Town House Toga Social 2009 (Wet/Dry)

As a member of Town House, an off-campus residence society at University of New Brunswick, annual events is oftentimes hosted and is expected to be hosted by this club. My favorite social is always the toga party annually held at SUB, an event that wasn't a wet/dry party until this year. This year, an out of the blue disk jockey named DJ QWALITY/QUALITY will be playing his mixes (see picture). After years of being vice-president, this year's Town House president is Michael Lewis. He and his team will be selling tickets at the door on November 14th.

(Photo courtesy of UNB Toga Social event page)

The love-torture music relationship

The love for pop music + the evolution or torture of its contemporary

I always loved music since I was born. The music on the radio oftentimes hums me to sleep during my childhood. My mom is always too tired from work to sing me to sleep. My nanny doesn't like singing me to sleep because her confidence lies only in singing in the bathroom. She wasn't bad. Buying a radio was always a good day for me because my mom would subsidize a portion of the money plus my saved money to buy any brand that I like (usually Sony). Choosing form, function, and features is usually on top of my mind with direct reference on the previous radio I have and thinking how to get a better one. My dad has a bad taste on radios, he doesn't come with me when I buy one.

Every radio that I owned is always tuned to my favorite station in town. Most radio stations of the small town that I live in plays pop music. This genre of music has been my base symphony where I expand myself into appreciating other types of genre. Most, if not all, people that I grew up with loved pop music. Pop music is life every music countdown. The music countdown is a fall back when one does not do anything on a Friday night. My classmates and I always talk about it on Monday the following week. During every weekend, I always study with a little humming music in the background--usually classical music--because that is how my brain progress forward by following the music.

Since Miley Cyrus released her single 'Party in the USA', I know that her song could be transcended from being a mere pop music. The title of the song is just ostensibly provocative that it can be understood from the hipsters of the south to the postmodernists of the east. And who doesn't like to party in the USA? None. Everyone likes to party even rednecks. I checked youtube for the evolution of Miley's 'Party in the USA' song and I was successful.

Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus (Official Music Video)



Miley's creativity was pushed further into techno and rap remixes. Check the best two techno remixes and best two rap remixes of the song below.

Miley Cyrus X PinkxMuffinX


Miley Cyrus X DJ Dark Intensity



Miley Cyrus X Konflict5206


Miley Cyrus X Mikey Jay


I also checked the interpretation of the video by various substrata of the population. Below are the best two video remixes for the lack of a better word.

Party in the FIP


Party in the MLC

Mag-Kuradang tang tanan!

Pahibalo: ang kani nga mensahe sa akong blog kay akong isulat ug sagol-sagol ug ininglis ug tagalog pero ang pinakasentro nga diyalogo kay binisaya or cebuano.

Usa sa akong mga paboritong sayaw kay ang sayaw'ng Kuradang sa mga taga-Bohol. Pagkanindot gyud sayawon kay abtik ang tokar sa musika. Ug si Max Surban ang gakanta, wa gyuy kalupig pa ana! Gikapuy nako ug tan-aw sa mga ubang sayaw sa atong nasud nga baling bati-a--ang mga ga-sayaw kay cge ra ug balik balik ug halos pareho sa uban pang mga sayaw--sulabi na nang mga sayaw nga gikan sa mga Kastila (special mention gyud anang mga sayaw nga naay Maria Clara nga costume ug ang Barong Tagalog...overused na kaayu oy!).

Ug sa dihang usa ka adlaw, sumo na kaayu ang akong mga gipangtan-aw sa Youtube. Nahinumduman man nako ang nidaog sa Folk Dance Competition katong Grade 4 ko kay ang KURADANG. Second place intawon ko oy kuyog akong mga kauban: ang gisayaw namo nga among gi-representar ang West City Elementary School kay sagol nga Pandanggo sa Ilaw ug Pandanggo sa Oasiwas. Ganahan nako itudlo sa mga Pilipino diri sa siyudad sa Fredericton nga garbo nako, nga usa ka-Bisaya, ang mulabyog ug Bisaya nga sayaw. Pirting lami-a aning Kuradang kay dili mag-mika ang show kay dili tinigulaw ang musika.

Akong pangutana sa akong kaugalingon kay, asa man ko magsugod para mahibalo ko sa sayaw ug matudlo nako? Mau ni ang sunod sunod nako nga website nga akong gihaw-as kung unsa juy mga abilidad aning internet nga ilang ginatawag. Ang una kay Google, ang ikaduha kay Youtube, ang ikatulo kay Imeem, ang ulahi ug ikaupat kay ang usa ka website nga nalimot ko pero didto nako gidagwit ang mp3 ni Max Surban.

Mau ni ang resulta sa akong pagsuroy suroy sa internet.

1) Kung wa moy alimohok kung unsa ang Kuradang, kini mao ang musika nga gitawag ug Kuradang nga gikanta ni Max Surban.

TRACK 12 KURADANG - MAX SURBAN

2) Sa akong pagbisita sa mga bidyo sa Youtube, akong gipili ang mga hanindot nga bidyo para ipanghinambog kaninyo ug inyong masaksihan ang ka-anyag sa pagsayaw. Mao kini ang mga bidyo. (Note: Captions of the Videos are in English)

Some Basic Steps featuring the students from St Joseph's Chapel of Mercedes Village and St Joseph's Village in Tagbilaran City dancing the Kuradang at Fiesta.



Some more Complex Steps featuring young dancers at the Balsa Tourism Project for Livelihood in Loboc River, Bohol. This is a famous tourist destination in Bohol.





A Kuradang Dance Interpretation by the University of San Carlos Dance Troupe at University of San Carlos in Cebu. I depicts dancers acting aged.





Lastly, this video represent adults dancing. Typically, Kuradang is a dance that is proximal to this age group. Just like this video.

Funny Video #8: A korean boy's version of MC

Remember Valentina Hasan of Music Idol from Bulgaria? Yes. The "ken lee" singer who butchered Mariah Carey's song Without You. There's another person who is challenging the position of the worst but funny version of MC's songs. A friend sent me a youtube link on facebook which I thought to be a virus at first. But since there was the word funny and youtube included in the message, I then went ahead and clicked on the link. It was (expletive) funny that I my jaw locked for a brief moment and then I laughed hard again. Hilarious!

I'm posting the videos below. Yes, it's double the pleasure because there are two videos. I don't know the name of this korean person but he sure knows how to get the melody of MC. The first song is We Belong Together. The second song is Tuts my Barreh (Touch my Body).

[김동원 live] 머라이어캐리 We Belong Together[With Subtitles]



Wait, there's more. It has lyrics like..."if there's a camel up the hill" and "rape me in my thighs".

Touch My Body (Tuts My Barreh) / Karaoke Fail (English subtitles)



[Videos by Youtube]

I could be a college drop-out.

I think school is not for me. :( I'm sad about the realization.

All American-Rejects presents Womanizer: Better than Britney

I'm betting on the All-American Rejects version of Womanizer. It's just way sicker than Britney's side nude body on her video.

Agreed. If you are hooked, was hooked, or is still hooking on Britney's Womanizer song/video, hear and see it for the last time here. After that, listen to the new rhythm of AAR's version here.

(Videos courtesy of Youtube.com)