The Chona Fabcast, Part 1A

The Fabcasters and the peanut gallery spent two hours holed up in a function room in uberchic-resto Romulo’s in QC for another hilarious discussion. Migs had invited his fag-hag friend Chona as a special guest for this particular Fabcast. What was her role? Well, it won’t be made obvious just yet in part one, hahaha. Pa-suspense kasi. Anyway, in Part 1 you will hear the Fabcasters and peanut members share their childhood memories of incidents and inklings that gave them a hint (or more) that they were gay.

You may have noticed the “Part 1A” and are wondering, “What’s the A for?” Well, I had to split Part 1 in two because its total running time is 40+ minutes long. That makes it more difficult for listeners to download the file.

So sit back, relax and stroll down memory lane with the Fabcasters as we reminisce about the time when television had manual rotary dial, Caronia and Kokuryu were popular nail polish brands, and sexy male bomba stars in cheap showbiz magazines were our “porn” back then.

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The Chona Fabcast, Part 1A
Music credits:
“Por Una Cabeza” by Carlos Gardel
“Memory” by Sarah Brightman
“You’re In My Heart, You’re In My Soul” by Rod Stewart

Gettin’ Down On “Friday”

Who is the songwriter? Barney the Dinosaur? Lyrics such as “Kickin’ in the front seat, sittin’ in the back seat. Gotta make my mind up, which seat can I take?” and “Partyin’, partyin’ (yeah!) Partyin’, partyin’ (yeah!) Fun, fun, fun, fun, looking forward to the weekend” should be declared instant classics.

The highly literal video (yes, let’s show her by the bus stop!) is perfectly in synch with the lyrics’ careful enumeration of the days of the weekend. Talk about audio-video lock.

So is this girl seriously clueless? Or is she in on the joke? Past the 8th million mark and counting, the tsunami of views is proof that Rebecca is indeed a certified YouTube sensation for all the wrong reasons. But if she’s laughing all the way to the bank, maybe she is really just having fun, fun, fun, fun.

Perhaps there’s a clue in the flat look in her eyes throughout the video. Devoid of fun as she ironically sings “fun, fun, fun,” she may actually realize that everyone’s having fun at her expense. Then again, she could be just clueless.

The Generations Fabcast, Part 3

And here is the third and last installment of our Fabcast, talking about how different generations adjust to one another. The young ‘uns also show how waiz-waiz they are, proving that “they are not just kids lang.”

There is much wisdom and laughter here, especially with all the side comments, as well as--watch for it--a plethora of hifalutin’ words like sanguine, choleric and cadaverous.

So sit back, relax and enjoy.

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Music credits:
"My Generation" by The Who
"We Can Work It Out" by The Beatles
"Love Generation" by Bob Sinclair

Patients

Sometimes, please be patient with me.

For someone who takes his time to understand,
I too have my moments of weakness.
And I become the impatient old man
who thinks he knows better.
Because I’ve been there,
and I think that I know a bit more than you.

But experience is still
the far better teacher than I am.
And I should allow you
to be who you are
and to find your own voice.

But don’t think it’s easy for me
to just sit back and watch you find your way.
I must learn to strike a balance
between holding you tight and letting you fly,
between holding you back and pulling you back up.

If you think you still have a lot to learn,
so have I.

With A License To Dress

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2011.

The Generations Fabcast, Part 2

The Fabcasters talk about generation gaps and bridging generations. On this next part, Gibbs talks about why his attitude towards younger men changed, while Migs examines his past relationships, all with younger guys. Meanwhile Tony muses about his experiences with very young (as in, as young as 19 years old) guys, while Corporate Closet (CC) reminisces about the time when he was the young guy going out with an older guy. All throughout, the others do what they do best: make side comments.

Take a seat, relax and enjoy. (Oh by the way, there is a part three. Pramis, last part na yun.)

Music credits:
"Bless The Beast And The Children" by The Carpenters
"S&M" by Rihanna
(Sabi nga ni Migs, pati ang music may generation gap. Sadya po yun, mga folks.)

   
   

   

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BTW

After hearing Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and reading about the subsequent brouhaha (brou-gaga?) about how the song is so “Express Yourself,” I said, “The only way for this song to be beloved is to have a kick-ass video.

Well, here’s the video.



I’m sure bytes and bytes will be consumed by Gaga’s Monsters dissecting the music video, listing down all video references to Madonna, Michael Jackson and, uhm, Alien? Metropolis? If the song owes a lot to “Express Yourself,” then the music video has the same DNA as “Vogue.” Baby, it was shot this way.

The opening set-up is pretentious, but for me what keeps it from tipping into seriously unwatchable territory is the fact that Lady Gaga herself doesn’t take it too seriously. It is a funny, campy video, exquisitely shot. It also provides bekis and bekimonsters everywhere a dance routine to copy and perform during summer outings.

So the important question: does it kick ass? In terms of arresting visuals, Gaga’s best is still “Bad Romance;” meanwhile, “Telephone” out-chutzpa’d all her other videos. Pitted against those, “BTW” just an okay slap to the buttocks.