The 2008 Myx VJ Search Finalists.

September 14, 2008

From left to right: Ezra Lacsamana, Robi Domingo, JC Lingad, Chino Liu Pio, Macky Escalona, Paolo Alino, Sami Pinto, Kai Hocson, Bianca Roque, Jessica Mendoza, Monica Yncierto, Cera Hernandez

 

Personally, I’m rooting for Ezra Lacsamana. He seems fun and quirky, based on how he talks and looks. I don’t think “being real” is really a top concern in the VJ business. It’s more like an overused notion that doesn’t really make anything concrete Whatever we project, whenever we project it, is real. Being fake is more like a language play on suspicions and personal concerns. And aside from that, we all have different views on “being real”.

 

Moreover, I think we can go without reality in this context. It’s television. Anyone with half a mind has the idea that it’s a different world than our social placements. Anne Curtis can’t sprout wings and fly and I’m sure Jestoni Alarconi doesn’t go about shooting anyone off his motorcycle.

 

What’s real is the crappy politics and the Mindanao crisis. TV is a getaway from all that seriousness and for this viewer, I’d like to keep it that way.

 

More information on the aspiring video jockeys on: Supreme.ph

Novelist David Foster Wallace found dead

David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel “Infinite Jest,” was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46.

Wallace’s wife found her husband had hanged himself when she returned home about 9:30 p.m. Friday, said Jackie Morales, a records clerk with the Claremont Police Department.

Wallace taught creative writing and English at nearby Pomona College.

“He cared deeply for his students and transformed the lives of many young people,” said Dean Gary Kates. “It’s a great loss to our teaching faculty.”

Wallace’s first novel, “The Broom of the System,” gained national attention in 1987 for its ambition and offbeat humor. The New York Times said the 24-year-old author “attempts to give us a portrait, through a combination of Joycean word games, literary parody and zany picaresque adventure, of a contemporary America run amok.”

Published in 1996, “Infinite Jest” cemented Wallace’s reputation as a major American literary figure. The 1,000-plus-page tome, praised for its complexity and dark wit, topped many best-of lists. Time Magazine named “Infinite Jest” in its issue of the “100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.”

Wallace received a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation in 1997.

In 2002, Wallace was hired to teach at Pomona in a tenured English Department position endowed by Roy E. Disney. Kates said when the school began searching for the ideal candidate, Wallace was the first person considered.

“The committee said, ‘we need a person like David Foster Wallace.’ They said that in the abstract,” Kates said. “When he was approached and accepted, they were heads over heels. He was really the ideal person for the position.”

Wallace’s short fiction was published in Esquire, GQ, Harper’s, The New Yorker and the Paris Review. Collections of his short stories were published as “Girl With Curious Hair” and “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.”

He wrote nonfiction for several publications, including an essay on the U.S. Open for Tennis magazine and a profile of the director David Lynch for Premiere.

Born in Ithaca, N.Y., Wallace attended Amherst College and the University of Arizona.

(Corrects school he attended to Arizona, not Illinois.)

 

From: Yahoo! News

AME 8th Avenue: Taking the Streets of Harajuku!

This November 8^th, the UP Anime Manga Enthusiasts will take their game to the streets of Harajuku. There will be Cosplay Competitions, as well as Fan Art Contests, Novelty Booths and more Ame Cafe. If that’s not enough to drag you in, they’re also promising some J-Rockers to serenade you.

 

This event will be held at Ang Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines Diliman. This event is made possible by the same collegiate anime organization who brought you Una kAME!, kAME Ulit!, AME Matsuri and AME Gakuensai.

 

What’s Harajuku?

 

Well, according to Wikipedia, Harajuku, or meadow lodging, is the common name for the area around Harajuku Station on the Yamanote Line in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan. The area is known internationally for its youth style and fashion. Harajuku street style is promoted in Japanese and international publications such as Kera, Tune, Gothic & Lolita Bible and Fruits.

 

For more info, go here.