WHAT’S so funny? A Filipina in maid garb gyrating in front of a stiff Englishman while two other Englishmen watch on the side shouting orders at the poor Filipina to perform better. Where’s comedy there?

Here’s to the BBC: It ain’t funny blokes! It ‘s stupid!

To actually see this kind of television in the 21st century, more so, in one of the most developed country on Earth, England, is appalling– revolting, really.

It is a joke by racists for racists. It is a comedy sketch written by bigots for the entertainment of fellow bigots. What a shame!

Don’t these BBC people and producers of that show realize that Filipinas abroad suffer from the very treatment that they are using as a punch line?

Everyday, most Filipinas who are forced to work as domestic helpers abroad are abused by their foreign employers. They are sexually brutalized and are subjected to the most horrendous human rights abuses– They are beaten up, they do not get paid and so on.
It is an actual human tragedy happening right now.

And here comes this BBC show using the same tragedy as a means to get laughs. How stupid is that?  It is beyond stupidity– it a SIN! These BBC producers are as stupid as their predecessors who banned The Beatles songs, “A Day in the Life,” “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” and “Hey Jude.”  These people are utterly stupid and a waste of space in this universe. They should meet their antimatters and just disappear without a trace– not even their corporeal mists.

We global Filipinos demand an apology from the BBC. They should be sensitive enough, being a news agency as well, to the hard plight of overseas workers from 3rd world countries. They should be modern enough to acknowledge that human suffering is not a joke.

The Brits who did this are a joke to the human race.

THERE aren’t many weekends dedicated to independent Filipino artists from all over North America. Not many events that make the local artists the real stars of the show.
Most of the time, local acts are front acts for bigger artists from the Philippines or side attractions for movie stars and comedians on TV.
It may be true for most weekends of the year, but not this coming Labor Day Weekend– not on Rock in the Box Weekend.
This coming weekend is our weekend. It belongs to every local Filipino artist in North America who has strived to bring music out there and make the scene healthy and alive.

The weekend also belongs to the many supporters of our local scene who have bought every CD, attended most of the gigs and gave the artists a million reasons to go on despite the big challenges.

The artists that are performing on August 29 at the Rehab and August 30 at Crash Mansion and the audience represent our struggles and our hopes. They are the faces of our modern music scene, and the keepers of tomorrow’s promises. We see them on stage, we hear them on the compilation album and we are assured that the music will go on.

What else is Rock in the Box Weekend for but to announce to the world that we exist, and that our community thrives regardless of color, creed, and geographic boundaries.
It is an event that explodes with the beauty of our togetherness. After all, we are one family.
In our weekend, there are no main acts and no front acts. Everyone is equal.

Let’s all have a good time and unpack history.

Adding history to an already historic weekend, Poptimes Magazine print makes its debut on Rock in the Box Weekend.

FOR three years and six months, Poptimes Magazine, the premiere Filipino-American music magazine, could not be touched–literally. It only existed in the realm of binary codes and cascading style sheets. It was a virtual existence for Poptimes no matter how important it became. It will not be the case for long as the magazine finally sees the light of print.
It will be the first Filipino-American printed music magazine. It is a promise kept.