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Feb 28, 20236 min read
Viñas DeLuxe Serves Sexy Camp in New #DragPop Music Video
Viñas DeLuxe, drag comedy queen, gets candid at her music video launch.
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Sep 1, 201610 min read
The next stage
Musicians of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) relive their Carnegie Hall concert and discuss new musical direction.
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johannapoblete
Feb 26, 20164 min read
Love and pain are neighbors
Love is messy, and unpredictable, and all shades of awkward in Almost, Maine.
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johannapoblete
May 12, 20124 min read
A love letter to Broadway?
Actor-director Joel Trinidad talks about the irreverence of Forbidden Broadway.
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johannapoblete
Dec 10, 20114 min read
Englishman in Manila
After a low-key dustup over the change in concert venue, Sting performs to an appreciative crowd.
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johannapoblete
Sep 21, 20104 min read
Two minutes with Adam
A quick interview with the glamorous Mr. Lambert.
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johannapoblete
Jan 16, 20096 min read
In the raw
Singer-songwriter Cynthia Alexander is charmingly philosophical at her live recording of Walk Down the Road.
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johannapoblete
Feb 8, 20084 min read
Hamlet exposed
Hamlet in a post-apocalyptic world remains a moral dilemma resolved too late.
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johannapoblete
Feb 1, 20084 min read
Sci-fi Hamlet
A futuristic Hamlet promises a fresh, edgy and more action-packed play—enough to draw in the non-theater-going youth.
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johannapoblete
Jan 18, 20085 min read
Sensibility and restraint
One for the books: Jose Mari Avellana and Bart Guingona bring 'Tuesdays with Morrie' to life onstage.
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johannapoblete
Jan 12, 20084 min read
Lessons in living: Inspirational tale Tuesdays with Morrie goes onstage
Jose Mari Avellana, playing opposite Bart Guingona, returns to the stage as the titular character in "Tuesdays with Morrie."
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johannapoblete
Sep 7, 20073 min read
Rockin' the church (Salamin converts the uninitiated to Christian rock)
A conversation with Salamin frontman Paolo Valenciano on rock, Christianity, and being "victims of parents that burn tapes, CDs."
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johannapoblete
Aug 6, 20075 min read
Branding the bands: mixing music with fashion
Filipino bands build their branding from head to toe to “be the trendsetter, as opposed to just following the trend."
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johannapoblete
Nov 17, 20063 min read
A passing fancy
A (rather harsh) review of Evanescence's album, The Open Door. Mein (inner/buried) goth forgive me.
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johannapoblete
Mar 17, 20063 min read
A major jones for The Little Willies
Norah Jones plays to her country roots in a band that pays homage to Willie Nelson, and it's rollicking fun.
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