Relating Valentine's Day with the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Michael Martinez

HAPPY VALENTINES' DAY DEAR READERS!

Here's an apt video for the season of love AND for the truly inspiring appearance of Michael Martinez as our representative for the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia.

Still one of my favorite songs, ROBBIE WILLIAMS' SHE'S THE ONE...

Everything about this video is perfect, the story, the timing of the music and fucking hell Robbie Williams' sneer. Just brilliant.

Again, happy valentines' day folks. You might want to try out Solaire's Valentines' promo.

Lana Del Rey and Her Version of Once Upon a Dream

It's haunting, scary and beautiful and it's perfect for the upcoming Disney movie "Maleficent" starring Angelina Jolie. This was from the original Sleeping Beauty animated flick and is also the love song for Aurora and Phillip.

I could probably chuck in a few more adjectives to describe this track but I won't waste your time because I know you'll probably abuse the repeat button on this one. Reminds me of Lana's last OST which was "Young and Beautiful" for Warner's The Great Gatsby.



Maleficent also stars Sharlto Copley and Elle Fanning. Opens May 30, 2014

Rihanna's Pour it Up Video Now Streaming

And now here's Rihanna in her new video "Pour It Up"

This was a very NSFW video but cool nonetheless. I guess the timing is a bit off though as people are still reeling from Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" video. Still Rihanna's very comfortable with her bod so she doesnt really care about nudity or near nudity.

Anyway here's the video:



Kinda on the fence on this one.

A Cool Lineup for The Great Gatsby OST featuring Florence + The Machine and Jay-Z

“The Great Gatsby” writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann and collaborators Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, an executive producer on the film, and Anton Monsted, its executive music supervisor, revealed the lineup for the movie’s soundtrack which encompasses the broad spectrum of musical styles represented in this energetic re-telling of the classic text. The joint announcement was made recently by Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records.

Drawing on his unique and unrivalled position in popular culture, JAY Z (with collaborator and the film’s executive music consultant Jeymes Samuel) has worked with Luhrmann and his team on the project over the past two years, translating the Jazz Age sensibility of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel into the musical equivalents of our own times, through the blending of hip-hop, traditional jazz and other contemporary musical textures.

Luhrmann stated, “F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is peppered with contemporary music references specific to the story’s setting of 1922. While we acknowledge, as Fitzgerald phrased it, ‘the Jazz Age,’ and this is the period represented on screen, we—our audience—are living in the ‘hip-hop age’ and want our viewers to feel the impact of modern-day music the way Fitzgerald did for the readers of his novel at the time of its publication.”

My Chemical Romance Calls it Quits,

Sad news for fans of My Chemical Romance as the band has taken to their website to announce their disbandment.

Cover done by Becky Cloonan for Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

 Here's what their official statement goes as posted on their official website:

Sugarfree is Much Alive with the Staging of Sa Wakas the Musical

It's settled. I'm taking my siblings (plus their significant SOs) as well as Pam to see Ateneo's staging of "Sa Wakas the Musical" featuring the music of Sugarfree.

I was hesitant when I heard this project but, s**t I just saw the two videos for the staged rehearsals and I'm floored. 

Watch the songs "Dear Kuya" and "Telepono" as rendered by the cast of "Sa Wakas the Musical"...

That Epic Moment when Jay-Z Gives Kanye West a Taste of his Own Medicine

Remember when Kanye West managed to act like pompous sonuvabitch the moment he interrupts Taylor Swift's acceptance speech. Well Jay-Z gives his recent collaborator a taste of his own medicine with in this set of gifs.

The Perfect Soundtrack for December 21,2012

This is it. Tomorrow we officially find out if conspiracy theorists were right to feel scared over the 12/21 crap or if we've all been punk'd by the Mayans centuries ago. I decided to do this blog post for this special day and what better way than to do a pretty mean soundtrack for the 'apocalypse'.

Oh and just to make a quick announcement, Ayala Malls is still playing 2012 in Digital 3D for a limited engagement.

Here we go.

1. Incubus - Warning

You've all seen the video for 'Warning' right? It's actually my first foray into the whole 12/21/2012 thing. It's funny that since there was no Internet back then, I actually learned about the connection through the defunct 97.1 LSFM's "Infopop" with John Hendrix. Pretty cool music and it's also the reason why it's on top.




Why 10:24 you might be wondering, well apparently, as part of the Mayan's sick joke for us future dwellers, it's allegedly the time when everything stops.

The Death of the Family Covers Reminded me of the Eraserheads

Just a thought while I was looking at the covers for Greg Capullo's "Death of the Family" covers for the Batman books...

... its got a similar vibe to this art done featuring the Eraserheads...

Check out the Death of the Family covers here