A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

Not as...er...grand as the version from the Cebu prison but it's entertaining nonetheless: a bunch of Brits dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller on the London Tube. Pinoys would've done it earlier if they had space on the LRT to move. Oh and the Thriller album will turn 25 on February 11.

This is a test of the cross-posting system. Two things should have happened: this appears on clickmomukhamo.com and a few seconds later, it would also appear on my Multiply page and also on my long neglected Blogspot account. Why am I doing this? Because if I don't, someone else will.

Computer Animated Spidey/Iron Man Shorts - Not sure what these are for but they sure look good. Popp Z Brite is the King/Queen of New Orleans Pt.1 - Interesting interview with the horror fiction writer. King's New Realm - Always great reading about Stephen King. 33 Things You Should Know About� Led Zeppelin - Pretty good collection of trivia about the band.

Sesame Workshop - Archives of great bits from Sesame Street back when it was fun (ie before Elmo). First Look: Hellboy II - USAToday's feature on the del Toro movie featuring the pancake loving hellspawn. The Galacticaly Hot Women of Star Trek TOS - Flickr photoset of *most* of the hot alien/Federation women Captain Kirk had to deal with. Worth the mention because of the obsessiveness of the collection. 30 Years ...

The Internet hype surrounding the release of Cloverfield wasn't as ubiquitous nor as annoying as Snakes on the Plane. But there is the hype with the teaser trailer strategically placed with the Transformers movie, various faux websites and endless speculation first with the title and then the monster. Was it another Godzilla movie? The American remake of the Korean monster-movie Host? The marketers of Cloverfield however perhaps informed ...

Idiotic dads notwithstanding, Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd was an enjoyable movie-going experience. I've heard of the Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical but movies are a different art form altogether. Broadway plays transitioning to movies are spotty at best and a horror/musical may be, uhm, a stab in the dark but Burton actually pulls it off.

I love the sentiment expressed in this commercial by Smart Communications. There are just some things that are uniquely Christmas for Filipinos. But (you knew there was a 'but' coming) I don't agree on two points. Una, bakit may mga puti dyan sa ad? Kung pinapauwi nyo yung mga Pilipino galing sa abroad, bakit may mga turistang 'Kano? Pangalawa, yung secretary ng tourism - tatakbo yan sa senado ...