Outside The Wall

It's my first time to watch Pink Floyd's The Wall in its entirety and I must say that the film is something worthy to see. The plot, the sequence of scenes, the Freudian animations, the actors, and of course, the soundtrack rocks!

Outside the Wall

All alone, or in two's,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.

And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall.

Digital Filipino in CDO

photos by ChiQ Montes

17 July 2009, 6pm, Philtown Hotel, CDO – One of the Digital Filipino Club’s distinguished members Ms Janette Toral was in the city to talk about the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2009 Writing Project with the local bloggers of CDO. The weather had been bad but those who braved the heavy rain were in for a treat!

The program started with Ms Toral introducing herself then she handed the microphone to the participants so that they (umm it’s actually WE because I was there together with other CDOBloggers hahaha!) can introduce themselves and talk about their blogs. Some of the participants in the event were newbie bloggers while some were not new to the blogging world.

After the introductions were made, Ms Toral presented the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2007 and 2008 and stated the reasons why those bogs ended on the lists of both years. They were all amazing and had various unique content! Ms Aileen Apolo who was one of the influential bloggers in 2007 was at the event and shared her blogging experiences too!

Ms Toral encouraged Cagay-anons to unite and nominate blogs by local bloggers to be part of the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2009. There’s barely two weeks left for Cagay-anons to come up with nominations! I hope there will be a local blogger who can make it to the top 10!

The event was sponsored by Syntactics, Inc. who also introduced their project LetIThelp.org that helps give training and employment to underprivileged local graduates.

The night ended with good cheer and most of the participants were cam whoring (forgive the term hahaha). When we left the halls of Philtown, we had to face the rain again but it was ok. It all had been worth it!

One Love

I grabbed another video from YouTube courtesy of one of my friends on Facebook. I have loved this Bob Marley song from the very first moment I heard it years ago and since then, what had been Bob's dream of a united world started to become my dream too. This version just touches my heart...

from the video info:
From the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music", comes an incredible rendition of the legendary Bob Marley song "One Love" with Keb' Mo' and Manu Chao. This is the third video from the documentary and a follow up to the classic "Stand By Me" and the incredible "Don't Worry." Released in celebration of Bob Marley's birthday on February 6th, this tribute to the legend is performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.




ONE LOVE

Motorola Aura Celestial Edition Cellular Phone

At this modern age when almost anything is possible due to science and technology, it is venerable that history should also be recognized and honored.  It is by looking back to where we came from that we are able to look forward into the future and make it even better and brighter.  A century ago, people might have thought that it was impossible to go to the moon but in July 1969, what was once a dream for many became a reality for some men. 

The Motorola Aura is one of the uniquely designed and manufactured cellular phones in the industry and it has undergone a new facelift with its latest release the Motorola Aura Celestial Edition.  The latest edition of the Motorola Aura cellular phone was created to commemorate the 40th anniversary of man’s first landing on the Moon.  

The cellular phone has pretty much the same features as the original Motorola Aura but the stellar Celestial Edition includes historic audio clips from that first Moon landing event especially with Neil Armstrong’s famous first words on the Moon: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”  That’s a pretty cool clip to hear from a pretty cool phone!  You can use it as your message alert tone!  

There are not so many available information about the specs of the Motorola Aura Celestial Edition and there is no exact date to when it will be released.  Let’s just assume it will be out on the market on the anniversary of the Moon landing, on July 21.  

Motorola has not disclosed on how much this special edition phone will cost and if it is available in limited numbers and in limited territories only.  Let’s all hope that we will have the opportunity to grab this unit and remember that day in history when man finally walked on the Moon. 

Thriller Acapella Style

I was watching videos on YouTube and stumbled upon this really interesting music video. This French guy François Macré created his own version of Michael Jackson's Thriller using only his own voice! He never used instruments, synthesizers or other stuff just 64 acapella tracks!

Here's what he wrote in the "more info" section of this vid:

Here is a remake of the "Thriller" song that I've entirely recorded with my own voice, using 64 A'cappella tracks. There is therefore no instrument, synthetizer, beatbox, or even to sampler, but only the sound of my voice livened up with Reverb, Equalization and slight Chorus. Regarding looping parts, I've simply used the "looping" technique.

I've accomplished this non-commercial project at home, only with a laptop , microphone, headphones and webcam. It's just an artistic challenge, accomplished during my hours of free time, whose purpose is to surprise my close circle and net surfers.

I hope you'll have as much pleasure to hear and watch it as I had to accomplish. Don't hesitate to leave me your comments, or to contact me through my MySpace's profile : http://www.myspace.com/francoismacre

«THRILLER» Original Song :
Lyrics and Music by Rod TEMPERTON
© RODSONGS


All I can say is that what this guy did to Thriller is way too cool to compete with! Two thumbs up for this really talented guy!