Tag Archives: Philippines

Jess Connelly – Call Me

Filipina R&B singer Jess Connelly shares the new video for her song “Call Me” from her JCON mixtape out now. It chronicles the various junctures of a romantic relationship and is directed by Adrian Per. Jess is a classically trained vocalist who has quickly amassed millions of plays online and at the forefront of the …

U.S. Should Not Re-Establish Military Bases in the Philippines, by Mark Erickson

During Sunday’s Viking/Bear debacle, the network aired a commercial/PSA that reminded viewers to remember 9/11, honor the troops stationed abroad, and that the United States has troops stationed in 175 countries. Parenthetically, the United States has over 800 bases located throughout the world. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Andrew Browne wrote an article about China …

Bride in Wedding Dress Drums Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” at Wedding Reception, Groom Plays Guitar

Not only do the bride and groom play Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” at their wedding reception, they smoke it: The entire wedding had a Beatles theme and bride and groom, Annette Ortiz-Diaz and Dennis Diaz, each play in OC area bands. Together they formed an all-Asian Metallica tribute band called Trapped Under Rice. As reported …

Typecast – The Boston Drama

Here’s Jared from the cellphone store’s second choice for great bands from the Philippines, Typecast. They are enormously popular with some of their videos drawing two million plus views on Youtube. Singer, Steve “Daddio” Badiola, reminds me a lot of Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, and a dozen other projects …

Kala – Manila High

Jared at the cell phone store was telling me about some great bands in the Philippines and in particular he recommended a band called, Manila High. I haven’t found a band called Manila High yet, but here’s a really nice little song and video. The band is Kala, the song is Manila High. It’s a …