It’s Tuesday, which means LED Apple has another Music Note in store for their fans! This time it’s Queen’s “We Will Rock You“! More »

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Over the past year or so, we’ve seen a quite a few groups break into sub-units for promotions and T-ara has been asked whether or not they will follow suit. Well…T-ara is answering that question right now… Not right now. More »

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T-ara is finally getting an official fanclub name and that name is…QUEEN. More »

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Inkigayo was fun this weekend. There were special performances, awesome stages and a new winner! If you missed even a second of Inkigayo, here is a compilation of videos for all to enjoy! There’s even a little somethin’ somethin’ for any Blackjacks out there. More »

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Tim Be Told is a 5 piece songwriting power house, whose sound I can’t stop comparing to a more soulful Maroon 5 or The Fray. Since their dorm room days of musical mayhem, the Charlottesville quintet has won UVA’s Battle of the Bands, sparking a booking frenzy on the college music circuit, and turning heads along the way. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to interview them! More »

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BoA, the queen of fashion, who has been missing from Korean photo shoots, has come back to remind us why we should keep all eyes on her. She looks great! You’ll get not just one issue, but a series of 3 issues of her stunning styles in 3 consecutive Nylon Magazines. More »

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After many months of depriving myself of this fun (mostly because my throat and sinuses were stricken by some disease), I finally went to a no rae bang (private karaoke room) with a friend. Actually, it was a really long and freezing day. I had to haul myself to Yeoksam-dong, to Gangnam-gu for an errand, and then I waited for my friend in a coffee shop in my neighbourhood. When she arrived, we went to another coffee house/bar to have dinner. Then we decided to go to a no rae bang since we couldn’t go last time due to my sinusitis.

We went to the one we always go to, paid about $9-10 bucks for over an hour and sang our hearts out. Whenever we go, we sing a bunch of weird combinations of songs. Here’s a list of what we sang and of what I can remember. More »

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Get this: a director from Iceland films a story about a Filipina transgendered prostitute. How did that happen? Well, truth is stranger than fiction, and director Olaf de Fleur took many cues from real life in “The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela.” In fact, he created a new genre—a “visionmentary.” The unique way he filmed “Queen Raquela” shows how this subculture unfolds in the Philippines and beyond.

By happenstance, de Fleur ran into a couple of overdressed “ladyboys” on a trip to the Philippines. A ladyboy will sometimes describe herself as “a chick with a dick.” Crude, but hey, it gets the point across. These people have not undergone sex-change surgery—they believe they are female on the inside, male on the outside. They dress as girls, and often work as prostitutes, but dream of marrying straight men and having children like little girls anywhere.

De Fleur was fascinated by this “conundrum—it was like a snake eating its tail.” So he found Raquela Rios, one such transsexual, and allowed her to play “herself” in a story that was loosely based on her own life. This filming method gives “Queen Raquela” an engaging plot with the ring of realism. More »

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