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How Did House Bands Become a Filipino Export? asks John Bowe of the New York Times. Simple: after years and years of hearing My Way butchered on the karaoke, you'd get up and try to sing it correctly yourself.

What's neat about picking up a copy of Wired Magazine's June 2005 issue? Not only does it feature one of my favorite directors Steven Spielberg and his version of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds but also there's an ad for Shark Boy and Lava Girl the next movie of another favorite, Robert Rodriguez.

If you're wary of seeing Star Wars Episode III because of all the hype surrounding its release or just waiting for the new Adam Sandler movie, the remake of the Longest Yard to appear on cable, then you might want to consider checking out the animated feature Madagascar. Made by the same people behind Shrek and Shark Tales it fortunately owes more to the former than the ...

Not Your Pop Radio Sometimes when I'm driving it can get annoying when you tune in to the same radio stations day in and day out. They play the same crap. Thank goodness for CDs. Turn to satellite radio you say? No not yet. Still don't you wish radios would try to play something interesting once in awhile?

Mga gimik, isyus, at pagkaka-abalahan sa Pinas: * Sith-putin N'yo: New Worlds Episode III: The 3rd Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. Been to the first two. If you want to see interesting, creative people, do drop by. * The Revolution Will Eat Its Young: some grumblings in the local blogosphere. Can't say I can totally blame them for feeling this way. Good netiquette guide though. Ahh the Internet. * Long ...

More Shibuya action for ya!

(may contain spoilers of Revenge of the Sith) "On Management" written by the Jedi Council Excerpts: 1. Micro-manage! If faced with serious conflict, make sure you send your top executives to every front of said conflict. 2. If your senior executives are micro-managing and are away from headquarters on official business, do not under any circumstances leave a senior officer at the headquarters full of trainees. This would give the trainees a ...