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Burning the midnight oil: The music of the Baby Boomers (Part 1)

Do you remember The Midnight Special?I don’t.You see, I belong to the MTV generation and my only vivid recollection of the late 60’s and the 70’s were generally drawn from religiously watching...

Phillip Phillips is the new American Idol : Are you glad or disappointed?

For American Idol fans all over the world, the toughest monster to beat last Tuesday night was not their fatigue from overworking their fingers as they repeatedly pounded on their phone and computer keypads but the annoying busy tone that...

Let's take one more look at American Idol’s best performances for Season 11

After receiving as much as 90 million votes this season from its fans all over the world, American Idol seems to have crept back into everyone’s to-do list lately.If you browse the net or hang out...

A young man started to sing and the whole world listened: Remembering Robin Gibb

He was my favorite Bee Gee.Maybe because he had the longest hair or the most haunting voice or the most charming boyish grin or perhaps because when he sang B-b-b-b-boys Do Fall in Love, my...

What song will help Jessica Sanchez become the next American Idol?

Let’s face it.Jessica Sanchez, despite her big voice, youthful charisma and a tremendous following, may not be the next American Idol.As the Idol judges and mentors kept on reiterating, the contestants’ song selection also plays...

Revisiting Voltes V : My childhood mentor, rock star and superhero

Long before I could pick out my favorite superheroes called Super Friends from the prestigious Hall of Justice on their quest to exterminate the bad apples of the universe that made up the Legion of Doom, long before I could...

For you Gen X mom

You rocked to Madonna and Cyndi Lauper when you were in your early twenties, sporting your staple pencil skirt, high top white Reeboks, handsome collared top with bulky shoulder pads that would give a football jock a run for his...

Which Gen X movie will you not watch ever again? (Part 2)

I saw Schindler's List in the Philippines in 1994 back when there were controversies about whether to show the entire film for public viewing or cutting the parts with nudity and other scenes in the film which the...

Which Gen X movie will you not watch ever again? (Part 1)

One night in 1998, I went to see the movie premiere of the much talked about Steven Spielberg classic Saving Private Ryan, a war film about the invasion of Normandy during the infamous and dreadful World War II.I had...

American Idol digs deep into the 60’s, Brits music : Young contestants shine

Last week, American Idol introduced its young finalists to the legendary rock music of the 70’s British band Queen.Ironically, on that night when rock and roll dominated the microphone, Idol’s resident rocker Elise Testone who...

Burning the midnight oil: The music of the Baby Boomers (Part 1)

Phillip Phillips is the new American Idol : Are you glad or disappointed?

Let's take one more look at American Idol’s best performances for Season 11

A young man started to sing and the whole world listened: Remembering Robin Gibb

What song will help Jessica Sanchez become the next American Idol?

Revisiting Voltes V : My childhood mentor, rock star and superhero

For you Gen X mom

Which Gen X movie will you not watch ever again? (Part 2)

Which Gen X movie will you not watch ever again? (Part 1)

American Idol digs deep into the 60’s, Brits music : Young contestants shine

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