more of an all encompassing term for any music that comes form the Philippines.

The problem isn't in the name of our industry, it's in the name and composition of the groups. The names are seriously gross - Gigger Boys? What the heck is a gigger? Didn't anybody realize that it's one letter away from the "n-word" as well? Has anybody ever seen them dance? They always fall on the ground, roll around and jump up a lot. It looks so immature. The Pop Girls? Somebody earlier made an analogy to naming a rock band "Rock Band." Seriously, that's the best we could do? I can at least give it to XLR8 for coming up with a real name. All of our pop groups seem to end in "boys" and "girls." When you look at the group, hasn't their gender been established anybody? Unless you can come up with something that is CREATIVE with the word "girls" and "boys," are the girls and guys in our country really that indistinguishable that they have to include their gender in the name?

Groups like the Mocha Girls who dress like whores and sing in English with a deep roaring voice aren't attractive - at all. There are SOOOO many other groups like that with girls who can't dance in tight leather bikinis. It's actually a turn off. The prostitutes in our country ALREADY look that, and they can put on the same kind of show - why does our mainstream music culture have to reflect something that you can find at the local bar? It's beyond typical, and it reflects ZERO creativity and effort. When it comes to pop, people in this day and age are attracted to talent and class. They're moved by catchy beats, tasteful clothes, good voices and good dancing that could match with it. Let's face it, anybody can wear tight leather clothes, sing in an obnoxiously deep voice and just sway their hips at the same time. Just gather a few of your friends and go to a KTV - you can be a mocha girl. From what I can tell, talent agencies just look for half decent looking people, and they don't even bother training them for a decent period of time so they can debut with everything that it takes to be a pop star. After they find the person, they dress them in weird clothes or dominatrix clothes, they give them a song with probably 1 layer of rhythm, and without any other training (like dance training) they just throw them out on stage a month or two later. These talents that we find need training and polishing - nobody's a ready-made/out-of-the-box pop star.

From a country that won the world hip hop championship and produced great singers like Charice - why do we settle for an unprofessional pop industry? :doh:

wow. that was an astute observation. I agree!

We need better songwriters too. The closest Pinoy Pop group that I liked way before P-Pop was even thought of was Kulay. Wala na sila pero damn, I still liked listening to their songs. Now that was some world class pop music.

Original Vid:

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The Norman Cook Remix (Winner ha! Even Fatboy Slim remixed it)

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^^ Kumusta Pop industry sa Vietnam, our SSC - - y.

^^ Kumusta Pop industry sa Vietnam, our SSC - - y.

hindi ako nanunuod eh, pero yung mga students ko hate nila ang vpop but then again yung mga students ko mga can afford naman..so I am not quite sure baka like ours may division din of taste along economic lines.

Play OPM, Aquino orders radio stations (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/272301/noynoy-calls-hourly-play-original-pilipino-music-over-all-radio-stations)
By JC BELLO RUIZ
August 14, 2010, 3:00pm

President Benigno S. Aquino III wants original Filipino musical compositions played more often in radio stations, noting that they have been a big part of his life.

Speaking during the oath-taking ceremonies of the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit officers and board of trustees in Malacañang Friday, Aquino directed the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), which has jurisdiction over radio stations in the country, to enforce his late mother’s Executive Order No. 255 that mandates the playing of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) songs in radio stations.

In 1987, then President Corazon C. Aquino issued EO No. 255 which requires radio stations with musical format programs nationwide to broadcast a minimum of four original Filipino musical compositions in every clock hour. The directive imposes a fine of P100 for each violation and suspension or cancellation of the radio station’s Certificate of Registration for repeated violations.

Despite a clamor from Filipino artists, EO 255, however, was not fully implemented during the succeeding administrations of former Presidents Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph “Erap” Estrada, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Aquino granted the request of the Filipino artists led by his friend, multi-talented Ogie Alcasid, for the playing of OPM songs in radio stations.

“About your request for me to order the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to monitor (radio stations not following EO 255, I believe that is a small request. The head of the Presidential Management Staff (Julia Abad) is here. I am ordering the PMS to call the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) (Secretary Jose De Jesus) so he could remind the NTC about the executive order (255) and enforce it as soon as possible," Aquino said.

He also pledged that his government would strengthen the campaign on the protection of intellectual property rights, particularly the fight against illegal downloading of music via the internet. He noted that OPM songs contribute 4.25 percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product.

The President suggested to the group the creation of an organization that would promote the welfare of singers, artists and other personnel involved in the local music industry. Initially, Aquino said the funds coming from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office as well as the President’s Social Fund could be used to assist ageing and ailing Filipino artists.

The President thanked the music industry which, he said, has been at the forefront of promoting the country’s arts and culture and uplifting the hopes and dreams of every Filipino.

“For a country that is developing like us that has so many problems, the arts for man’s sake really deserve all the support we can have,” the President said.

The President promised help to the Filipino artists as he related that OPM has played a big part in his life especially being a bachelor.

He said he enjoys original songs by Alcasid, Velasquez, APO Hiking Society, Noel Cabangon, Jose Mari Chan, and Mitch Valdez since their compositions reflect his moods.

He said he and his family used to listen to “Saranggola ni Pepe” where they got inspiration to survive their difficulties when his father, the late Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr. was detained during the rule of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

The song “Love at 30,000 feet” by Jose Mari Chan also gives him “full of positive energy” every time he listens to it, he said.

Though he loves Regine Velasquez’s song, “Hindi Ka Nag-iisa,” which reminds him of the challenges he is facing as President of the country, he has not dared sing it because he can’t emulate the Asia’s songbird’s high notes.

Aquino, in the same occasion, asked the couple Alcasid-Velasquez to be among his principal sponsors when he gets married. Alcasid and Velasquez who are set to wed on December 22 have become friends with the President after they helped him during the campaign for the May 10, 2010 polls.

Alcasid composed some of Aquino’s campaign jingles. He also wrote the theme song for the President’s inauguration last June 30 “Bagong Pilipinas” that was sung by Velasquez.

In return, the singer and composer in behalf of the industry, expressed support for the President’s sincere leadership to bring about change and social transformation through good governance, transparency, and moral ascendancy.

Alcasid said Cory was the “great icon of democracy” while the President has emerged as “the new symbol of change and social transformation.”

Aside from Alcasid, the President administered the oath of office of OPM chairman Mitch Valdez, OPM executive director Elmer Beltran Ingles, Gary Valenciano (VP for internal affairs), Cabangon (VP for external affairs), Christian Bautista (VP for special projects), Chan (treasurer), Dingdong Avanzado (secretary), and ex-officio trustees Jim Paredes and Celeste Legaspi-Gallardo. Velasquez and Jessa Zaragoza, later rendered the song “Kaya Natin,” which was composed in the aftermath of the massive flooding and devastation caused by Typhoon “Ondoy” last year.

Established in October 1986, the OPM is the leading and most respected organization of Filipino professional singers in the country.


This is good. I wonder if this order is effective immediately. Who will monitor the compliance of FM stations?

This is good. I wonder if this order is effective immediately. Who will monitor the compliance of FM stations?

KBP was meant to monitor its own ranks right? Either that or DOTC but if it is the latter, hindi ba pangingialam na yan? What do you think?

wow. that was an astute observation. I agree!

We need better songwriters too. The closest Pinoy Pop group that I liked way before P-Pop was even thought of was Kulay. Wala na sila pero damn, I still liked listening to their songs. Now that was some world class pop music.

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There is already a term for Filipino pop music which is OPM.

Kulay is ok for an r&b group. The only thing is they are more english lyrics than tagalog.

This is good. I wonder if this order is effective immediately. Who will monitor the compliance of FM stations?

I'm sure most FM stations will comply.

Its simple. The "class" FM stations such as Wave 89.1, Magic 89.9 or RX 93.1 will play the OPM music that suits their style. Usually the elite one say Luke Mejares, Chilitees, Jay-R and the likes. I doubt you would hear April Boy in their stations.

If you want to listen to April Boy, go to 90.7. Kailangan pa bang i-memorize yan?

There is already a term for Filipino pop music which is OPM.

Kulay is ok for an r&b group. The only thing is they are more english lyrics than tagalog.

But OPM is an overall term for the different musical genres out there right? so it isn't just pop but also folk (Sampaguita, ASIN, etc), ballads, rock, alternative etc.

But OPM is an overall term for the different musical genres out there right? so it isn't just pop but also folk (Sampaguita, ASIN, etc), ballads, rock, alternative etc.

I just call it "pinoy pop music" when it comes to this genre. But again, other Asian countries do not have a wide variety of musical genres that Filipinos have.

In HK for example, its mostly Canto-pop or rock when it comes to the local music scene. Same with South Korea where its mostly either pop, rock or hip-hop.

If you want to listen to April Boy, go to 90.7. Kailangan pa bang i-memorize yan?

o kaya sa 101.9... Bisyo na to! :D

I think there was already an act previously that mandates all stations to play at least 10% of OPM songs in their selection...

^^ There are a lot of things to consider din if he'll have to make it succeed:

1 - I'd really wish if he'd mandate OPM songs to be played in the malls as well. For some, the radio won't even scratch us non-radio listeners (remember that some only listen to iPODs and the like.)

2 - There should also be a mandate for people in the entertainment industry that should be paying for rights whenever a song will be revived live in public TV or be included in a recording. Nakakairita na ang pasayaw-sayaw at pakanta-kanta ng di sariling atin, especially kung koreano ang mga ito.

3 - We should really strengthen our musical culture like the rondalla, and try to urge our artists to blend things they never listened of before.

4 - Lastly, we should not only put this on radio. Has anyone heard of TV? Channel V has started playing OPM Music videos of excellent quality in SD in cable. We should do some considerable damage control in MTV and MYX.

5 - Bonus, The likes of Sony MUST NOT DELETE VIDEOS OF OPM UPLOADED BY OTHER PEOPLE in youtube. I've tried to listen to Sorry Na, Pwede Ba by Brownman Revival and lo! I can't find it. They don't even upload the video themselves and these video counts are very vital as well.

OK, OK... it's overkill... But they need a bit more work. The beat is almost there but the MV needs more work...

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^^ maganda ang song. problema lang ang pagkagawa ng music vid saka ung dance moves. kung mas playful lang sana saka pulido ung quality ng vid plus ung quality ng dance moves at ung pag execute nila nun, pambato na natin to sa ibang bansa.

napansin ko lang din na ung mga mukha o fashion ng boyband na to eh napaka-korean. make more Pinoy pop musics guys and galingan ang music vid.^^:cheers:

^^ There are a lot of things to consider din if he'll have to make it succeed:

1 - I'd really wish if he'd mandate OPM songs to be played in the malls as well. For some, the radio won't even scratch us non-radio listeners (remember that some only listen to iPODs and the like.)

2 - There should also be a mandate for people in the entertainment industry that should be paying for rights whenever a song will be revived live in public TV or be included in a recording. Nakakairita na ang pasayaw-sayaw at pakanta-kanta ng di sariling atin, especially kung koreano ang mga ito.

3 - We should really strengthen our musical culture like the rondalla, and try to urge our artists to blend things they never listened of before.

4 - Lastly, we should not only put this on radio. Has anyone heard of TV? Channel V has started playing OPM Music videos of excellent quality in SD in cable. We should do some considerable damage control in MTV and MYX.

5 - Bonus, The likes of Sony MUST NOT DELETE VIDEOS OF OPM UPLOADED BY OTHER PEOPLE in youtube. I've tried to listen to Sorry Na, Pwede Ba by Brownman Revival and lo! I can't find it. They don't even upload the video themselves and these video counts are very vital as well. :yes: I concur with all 5 points! Esp 3 & 5. About Sony, yea immediately the day after I posted a young Lea Salonga singing an old lullaby, Sony declared the vid as "blocked" in the country where I'm at right now. WTH, an OPM esp an old Kundiman like Sa Ugoy ng Duyan is public domain imho. Why should a Japanese conglomerate extend ownership to a heritage song for heaven's sakes.

No offense to that vid up there. Yea the song is nice but the vid looks like everyone in it had turned into cartoon characters. :rofl:
I can't put a finger on any example, but oooh you know... those North Asian cartoon imports that tries so hard to have European settings with li'l boys & girls having big saucer-like eyes and dialogues dubbed in monotonous english or tagalog. awww gee cripes. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I don't think they look like cartoon characters. They look like humans to me.

I just call it "pinoy pop music" when it comes to this genre. But again, other Asian countries do not have a wide variety of musical genres that Filipinos have.

In HK for example, its mostly Canto-pop or rock when it comes to the local music scene. Same with South Korea where its mostly either pop, rock or hip-hop.

Pinoy Pop Music can be shortened to *ding ding ding* P-Pop!

South Korea also has a lot of Christian Contemporary, Trot, Jazz and Ballads on top of Rock, Rap, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Dance Pop and Pop. That's why you hear of K-Jazz, K-Ballads, K-Rock, K-CCM etc. We have a diverse range of songs, but we're certainly not the only one. That's why we need to try and tackle every area of music.

:yes: I concur with all 5 points! Esp 3 & 5. About Sony, yea immediately the day after I posted a young Lea Salonga singing an old lullaby, Sony declared the vid as "blocked" in the country where I'm at right now. WTH, an OPM esp an old Kundiman like Sa Ugoy ng Duyan is public domain imho. Why should a Japanese conglomerate extend ownership to a heritage song for heaven's sakes.

No offense to that vid up there. Yea the song is nice but the vid looks like everyone in it had turned into cartoon characters. :rofl:
I can't put a finger on any example, but oooh you know... those North Asian cartoon imports that tries so hard to have European settings with li'l boys & girls having big saucer-like eyes and dialogues dubbed in monotonous english or tagalog. awww gee cripes. :lol: :lol: :lol:

You might be surprised that the director here is the infamous Treb Montreras who usually makes the nicest videos :lol:

Hindi ata sanay sa R&B and upbeat pop :ohno:

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I think what foremost has to be done is KILL the excessive revivals. Many are getting sick of it, hence, turning to other countries pop music. And also diversify the genres. ATM,the maintstream genres are acoustic, rock and ballads. Nakakasawa.

In the mid 2000, during the rock band revival(aka the return of Bamboo Manalac XDD), CD sales went up, music videos became better. Before that, videos were sing-look at the camera. Now, we have MVs with stories(Michael Jackson influence - which we now see in MANY videos foreign and local). Until it became excessive and new rock bands started to sound the same. Same witht he acoustic scene. When MYMP hit it big, everybody wanted to sound like them, worse, everybody sdid what they were doing - revivals. Even our known and looked up to veterans, sadly did the same rather than trying to offer something new to OPM



Every music forum I go to, younger generation Filipinos get really tired of hearing P-Pop being referred to as a clone. I mean seriously, give our country a break! I know we're not known for being the most creative, but when we do try something new - give us a chance!

Thailand has T-Pop, Korea has K-Pop, Japan has J-Pop, Chinese people have Mando-Pop - the name isn't the problem. Nobody started yelling at China for having C-Pop. The Philippines MORE than deserves to have its own pop scene. Everybody says the rest of Asia "copied" J-Pop. Well, guess what: America started pop in the first place, so technically Japan "copied" pop and called it "J-Pop."

Honestly, unless you copy the SAME exact song - P-Pop isn't copying anything. Did anybody copyright pop? No. It's a genre of music for people of all countries to enjoy. Filipinos are fully entitled to having our own flavor of pop music. Pop is the genre, and the country it comes form is the Philippines. Therefore Philippines + Pop = P-Pop. OPM is more of an all encompassing term for any music that comes form the Philippines.

The problem isn't in the name of our industry, it's in the name and composition of the groups. The names are seriously gross - Gigger Boys? What the heck is a gigger? Didn't anybody realize that it's one letter away from the "n-word" as well? Has anybody ever seen them dance? They always fall on the ground, roll around and jump up a lot. You know what else falls on the ground, rolls around and jumps around? Monkeys. What about the Pop Girls? They're actually getting decent, but if you want to rant about names - this is another one to rant about. Somebody earlier made an analogy to naming a rock band "Rock Band." That's a great comparison. Seriously, that's the best we could do? It's like they made a solid effort to embarrass themselves. I can at least give it to XLR8 for coming up with a real name. All of our pop groups seem to end in "boys" and "girls." When you look at the group, hasn't their gender already been established? Gigger Boys, Pop Girls, Mocha Girls, Kanto Boys ... must I name more? Unless you can come up with something that is CREATIVE with the word "girls" and "boys," are the girls and guys in our country really that indistinguishable that they have to include their gender in the name?

Groups like the Mocha Girls who dress like whores and sing in English with a deep roaring voice aren't attractive - at all. There are SOOOO many other groups like that with girls who can't dance in tight leather bikinis. It's actually a turn off. The prostitutes in our country ALREADY look that, and they can put on the same kind of show - why does our mainstream music culture have to reflect something that you can find at the local bar? It's beyond typical, and it reflects ZERO creativity and effort. When it comes to pop, people in this day and age are attracted to talent and class. They're moved by catchy beats, tasteful clothes, good voices and good dancing that could match with it. Let's face it, anybody can wear tight leather clothes, sing in an obnoxiously deep voice and just sway their hips at the same time. Just gather a few of your friends and go to a KTV - you can be a mocha girl. From what I can tell, talent agencies just look for half decent looking people, and they don't even bother training them for a decent period of time so they can debut with everything that it takes to be a pop star. After they find the person, they dress them in weird clothes or dominatrix clothes, they give them a song with probably 1 layer of rhythm, and without any other training (like dance training) they just throw them out on stage a month or two later. These talents that we find need training and polishing - nobody's a ready-made/out-of-the-box pop star.

From a country that won the world hip hop championship and produced great singers like Charice - why do we settle for an unprofessional pop industry? :doh: We shouldn't!

Very well said. Ironically though, the same company who had the the Viva Hot Babes and masculados gave OPM something new.

Besides, if you listen to other XLR8 songs, they sound more like Europop of the 90's than Kpop. Besides, the group has a promising composer. The strongest tracks in the album are by MJ Magno

I Love You Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuolCYH0gvM&feature=related

Dance With Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C95Qg0c72vw

Miss Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8v93920Zjk

Precious Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRYXZ7ItqJg

Tonight's the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3tSSfoh8O4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl8I12BIG8Y&feature=related -->gaydar alert though XDD

Throw in some bubble gum pop - I Wish Lang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5n5zYHu0z4&feature=related


Admittedly, they seem to riding through the Kpop trend but I aint complaining. it isn't a bad thing per se. When korea started with their girls and boy bands, it was the height of the US and European boyband craze. In OPM, they're really something 'fresh'. What we have in the mainstream is either rock or birit ballad which is really...tiring. Esp the birit. Now, we have a group that do falsettos at some point(when needed only) but it doesn't come to the point of the eardrum breaking belting that our solo male and female singers do.

I think Viva is actually listening....a little bit

Aside from True Love(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr-cIaLEldI), this is the only decent song they have(not in the album)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2H0MS1QgoY

Now, Viva has to repackage them - new name perhaps and a better stylist PLEASE. I've seen their off stage pics and they dress decently. On stage, you'll mistake them as kids going to the gym. Seriously, XLR8 and Pop Girls need better stylists. ^_^

And better choreographer. Who ever is XLR8 choreographer :bash:

But still, it's a good start. Since the transformation of Jolina Magdangal, the kind of dance music we had had been senseless novelties(that at times have double meaning). They may not be as appealing as their Korean and Japanese counterparts but we'll get there.

I think we have something that they don't have. Apart from BigBang, I don't know any Korean or Japanese boy band that had a FULL composition in their DEBUT album. Until now Arashi hasn't composed or ever written their own song. DBSK has started writing and composing their own in like their fourth or was it their third album?

But the three I provided about are full compositions of MJ Magno. And from what I have heard, he's got like 40+ compositions and iaccording to him, it's okay if he'll write all the songs of the group:lol: How many 'boybands' do you guys know that write or are even allowed to include their compositions in their DEBUT album?

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If ever this kind of pop succeeds, I hope none of our entertainment companies will be like the slave companies of Kpop.

before I end this post: The XLR8 twins on AllKStar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4o3yzfZcqU

if he wrote those songs he will probably think about goin solo as well ala justin timberlake :lol:

I don't think they look like cartoon characters. They look like humans to me.



Pinoy Pop Music can be shortened to *ding ding ding* P-Pop!

South Korea also has a lot of Christian Contemporary, Trot, Jazz and Ballads on top of Rock, Rap, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Dance Pop and Pop. That's why you hear of K-Jazz, K-Ballads, K-Rock, K-CCM etc. We have a diverse range of songs, but we're certainly not the only one. That's why we need to try and tackle every area of music.

The Philippines has Noise, Trip-Hop, Jazz, Electronica, underground jungle, Rock, Progressive Rock, Powerpop, Twee Pop, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, hiphop, beatboxing, spoken word, ballads, kundiman, death metal, metal, Dream rock, house...

The only thing we don't have is pop... :D

Nagstart na tayo noon eh... UMD.. Vanna Vanna... but it never caused a tide...

@Nabartek, Treb makes decent music videos. He also directed Kung Wala Na Nga by SixCycleMind and a whole bevy of music videos in the past (he also directed South Border's The Show.)

Sana nga magtagumpay ang XLR8. I'm a fan of them in Facebook. I don't really want them to make tides that much (I don't expect much) but I would like them to really succeed and cause a wave in this strange industry.

XLR8 needs to dance better AS A GROUP and stop lipsyncing. I know some of their members actually know how to sing very well. They should really utilize their resources.

The Philippines has Noise, Trip-Hop, Jazz, Electronica, underground jungle, Rock, Progressive Rock, Powerpop, Twee Pop, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, hiphop, beatboxing, spoken word, ballads, kundiman, death metal, metal, Dream rock, house...

The only thing we don't have is pop... :D

Also reggae and ska. Cebu is the reggae capital of the east.

Pinoy has pop music, lots of them. But they don't have the quality compared back to the 80s during Gary V's reign. He is still the king of pinoy pop music.

No pinoy pop track can beat this
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^^Everytime I hear Reggae, I think of Boracay, although mostly chill out and house na ang music dun.

^^Everytime I hear Reggae, I think of Boracay, although mostly chill out and house na ang music dun.

I have never been to Boracay so I wouldn't know. But it seems that Cebu has a thriving reggae scene with plenty of bands coming from there.

Also reggae and ska. Cebu is the reggae capital of the east.

Pinoy has pop music, lots of them. But they don't have the quality compared back to the 80s during Gary V's reign. He is still the king of pinoy pop music.

No pinoy pop track can beat this
fwAH4CXBaWw

1:18 is the coolest thing ever.

@Wanch it's not a music video but a mishmash from his eponymous film 'di bale na lang (sold for a measly 50 pesos in SM North.)

And punk in the Philippines was thriving, even during the Marcos years!

Urban Bandits - Nagpapapansin Pansinin
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You might be surprised that the director here is the infamous Treb Montreras who usually makes the nicest videos :lol:

Hindi ata sanay sa R&B and upbeat pop :ohno:

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I think what foremost has to be done is KILL the excessive revivals. Many are getting sick of it, hence, turning to other countries pop music. And also diversify the genres. ATM,the maintstream genres are acoustic, rock and ballads. Nakakasawa.

Besides, if you listen to other XLR8 songs, they sound more like Europop of the 90's than Kpop. Besides, the group has a promising composer. The strongest tracks in the album are by MJ Magno

Admittedly, they seem to riding through the Kpop trend but I aint complaining. it isn't a bad thing per se. When korea started with their girls and boy bands, it was the height of the US and European boyband craze. In OPM, they're really something 'fresh'. What we have in the mainstream is either rock or birit ballad which is really...tiring. Esp the birit. Now, we have a group that do falsettos at some point(when needed only) but it doesn't come to the point of the eardrum breaking belting that our solo male and female singers do.

I think Viva is actually listening....a little bit

Aside from True Love(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr-cIaLEldI), this is the only decent song they have(not in the album)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2H0MS1QgoY

Now, Viva has to repackage them - new name perhaps and a better stylist PLEASE. I've seen their off stage pics and they dress decently. On stage, you'll mistake them as kids going to the gym. Seriously, XLR8 and Pop Girls need better stylists. ^_^

And better choreographer. Who ever is XLR8 choreographer :bash:

But still, it's a good start. Since the transformation of Jolina Magdangal, the kind of dance music we had had been senseless novelties(that at times have double meaning). They may not be as appealing as their Korean and Japanese counterparts but we'll get there.

I think we have something that they don't have. Apart from BigBang, I don't know any Korean or Japanese boy band that had a FULL composition in their DEBUT album. Until now Arashi hasn't composed or ever written their own song. DBSK has started writing and composing their own in like their fourth or was it their third album?

But the three I provided about are full compositions of MJ Magno. And from what I have heard, he's got like 40+ compositions and iaccording to him, it's okay if he'll write all the songs of the group:lol: How many 'boybands' do you guys know that write or are even allowed to include their compositions in their DEBUT album?

If ever this kind of pop succeeds, I hope none of our entertainment companies will be like the slave companies of Kpop.

Oh yeah I totally agree. I noticed that all the good songs on the disc were written by him. Their debut song was ... ehhhh. I found it corny that they rented out a laser extreme studio to film it in though LOL.

I won't say it's bad thing that we're riding on the wave of Korea's boy and girl band craze. The entire Eastern world has been taken away by it - even places in Europe and America go crazyyy over K-Pop and J-Pop. It's fun watching all these Asian boy/girl bands travel to different countries, and as soon as they step out of the airport fan girls and boys are drooling and screaming behind the stanchions screaming their names. You don't know how much I'd kill for a Filipino band to get that kind of attention!

I think it's cute watching all these Americans put sing/dance covers of Asian pop songs on youtube. This same group of people who loves K-Pop is not actually not Korea-centric like how most people believe. They're willing to listen to pop from any Asian country - they're just as likely to listen to T-Pop or Mando-Pop because it's similar and just as foreign to them. If you ask me, I think P-Pop could gain the same fame. We just really need to give more attention to our pop scene (indie is not enough - we need to bring it to the mainstream spotlight) - and we need to hire people with decent experience. Our current beat masters and choreographers are no where close to cutting it right now. I'm dead serious when I say I've seen garage bands and amateur dance pop-dance students come up with better stuff.

As far as stylists go - the mocha girls and all of those hostess groups are a definite no. The Pop girls are dressed to look like overly colorful obese Persian rugs. XLR8 kind of lacks in creativity, but at least they're not overbearing or gigolo looking. That I admire!

I think you're definitely right about revivals. It's the regurgitation of music, and it just says, "We lack creativity, so we'll just continue to remake old songs with new people and sing other people's music." We come up with more revivals than we can handle, and seeing things like "Piolo Pascual Sings the Hits of the '60's, '70's and '80's," will naturally make people turn their head away from our music industry. Honestly, I still have yet to meet the person that's so crazy over revival songs that we need to have artists who only sing other people's music. The original is almost always the best, and shame to anyone who believes they can ride their way to fame on somebody else's hard work. The world doesn't work that way.

I have never been to Boracay so I wouldn't know. But it seems that Cebu has a thriving reggae scene with plenty of bands coming from there.

Yeah the reggae mood is palpable in Boracay.. kaya nga medyo naiirita na din ako, but yea, chill out music na din ang ibang establishments ala cafe del mar. :D

^^ Kung chill-out na lang, Nyko Maca or Chillitees...

@epik il ian, I feel that pop these days, despite the dynamism, is beginning to look, feel, and sound stale. Personally, pop these days have that same old tune in it.

However, I find these music personally relaxing and I would recommend it to you and me:

Merzbow - I'm coming to the garden, no sound no memory...

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OK, let's move on to other forms of media. Nag-post lang ako ng XLR8 nag-give birth pa to many different discussions...

^^ The current scene of pop is starting to stale a LITTLE bit. I'll agree with that. However, it's still at its height right now. It's nowhere near being forgotten or disliked by most. Pop will still evolve, and it won't die - so all we have to do is keep ourselves and our groups up to date. Otherwise, we'll forever be stuck with bands who come out with music that could've been made 10 years ago. The Pop Girls Crazy Crazy music video? That would've been okay if it were 2000 - not 2010.

^^ I have to personally disagree with you. Crazy Crazy as a beat is good. The Music Video is EVIL. Mas bagay pang mind soundtrack yung Crazy Crazy habang nagrarampa ang isang dalaga. But the music video effing sucks.

I watched a few Thai MVs and while most are decent, they are no less copying from Koreans (Don't mistake my lurking knowledge of Waii, Four Mod, Seven Days, etc etc but I'm no loyal follower.) Koreans in turn copy from the Japanese style and the American style of music. The Japanese had been eclectic music innovators but these days, their music had shown varying degrees of staleness and innovation.

Balang araw, the music industry will be leaning to the noise music style as I proposed above. but as for Pinoy music, I hope that if we continue riding the bandwagon, we have to rise above the norm. Pinoys are picky, quick to aim types who are hard to please sometimes.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2010: THE NEW MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED TRAILER COMES WITH ADDED LANDIS, CORMAN AND DANTE!


by Todd Brown, August 16, 2010 9:41 PM

[Trailer disappeared briefly due to too many breasts for YouTube. It's back now with a happier home in the Twitch video player and this post back to the top of the page accordingly.]

Bringing more breasts per minute than any other film at the Toronto International Film Festival, or so I presume, Mark Hartley's Machete Maidens Unleashed does for the history of Filipino-shot B-film what Hartley's previous feature - Not Quite Hollywood - did for Australia.

From the early '70s well into the '90s the Philippines was a back-lot for a bevy of B-movie mavericks and cinema visionaries alike. The country was utilized for its inexpensive labour, exotic locations and distinct lack of rules. A large body of genre work emerged that somehow managed to capture the raw, chaotic energy of contemporary Filipino culture. These productions (a cavalcade of monster movies, jungle prison movies, blaxploitation and kung fu hybrids) were miraculously made at a time when the country's political situation was repressive at best.

MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED! is the ultimate insiders' account of genre filmmaking in the Philippines. A role call of local and international survivors from this period have been interviewed, all adding their distinct and honest account of this Devil-may-care school of filmmaking. Sitting alongside the talking heads are a dazzling array of outrageous film clips from key Filipino titles.

The first promo for the film was built entirely out of clips from the source films talked about in the doc but with the first proper trailer we get more of a sense of how this plays out on the whole, including a good look at the interview segments with John Landis, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Jack Hill, Pete Tombs of Mondo Macabro and more. Yes, please. But not if you're at work or anywhere else breast-averse because there are plenty of them in the trailer below.

Watch the trailer here: Click! (http://twitchfilm.net/news/2010/08/tiff-2010-the-new-machete-maidens-unleashed-trailer-comes-with-added-landis-corman-and-dante.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TwitchEverything+(Twitch:+Everything))

^^ Do not forget the great Eddie Romero as well and Gosiengfiao who are also B-movie greats.

^^ Do not forget the great Eddie Romero as well and Gosiengfiao who are also B-movie greats.

op kors. but my all time favorite Pinoy director would be Mike de Leon. Hands down. :D

I am still looking for a copy of Aliwan Paradise.

@Wanch it's not a music video but a mishmash from his eponymous film 'di bale na lang (sold for a measly 50 pesos in SM North.)

We are talking about the song, not the video. And its a pinoy pop classic.

new show to be watch on tv5.....

lady dada......
my driver sweet lover(first teleserye of tv5)
star factor
wanda(sitcom starring eugene domingo)
face to face anthology drama

guys have u heard the news.......................

the government is planning to sell the channel IBC and RPN to either to ayala or san miguel.....nice f this happens.......more channel to be watch nationwide...free channel!

guys have u heard the news.......................

the government is planning to sell the channel IBC and RPN to either to ayala or san miguel.....nice f this happens.......more channel to be watch nationwide...free channel!

Agree that there is a need to sell these channels. More free channels owned by highly capable Pinoy corporations will give us more alternatives.:):)



No rush in privatizing RPN 9, IBC 13 — Palace

August 17, 2010, 6:46pm
Manila Bulletin

MANILA (PNA) — Malacañang will refrain from rushing privatization of sequestered television stations Radio Philippines Network (RPN-9) and Inter-Continental Broadcasting Corp. (IBC-13).

Communications group Sec. Herminio Coloma gave this assurance, noting Malacanang wants government to comply with procedures required in privatizing assets like the two state-run stations.

"If there are pending cases involving either station, these must go through the judicial process," he said.

He said this will help ensure transactions covering such assets' sale to the private sector are above-board and free from legal hitches.

Malacañang acknowledged legal issues were among major concerns in privatizing RPN-9 and IBC -13 since both were under sequestration.

"Sequestration is the process of determining ownership of these outfits," Coloma said.

He said both stations could be privatized once this ownership issue is resolved.

"The final result of sequestration is orderly privatization," he said.

Government sequestered RPN-9 and IBC-13 after the 1986 People Power revolution toppled former president Ferdinand Marcos and his administration from power.

Authorities then sequestered the stations as they believed Marcos cronies owned these.

Both stations have been awaiting privatization since then.

Malacañang is optimistic this will happen.

"What we know is there are no hindrances to privatizing the two stations," Coloma said.

He said Malacanang is looking forward to having RPN 9 and IBC 13 privatized since government's mandate is to run one television station only-- the National Broadcasting Network (NBN 4), which Malacanang wants to transform into a world-class government media outfit.

Malacañang earlier planned to boost NBN 4's operations using funds from sale of RPN 9 and IBC 13. (PNA)

^^ I have to personally disagree with you. Crazy Crazy as a beat is good. The Music Video is EVIL. Mas bagay pang mind soundtrack yung Crazy Crazy habang nagrarampa ang isang dalaga. But the music video effing sucks.

I watched a few Thai MVs and while most are decent, they are no less copying from Koreans (Don't mistake my lurking knowledge of Waii, Four Mod, Seven Days, etc etc but I'm no loyal follower.) Koreans in turn copy from the Japanese style and the American style of music. The Japanese had been eclectic music innovators but these days, their music had shown varying degrees of staleness and innovation.

Balang araw, the music industry will be leaning to the noise music style as I proposed above. but as for Pinoy music, I hope that if we continue riding the bandwagon, we have to rise above the norm. Pinoys are picky, quick to aim types who are hard to please sometimes.

Ok, I'll give it to you: the back bone of Crazy Crazy - as in the melody - is decent. The beat layering is very dull though. It really only has one layer of beats, and it doesn't have any beat change-ups or fill elements between verses and choruses. It's rather dry and even throughout. And the music video was indeed a pity. I've seen some groups from the late 1990's to early 2000's come up with better music and dance moves without as much choreography skills and technology available.

The word copying has been overused lately. "The Thais copied this, The Koreans copied this, the Chinese copied this ..." etc.

Nobody copied anybody! If everybody was copying from each other nobody would be listening to all of the hot Asian pop groups right now, and we'd be hearing of lawsuits up the bunghole. Pop is a STYLE. You don't copy it! You can be a part of the style (much like how there are a lot of rock groups), and you can personalize it, but you don't copy it! Unless I see a Thai group that deliberately copies the dances moves of a Korean group or a Korean group copying the melody of a Japanese group or anything of the sort - nobody's copying! You can just as easily say we copied Spain for using the guitar or we copied the United States for having rock music. Yet, we don't see anybody making that case, now do we?

Oh yeah I totally agree. I noticed that all the good songs on the disc were written by him. Their debut song was ... ehhhh. I found it corny that they rented out a laser extreme studio to film it in though LOL.

I won't say it's bad thing that we're riding on the wave of Korea's boy and girl band craze. The entire Eastern world has been taken away by it - even places in Europe and America go crazyyy over K-Pop and J-Pop. It's fun watching all these Asian boy/girl bands travel to different countries, and as soon as they step out of the airport fan girls and boys are drooling and screaming behind the stanchions screaming their names. You don't know how much I'd kill for a Filipino band to get that kind of attention!

I think it's cute watching all these Americans put sing/dance covers of Asian pop songs on youtube. This same group of people who loves K-Pop is not actually not Korea-centric like how most people believe. They're willing to listen to pop from any Asian country - they're just as likely to listen to T-Pop or Mando-Pop because it's similar and just as foreign to them. If you ask me, I think P-Pop could gain the same fame. We just really need to give more attention to our pop scene (indie is not enough - we need to bring it to the mainstream spotlight) - and we need to hire people with decent experience. Our current beat masters and choreographers are no where close to cutting it right now. I'm dead serious when I say I've seen garage bands and amateur dance pop-dance students come up with better stuff.

As far as stylists go - the mocha girls and all of those hostess groups are a definite no. The Pop girls are dressed to look like overly colorful obese Persian rugs. XLR8 kind of lacks in creativity, but at least they're not overbearing or gigolo looking. That I admire!

I think you're definitely right about revivals. It's the regurgitation of music, and it just says, "We lack creativity, so we'll just continue to remake old songs with new people and sing other people's music." We come up with more revivals than we can handle, and seeing things like "Piolo Pascual Sings the Hits of the '60's, '70's and '80's," will naturally make people turn their head away from our music industry. Honestly, I still have yet to meet the person that's so crazy over revival songs that we need to have artists who only sing other people's music. The original is almost always the best, and shame to anyone who believes they can ride their way to fame on somebody else's hard work. The world doesn't work that way.

Revivals sells bucks in the first years but it dies :ohno:. I think many in our music industry had gone lazy.... yknow they prefer to sell their music the easy way.

As for XLR8 fashion, sometimes they look fine sometimes not. I can't help but laugh at their combat boots in SM Lipa.

^^ I have to personally disagree with you. Crazy Crazy as a beat is good. The Music Video is EVIL. Mas bagay pang mind soundtrack yung Crazy Crazy habang nagrarampa ang isang dalaga. But the music video effing sucks.

I watched a few Thai MVs and while most are decent, they are no less copying from Koreans (Don't mistake my lurking knowledge of Waii, Four Mod, Seven Days, etc etc but I'm no loyal follower.) Koreans in turn copy from the Japanese style and the American style of music. The Japanese had been eclectic music innovators but these days, their music had shown varying degrees of staleness and innovation.

Balang araw, the music industry will be leaning to the noise music style as I proposed above. but as for Pinoy music, I hope that if we continue riding the bandwagon, we have to rise above the norm. Pinoys are picky, quick to aim types who are hard to please sometimes.

I've seen a couple of Thai MV and my impression...Korean inspired but I aint bashing. I noticed that some also adopted the Korean style of having non-Thai(full) in their group -- example is K-otic. They have one full Korean in the group.

Dayum, ATM I think the Thais fare better at us in most departments. Their videos, though not yet at par with Kpop, are better than ours and the dancing very synchronized. Videos and synchronization are what our new Pop Groups have to work on.

As for the new pop groups, In really do hope Viva and other companies(esp ABS and GMA) do take it seriously coz the potential is really there. Oh well, I'm leaning more into Viva coz it seems that ABS and GMA aren't that serious. They pop groups are composed of already known personalities(*Sh3 and A-pop). I really think Sam Conception and Young JV are better off doing pop music solo. :nuts:

From what I noticed about the P-pop bashing, it's most young Filipinos. They even argue that the Taglish style is copied from Koreans. Oh noes, if they take their time listening to 70s-90-s OPM. :cheers: I jump from music forum to music forum and for most part, non-Filipinos are okay with them. Sometimes, big fans. The positive thing here is: some Fil-Ams who are close to losing their consciousness about their Filipino heritage have grown interest in the Fil culture again and 'half' Filipinos are getting t be more 'Filipino' through this emergence of pop culture.

The ones accusing P-pop of copying are themselves copies of Kpop's anti-culture. I'm not sure about the Pop Girls but XLR8 does have a solid anti group and they call themselves 'Frictionites'. And yes, they have gatherings. They were even planning to boo on XLR8 on the KCF but such acts weren't permitted.

Viva is coming up with a new group. I hope their style is different from XLR8 and Pop Girls. And definitely not burlesque like Masculados or Viva Hot Babes XDD

If I may, I hope Viva puts through some of the XLR8 boys in speech class as some words aren't properly pronounced in some songs and hopefully public speaking. Coz it's like only Kiko is doing the talking in interviews.

^what group?

thai has all-tranny groups

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ggrbe4s8jxA/TEY2RLhEjgI/AAAAAAAACYY/dY06Ra58qYE/s1600/Clip_16.jpg

i think we need to look at another model for comparison :lol:
because i do not wan't to fall to that same line

apart from the one in the middle, they look legit :nuts:

thai has all-tranny groups

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ggrbe4s8jxA/TEY2RLhEjgI/AAAAAAAACYY/dY06Ra58qYE/s1600/Clip_16.jpg

i think we need to look at another model for comparison :lol:
because i do not wan't to fall to that same line

It's amazing how good they are at tranny conversions O_O. Some of them look legit!

Revivals sells bucks in the first years but it dies :ohno:. I think many in our music industry had gone lazy.... yknow they prefer to sell their music the easy way.

As for XLR8 fashion, sometimes they look fine sometimes not. I can't help but laugh at their combat boots in SM Lipa.



I've seen a couple of Thai MV and my impression...Korean inspired but I aint bashing. I noticed that some also adopted the Korean style of having non-Thai(full) in their group -- example is K-otic. They have one full Korean in the group.

Dayum, ATM I think the Thais fare better at us in most departments. Their videos, though not yet at par with Kpop, are better than ours and the dancing very synchronized. Videos and synchronization are what our new Pop Groups have to work on.

As for the new pop groups, In really do hope Viva and other companies(esp ABS and GMA) do take it seriously coz the potential is really there. Oh well, I'm leaning more into Viva coz it seems that ABS and GMA aren't that serious. They pop groups are composed of already known personalities(*Sh3 and A-pop). I really think Sam Conception and Young JV are better off doing pop music solo. :nuts:

From what I noticed about the P-pop bashing, it's most young Filipinos. They even argue that the Taglish style is copied from Koreans. Oh noes, if they take their time listening to 70s-90-s OPM. :cheers: I jump from music forum to music forum and for most part, non-Filipinos are okay with them. Sometimes, big fans. The positive thing here is: some Fil-Ams who are close to losing their consciousness about their Filipino heritage have grown interest in the Fil culture again and 'half' Filipinos are getting t be more 'Filipino' through this emergence of pop culture.

The ones accusing P-pop of copying are themselves copies of Kpop's anti-culture. I'm not sure about the Pop Girls but XLR8 does have a solid anti group and they call themselves 'Frictionites'. And yes, they have gatherings. They were even planning to boo on XLR8 on the KCF but such acts weren't permitted.

Viva is coming up with a new group. I hope their style is different from XLR8 and Pop Girls. And definitely not burlesque like Masculados or Viva Hot Babes XDD

If I may, I hope Viva puts through some of the XLR8 boys in speech class as some words aren't properly pronounced in some songs and hopefully public speaking. Coz it's like only Kiko is doing the talking in interviews.

Can't say no to this! You made some really good points.

op kors. but my all time favorite Pinoy director would be Mike de Leon. Hands down. :D

I am still looking for a copy of Aliwan Paradise.

How do we define "B-movies"? I didn't know the likes of De Leon and Romero are categorized as B-movie directors, not even Gosiengfiao. I know that those action movies done by Cirio Santiago with foreign actors (with local actors mostly as supports) using local settings were categorized as such, and so as that of Ace Cruz's "Outrage" starring Michael Madsen.

^^ Parang iba naman yun, I'm not so sure but some would call some movies as "z-movies."

Nobody copied anybody! If everybody was copying from each other nobody would be listening to all of the hot Asian pop groups right now, and we'd be hearing of lawsuits up the bunghole. Pop is a STYLE. You don't copy it! You can be a part of the style (much like how there are a lot of rock groups), and you can personalize it, but you don't copy it! Unless I see a Thai group that deliberately copies the dances moves of a Korean group or a Korean group copying the melody of a Japanese group or anything of the sort - nobody's copying! You can just as easily say we copied Spain for using the guitar or we copied the United States for having rock music. Yet, we don't see anybody making that case, now do we?

OK, sorry for using the word, I'll use the more apt one, "influenced."

How do we define "B-movies"? I didn't know the likes of De Leon and Romero are categorized as B-movie directors, not even Gosiengfiao. I know that those action movies done by Cirio Santiago with foreign actors (with local actors mostly as supports) using local settings were categorized as such, and so as that of Ace Cruz's "Outrage" starring Michael Madsen.

Oh I did not categorize De Leon as a B-Movie director. I just said I liked him.


A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature. Although the U.S. production of movies intended as second features largely ceased by the end of the 1950s, the term B movie continued to be used in the broader sense it maintains today. In its post–Golden Age usage, there is ambiguity on both sides of the definition: on the one hand, many B movies display a high degree of craft and aesthetic ingenuity; on the other, the primary interest of many inexpensive exploitation films is prurient. In some cases, both are true.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_movie

A-Pop lol such a kpop clone!! not
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I had just emailed frickin' Sony Music Philippines regarding deleting another of their artists' music videos and blocking it. all I could say, P****NG IN* NYO and you can't even replace those videos?

To be honest, I've been buying their CDs and this is what they give us PAYING LISTENERS? Nakakabwisit na talaga ginagawa nila.

So far we only have Christian Bautista as our musical (pop) export. It seems ballads are appealing to our Southeast Asian neighbors. It helped that Bautista is good looking. :lol:

paki extract ang "Christian Bautista"

Why extract Christian? As much as I got tired of his musical style and constant revivals lately, I'm still happy that Indonesians are well, into him. XD

rico blanco's song neon lights made it to kong kong's internatoni chart
http://www.ricoblanco.com.ph/pics/hongkongresults.jpg

Better than nothing.:)

kong kong daw sabi ni linnlinn.

^^ And that, is not like the other bands who spend a lot for promotions.

Sikat pa ba si April Boy?

Sikat pa ba si April Boy?

dito sa SSC sikat na, dami na yang nasupalpal dito. hehe:lol::lol:

dito sa SSC sikat na, dami na yang nasupalpal dito. hehe:lol::lol:

Si April Boy Regino ang tinutukoy ko pre pero kilala ko rin si April Boy na yan sa Philippine Defense Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62383973&postcount=571) dahil muntik ng ma-lock yung thread namin dahil sa kanya!

Si April Boy Regino ang tinutukoy ko pre pero kilala ko rin si April Boy na yan sa Philippine Defense Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62383973&postcount=571) dahil muntik ng ma-lock yung thread namin dahil sa kanya!

^^ Alam ko nman kung sino tinutukoy mo. :D Anyway alam ko si April Boy the singer ay nasa US na...

:D

^^ Alam ko nman kung sino tinutukoy mo. :D Anyway alam ko si April Boy the singer ay nasa US na...

:D

Singer pa rin ba sya doon o gasoline boy na:D

^^ ung anak nya singer na ata dyan sa Pinas, mukhang Korean nga eh...:D

^^ ung anak nya singer na ata dyan sa Pinas, mukhang Korean nga eh...:D

amoy kimchi din?:D

di ko kayang tanggapin:D:lol:

amoy kimchi din?:D

di ko kayang tanggapin:D:lol:

di naman 4d ang TV ko para maamoy ko pa...:D

isa pa, di naman lahat ng koreano amoy kimchi...:lol:

^^ Alam ko nman kung sino tinutukoy mo. :D Anyway alam ko si April Boy the singer ay nasa US na...

:D

Nanghahagis pa din siguro ng granada, este, ng baseball cap.

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eto yung nag#1 sa HK.
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talagang malakas ang alternative rock sa pinas....

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^^ ung anak nya singer na ata dyan sa Pinas, mukhang Korean nga eh...:D

No comment na ako dyan, :D

I think I can form a list of words that should never be mentioned at SSC otherwise an online lynch mob comes attacking. Strangely none of those words include an expletive. :lol:

Nag artista ba yung anak ni April Boy the singer?

^^ I don't think so. Ang alam ko lang na jukebox artist na ang anak eh naging singer din o artista is Victor Wood's son Simon.

interesting
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try these
maryzark- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Vgv0KhImc
faspitch- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kJ2ljjMNu4
salamin- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTBKDNyI7Cs
typecast- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5ZKO5gOwM
franco- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ0fRr0cMMI
the camerawalls- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3r3PEvqEWM

^^ I already had those posted en masse in the Asian music thread.

wher's that?

I also posted them in my own thread in another forum lol

It's in the Asian Skybar thread.

One of my favorites, repost...

ff-saaiHUPk

MOST. EPIC. FAIL. MEDIA. COVERAGE. EVERRRR! :ohno:

Self-regulation pinatupad sa coverage ng ABS-CBN sa hostage crisis

Pasado alas-10 ng umaga, nang natanggap ng ABS-CBN ang report na may hostage-taking sa Quirino Grandstand.

Alas-11 ng umaga, ini-ere ng ABS-CBN ang inisyal na impormasyon na aming natanggap.

Tumambad na rin sa publiko ang unang footage.

Pasado alas-dos ng hapon, nakapanayam ng aming kasamang si Jorge Cariño ang hostage taker na si Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza pero hindi ito agad ini-ere at tapos na ang krisis nang ilabas ito.

Alas-tres ng hapon, humingi ng taga-media ang hostage taker. Hindi pumayag ang ABS-CBN kahit pa nakapanayam na siya ng ibang radio stations.

Sa buong maghapong pagmonitor ng ABS-CBN sa sitwasyon, kahit minsan walang utos na dumating mula sa mga awtoridad na itigil ng media ang coverage.

Wala ring pinagkasunduang guidelines mula sa mga awtoridad. Kusang nilimitahan ng ABS-CBN management ang mga footage na ini-ere nito dahil posibleng gamitin ito ng hostage taker para ma-monitor ang mga awtoridad.

Nang magla-live na sa TV Patrol ang kapatid ng hostage-taker na si Senior Police Officer 2 Gregorio Mendoza, nagulat na lamang ang lahat nang magwala siya dahil dadamputin daw siya ng mga pulis.

Nang sapilitan nga siyang isama ng mga pulis kinailangang idokumento ng media ang mga pangyayari.

Naging mabilis ang mga sumunod na eksena.

Nang lusubin na ng mga pulis bus at hiniling sa media na magpatay ng ilaw, ginawa ito ng ABS-CBN.

Lumabo man ang mga footage, kinailangan itong gawin dahil maraming buhay ang nasa peligro.

Dahil sensitibo ang istoryang isinasapubliko ng media, importante sa ABS-CBN News ang self-regulation lalo na kung wala namang panuntunang pinaiiral ang mga awtoridad sa pagharap sa sitwasyon.

Tungkulin ng media ang makatotohanang pagbabalita pero sa panahong kaligtasan na ang nakasalalay, walang kuwestyon sa media na buhay ang parating mananaig. – Jing Castañeda, Patrol ng

^^ Self-regulation? WTF. The public knew what they fed the airwaves. That was a very clear case of irresponsible journalism. :ohno:

With that kind of shameless programming, our media outlets had again proven themselves to be douchebags and mindless buffoons. They should have acted with restraint rather than acting like complete idiots reporting everything. Freedom of the press? Freedom from the zoo prolly!

What we need is freedom with responsibility. Freedom with a sound mind. Kaya ang daming napapatay na mediamen dito because of their actions. Sure, the Ampatuan massacre may have been the height of it all, but can you remember countless actions like the Peninsula siege that they were acting idiotically. Tama lang na ipadampot sila.

Kahit na di sabihin na walang news blackout, sino ba naman sa tamang katinuan ang magrereport ng ganitong kasensitibong BS?

I think we really have to practice selective censorship in this country.

Well what do u expect? All they care about is profit and ratings. Who cares about sensitivity towards the victims and the nation as a whole? They should not have shown shots of victims in stretchers being carried to the ambulance, theyre victims at least show some respect. I always think isa ang media sa pagkakabulok ng society natin. What with their constant bombardment of immoral stuffs to the public. Sex, violence, scandal is always the norm for them. Kaya ang mga kabataan lumalaki na ang akala tama ang maging immoral at mag sex kahit bata pa. Ang manigarilyo at mag shabu ay cool. Ang pagkakaroon ng maraming mistress ay macho. Enough with the media already, im for the restriction or at least a tighter control on press freedom.

Next time the media need a total cooperation with the local police if some media blackout needed, blocking all the video access in the area.

si michae lfajatin iniinterview yung mga sniper while ngyayari yun.. stk tsk tsk

Next time the media need a total cooperation with the local police if some media blackout needed, blocking all the video access in the area.

On the other hand, next time the police should have a guideline ready for such eventualities and instruct the media swift and accordingly.

si michae lfajatin iniinterview yung mga sniper while ngyayari yun.. stk tsk tsk

but his report was only shown afterward AFAIK... kaya wala ring alam si mendoza tungkol duon sa mga snipers..

Grabe lang si Maria Ressa hugas kamay. Buti pa ang GMA news sort of inamin na may mali sila sa coverage.

Grabe talaga, nakakasuka ang panghuhugas kamay ni Maria Ressa.

Grabe lang si Maria Ressa hugas kamay. Buti pa ang GMA news sort of inamin na may mali sila sa coverage.

Grabe talaga, nakakasuka ang panghuhugas kamay ni Maria Ressa.

Di ba yun sinasabi nuon na head (na foreigner) ng dirty yellow army propaganda machine ng LP nun?:lol::lol:

Bulok pa rin style.Palusot pa.

Eto na yan press release ng abs...

ABS-CBN statement on Aug. 23 hostage tragedy
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 08/26/2010 3:17 PM | Updated as of 08/26/2010 3:22 PM

Media's job is to tell the story, but no story is worth even one life.

We will always cooperate with authorities in trying to resolve complex situations like the Aug 23 hostage crisis.

If the government had called for a news blackout, ABS-CBN would have supported it.

We are done with an initial assessment of our coverage and continue to review our policies.

We exercised self-restraint on Monday:

1. We refused to air the hostage taker's threats live about a 3 pm deadline to avoid fuelling public fear.

2. We refused to air the hostage taker's interview until after negotiations were finished.

3. We refused to be part of hostage negotiations.

4. All throughout the day and until the first shots were aired, we kept our cameras 400 meters away from the bus, giving us shaky video that viewers complained about. Our teams never crossed the police line.

5. Although we had access to members of the police reaction team, we held back interviews which could compromise their plans and/or location.

6. After the police tried to arrest the hostage taker's brother, our team physically stepped back to comply with police request.

7. After the assault began, we tried to limit our shots to avoid showing police movements. We stayed with extreme close-ups or wide shots.

8. We immediately complied when police asked us to turn off our lights explaining the grainy shots viewers complained about.

9. We avoided tampering with evidence at crime scene. Instead, we asked Soco to shoot the video instead of entering the bus ourselves.

This wasn't enough.

We acknowledge airing a report that detailed the position of the police during the assault.

During the arrest of Gregorio Mendoza, we considered pulling away from the coverage but a man was crying for help.

In other countries around the world, governments set the ground rules for situations like this. One network cannot unilaterally declare a news blackout. Press freedom issues take a back seat during situations like this - where the government already has the power to define the terms to media.

We are taking the public's views to heart. Monday's tragic events triggered intense soul-searching for us. Such is the irony of a profession that wields so much power but relies entirely on self-doubt to gain --- and keep --- its credibility.

We ask our broadcast colleagues to join us in an industry review. Let us unite and work together to put in place measures to collectively decide when we stop live coverage in the absence of government presence of mind.

^^Sagot ko nyan:

Hugas kamay.

What credibility now? Tell that to the Tourism Industry. No further travel advisory you say? I think your live streaming fed to CNN and BBC is enough for people around the world to understand not to travel to the Philippines. What credibility? Tell that to the families of the dead Hong Kong and Canadian Nationals whose lives were jeopardised by your media coverage.

My God, kelan kayo matutong magsorry.

ows:D abs talaga wala na namn kasalanan:D

maria ressa needs to STFU. she's making herself stupid-ier everytime she says something!

maria ressa needs to STFU. she's making herself stupid-ier everytime she says something!

Well i dunno ifm anybody noticed that ever since maria rezza became head of abs cbn news dept, channel 2 has lost credibility. So many times have they got their facts wrong, names wrong, numbers wrong, pictures wrong and even spelling. Ilang beses a ba sila nakuryente sa maling news. Ilang beses na ren ba sila naging dahilan kaya napahamak ang isang sitwasyon. I tink being a former cnn reporter doesnt make her an excellent media person. But then abs-cbn is known for hiring the wrong people for the job. It has a list of controversial celebrities that were involve in several scandals in the past. Thers kris aquino and willie revilliame for starters then theres korina sanchez in the news dept.

well, i don't see it completely as the media's fault (although, they're part of it). It's the leadership and the police at fault here in the first place. Natakot si noy-noy sa media, kaya hindi sya nagpa-news blackout. Both GMA and ABS said that if the authorities wanted a blackout, they would have complied(daw). We have a very weak president, which is so dependent on his image (as presented by the media). Even Mayor Lim could have been the one to order the blackout, but he didn't. Its a fact, that all our politikos are afraid of the media. these are the times when you really miss GMA (only this instance though). lol

The Two of Us premieres Aug 31 on Singapore's Channel 5, Tuesday to Thursdays, 7pm to 8pm.

Hunks galore in The Two of Us
http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4298692
Catch Filipino heartthrobs Gerald Anderson and Jake Cuenca in The Two of Us, Channel 5’s newest drama offering


Gerald Anderson. Jake Cuenca.

Remember these two names. They could be the latest heartthrobs to hit the goggle box.

With eyes that melt your heart with one glance, well-toned bod, Filipino actors Jake and Gerald are set to take Singapore by storm when Ch5 screens the drama The Two of Us starting Aug 31.

Jake and Gerald started off as housemates in the Filipino version of Big Brother before going on to acting in several dramas.

Besides having the common point of being hunky, the two actors both have mixed heritage: Gerald is Filipino-American while Jake is Spanish-Filipino.

Jake is also a model and the 23-year-old made headlines recently when he bared his behind during a fashion show, to the delight of his female fans.



In The Two of Us, Jake and Gerald are two buddies with the same name who comes from two entirely different family backgrounds.

Things complicate when the two of them fall in love with the same woman, played by actress Kim Chiu, and after it was revealed that they are half-brothers.

Interestingly, Gerald is said to be dating co-star Kim Chiu in real life. The rumoured couple has paired up on screen several times and their chemistry proved to be a hit with audience.



In true celeb form, the duo has never confirmed if they are indeed dating.

^^Wow! "Tayong Dalawa" ay nasa Singapore na!!:)

Watch The Two of Us (Tayong Dalawa) Singapore trailers here. :)

http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/tv/channel-5/programmes/the-2-of-us.aspx?cp-documentid=4265925

Well i dunno ifm anybody noticed that ever since maria rezza became head of abs cbn news dept, channel 2 has lost credibility. So many times have they got their facts wrong, names wrong, numbers wrong, pictures wrong and even spelling. Ilang beses a ba sila nakuryente sa maling news. Ilang beses na ren ba sila naging dahilan kaya napahamak ang isang sitwasyon. I tink being a former cnn reporter doesnt make her an excellent media person. But then abs-cbn is known for hiring the wrong people for the job. It has a list of controversial celebrities that were involve in several scandals in the past. Thers kris aquino and willie revilliame for starters then theres korina sanchez in the news dept.

Definitely agree.

Maria ressa, kris aquino and willie revillame are the biggest mistakes of abs-cbn for me.:)

Watch The Two of Us (Tayong Dalawa) Singapore trailers here. :)

http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/tv/channel-5/programmes/the-2-of-us.aspx?cp-documentid=4265925

I hope naman it will dispel the ill light that some countries cast on us though.

Time to work to change the image of the nation!

^^Sagot ko nyan:

Hugas kamay.

What credibility now? Tell that to the Tourism Industry. No further travel advisory you say? I think your live streaming fed to CNN and BBC is enough for people around the world to understand not to travel to the Philippines. What credibility? Tell that to the families of the dead Hong Kong and Canadian Nationals whose lives were jeopardised by your media coverage.

My God, kelan kayo matutong magsorry.

Riain they could give all their points but one thing is certain- the damage has been done, and they deserve to be castigated. Bastards all the more.

^^ Interesting. Di ko man pinanood yung Tayong Dalawa. Maganda ba?

^^ I haven't watched it. But I hope its successful. ABSCBN's news department is a wreck but its promotions department for overseas viewing is laudable.

I've noticed na maganda lang sa programming ng both ABS and GMA ay ang mga documentaries. Napakaganda nila. I would say that is world class.

^^ Interesting. Di ko man pinanood yung Tayong Dalawa. Maganda ba?

oo maganda, maganda...si kim chiu...:D ung story ayos din, pero masyadong pinahaba, kaya medyo boring tuloy ung mga huling kabanata, except ung ending...:D:okay:

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oo maganda, maganda...si kim chiu...:D ung story ayos din, pero masyadong pinahaba, kaya medyo boring tuloy ung mga huling kabanata, except ung ending...:D:okay:

:cheers:

Alam mo naman mga pinoy dramas...

Dahil sa sinabi mong maganda si Kim chiu, may kakampi ka na mula sa MRT and LRT threads :D

^^ Yup, I definitely have to agree. Talo pa siguro mga documentaries ng NHK (I watched this NHK documentary but it doesn't even come close to ours sometimes.)

^^ I've seen Korean documentaries and they were really dull and boring.

Kanina, I saw Born to be Wild ng GMA. They did a segment on renewable energy in the Philippines. It was very interesting and entertaining while learning about so many things that I did know. :lol: Apparently, there's a plant in Los Banos that converts plastic into yero-shaped roofing material. Nice and it doesnt rust.

I'm watching the first ep of Tayong Dalawa right now. Apparently, it was already aired in Malaysia on Astro Prima (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Prima)

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Alam mo naman mga pinoy dramas...

Dahil sa sinabi mong maganda si Kim chiu, may kakampi ka na mula sa MRT and LRT threads :D

yeah, pati formula walang pinagkaiba: nawawalang kapatid/anak (spoiler)...:lol::nuts:

haha, di ko naman sinabing dyosa, maganda lang...:D

I'm watching the first ep of Tayong Dalawa right now. Apparently, it was already aired in Malaysia on Astro Prima (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Prima)


sige panoorin mo lang, madami-dami rin yan, mahigit 150 ep ata...:D

sosyal ang ABS-CBN ah. may American actor sila. daig pa ang SBS ng Korea.

pinanood ko yung Coffee House at yung foreign woman character nila napaka pangit. :|

WTF! Okay, first episode pa lang nalito na ako.

I thought she became pregnant for the first time from the American (David). And they were twins. One of them apparently died during birth. BUT now, the American offspring has an older brother. WTF!?!

WTF! Okay, first episode pa lang nalito na ako.

I thought she became pregnant for the first time from the American (David). And they were twins. One of them apparently died during birth. BUT now, the American offspring has an older brother. WTF!?!

nalito naman ako sa post mo (sinong she??)...:D older brother, you mean si coco martin?? ibang lalaki siya galing...:D

nalito naman ako sa post mo (sinong she??)...:D older brother, you mean si coco martin?? ibang lalaki siya galing...:D

oo ina ni coco martin at gerald. diba nauna siya nabuntis ng Amerikano? first episode pa lang nga eh. bata pa sila.

Mag-enjoy na lang kayo :D

Sa totoo lang, we should start really exploring this kind of business method, our own TV shows kahit na medyo maliit yung broadcasting rights. It's a bright promotion idea.

hehe. napaiyak ako ng konti ni batang kim chiu noong napatay niya kuya nya. napakalikot hahaha

ganda pala nito!!! di ko pinanood. T_T

oo ina ni coco martin at gerald. diba nauna siya nabuntis ng Amerikano? first episode pa lang nga eh. bata pa sila.

:doh: ay sorry!:D oo kasi naman nagbebenta ng laman si cherry pie sa angeles kaya naanakan twice haha...:D di ko na sasabihin ung iba, lilinaw din ang plot nyan enjoy!...:D:okay:

sosyal ang ABS-CBN ah. may American actor sila. daig pa ang SBS ng Korea.

pinanood ko yung Coffee House at yung foreign woman character nila napaka pangit. :|

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:doh: ay sorry!:D oo kasi naman nagbebenta ng laman si cherry pie sa angeles kaya naanakan twice haha...:D di ko na sasabihin ung iba, lilinaw din ang plot nyan enjoy!...:D:okay:

toink:D akala ko ba napanood mo yan pipi:D parang di mo rin alam, sabi mo lang lilinaw, pero hindi mo talaga alam:D

bwaahaha. ayan lumabas na, Rolando Mendoza was watching GMA 7 daw sa loob ng bus. pinagmamalaki pa ni maria ressa na ABS daw pinapanood nya, kapuso pala. (according to his radio interview during the hostage crisis)

^^wala akong matandaan na sinabi ni maria ressa na ABS ang pinapanood ni mendoza, ang alam ko pa nga e sinasabi nya na di ABS ang pinapanood ng hostage taker. :lol: i think most likely GMA nga ang pinapanood sa bus dahil mas maliwanag talaga ang signal ng GMA, halos lahat ng bus na nasasakyan ko GMA ang pinapanood dahil mas maayos ang signal nila.

and kung di ako nagkakamali, mas maaga nagstart ang coverage ng GMA by a few minutes, kaya siguro kapuso siya. hehehe. i read from maria ressa's twitter (or ANC's), na apparently daw mendoza was watching ABS.

^^Sagot ko nyan:

Hugas kamay.

What credibility now? Tell that to the Tourism Industry. No further travel advisory you say? I think your live streaming fed to CNN and BBC is enough for people around the world to understand not to travel to the Philippines. What credibility? Tell that to the families of the dead Hong Kong and Canadian Nationals whose lives were jeopardised by your media coverage.

My God, kelan kayo matutong magsorry.

^^Hindi lang ABS-CBN ang mag-sorry.. kasi sa GMA7 yata nanood si Mendoza dun sa bus..malabo signal ng ABS e. :cheers:

yup GMA ang pinanood ni mendoza. i think gma based sa rmn interview ni mendoza. grabe lang, kaya pala hindi matawagan ng mga police si mendoza kasi iniineterview nila sila. natigil lang sila sa paginterview sa cellphone nung nakita na ni mendoza na inaaresto ang kapatid nya.

which ever stationed ang pinanood ni mendoza that's beside the point kasi parepareho lang naman ang content ng palabas kahit saang channel nya ilipat. the issue here is ethics. lives were taken because of too much media interference. they were part of the problem.

^^nagpapagalingan kasi itong ABS-CBN at GMA7... mahilig sa mga "Exclusive" news... interview dito, interview dun... kayo hayun... kung naging maganda siguro ang naging resulta ng negotiation, baka ipinagmayabang pa nila ung exclusive interview nila... pero ngayon parang tikom bibig ang mga loko.

Kung gusto mo i-pa face to face natin yan ni tsang Amy...ehhee... nakakaloka ang mga episodes...bongga...gumaganda na ang rating ng shows.....

By the way guys.... gumaganda na rin ang production ng PO5 Keysa Party Pilipinas... Tingnan niyo ang Opening Number ng dalawang programa compare nyo,..hehehe....... Parang humahabol ang TV5 ah....hehehehehhe

^^Hindi lang ABS-CBN ang mag-sorry.. kasi sa GMA7 yata nanood si Mendoza dun sa bus..malabo signal ng ABS e. :cheers:

Lahat sila dapat magsorry. ABS CBN sa pagsira ng tourism industry natin at sa GMA dahil kung hindi sa lintik na ratings game na yan, buhay pa sana ang mga hostages.

Another Philippine Telenovela invasion. This time in Singapore. Premieres tonight Aug 31! :cheer:

http://sgstb.msn.com/i/E7/28DEA81E60DD32D4BAE683CF384C75.jpg

The Two of Us (http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/tv/channel-5/programmes/the-2-of-us.aspx?cp-documentid=4265925)

Premieres 31st August; Tuesdays to Thursdays, 7pm to 8pm

Two Men...

Sharing One Name...

Loving One Woman...

Dave and JR come from two different worlds. Dave is a rich kid who has everything but longs for his father's affection. JR comes from a poor family, doing whatever he can to help his mother and stepbrother survive. The two seem to have nothing in common but their name.

Dave is David M. Garcia, Jr. and JR is David D. Garcia, Jr.

Their paths first cross when one David Garcia is mistaken for the other. The mix-up is easily resolved and the two become friends. Their friendship deepens as they both enter the Military Academy.

But when secrets from the past reveal that the two are actually half-brothers!

Can their friendship survive?

Will this rivalry tear their lives and families apart?

Will they break the heart of the woman they both love?


Channel 5 MediaCorp Singapore

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^^nagpapagalingan kasi itong ABS-CBN at GMA7... mahilig sa mga "Exclusive" news... interview dito, interview dun... kayo hayun... kung naging maganda siguro ang naging resulta ng negotiation, baka ipinagmayabang pa nila ung exclusive interview nila... pero ngayon parang tikom bibig ang mga loko.

it was RMN radio which was interviewing mendoza during the whole hostage crisis.

anyway, i just saw the first episode of survivor philippines (celebrity edition). i never approved of richard as a host but heck hindi naman sya ang papanoorin. very interesting castaways.

i dont know if this is true, pero alam na kung sino ang nanalo sa survivor phils. [spoiler start] si yaya Moi ni piolo pascual na nasa kimmy dora ang nanalo [spoiler end] :lol:

^^ really? sa finale pa ang live voting :lol: si chokoleit kaya nagsabi nun sa twitter. well, tumama sila during first season and that information came from SP staff. second season, their lips were sealed. i wouldn't mind kung sya nga talaga ang winner. :lol:

Another Philippine Telenovela invasion. This time in Singapore. Premieres tonight Aug 31! :cheer:

http://sgstb.msn.com/i/E7/28DEA81E60DD32D4BAE683CF384C75.jpg

The Two of Us (http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/tv/channel-5/programmes/the-2-of-us.aspx?cp-documentid=4265925)

Premieres 31st August; Tuesdays to Thursdays, 7pm to 8pm

Two Men...

Sharing One Name...

Loving One Woman...

Dave and JR come from two different worlds. Dave is a rich kid who has everything but longs for his father's affection. JR comes from a poor family, doing whatever he can to help his mother and stepbrother survive. The two seem to have nothing in common but their name.

Dave is David M. Garcia, Jr. and JR is David D. Garcia, Jr.

Their paths first cross when one David Garcia is mistaken for the other. The mix-up is easily resolved and the two become friends. Their friendship deepens as they both enter the Military Academy.

But when secrets from the past reveal that the two are actually half-brothers!

Can their friendship survive?

Will this rivalry tear their lives and families apart?

Will they break the heart of the woman they both love?


Channel 5 MediaCorp Singapore

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The sequel to the internationally acclaimed "Lobo"

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Another Philippine Telenovela invasion. This time in Singapore. Premieres tonight Aug 31! :cheer:

http://sgstb.msn.com/i/E7/28DEA81E60DD32D4BAE683CF384C75.jpg

The Two of Us (http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/tv/channel-5/programmes/the-2-of-us.aspx?cp-documentid=4265925)

Premieres 31st August; Tuesdays to Thursdays, 7pm to 8pm

Two Men...

Sharing One Name...

Loving One Woman...

Dave and JR come from two different worlds. Dave is a rich kid who has everything but longs for his father's affection. JR comes from a poor family, doing whatever he can to help his mother and stepbrother survive. The two seem to have nothing in common but their name.

Dave is David M. Garcia, Jr. and JR is David D. Garcia, Jr.

Their paths first cross when one David Garcia is mistaken for the other. The mix-up is easily resolved and the two become friends. Their friendship deepens as they both enter the Military Academy.

But when secrets from the past reveal that the two are actually half-brothers!

Can their friendship survive?

Will this rivalry tear their lives and families apart?

Will they break the heart of the woman they both love?


Channel 5 MediaCorp Singapore

:dance:

eto ung paborito kung ABS Primetime show dati, unpredictable kasi ung story at may halong aksyon...tsaka okay ung acting nina Gerald, Kim, and Coco d2.:cheers:

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The sequel to the internationally acclaimed "Lobo"

sequel ba talaga siya ng lobo? they could have emphasized sa trailers man lang na si lyka siya or something eh.

sequel ba talaga siya ng lobo? they could have emphasized sa trailers man lang na si lyka siya or something eh.

Yeah. parang walang continuity sa story ng Lobo. Pareho lang sa fact na lobo din dito si Angel.

ah ok, sasagutin ko tanong ko. nabasa ko somewhere out there, anak ni noah at lyka ang role ni angel locsin dito., :)

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The sequel to the internationally acclaimed "Lobo"

Twilight, Pinoy ver. :banana:

mukhang HD ah. HD nga ba?

eto ung paborito kung ABS Primetime show dati, unpredictable kasi ung story at may halong aksyon...tsaka okay ung acting nina Gerald, Kim, and Coco d2.:cheers:

Agree. I rarely ( as in rarely) watch teleseryes but this action drama is different. Sinubaybayan ko ito. I like the plot, lalo yung conspiracy angle etc...:cheers:

Lahat sila dapat magsorry. ABS CBN sa pagsira ng tourism industry natin at sa GMA dahil kung hindi sa lintik na ratings game na yan, buhay pa sana ang mga hostages.

Agree uli.:cheers:

Twilight, Pinoy ver. :banana:

mukhang HD ah. HD nga ba?

looks like it.. hehe.. gumagaling na sila.. even the cinematography looks promising^^

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The sequel to the internationally acclaimed "Lobo"

oi galing, starring pla si Rico Blanco dito...:)

^^ Baka sa susunod singers na naman i-coconvert bilang artista. Kean Cipriano from Callalily starred in BFGF, and now this...

^^ d na mamomroblema ng mga soundtracks ang mga director pg nangyayari..

^^ Mala-Bollywood na ata yan pag nagkaganun :D

Speaking of which, ABS-CBN is becoming blatantly obvious with their programming. OK pa ako sa Momay (which IMHO, although dragging, does have fine points and does nifty experiments with actors and prolly fine tuning them) but IDOL? Oh noes...

from the ABS-CBN Digital TV fan page (http://www.facebook.com/#!/ABSCBNDTV?ref=ts)

ABS-CBN is now in the state of multi-million peso conversion from DVB-T to ISDB-T. They have no tests so far in the Metro, but I heard they will be grabbing first the provincial landscape.

According to sources, the network will first convert their equipments for ISDB-T broadcast before testing. It is not easy to burn a billion peso, they said.

Spread the word. Digital TV project of the network WILL NOT BE IN HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION (HDTV). They will be utilizing Multiplexed SDTV (wherein ABS-CBN can carry 3 more subchannels in 1 channel). The saying goes, INVEST IN DIGITAL TV FIRST, THEN SWITCH TO HD.

Twilight, Pinoy ver. :banana:

mukhang HD ah. HD nga ba?

looks like it!

http://imortal.abs-cbn.com/Portals/0/Gallery/452/behind%20the%20scenes%2011.jpg
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official website here (http://imortal.abs-cbn.com/home.aspx)


unfortunately, matatagalan pa yata bago maging fully HD ang ABS-CBN. Multiplexed SDTV muna ang uunahin nila before mag-broadcast sila in HD kahit HD capable na sila.

ABS-CBN unit to roll out digital TV-based teaching
Written by Dennis D. Estopace / Reporter
WEDNESDAY, 25 AUGUST 2010 11:40

A CORPORATE social responsibility (CSR) unit of a Lopez-family owned broadcast firm expects to roll out its 14-hour education program via a new technology to expand reach of students in private school, its executive told the BusinessMirror.

“We’re going to piggyback on ABS-CBN,” Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc. (KCFI) president Regina Paz L. Lopez said after the launch on Tuesday of an awards program for innovative teachers.

Lopez said they expect the technology called digital-terrestrial television (DTTV) format to be rolled out in 17 cities in Metro Manila, in Bulacan and in Pampanga by November this year.

The National Telecommunications Commission first announced the move to DTTV format in 2006 from analog system. Popular literature on DTTV claims the technology provides better quality images and lowers operating costs for broadcast and transmission.

Lopez said KCFI taps “some resources” from publicly listed ABS-CBN, which includes technical operations support as well as talents.

Under a 10-year memorandum of agreement with the Department of Education (DepEd), KCFI “is to set up a cable TV channel and to establish the infrastructure for educational TV by providing access to the channel to public elementary and secondary schools nationwide free of charge,” its latest financial report to the Securities and Exchange Commission said.

“The DepEd, on the other hand, has declared the educational program on the channel mandatory viewing by children in public pre-school, elementary and secondary schools.”

KCFI has been operating its own educational cable channel called “Knowledge Channel,” the only all-education Filipino channel on cable. The foundation said the channel offers a curriculum-based programming “and has provided over 2,000 public schools educational TV infrastructure at no cost to public schools.”

Lopez said that while they hope to reach all public schools, “there is also a need to reach out to students in private schools.”

source (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=496:abs-cbn-unit-to-roll-out-digital-tv-based-teaching&catid=24:companies&Itemid=59)

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Nicely done by GMA :)

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is this an MV ora film?

^^ Looks like a play...

Something to be proud of...

http://www.gmanews.tv/video/65723/24oras-jay-r-kyla-fly-to-indonesia

Kahit na ASEAN lang muna we're breaking grounds!

they just released the official teaser trailer of RPG Metanoia, see it in their official website (http://www.therpgmovie.com/)

based from the teaser, the movie will also be released in 3D! :D

^^ Bwisit 'tong mga 'to, pinapahintay ako sa music video...

But it really is breathtaking... May mga frame rate shifts lang naman (from smooth nagiging lag...) probably just a cinematography issue.

they should use female Voice oVers not that annoying kids Voice

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Santino's voice sooo does not fit the character. The character is even bigger than Santino is! Why does ABS-CBN always pull this sort of crap where an actor gets famous in one show, and then overused. The movie would've been flawless, but that aspect already kills it a little.

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is this an MV ora film?

This is a film by young animators. They have shot the whole film years ago but ended up re-shooting the whole thing even using different actors. Very promising as the film would be in full english :)

is that Rhian Ramos?

hmm. they sing the other's song better than they do their own. WIN

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^^They would actually be bearable if any of these idiots had any singing skill at all.

is that Rhian Ramos?

yup that's her.

^^They would actually be bearable if any of these idiots had any singing skill at all.

Ayaw ni Ady001 ng ganyan :lol:

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^^Pwede na. mukhang malinis ang pagkakagawa. Pinakita ko to sa mga estudyante ko. hehe namangha sila. :D

ang ganda ng opening ng ASAP XV kanina! :applause:

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Ayaw ni Ady001 ng ganyan :lol:

OK lang naman... :D I'm already turning into a passive listener...

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y rn't ther shows like this on like abscbn orgma

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^^ Production quality is better than any channel on Philippine tv. How sad and ironic.

^^ Production quality is better than any channel on Philippine tv. How sad and ironic.

an interwebz production better than multimedia conglomerates abscbn/gma
http://www.youtube.com/user/flippishdotcom

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sino dito ang naka-skycable? idol was aired in HD raw in SkyCable HD channel 168? can anyone confirm this? ipalalabas ulit sya mamaya sa primetime.

^^ as a musical fan i did not enjoy 1dol yesterday but still too early to judge. i'll give it a week before i give my final verdict. i felt that yesterday's episode tried a little to hard to impress.

willie is coming to tv5...,and planning to have a new variety show to be called willing willie......rumors are saying the valerie concepcion(co host from wowowee and pilipinas win na win) is one of her co host of this show......and half of the staff from former wowowee show is now transferring to tv5 to be part of the said variety.......it will be a great challenge for 2 and 7 that they are not just the 2 who will be fighting for the ratings...hope the new show of willie will be gud like the wowowee before...

^^ I'm not sure about that but I hope that he's not as notorious as before.

scoopbox: Pukpukan na ang rehearsal para sa bagong noontime show ni Willie Revillame sa TV5. Sa isang studio sa may Timog Ave. ginaganap ang halos araw-araw na rehearsals ni Willie at ng staff and crew niya, na karamihan ay galing din sa Wowowee. Ayon sa source, posibleng ngayong September na simulan ang show ni Willie. about 2 hours ago


Title of noontime show: Willing-Willie Kami! :okay:

Kristine. :naughty:

GMA Network releases new guidelines for crisis coverage (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/200659/gma-network-releases-new-guidelines-for-crisis-coverage#)

Article posted September 09, 2010 - 08:39 PM

After a thorough review of its coverage of the hostage crisis last August 23, GMA Network has released an improved set of ethical and safety guidelines for future crisis coverage. These are much more specific than the existing policies contained in the network's ethics manual.

Among the highlights is a renewed commitment to avoid interviewing or even talking to hostage takers and to be more careful not to reveal the movements of law enforcers during live coverage.

Network personnel shall also “assume that police may not be able to handle media or a crowd. Thus we must know when and how to restrain ourselves."

The Network has said it is open to dialogue with authorities on how they can coordinate with each other during situations such as the August 23 hostage crisis.

Below are the complete revised guidelines:

GMA Network ethical and safety guidelines for crisis coverage

1. Exercise extra care in airing live interviews and live coverage during hostage and other situations that involve law enforcement operations that are risky to our field personnel, to those involved in the incident (e.g., hostages and hostage taker), and to the public. Always be aware that lives may be at stake.

2. In the event of live coverage, avoid revealing in video and audio the plans, positions, movements, weapons, and preparations of law enforcers.

3. Avoid interviewing or otherwise talking to hostage takers, potential suicides, and other subjects of imminent law enforcement operations. Decline police requests to negotiate or otherwise mediate with the above except for extraordinary reasons cleared with top management.

4. Never portray as acceptable the actions of hostage takers, potential suicides, and other subjects of law enforcement operations.

5. Assume that hostage takers and other subjects of police and military action are monitoring the coverage through television, radio, computer, or cell phone (via sms, web connection, or calls from others who are monitoring the coverage on other media).

6. Assume that regardless of demeanor of hostage taker or gunman, he is unstable and dangerous, and may have intent to kill.

7. Assume that police may not be able to handle media or a crowd. Thus we must know when and how to restrain ourselves.

8. Assume that children will be watching so we must make an effort to avoid graphic speech and video that could be disturbing to the viewing public.

9. Explain to viewers why certain information is being withheld.

10. Avoid airing announcements of fatalities until verified by authorities on the record and/or notification of next of kin.

11. In the coverage of any crisis involving law enforcement and rescue operations, coverage teams must use the appropriate protective equipment – including bullet-proof vests, helmets, gas masks, life vests, etc.

12. Assign professionals in our organization to focus only on the ethical, safety, and non-technical aspects of our coverage during crisis situations and give immediate feedback to decision-makers when the coverage threatens to violate our standards for safety and conduct. Safety officers and news managers can be deployed to check on the safety preparations of field personnel.

13. When possible, coordinate with the authorities when a crisis situation occurs, thus creating an opportunity for the authorities to relay information vital to our safety.

14. Avoid unnecessary risks. The safety of personnel, the public, and those directly involved in the incident is paramount. No story is worth sacrificing lives for. - GMANews.TV

About time! This is long overdue.

Sad that such a tragedy has to take place before people learn common sense.

GMA Network releases new guidelines for crisis coverage (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/200659/gma-network-releases-new-guidelines-for-crisis-coverage#)

Article posted September 09, 2010 - 08:39 PM

After a thorough review of its coverage of the hostage crisis last August 23, GMA Network has released an improved set of ethical and safety guidelines for future crisis coverage. These are much more specific than the existing policies contained in the network's ethics manual.

Among the highlights is a renewed commitment to avoid interviewing or even talking to hostage takers and to be more careful not to reveal the movements of law enforcers during live coverage.

Network personnel shall also “assume that police may not be able to handle media or a crowd. Thus we must know when and how to restrain ourselves."

The Network has said it is open to dialogue with authorities on how they can coordinate with each other during situations such as the August 23 hostage crisis.

Below are the complete revised guidelines:

GMA Network ethical and safety guidelines for crisis coverage

1. Exercise extra care in airing live interviews and live coverage during hostage and other situations that involve law enforcement operations that are risky to our field personnel, to those involved in the incident (e.g., hostages and hostage taker), and to the public. Always be aware that lives may be at stake.

2. In the event of live coverage, avoid revealing in video and audio the plans, positions, movements, weapons, and preparations of law enforcers.

3. Avoid interviewing or otherwise talking to hostage takers, potential suicides, and other subjects of imminent law enforcement operations. Decline police requests to negotiate or otherwise mediate with the above except for extraordinary reasons cleared with top management.

4. Never portray as acceptable the actions of hostage takers, potential suicides, and other subjects of law enforcement operations.

5. Assume that hostage takers and other subjects of police and military action are monitoring the coverage through television, radio, computer, or cell phone (via sms, web connection, or calls from others who are monitoring the coverage on other media).

6. Assume that regardless of demeanor of hostage taker or gunman, he is unstable and dangerous, and may have intent to kill.

7. Assume that police may not be able to handle media or a crowd. Thus we must know when and how to restrain ourselves.

8. Assume that children will be watching so we must make an effort to avoid graphic speech and video that could be disturbing to the viewing public.

9. Explain to viewers why certain information is being withheld.

10. Avoid airing announcements of fatalities until verified by authorities on the record and/or notification of next of kin.

11. In the coverage of any crisis involving law enforcement and rescue operations, coverage teams must use the appropriate protective equipment – including bullet-proof vests, helmets, gas masks, life vests, etc.

12. Assign professionals in our organization to focus only on the ethical, safety, and non-technical aspects of our coverage during crisis situations and give immediate feedback to decision-makers when the coverage threatens to violate our standards for safety and conduct. Safety officers and news managers can be deployed to check on the safety preparations of field personnel.

13. When possible, coordinate with the authorities when a crisis situation occurs, thus creating an opportunity for the authorities to relay information vital to our safety.

14. Avoid unnecessary risks. The safety of personnel, the public, and those directly involved in the incident is paramount. No story is worth sacrificing lives for. - GMANews.TV

Maniwala ka sa GMA guidelines "kuno" sa papel lang yan sa sobrang epal ng media sa pilipinas mas mangingibabaw pa rin ang concern nila sa ratings ni ayaw nga nilang amininin na may pagkukulang sila sa hostage tragedy hugas kamay kaagad lahat ng media.

Pa-Twin Post Lang...

May VEVO na din pala mga pinoy artists...

What I don't understand is bakit ngayon lang... The videos are superbly clear. And it's not only FrancisM and the Eraserheads but also Callalily, Sixcyclemind...

qb3juggjWUI

i wonder whether May Bukas Pa will get some airing as well in Catholic countries...
Filipino TV drama’s captivate hearts of viewers Worldwide (http://goodnewspilipinas.com/?p=12632)
Posted on September 9th, 2010 under Entertainment Success

http://goodnewspilipinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Tayong-Dalawa.jpeg

This 2010, ABS-CBN dramas Dahil May Isang Ikaw, Tayong Dalawa, and Lobo are airing in several countries in Asia and Africa.

Dahil May Isang Ikaw, with the English title Destined Hearts is on air in Malaysia and other countries in Asia. The teleserye stars Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa who were first seen in the teleserye Pangako Sa ‘Yo, which in the past ten years has remained and continues to make it big in numerous countries. Recently, Pangako Sa ‘Yo aired on China’s national television and rated second over all local and foreign programs airing in the country.

The teleserye even hit the Top 30 list in China’s national weekly rankings, covering over 2,000 channels and capturing 1.3 billion viewers. Pangako Sa ‘Yo (with the English title The Promise) was also previously aired successfully in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Africa. Non-Filipino viewers from these countries became instant fans of Jericho and Kristine.

Tayong Dalawa is now airing in Singapore and will soon air in Malaysia, Brunei, and Kenya, with the English title The Two Of Us and will be dubbed in local languages. Tayong Dalawa is top-billed by the hot love team of Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson. Their first teleserye, Sana Maulit Muli, was also dubbed in Mandarin and shown in Taiwan with the English title Chances.

Lobo, which starred Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin, is currently aired in Brunei and will be released in Indo-China, Asia, Europe, and Africa this year. Lobo has earned international recognition, named Best Telenovela at the 30th BANFF World Television Festival in Toronto, while Angel bagged a Best Actress nomination from the Internation Emmy Awards. Lobo was released internationally as She-Wolf: The Last Sentinel.

Also making it big abroad are other Kapamilya teleseryes Sana’y Wala Nang Wakas, Maging Sino Ka Man, It Might Be You, Iisa Pa Lamang, Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin, Gulong Ng Palad, Prinsesa ng Banyera, Sa Piling Mo, and Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay which was dubbed in French to cater to French-speaking regions in Europe and Asia.

Over the past 15 years, around 30 ABS-CBN dramas have been dubbed and aired in 15 countries in Asia, five in Europe, and in Africa. These series were dubbed for 12 French-speaking countries, 15 English-speaking countries, and five Portuguese-speaking countries.

Maniwala ka sa GMA guidelines "kuno" sa papel lang yan sa sobrang epal ng media sa pilipinas mas mangingibabaw pa rin ang concern nila sa ratings ni ayaw nga nilang amininin na may pagkukulang sila sa hostage tragedy hugas kamay kaagad lahat ng media.

I think the fact that they released a new coverage guideline is already sort of admitting their mistakes.

Napanood ko kanina yung UAAP cheerdance competition ang bangis na rin. The level of difficulty has gone way up since 5 years ago.

Santino's voice sooo does not fit the character. The character is even bigger than Santino is! Why does ABS-CBN always pull this sort of crap where an actor gets famous in one show, and then overused. The movie would've been flawless, but that aspect already kills it a little.

I don't understand bakit lagi silang kumukuha ng artista to voice local cartoons. Ang pangit ng dating, hindi man lang nila ina-adjust voice nila para bumagay sa mga cartoon characters. For example, ang ganda sana nung urduja dati, kaya walang dating dahil sa mga boses ng mga characters. Buti pa sa hollywood, pag yung mga artista magbibigay ng voice sa cartoon character, talagang binabago din nila boses nila para adapted sa character. maraming magagaling na dubber ang abs-cbn na hindi artista, sana yun na lang kinuha nila.

I hope Jazz would be imbibed to all of us...

Jazz like the best of times

By Pocholo Concepcion
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:33:00 09/13/2010

IT’S ABOUT being in the right place at the right time.

In 1978, Serafin Pua and some business partner-friends put up Birds of the Same Feather—the club at the corner of Morato and Timog in Quezon City that became famous for hot jazz gigs. It was one of the precursors of today’s vibrant live music scene.

Pua, 28 years old at the time, admits there were other good jazz clubs that came before Birds—such as Vineyard and Papillon (both in Makati), and Calesa Bar at the old Hyatt Hotel in Pasay. But Birds achieved prominence, he says, partly from the mysterious appeal of its facade: bare walls with an unassuming door at the center, which opened into a garden with waterfalls, and then a walkway that led to the music lounge.

Its main draw, of course, was the lineup of the period’s top-rate local jazz artists.

On opening night, Pua recalls, he featured a band called Sticky, composed of Boy Katindig (keyboards), Rudy Lozano (guitar), Paco Gamboa (bass) and Jun Viray (drums).

“I wanted Jacqui Magno to sing with Sticky,” Pua tells the Inquirer. “She was then still performing at Calesa Bar. I told my partners, ‘We will open when she says yes.’ She did, and we hired her as regular vocalist.”

From its first night, through the next two years, Pua says, Birds was packed to capacity: “We had to turn away some 200 guests every night.”

It was only a small club, with a maximum capacity of 150, but Birds attracted the “cool crowd,” including the elite and musically-inclined celebrities.

At one table, one could spot Nora Aunor with Lloyd Samartino, Bembol Roco, Ricky Davao and other friends.

Some of the foreign acts who stopped by at Birds, either to jam or just listen to the music in between their scheduled concerts at big venues, were Seawind, Tom Scott with Richard Tee, Steve Gadd and Carlos Rios, Bobby Lyle, Debra Laws, Pat Metheny, Ramsey Lewis, Alphonse Mouzon, Freddie Cole, and The Crusaders.

The Philippines’ own jazz luminary, Bobby “The Wildman” Enriquez, played at Birds, too.

Merk and Katindig
Richard Merk was 23 when he stepped inside Birds to jam. “I saw his potential ... magaling sa scatting,” Pua says, “so we also hired him.”

Henry Katindig was 19 and still wearing his Trinity school uniform when he visited the club to watch his father, Eddie Katindig, for the first time.

Henry couldn’t forget what he saw: the Katindig clan led by dad Eddie playing sax and vibraphone, uncles Romy (father of Boy, on keyboards), Panting (drums), Dadong (percussion), with Sonny Tolentino (bass), Gabe Ascalon (guitar), and Louie Reyes (vocals).

After that gig, Henry tells the Inquirer, “I decided to become a musician, too.”

Eventually, he would be asked by Pua to lead the first band that played there in 1985, a year after Birds closed down and reopened as Birdland (inspired by the legendary New York club).

One of the band’s members was an aspiring drummer named Willie Revillame.

Taking off from its predecessor, the bigger (500-capacity) Birdland likewise expanded its music fare, allowing pop singers
to hold special gigs and album launches.

Pua says Regine Velasquez’s 1988 show holds the record for the biggest attendance at Birdland. “We wanted her fans, as well as those of Ogie Alcasid, Janno Gibbs, Jamie Rivera, Gino Padilla and the others to get turned on to jazz after going to Birdland,” explains Pua.

Like Birds, Birdland bowed out after six years, too. Although Pua says there was no real money in it at that time, he feels good enough that his clubs had provided work for local musicians.

Recently, a Facebook fan page called Jazzistas posted a snapshot of Birds’ door sign, with a note from one of its members asking Pua to get back into the scene.

“That’s very heartening. The fact that people remember it is enough for me,” says Pua, who now runs an art gallery with friends.

But an exchange of text messages between Pua and Merk led to the idea of mounting a series of gigs featuring several Birds and Birdland alumni, to coincide with the eighth anniversary of the latter’s own club, Merk’s.

Dubbed “Birdland at Merk’s” on September 23 and 30, the shows will feature Magno and Merk alternating on vocals, with the band composed of Lozano, Katindig, Tots Tolentino, Colby de la Calzada, Uly Avante, Mar Dizon and Elmir Sayson. Another talented singer, Jeannie Tiongco, will join the group.

“Buhay na buhay uli ang jazz ngayon,” quips Katindig, who’s releasing his debut album in October, and currently plays keyboards with different bands weekly at Freedom Bar in QC and Strumms on Jupiter, Makati.

His busy sked, he says, could be the fruit of hard work and enduring passion for jazz, which he imbibed the first night he went to Birds.

http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20100913-292067/Jazz-like-the-best-of-times

About time! This is long overdue.

Sad that such a tragedy has to take place before people learn common sense.


So true.....

i wonder whether May Bukas Pa will get some airing as well in Catholic countries...
Filipino TV drama’s captivate hearts of viewers Worldwide (http://goodnewspilipinas.com/?p=12632)
Posted on September 9th, 2010 under Entertainment Success

http://goodnewspilipinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Tayong-Dalawa.jpeg

This 2010, ABS-CBN dramas Dahil May Isang Ikaw, Tayong Dalawa, and Lobo are airing in several countries in Asia and Africa.


related news...
http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=14305&sec=10
Filipino Wave is coming
Publication Date: 14-09-2010
http://www.asianewsnet.net/photo/news/Tayong%20Dalawa_copy1.jpg
Filipino soap opera 'Tayong Dalawa' draws audiences in Asia and Africa.

This 2010, Philippines' ABS-CBN network dramas Dahil May Isang Ikaw, Tayong Dalawa, and Lobo are airing in several countries in Asia and Africa.

Dahil May Isang Ikaw, with the English title Destined Hearts is on air in Malaysia and other countries in Asia. The TV series stars Filipino heartthrob Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa who were first seen in the soap opera Pangako Sa ‘Yo, which in the past 10 years has remained and continues to make it big in numerous countries.

Recently, Pangako Sa ‘Yo aired on China’s national television and rated second over all local and foreign programs airing in the country.

The series even hit the Top 30 list in China’s national weekly rankings, covering over 2,000 channels and capturing 1.3 billion viewers. Pangako Sa ‘Yo (with the English title The Promise) was also previously aired successfully in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Africa. Non-Filipino viewers from these countries became instant fans of Jericho and Kristine.

Tayong Dalawa is now airing in Singapore and will soon air in Malaysia, Brunei, and Kenya, with the English title The Two Of Us and will be dubbed in local languages. Tayong Dalawa is top-billed by the hot love team of Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson. Their first TV series, Sana Maulit Muli, was also dubbed in Mandarin and shown in Taiwan with the English title Chances.

Lobo, which starred actors Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin, is currently aired in Brunei and will be released in Indo-China, Asia, Europe, and Africa this year. Lobo has earned international recognition, named Best Telenovela at the 30th BANFF World Television Festival in Toronto, while Angel bagged a Best Actress nomination from the International Emmy Awards. Lobo was released internationally as She-Wolf: The Last Sentinel.

Also making it big abroad are other ABS-CBN TV series Sana’y Wala Nang Wakas, Maging Sino Ka Man, It Might Be You, Iisa Pa Lamang, Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin, Gulong Ng Palad, Prinsesa ng Banyera, Sa Piling Mo, and Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay which was dubbed in French to cater to French-speaking regions in Europe and Asia.

Over the past 15 years, around 30 ABS-CBN dramas have been dubbed and aired in 15 countries in Asia, five in Europe, and in Africa. These series were dubbed for 12 French-speaking countries, 15 English-speaking countries, and five Portuguese-speaking countries.

^^ This is a good move. And let's try making better stories that will fit in other nations' tastes. And try to make the silent move in cultural assimilation instead of an all-out war. Kaya hindi ko na nagustuhan masyado ang Hallyu in its later years because of too much cultural exports.

Senators scold broadcast media, remind them of 'limitations' (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/201003/senators-scold-broadcast-media-remind-them-of-limitations#)

KIM TAN, GMANews.TV

Senator Joker Arroyo reminded the broadcast media about the limitations it should observe as it covers events such as the bloody August 23 hostage tragedy.

At a Senate inquiry on Tuesday on the role that the broadcast media played during the August 23 hostage incident, Arroyo said, "You must know when to stop. You must know the limits of what you should do."

The media, along with the police, received public criticism over the August 23 hostage incident wherein a dismissed police officer, Rolando Mendoza, hijacked a bus carrying 23 Hong Kong tourists and four Filipinos.

Major media organizations have been blamed for the bloody outcome of the hostage incident because the hostage-taker allegedly became agitated after seeing the arrest of his brother, also a policeman, on a live TV broadcast.

Toward the end of an 11-hour standoff, just after his brother's arrest, Mendoza went on a shooting rampage. Eight Hong Kong tourists and Mendoza himself were killed.

Arroyo, who requested for the Senate inquiry said Congress has oversight powers over the broadcast media because it granted media their franchise.

"When you accept a franchise that is a limitation. This franchise is subject to changes and repeal by this Congress," he said during the hearing.

Arroyo specifically cited Section 12 of Republic Act 7966, which says that Congress may enact a general broadcast policy law.

"Don’t tempt us to use our powers here, that we will now issue a general broadcast policy law," he said.

President Benigno Aquino III had earlier said the media’s live coverage of the hostage incident severely hampered rescue operations.

Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo explained that the live coverage robbed police of the element of surprise in dealing with the hostage-taker.

"You were the instrument of Mendoza... (He) would not have succeeded if you were not there," Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile told television executives during the inquiry.

Admission and defense

Television executives admitted the media's shortcomings during the hostage-taking incident.

"Inaacknowledge natin na (We acknowledge that) we would have done better," said GMA Network Vice-President for News Programs Jessica Soho in an interview after the inquiry.

However, she disagreed about using the franchise issue to control the media. She said that a franchise is just permission to use the airwaves, which are actually public property.

Soho said the national interest would not be served if the government attempts to control the media.

Soho mentioned that GMA already has existing rules prohibiting its employees from conducting interviews with hostage-takers.

ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs head Maria Ressa said during the hearing that they never expected that authorities would not be in control of the crisis situation.

She said authorities failed to create a functioning chain of command that would set the parameters on where the media should go.

"In all situations, the police and authorities have always set the parameters," she said.

Possible legislation?

Enrile asked the television executives whether they would comply with a law that would authorize security authorities to intervene in media operations if there are crises similar to the August 23 hostage incident.

All the television representatives answered in the negative, with Ressa pointing out that the dangers of legislation are "very clear" because it would curtail the freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution.

"We must look at this in context. The reason they (the public) turn to media is because they feel powerless," she said.

Senator Gregorio Honasan, who headed the Senate inquiry, said they are not yet sure whether they would craft a bill that would regulate the media during crisis situations.

He noted, however, that they might make media franchises "more detailed."

Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente "Tito" Sotto, meanwhile, said he is considering filing a bill that would disallow media from interviewing hostage-takers.

Do not put country in bad light

Arroyo added that the local media's move to feed its video to foreign media put the country in a "bad light" in the eyes of the international community.

"You do not just broadcast anything that will put the country in bad light," he said.

He specifically cited ABS-CBN, which is the broadcast partner of international channel CNN. TV5 admitted that they were recently affiliated with the CNN but that they did not provide them any video of the August 23 hostage incident.

Also present during the hearing are GMA Network's Assistant Vice-President for News Grace Dela Peña Reyes; GMA reporter Susan Enriquez; TV5 News Operations head David Jude (DJ) Sta. Ana and Luchi Cruz Valdez; TV5 news anchor Erwin Tulfo and Radyo Mo Nationwide (RMN) anchor Michael Rogas, who interviewed Mendoza during the crucial moments of the crisis. - VVP, GMANews.TV

:bash:

FUTURE PERFECT
ABS-CBN NEWS CHANNEL (ANC)

Watch this five-part recording of ANC's Future Perfect, bringing ABS-CBN Broadcast Technologies in the present and in the future.

Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PloiVNly8eo)
On this portion of the broadcast, they show the Evolution of TV Cameras, and How do they broadcast using the Microwave technology.

Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDYlQv_gFF4)
Tony Velasquez will take a tour using the Sky Patrol, ABS-CBN's News Helicopter, and also showing us all of it's functions.

Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoC9tir0970)
Future Perfect shows us How life in the News media is getting a lot more easier with the "tapeless" techology, and the Evolution of the Editing technology

Part 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN6g-7luZXk)
Tony Velasquez talks to the Head of the News Engineering division of ABS-CBN News, and explains wow does these technology work for ABS-CBN, and what will be the future of News broadcasting.

Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzrHJMVYfGU)
After CNN's Historic Hologram Interview during the 2008 Election, ABS-CBN and other networks want to have their share of new technology, and ABS-CBN shows how do they keep up to date their TV presentations with Augmented Reality and Virtual Presence/Hologram. And Tony also talks to two 3D Designers who works for Special Effects of Japanese Sentai.

GMA 7 blocks MediaScape’s expansion plan

Written by Lenie Lectura / Reporter
Wednesday, 15 September 2010 12:14

GMA Holdings Inc. is opposing the plan of MediaScape Inc. to install 50 broadcasting systems nationwide.

MediaScape is a subsidiary of MediaQuest Inc., which is owned by PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. The acronym PLDT stands for Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.

If MediaScape’s applications are approved, the broadcasting systems could be utilized by Associated Broadcasting Corp. or more popularly known as TV5 which is another unit of MediaQuest.

Should this happen, then TV 5 may end up a strong competition to both Channel 7 and GMA Network Inc. and Channel 2 of ABS-CBN Corp.

“MediaScape has no legal capacity to construct, operate and maintain any TV broadcasting in the Philippines as in fact it is operating in violation of its legislative franchise under Republic Act 8591,” GMA Holdings said in a filing with the National Telecommunications Commission.

MediaQuest has 50 pending applications with the NTC for an authority to operate and construct HUF and VHF TV broadcasting systems in strategic parts of the country.

MediaScape used to be GV Broadcasting System Inc. GV stands for Galang and Villegas who own the company. The Galang family indirectly owns GV shares through a holding corporation Satventures Inc., Erwin Galang said in a hearing at the NTC.

“While it appears that majority of the common shares of GV were indeed subsequently held by Satventures, the latter’s Articles of Incorporation shows that it was actually incorporated by individuals, none of which are surnamed Galang, contrary to the statements released by Galang,” said GMA.

It added: “Subsequently, during the effectivity of its legislative franchise, the Galang family and other Satventures shareholders divested their interest in GV in favor of MediaQuest without prior approval of Congress and without the approval and authorization of the NTC.”

It was in July 2007 MediaQuest acquired majority control in Satventures. Galang admitted that the acquisition did not have the prior approval of Congress and the NTC.

“Clearly, there has been a sale and/or transfer of the controlling interest in MediaScape to MediaQuest Holdings either directly or through Satventures in violation of Section 10 of the former’s legislative franchise under RA No. 8591.” GMA Holding said. “This sale of transfer is precisely what is prohibited under Section 10 of R.A. 8591 amending Section 12 of RA 8169; and being contrary to law, this sale or transfer is void and should be countenanced.”

 

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/companies/1329-gma-7-blocks-mediascapes-expansion-plan-

me thinks this move by GMA smells like crab...

no surprise there, ganyan rin ang ginawa nila sa planong expansion ng ibang networks. :|

hahaha. not surprised. hinaharang din ng GMA 7 ang shift to digital TV ng ABS CBN diba? lol

^^^^bakit nga ba hinaharang ng GMA?

May QTV na nga sila e.

related news...
http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=14305&sec=10
Filipino Wave is coming
Publication Date: 14-09-2010
http://www.asianewsnet.net/photo/news/Tayong%20Dalawa_copy1.jpg
Filipino soap opera 'Tayong Dalawa' draws audiences in Asia and Africa.

This 2010, Philippines' ABS-CBN network dramas Dahil May Isang Ikaw, Tayong Dalawa, and Lobo are airing in several countries in Asia and Africa.

Dahil May Isang Ikaw, with the English title Destined Hearts is on air in Malaysia and other countries in Asia. The TV series stars Filipino heartthrob Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa who were first seen in the soap opera Pangako Sa ‘Yo, which in the past 10 years has remained and continues to make it big in numerous countries.

Recently, Pangako Sa ‘Yo aired on China’s national television and rated second over all local and foreign programs airing in the country.

The series even hit the Top 30 list in China’s national weekly rankings, covering over 2,000 channels and capturing 1.3 billion viewers. Pangako Sa ‘Yo (with the English title The Promise) was also previously aired successfully in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Africa. Non-Filipino viewers from these countries became instant fans of Jericho and Kristine.

Tayong Dalawa is now airing in Singapore and will soon air in Malaysia, Brunei, and Kenya, with the English title The Two Of Us and will be dubbed in local languages. Tayong Dalawa is top-billed by the hot love team of Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson. Their first TV series, Sana Maulit Muli, was also dubbed in Mandarin and shown in Taiwan with the English title Chances.

Lobo, which starred actors Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin, is currently aired in Brunei and will be released in Indo-China, Asia, Europe, and Africa this year. Lobo has earned international recognition, named Best Telenovela at the 30th BANFF World Television Festival in Toronto, while Angel bagged a Best Actress nomination from the International Emmy Awards. Lobo was released internationally as She-Wolf: The Last Sentinel.

Also making it big abroad are other ABS-CBN TV series Sana’y Wala Nang Wakas, Maging Sino Ka Man, It Might Be You, Iisa Pa Lamang, Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin, Gulong Ng Palad, Prinsesa ng Banyera, Sa Piling Mo, and Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay which was dubbed in French to cater to French-speaking regions in Europe and Asia.

Over the past 15 years, around 30 ABS-CBN dramas have been dubbed and aired in 15 countries in Asia, five in Europe, and in Africa. These series were dubbed for 12 French-speaking countries, 15 English-speaking countries, and five Portuguese-speaking countries.

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

Why no GMA shows get exported? :nuts:

GMA 7 blocks MediaScape’s expansion plan
Ganyan naman talaga ang GMA. Kung matatandaan nyo inasunto nila dati ang TV5 nung kay Tony Cojuangco pa 'to. :ohno: Halata na gusto ng GMA na wala syang kakompetensya. Tayong mga televiewers ang kawawa. :ohno:

If GMA's gonna do that then they should at least produce quality talent and production... or everything they are capable of doing.

ABS-CBN says it has more viewers with purchasing power

ABS-CBN CORP. has more viewers with purchasing power and belonging to the upper economic classes compared with close competitor GMA Network, Inc., data from research outfit Kantar Media Philippines showed.

"The viewers of ABS-CBN come from the upper portion of the economic class. The station's viewers are from classes A, B and upper C," Gabriel Buluran, Kantar Media general manager, said.

In a statement Wednesday, ABS-CBN said 43% of its viewers have with purchasing power, compared with GMA Network's 34%.

ABS-CBN also said that based on Kantar Media's national TV ratings in August, it posted an average audience share of 41% against GMA Network's 34%.

"It is always about program preference. ABS-CBN's primetime offerings remain unbeaten and continue to dominate the top 10 programs despite new offerings by rival network," Mr. Buluran said.

"For August, ABS-CBN was unbeatable in ... Luzon areas outside Mega Manila with an average audience share of 43% against GMA-7's 38%. The network has a runaway [lead in the] in the Visayas with 58% compared with GMA7’s 25%, and in Mindanao with 64% against GMA-7’s 16%," ABS-CBN said. -- Aura Marie P. Dagcutan


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