Cyberbaguioboy

In today’s world, you can become a star. Yes, you! You don’t need to join American Idol or any of that talent show to strut your stuff. Take this girl: Carmina Topacio. A recent sensation on YouTube, she’s now being invited to guest in Philippine radio stations. (Good luck!)

Who says you can’t be a star.

After watching that video, you can now make a decision whether to buy the new Guitar Hero or The Beatles Rock Band edition…

Another Filipino director Brillante “Dante” Mendoza has won the Best Director award at Cannes, Ruben Nepales reports at INQUIRER.net. Mendoza won Best Director for his film called “Kinatay.” This is his second entry in the prestigious awards.
Excerpt:
From a virtual unknown to world acclaim.
“Ako lang ang walang pangalan,” Brillante “Dante” Mendoza wrote in an e-mail a [...]

Here’s one of the great vids from the E-heads reunion concert:
Eraserheads perform ‘Alapaap’

More vids found here with additional thoughts from Raimund Marasigan.

My DVD marathons have been reduced lately due to the Philippine election coverage. But if I find time to sit down in front of my computer for more than an hour, I turn on my divX player and watch “Heroes.”
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Now that the first season is over (yes I was able to catch Episode 23 The [...]

It was too good to last. Yes, Pandora, the Internet streaming service that allowed people to rediscover music is gone. I was introduced to Pandora by my officemate. In not so many words, she just said, “Go to Pandora.com. You’ll love it.”
I replied, “Pandora what?”
“Just go!” she snapped back.
So I opened my browser, and for the [...]

I recently wrote an entry on Soundtrip, aptly titled “What is Pinoy Music?”
Excerpt:
I WAS “lost” last weekend in the piles of books in a local bookstore. I was hunting for a book that was recommended to me earlier by a literary friend. But fate brought me to the “entertainment section” of this bookstore. There I [...]

Finally, this is another dream come true. That sounds corny but please indulge me. I’ve been given the chance to blog about Pinoy music at INQUIRER.net. We launched it today and it’s called Soundtrip.
Excerpt of my first post:
I WAS once gifted with a T-shirt from Tower Records that says, “Know Music, Know Life.”
Perhaps that was [...]

Is the boob tube the noob tube? Joey Alarilla asks in his @Play blog. To add to this discussion, I offer you my own, well, thoughts.
1. I hate advertisements slammed down my throat. Remember the boxing fight between, oh you know who. I recall waiting for hours to find out who won the fight when [...]

A campaign spot for Obama Barack (a fact that he denies) takes off with a parody on the famous 1984 ad of Apple’s Mac, which portrays Hillary Clinton as big brother.
Technology News World has the scoop. Excerpt and video follow:

After promising to maintain a civilized tone, Sen. Barack Obama has sent a shot across the [...]