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For the last time

This entry will be my last blog pertaining to a great summer spent on listening and watching Rockstar Supernova.
I enjoyed the songs (mostly)
I enjoyed the contenders
I enjoyed the originals of Supernova and the final 6
I enjoyed the rockstar fashion show
I enjoyed the comments from Dave Navarro and Supernova
I enjoyed Brooke Burke even if she was preggy.
    Rockstar INXS and Rockstar SUPERNOVA are highly incomparable. each can stand on its own. Lets just hope that next season's Rockstar will be greater than what was achieved this year and last year.
    I also learned that once a rocker, will always be a rocker. Its just a matter of time and accepting change as you go through.
    Thank you to those who bared with me since July for what was happening on the show. I felt that I have to share the rock to you guys.
    Now I have plenty of reasons to play my guitar again...
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peace

Non-American

FINALLY!

After 12 weeks, RS Supernova it all boils down to choosing 4 non americans to front Gilby,Tommy and Jason. How do i know that? lemme tell you:
Magni is from Iceland
Dilana is from South Africa
Toby is from Australia
Lukas is from Canada

Im rooting for either Magni or Toby to get the props.

Lights Out

I caught RS:Supernova's latest episode and I gotta tell you, last year's batch is definitely different from this year. The media is meaner, singers are louder, songs are getting classier to weird, originals are getting better.
Man, cant wait to know who's gonna grab it but my money is on 4 people:Dilana, Magni, Toby and Ryan.
Hmm which leaves me, where can I go to grab some mp3's...where to where to?
lets find out after this!

INXS-PECTATIONS

  Yeah baby, Me and Apple had fun from last nite's concert. I mean who would have thought that our seats will become upgraded from Upper Box B down to the patron seats. Who could have imagined that right?
First and foremost, I honestly think that The Dawn, after 20 years, should have a major concert and I will be watching it. The era of pocket concerts should be set aside right now for the rockers of the old to enjoy the pinoy classics.

Then there's MiG Ayesa. For those women who missed the gig, you missed a lot. My honey, who is a self confessed MiG fan said that when he took off his shirt it was like something "makalaglag panty" and my friend Wiwi approves of it

Then came the main event. Man, I never thought they were that loud. There's nothing like it to hear a band live than the one on the tapes/CD's. I enjoyed the show. Really.

Im still praying that somebody brings Audioslave here.

Ready for the new sensation.

I thought about bloggin before I head down to the show and share to you my thoughts about the 8pm gig later. Sorry if I sounded like im the one who is gonna perform but I think this the most perfect reward for a rock fan like myself dont cha think?
Anyway, this is gonna be my 2nd rock concert to attend after a decade.I mean, the last time I went to one (foreign rock band) was the concert of Def Leppard when the Vault and Slang album came out. I think that was June 96. I need to freshen up on my rock roots when I watch the INXS Switched On Tour later tonite.
Last sunday I was at the Mall of Asia together with Apple to meet and greet MiG Ayesa. Unfortunately the organizers only permitted 30 people to join MiG on the stage and we were the 32nd on the line.
Here are the pics that I took and I hope you like it. Ill post some concert fotos tomorrow on my INXS postscript blog:

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I caught Rockstar Supernova's latest elimination and I gotta tell you that this was a shocker. Like last season, there were two heads that was taken off from the 10 rockers. Ryan Starr,Josh Logan and Jill Gioia was at the bottom three. At the end of performances, Josh and Jill was cut off from the show leaving Ryan safe from the crackdown.
Honestly, I think the three shuoldve been cut off during the night.
I hate the showmanship of Ryan Starr coz he is all talk no walk person and his rendition of Paint it Black registered -5 on the rock dial. Whenever he performs Its like like Adam Sandler singing on stage.
Josh Logan, well like he said on his initial interview, he likes funk/soul and he's not the perfect fit for Supernova. But I was surprised when he sang "Shooting Star" by Bad Company. Had he moved to get the audience support by going to the front stage and waved his hands like Bryan adams, that would have killed it. BUt I guess Shooting Star was a perfect goodbye song.
Jill Gioia, she's a screamer, talker and small. She aint no Pamela Anderson and Aretha Franklin but the RESPECT rendition was flat out good. nuff said.
Right now, Im placing my bet on 3 people whom I think that's gonna be the frontman of Supernova: Magni
Dilana       
Toby Rand

Everybody else is a sacrificial lamb.
Its starting to get interesting coz all rock classics are being performed (Rolling Stones, Bad Company, John Lennon/ The Beatles). I cant wait to hear something from AC/DC or Led Zeppelin on the playlist.

here's my stamp of approval for the latest elimination:

EPISODE 6

Tonite's episode of RS Supernova is definitely up a notch from last week.
The playlist was (as borrowed from RS INXS lineup):
Dilana rocking with Gilbey Clark on "We wont get fooled again"
Jill Gioia lapping it up with "Mother,Mother"
Ryan Starr on Rolling Stones Paint it Black
Storm Large's version of the Queen's "We are the Champions"
Zayra sang something else
Josh Logan rocked surprisingly with Tommy Lee on STP's Interstate Love Song.
Magni sang "When the dolphins cry" by Live
Patrice Pike rocked weak on John Lennon's "Instant Karma"
Lukas Rossi rocked with restraint on Radiohead's Creep
Toby Rand's take on Burning down the House was good, very good until he used a megaphone

Bottom Three wish list:
I want Patrice, Jill and Lukas to be on the bottom three so that they will have to perform for their lives tomorrow. I wanna see them rock.

POSTSCRIPTS

While doing this blog, I am playing ROCK STAR A Night at the Mayan Theater on my iPOD.

At this early I have to say that the contestants from Rockstar:INXS are still better from the new roster of "wanna-be" on Rockstar:SUPERNOVA. I mean, last year's batch was a mixture of accomplished and matured musicians before they auditioned the show.

However, I have to say that Im also excited on the new format that Rockstar:SUPERNOVA has to offer. I mean Rockstar:INXS is very different from this season because of one thing: INXS is already an established band and they just need somebody to fill in the shoes left by Michael Hutchence and SUPERNOVA is a new band seeking for a voice to represent them. On the first few scenes of the first episode, I can almost here a new sound emerging from these three guys (Jason,Gilby,Tommy). The melodies are impeccable and recognizable. Its not Alternative and not Heavy Metal. The sound is emerging to be a Heavy Rock n Roll and I enjoyed it.

So, I saw the 2nd episode last nite and there were some songs borrowed from last season like  Bob Dylan's Knockin on Heaven's Door, Janis Joplin's Piece of my Heart and Living Colour's Cult of Personality. I have to  say that Jordis Unga's take on on "Knockin.." is far better than Toby Rand's and Ty Taylor's version of Cult of Personality is far superior from what Ive seen last nite when it was sang by Phil Ritchie.

One interesting observation though, Billy Joel's "Rebel Yell" inclusion on the list performed by Lukas
and The Black Crowes "She Talks to Angels" done by Josh. Im also not sure if Tommy Lee and Jason Newsted are high or not because of continous head banging after each commercial enjoying their first track. But SUPERNOVA's comments are dead-on, they pack a mean punch.

I think what Im gonna be missing from this new season are the "classic rock playlist" like the ones did by Rolling Stone, Queen, Pink Floyd, The Kinks among others. Honestly I dunno what's in store but I think these three plus Mark Burnett are preparing some new surprises like when the bottom three song choices are based on the people there on the bottom. They have to prove to Supernova that they can rock with songs they have prepared for them. (their music, their choice, their death and their resolution.)

I have all summer to watch this show and hell yeah Im so prepared for it and I'll be the first guy to buy the album on November.

Im also watching that INXS concert on Aug15. So ill be saving money starting tomorrow.